By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist Last updated 4/27/20 @ 1:02 pm ET At risk of sounding repetitive or trite, these really are unprecedented times. The COVID-19 health crisis has closed your schools, sent a great majority of the workforce home and left busy parents scratching…
Last updated 6/2/20 @ 4:20 pm ET By now, we hope that your school has had the opportunity to sign up for and access Sora No-Cost Books, a collection of 200+ premium simultaneous use titles available at no cost to schools through our Sora student…
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist Every year since 2014, OverDrive has offered a summer reading program for schools. This program is intended to help fight the summer slide and give students an opportunity to read quality titles all summer long. This year’s program was slated…
Earlier this week, we shared several no cost and low-cost collections now available in Marketplace to help your library meet unprecedented demand during COVID-19. One way to bring your community together during this time is with the next Big Library Read, which we will be…
Simultaneous use titles boost digital collections for schools that partner with OverDrive Education Last updated 6/2/20 @ 4:16 pm ET Educators are scrambling to implement contingencies for homebound students that both ensure access to needed materials and keep them independently engaged in their learning. To…
By: Kristen Griesmer, Product Support Specialist One day, out of nowhere, it dawned on me: I belong to quite a few fandoms! When I began listing them out, most of them seemed TV- or movie-specific. Naturally, I then began wondering – which literary fandoms do…
By: Ty Sugick, Account Manager The first week of March marks a wonderful week-long “holiday” for book lovers. Established by Canadian author Rita Toews in 2004, “Read an Ebook Week” is recognized for its mission to celebrate ebooks and spread awareness of their benefits. Read…
By: Alecia Mouhanna, Marketing & Communications Specialist For some students, finding out that their assigned reading list includes works by authors like Shakespeare or Dickens might inspire a sense of foreboding — or, at the very least, great reluctance. These texts can often present as…
By: Alecia Mouhanna, Marketing & Communications Specialist How can you create print and social media resources to engage students, parents, staff and other members of your school community, whether your time is limited or you’re on a shoestring budget? Find out in this conversation with…
By: Sarah Wilsman, Content Specialist According to the Chinese zodiac, 2020 is the Year of the Rat. It began on Jan. 25, and will end on Feb. 11, 2021. Per the zodiac, people born in the Year of the Rat are thought to be wealthy…
By: Alecia Mouhanna, Marketing and Communications Specialist This series analyzes data from the recently released 2019 K-12 Digital Content Report co-sponsored by ASCD and OverDrive Education. The report compiles responses from 2,000 K-12 administrators to identify how ebooks and audiobooks are currently being used, in…
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist Almost every single night for the past three months or so, I’ve read Make Believe Ideas’ Five Little Dinosaurs to my son, Sawyer. Sometimes we deviate from the norm and read Lost and Found (my preferred option), but we always…
