It’s almost time for Digipalooza Academy, and we can’t wait for all of you to join us in either Toronto or Pasadena! Since we started hosting Digipalooza back in 2006, we’ve always had our library partners come to our hometown in Cleveland, but we decided…
Libby, the one-tap reading app from your library, is up for a Webby People’s Voice Award and we need your help! Since 1996, the Webbys have recognized excellence among internet industry leaders in seven media types including websites and apps. The awards are presented by…
The Ringer on whether or not Easter eggs in movies and video games have ruined the experience Ah, Easter Eggs. If we “get” them and spot them in a movie, it’s like being a member of a club. But what if we don’t? Do we…
By: Courtney Sveda, Training Specialist It’s finally starting to feel like spring in Cleveland, OH. This weather always makes me want to freshen up my space. Whether it’s buying some flowers, opening the windows, or putting away my winter sweaters, I love the feeling of…
Today, the 2019 Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) conference begins right here in Cleveland. We are so excited to have so many library partners here, although we may be a bit biased in claiming Cleveland to be the best city in the entire…
We’re in love and we don’t care who knows it! WE LOVE BOOKS!!! All books. Print books. Ebooks. Audiobooks. Read-alongs. And we love the experience of reading them. Opening up the first page to the next book in the series you’ve been waiting years to…
Artsy on Salvador Dalí’s side project of illustrating books The Dali illustrated edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is my absolute favorite version of one of my favorite books. If I could figure out how to easily convert one of the images into a tattoo,…
Pet Sematary by Stephen King When Dr. Louis Creed decides to move his family to the quaint, idyllic town of Ludlow, Maine, it seems like the perfect opportunity for a fresh start. But as the family settles in, they start to notice things in Ludlow…
Big Library Read is back and this time we bring you the powerful and inspiring story of one refugee family who fled Iraq for safety, only to arrive in Syria just as the Syrian civil war broke out. Homes: A Refugee Story by Abu Bakr…
It’s April Fool’s Day, which means I’m going to do something a little bit different this week for the Monday 5×5. If you’ve been reading this weekly series for awhile, you know I love me some literary hoaxes. I love them so much that I…
On March 27 in Washington, D.C., OverDrive Founder and CEO Steve Potash, his wife and co-founder, Loree, and OverDrive’s Executive VP of Publisher Services & General Counsel Erica Lazzaro were sworn in by all nine Supreme Court Justices. They are now admitted to appear and…
The New Yorker asks, when it comes to YA literature what’s the line between criticism and cancel culture? Ironically, in a story all about Twitter mobs, librarian Twitter had some heavy words for the author of this article based on the fact that she only…
