By: Courtney Sveda, Training Specialist. Welcome back! In mid-January, we’re getting back into the groove of waking up early and, depending on where you live, wishing for a snow day. With students’ return to school, it’s the perfect time to learn (or review) how they can…
By: Christina Samek, Marketing Specialist. Welcome to 2018! For some of you this is the start of a new quarter or semester and nice deep breath after the craziness of preparing for the holidays. Perhaps you’ve made resolutions for a new classroom culture, or perhaps it’s…
By: Tiffany Wincek, Account Specialist. I wanted to read 50 books in 2017. I read 11. Eleven! That’s not even one book a month! For many, finishing 11 books in a year might be a great achievement, but it’s far below my typical average. Last…
By: Quinton Lawman, Product Owner. If you’ve been reading OverDrive blogs for a while, you may remember a humble nerd who used to write device blogs (like this one) from time to time. That was me! I’m back! In the olden days of 2014, I…
When the school year kicked off in fall 2016, so did the K-12 Newsletter from OverDrive Education. Every month, we take to the whiteboard in the Shakespeare conference room to carefully choose themes, brainstorm collection lists and discuss the most pressing topics of the moment…
The OverDrive Staff are as crazy about their pets as most people… so we asked some of them to compare their four-legged family members to book characters. Check out the dogs, too! I can’t help but think of Maple when I see Mochi from…
The OverDrive Staff are as crazy about their pets as most people… so we asked some of them to compare their four-legged family members to book characters. Check out the cats too! My dog, Bianca, reminds me of Rapunzel from the German fairy tale…
By: Christina Samek, Marketing Specialist. We are always looking for opportunities to help schools and libraries achieve milestones with OverDrive. Our dedicated Account and Collections Specialists review custom websites, trends in Marketplace (and across the publishing industry), circulation history, marketing initiatives…anything that will help enhance…
By: Christina Samek, Marketing Specialist. Last year around this time, we told you all the ways digital is a gift. We provided helpful and trusted statistics and while those are still valid and important, we wanted to take the time to share personal testimonies. Because…
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…