Digital content use in schools is no longer a new frontier, with more than 80 percent of schools and districts now using some form of digital content in the classroom. The use of digital content – including eBooks, audiobooks and digital textbooks – is a…
By Alison Hewett of Kristin School and Beau Livengood of OverDrive. Alison Hewett at Kristin School (New Zealand) utilizes every method she can to make sure her students have the best OverDrive site possible. Discovery of titles is crucial for any collection, and one newer…
By Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist If you follow us on social media or have had the chance to visit our Blue Sky Campus offices you are very aware that Team OverDrive adores all things Harry Potter. Therefore, it goes without saying that of…
By Liz Tousey, Librarian and Collection Development Analyst at OverDrive. We are happy to announce that manga in the MediaDo reader format is now available to schools! The MediaDo reader is browser-based reader that’s designed to handle graphic books that are read from right to…
By Christina Samek, OverDrive Launch Specialist Though it seems hard to believe, 2016 has arrived. For some, this brought piles and piles of snow. Others, torrential rains and blustery winds. For our school partners, an end to holiday break and the beginning of a new…
OverDrive is working hard to bring you and your readers the best digital reading experience, and we’re excited to share some updates that are coming soon to OverDrive Read, OverDrive Listen, and the OverDrive app. OverDrive Read & OverDrive Listen Updated Menu icon with new icons (like…
By Sheila Henline, Librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive. Educators continually express the importance of reading during the breaks so our young boys and girls do not forget their skills, preventing the dreaded summer slide. School libraries often send home lists of books for…
By Kelly Hladek, a Library Media Specialist from Morton High School Recently we had a chance to speak with Kelly Hladek a Library Media Specialist from Morton High School who is using an interactive blog and a book club to help promote eReading among her…
By Christina Samek, an OverDrive Launch Specialist We are a team of book nerds. This is not news–we love books, we know books. But, it wasn’t always this way. We were children once, figuring it all out. Words were shaping the trajectory of our…
In 2015, readers from around the world continued to recognize the awesomeness of having access to their library anytime, anywhere by borrowing a record 169 million digital titles, a 24% growth over 2014. These numbers included 125 million eBook titles and 43 million audiobooks. Streaming…
By Dana Carmichael, Librarian at Whitefish Middle School. In October, OverDrive held our most recent Big Library Read event where users around the world can enjoy the same titles at the same time, without wait lists or holds. The selections were from the YA genre…
By Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist. As you may have heard we’re currently running our Holiday Spectacular Sale where you can save up to 50% on thousands of titles until the end of the year. Not only can you get great deals on best…