What’s typically the first thing that comes to mind when someone mentions the library? Books. Everyone knows the library is stocked with books. But the library continues to transform along with society, accommodating patrons’ changing needs by providing more than just books. Research has found…
The first Digipalooza Academy is less than a month away, and we’re excited to take Digipalooza on the road for two one-day events. Each event is full of informational sessions for library partners. Topics include budget-friendly strategies for managing high demand and holds, collaboration opportunities…
Over on Tor, the Jack London novel that influenced a century of dystopian fiction Okay, well, apparently the author behind The Call of the Wild and White Fang wrote a dystopian novel called Iron Heel. So there’s your fun fact for today. From the Guardian,…
Libraries are connecting readers to both their favorite and new authors at a record pace in 2019. Discovery and borrowing of ebooks and audiobooks through the library are once again outpacing all previous years, as 80 separate OverDrive partner library systems across the world are…
I know, I know. You’ve missed my Monday 5x5s. In my defense, first it was the week of ALA and then it was the week after ALA and apparently I just forgot. Ooops. But never fear, I am back this week and no conferences on…
Mornings might be for coffee and contemplation, but this weekend is for binge-watching everyone’s favorite Netflix series, Stranger Things. After waiting for over a year, we’ll all soon sit down to uncover the next chapter of the saga in Hawkins. The Mind Flayer is back,…
The latest edition of Perspectives on Reading is here and full of interviews, opinions, articles and data from industry leaders. In this issue you’ll find topics including: The importance of comics in our current age of distraction and how there is a graphic novel for…
Whether you call them Hot Picks, Sizzlers, Lucky Day or something else, we know that so many of our library partners reserve a select number of physical copies of popular titles on display for readers to borrow. As a reader, there is no better feeling…
Digipalooza Academy is almost here and we can’t wait for you to join us in either Toronto or Pasadena. Since we introduced Digipalooza back in 2006, we’ve always had our library partners come to our hometown in Cleveland, but in 2019 we decided to take…
When I think back on the bookish memories of my childhood, I remain struck by the excitement that would fill my belly whenever we went to the library. We made that trip at least once a week, and yet I never grew used to the…
Libby got some work done recently, and we’re excited to announce a few of the changes that have arrived in the latest release of our award-winning digital reading app, as well as the upgrades still to come. In this post, we’ll breakdown what new features…
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist Marketing and outreach are crucial to the success of any service and your digital collection is no exception. With Libby’s streamlined user experience and built-in support features, there’s no better time than now to encourage users to try the one-tap…
