By: Shannon Carroll, OverDrive Account Specialist eReading Rooms are additional curated locations available on your OverDrive platform that show content that share a certain theme, age level or format. Most commonly, our partners utilize Kids and Teens rooms, which limit content based on audience level,…
Recently, Carroll County Public Library (CCPL) shared a press release, expressing their excitement in being a part of a major milestone for the Maryland Digital eLibrary Consortium. The group, made up of libraries throughout the state, has long been one of our most active and forward thinking…
By: Annie Suhy, OverDrive Collection Development Analyst No matter where you fall on the political spectrum, we can all agree that the times they are a-changin’. Regardless of whether you are in favor of the current political changes happening in our country or fearful of…
By: Jill Grunenwald, OverDrive Collection Development Analyst & co-host of the Professional Book Nerds Podcast I was fifteen when I first discovered iconic Canadian author Margaret Atwood. It was 1997, which I only remember because the Stow Public Library in Stow, Ohio was going through a…
Grab your aprons and your rolling pins because the Big Library Read is coming back on March 16 and we’re heading to the kitchen. Called “one of the best cookbooks of 2016” and the new “Pie-Baking Bible” by NPR, Oprah.com and others, Art of the Pie…
By: Rickie Mascia, OverDrive Social Media Specialist. OverDrive has partnered with Kodansha Advanced Media (KAM) and VIZ Media, the two bestselling manga publishers to provide hundreds of translated (English) manga titles to libraries in North America. Kodansha Advanced Media (KAM), is offering 50% off newly-added…
With Valentine’s Day falling in the middle of the month, February has become the unofficial “Romance Month” in the literary world. For libraries, this means big savings as over 2,000 romance titles are up to 50% of in OverDrive Marketplace from now through the 20th….
A new year brings new opportunities to reach more users and increase circulation at your digital library. Make 2017 your best year yet with our free webcast full of ideas and resources for marketing your digital library. We’ll have two live sessions this Thursday at…
San Antonio Public Library (SAPL) has long been forward thinking in regards to bringing in new users through their OverDrive digital content. They were one of the first libraries to use OverDrive Media Stations to promote their digital collections through their “Connect at Central” space…
On February 2 and 3, OverDrive will be at the Ontario Library Association Super Conference meeting with our Canadian library partners and presenting best practices on connecting with readers from every corner of your community. OverDrive will be presenting in booth #715, highlighting marketing and…
Some of my first and fondest literary memories come from the moments spent in my parents laps joined by the likes of children’s book characters. At an early age I fell in love with The Lorax, The Sneetches and all of the Seuss-ian characters whose…
Every time we return from a large conference like the American Library Association Midwinter meetings we come back feeling re-energized from the countless conversations that occur with library partners, publishers and OverDrive users. Engaging with so many librarians who put in countless hours promoting their digital…