By: Melissa Marin, OverDrive Marketing Specialist. With September being Library Card Sign-Up Month and Read an eBook Day quickly approaching, we are on a mission to help you get everyone in your community reading. There are so many people that don’t stop in to the…
By: Sydney Kalnay, OverDrive Training Specialist. Looking to learn about — or refresh your understanding of — OverDrive Marketplace or the OverDrive user experience? Join us for our live basics sessions held on the second week of every month. In Marketplace Basics we’ll talk about…
By: Adam Sockel, Social Media Specialist September is known around the literary world as Library Card Sign Up Month, a time to boost awareness of all the goodness your library has to offer. Sometimes it’s as simple as reminding families in the community what you…
We’re excited to announce a new partnership with Simon & Schuster’s Pimsleur Language Programs to be the exclusive international (outside the U.S.) digital wholesaler to public and school libraries and non-exclusively to U.S. public libraries and corporate libraries worldwide. The Pimsleur Language Program offers 50 languages for English…
By: Christina Samek, OverDrive Marketing Specialist August is always a little bittersweet as it rings in the end of summer and brings the first glimpse of fall (and pumpkin spice everything!). I personally love fall but if you are feeling a little down, these Resource…
By: Beau Livengood, Account Specialist. OverDrive Education spoke with School Librarian Jennifer Peterson of Menasha Joint School District in Wisconsin about maker spaces in libraries and media centers. She offers traditional crafting materials, along with eBook supplementation from OverDrive’s reading platform on Chromebooks. Students can find how-to…
This week, a team of OverDrive executives lead by CEO Steve Potash is holding publisher and library meetings at the Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF). The purpose of this trip is to continue to expand the size and breadth of OverDrive’s digital offerings as we…
By: Melissa Marin, OverDrive Marketing Specialist. We are less than one year away from Digipalooza 2017 and have officially opened registration! You may be wondering… What is Digipalooza? Digipalooza is OverDrive’s international user group conference. With a unique blend of education, networking and fun, this…
Mark your calendar for September 16th! OverDrive is celebrating the third annual International Read an eBook Day and you’re all invited to participate. This year, we’ll be giving out $1,000 content credits to a lucky 10 participating libraries and schools as well as tablets for…
By: Adam Sockel, Social Media Specialist and co-host of the Professional Book Nerds (Ed. Note: You can subscribe to the Professional Book Nerds podcast in iTunes or anywhere you listen to podcasts and you can find every episode hosted here. As you may have heard,…
By: Sheila Henline, Collection Analyst. “Why do I need a school librarian? I have Google and the Public Library.” This pointed and myopic question is the typical line of thinking from those not familiar with the nuances of school libraries and the roles of School…
By: Annie Suhy, Collection Development Analyst. Second only to the confetti-and-champagne filled celebrations of the New Year, the first day of school is a day ripe with good intentions and fresh perspectives. As educators, you set resolutions for the new school year: inspire students to read…