By: Bethany Porter, Collection Development Specialist. Christmas time is a good time to reflect, give, and believe in magic. But if you don’t celebrate Christmas (or want to put your cheer on hold for a moment), it can be an exhausting time of year. Here are a…
Each year, libraries around the world experience a surge in their OverDrive traffic as the calendar turns to December. Existing users will dive into “best of” lists and look forward to 2018, as new patrons unwrap devices and learn about the 24/7 access of your…
By: Sydney Kalnay, Training Specialist. When I worked at a school, I wanted one thing every holiday season: time. By the time winter break rolled around, I was always knee-deep in ungraded essays, next semester’s lesson plans, and end of the year requests for volunteer…
By: Christina Samek, Marketing Specialist. The transition from high school to college is one of the biggest and most significant changes in a young person’s life. They are experiencing a world of responsibility and true freedom for the first time. It’s easy to get swept…
We asked Team OverDrive for their favorite fall reading selections. And, once cozied up by the fire, in the chair or with a fuzzy buddy, what’s on their coaster nearby? Transition begins with tea I’ve gotta go with The Hobbit, and I’d pair that with a…
By: Christina Samek, Marketing Specialist. I love all things horror. I’ve read the likes of The Exorcist, The Shining and have waxed poetic about The House of Leaves to anyone who will listen (seriously, you have to read it). But, I must admit, I am a bit of a baby….
By: Sydney Kalnay, Training Specialist. If you read my last post for the OverDrive blogs, you’re going to think I am contradicting myself but…I despise November. I know I am not the only one; the dread of this month creeps up on you and suddenly,…
By: Sydney Kalnay, Training Specialist. One of the most common training requests we receive from you, our K-12 school partners, is how best to promote your OverDrive service. Whether you are new to OverDrive or have been with us a while, you’re always searching enthusiastically…
By: Christina Samek, Marketing Specialist. October is Dyslexia Awareness Month and OverDrive is proud to offer reading solutions for every kind of reader. OverDrive is the only US eBook provider to offer the dyslexic font option as a reading setting. OverDrive users can select this…
By: Sydney Kalnay, Training Specialist. It’s not a secret to anyone who knows me that fall is my favorite season. It’s ironic that I live where fall exists only in a finite, miniscule window between SPF 9,000 and shoveling for dear life so I have…
By: Adam Sockel, Marketing Communications Specialist Hawthorn was enjoying a standard, if mundane, teenage life when the disappearance of Lizzie Lovett turned her life upside down. At first, Hawthorn doesn’t get why everyone is so hung up on a former popular girl gone missing but as…
By: Andrea Sieracki, Account Specialist. With concerns about screen time and teen tech addiction, technology gets a bad rap, even in the classroom. Take the long view, however, and it’s clear that technology is nothing new in education. Teachers have used tools for instruction since…