By: Sydney Kalnay, Training Manager and Demon Hunter…and Gatherer This has been a tough year for spooky get-togethers. We are stuck inside, away from friends and family, and it turns out cats are notoriously bad at light as a feather, stiff as a board. What’s…
OverDrive is committed to providing your school with no-cost, simultaneous access collections to help meet increased demand for digital content. As part of our OverDrive Community Read programs, at the end of October we are donating a collection of 100* Spanish Titles for Young Readers…
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist In the very interesting times we find ourselves in, the biggest considerations in most of our decision-making are probably time, money and energy. Those three things have great value in that they either relieve — or cause — stress. When…
Contributed by: Amy Ragan, EdS, Librarian at the American International School of Budapest With the school year underway, there are still plenty of unknowns when it comes to how the rest of the year will play out. While some schools have gone virtual, others are…
By: Sydney Kalnay, Training Manager I was once asked during a job interview what my superpower would be in the comic book version of my life. If you asked most people that question, they’d probably want the ability to heal people or become invisible –…
By: Sydney Kalnay, Training Manager and Alecia Mouhanna, Marketing & Communications Specialist Meet Denise Brown. Denise is a (fictional) school librarian who serves her entire K-12 community of students and educators at Blue Sky Academy. In addition to managing Blue Sky’s print collection, Denise purchases…
By: Sydney Kalnay, Training Manager; Lisa Mullins, Training Specialist; and Tiffany Wincek, Product Liaison The 2020-2021 school year is underway (or about to begin for many of you), and we know it looks a little different. In this mostly, or even fully, digital world, being…
The new issue of Perspectives on Reading magazine is now available and packed with fantastic stories, ideas and insights from all corners of the world of reading. Issue 8 includes: Bowling Green State University’s Browne Popular Culture Library helps preserve romance fiction How are U.S….
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist There are LOTS of cool things we want to tell you about the Sora student reading app. We could go on and on about all the great content you can add to your school or district’s ebook and audiobook collection…
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist It’s already, somehow, September 9 – and that means Read an Ebook Day is right around the corner! Every year since 2014, on September 18, schools and libraries celebrate the joys of digital reading. This year has brought so many…
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist You may have visited OverDrive’s Resource Center before. You may have even downloaded marketing materials or viewed a training or used a Recommended list when building your school or district’s collection. If you’ve never visited at all, know this: the Resource…
By: Bailey Hotujac (Account Manager), Sarah Wilsman (Content Specialist) and Alecia Mouhanna (Marketing and Communications Specialist) The start of a new school year is an important time to build up your digital collection and get kids excited about reading. OverDrive’s annual Back to School Sale…
