Your Brain on Audiobooks: Why Listening Matters
By: Annie Suhy, Outreach Specialist. Before we are able to read, our parents read to us. We follow the story…
Britannica Digital Learning provides knowledge & nostalgia at your fingertips
On a recent episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast, author, talk show host and stand-up comedian Guy Branum shared…
Dyslexia Awareness Month
Three million people are diagnosed with dyslexia each year. Students might struggle with reading fluency, decoding, reading comprehension, recall, writing,…
Happy Teen Read Week!
By: Sarah Wilsman, Collection Development Specialist Confession: I read a lot of YA Lit. A lot of it. I love…
Spend time with OverDrive to gain time in the classroom
By: Sydney Kalnay, Training Specialist. When I was a classroom teacher, if you’d asked me for the #1 item on…
Happy World Teachers Day!
By: Sarah Wilsman, Collection Development Specialist. At OverDrive, we love teachers. We love them so much we have a blog…
OverDrive Education fall workshops in October and November
OverDrive Education is hosting user group workshops around the US and Canada this fall. Join us at one of our…
Grab your Red Balloon and join The Big Library Read
Get ready to go back in time on an adventure in magical realism, Cold War conspiracies, World War II and…
Top 5 questions from our Sora webcasts
By: Courtney Sveda, Training Specialist. Over the past two months, we’ve been sharing Sora, our new student reading app, with…
Now is your chance to save big on YA and juvenile audiobooks
As you may have noticed, we’ve been running a massive sale in OverDrive Marketplace highlighting quality content that perfectly aligns…
Ask Team OverDrive: our favorite teachers
By: Tiffany Wincek, Account Manager. We here at OverDrive hope that your school year is off to an amazing start. You…
The Hate U Give…away
Get a signed copy of The Hate U Give to give away for your next library book club The Hate…
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month!
By: Sarah Wilsman, Collection Development Specialist. Did you know that Hispanic Americans are the largest ethnic or racial minority in the…
More & more educators are using digital books as instructional tools. Here’s why – and how – you should, too
More and more educators are embracing digital books as invaluable additions to their instructional toolbox. Let’s explore some of the…
NaNaNaNaNaNaNaNa Batman Day Giveaway
On September 15, we can all consider ourselves citizens of Gotham as we’re celebrating Batman Day. In honor of the…