For nearly 40 years, the Future of Education Technology Conference has gathered the most dynamic and creative education professionals from around the world for an intensive, highly collaborative exploration of new technologies, best practices and pressing issues. Its impact has been felt by thousands of…
We asked team OverDrive what books they were excited about in 2019. As a building full of readers and librarians, you can imagine the response. Here are some of our favorites: We’re excited for gripping mysteries, one in particular I cannot wait for Two Can…
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist. When you are in the business of books and in the company of several book lovers, you await every book-to-movie adaptation with equal parts anticipation and dread. Because, when you really love a book there’s nothing better than seeing your…
By: Sarah Wilsman, Collection Development Specialist. Emerging readers are not beginning readers anymore. They have mastered basic phonics and learned frequently used words and phrases and are now improving their reading comprehension skills. At this stage of their reading development it is important to provide emerging…
By: Sarah Wilsman, Collection Development Specialist. The Black Lives Matter movement is celebrating four years in formal existence. It started out as a black-centered political will and movement building project turned chapter-based, member-led organization whose mission is to build local power and to intervene when…
By: Tiffany Wincek, Account Manager. Last December, I reflected on my 2017 reading failures. I’d only read 11 books that year and the former English teacher inside of me felt deep shame. I knew I could do better—I’d always been a regular reader, but I…
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist. It’s that time of year, where we aim to spread a little cheer. It’s also time for the students to head on home So in the spirit of the holidays, we thought we’d write you educators a snappy little poem. Don’t…
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist. It’s another year, another beginning, and another opportunity to discuss the merits of digital in today’s age with all of you. The first time I did this, I used helpful and trusted statistics to support my idea. Numbers never lie….
By: Sarah Wilsman, Collection Development Specialist. My maternal grandmother managed an independent bookstore when I was growing up and my birthday is before the holidays, so I always received lots of books in December which was a good thing for this avid reader. Winter Break…
By: Sarah Wilsman, Collection Development Specialist. OverDrive loves holiday songs! When polled about their favorite holiday songs there were immediate, sometimes lengthy and very diverse replies: Santa Claus is Coming to Town – Springsteen version listen here Sleigh Ride – Boston Pops listen here White Christmas…
By: Sydney Kalnay, Training Specialist. My TBR list is reaching critical mass. Stacks upon stacks of books fill up the rooms in my house and my animals have even started using them as perches and as stepping stones to get to the windowsills. Offline, I…
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist. ? School bell rings, are you listening? Break has started, screens are glistening! Spend it right, happily reading each night Holidays with Sora in hand!? NEW GRAPHICS YULE LOVE We’re in the holiday spirit, and we hope you’re feeling it too!…
