Founded in 1984, Freedom to Read Week is an annual event in Canada that celebrates intellectual freedom and raises awareness about censorship. Between now and March 1, shop featured collections of Freedom to Read Week titles available in popular Cost Per Circ (CPC) and OverDrive Max (ODMax)…
In 2024, a record-setting 185 library systems in eight countries surpassed one million digital checkouts. Of those 185 libraries, over 30 public library systems achieved the million checkout milestone for the very first time. In total, 739 million ebooks, audiobooks, digital magazines and more were…
Are you ready to expand your professional network and transform your library’s digital future? Digipalooza ’25 is the ultimate gathering for librarians, digital content professionals, and industry leaders eager to connect, share ideas, and drive innovation in digital collections. Join us in our hometown of…
January is always such an odd time. You write the wrong year on everything for most of the month, you’re still dazed from the holidays, and you’re never quite sure if you’re coming or going. I know I’m always excited to start planning my new…
Romantasy, the intoxicating fusion of romance and fantasy, has captured the hearts of readers of all ages worldwide. With sweeping love stories, grand gestures, life-or-death scenarios, trademark “spicy” scenes, and the promise of hours of escapism, this genre is more popular than ever. Though Urban…
Maximize listener experience and reduce wait times with the Recorded Books OverDrive Max Sale, running now through the end of January. With classics like Gone With the Wind and The Hobbit, series favorites for kids, diverse reads for teens, and plenty of popular fiction and…
Public Library CONNECT enables students to seamlessly access their local public library’s digital collection through the Sora platform using their school credentials. This innovative collaboration at the local level eliminates barriers to library access by bypassing the need for separate library cards or account registrations….
Arriving just in time for Valentine’s Day is our next Big Movie Watch! This time, Kanopy’s film club is bringing viewers Molli and Max in the Future. This sci-fi romantic comedy is about Molli (Zosia Mamet) and Max (Aristotle Athari), whose orbits repeatedly collide over…
If you read our OverDrive Training Wrapped post, you know our training team spent hundreds of hours planning and delivering webinars to our library partners in 2024. In 2025, our training team is back with another year of the best on-demand training for public librarians!…
It’s a new year! January is always a great time to reflect on the year before, but also a time to think about the future. Will this be the year we try a new reading challenge? Start a book club? Read outside our comfort zone?…
No matter what their resolutions are for the new year, help your users stay on track with Libby Extras. Whether it’s a yoga class they can stream at home, test prep for students headed off to college, self-paced videos to learn a new instrument, and more, there…
January is (almost) here, which means not only a new month but a new year! Our Resource Center has been given a makeover with new marketing kits and social media graphics you can use to promote ebooks, audiobooks, digital magazines, Kanopy, and more to your…
