OverDrive named a 2023 Cleveland Best of Tech Award Winner
At an award ceremony on Tues. Oct. 10 in Cleveland, Ohio, OverDrive was selected as a winner at the 17th Annual Best of Tech Awards, presented by the Greater Cleveland Partnership (GCP). The award was presented in the category Best Tech Talent Innovation, which recognizes…
OverDrive founder and CEO Steve Potash receives Robert Motter Vendor Appreciation Award
At a reception during the 2023 Oklahoma Library Association and Mountain Plains Library Association joint conference on March 9, OLA presented Steve Potash, OverDrive founder and CEO, with the 2023 Robert Motter Vendor Appreciation Award. The award was presented by Lisa Wells, Executive Director of…
Sora named a 2022 Excellence in Equity Award winner
The Sora reading app team is thrilled to announce that Sora has been selected as a winner in the inaugural Excellence in Equity Awards program, presented by the American Consortium for Equity in Education. The award was presented in the category Best Literacy Solution. The…
TeachingBooks named a 2021 Common Sense Selection for Learning
We’re excited to announce that TeachingBooks has been named a 2021 Common Sense Selection for Learning! According to Common Sense Education, Common Sense Selections for Learning are characterized as best-in-class media resources and tools that facilitate great learning experiences for students and educators. The selections…
And the Audie goes to…
By: Adam Sockel, Integrated Marketing Specialist Thanks to the ease of access provided by reading apps like Libby, audiobooks have continued to skyrocket in usage and notoriety. Gone are the days of finding a place to store a dozen CDs to enjoy an audiobook, as…
OverDrive’s 2020 Libraries Transform Award winners
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing and Communications Specialist Last week, Team OverDrive and thousands of public librarians gathered in Nashville for the biannual Public Library Association conference! Along with sharing all the new services and features available on OverDrive, including Public Library CONNECT and Hold Redelivery,…
Sora honored with 2019 Academics’ Choice Smart Media Award
By: Alecia Mouhanna, Marketing and Communications Specialist OverDrive is pleased to announce that the Sora student reading app has been honored with a 2019 Academics’ Choice Smart Media Award in the mobile app category! The award is a prestigious seal of educational quality, reserved for…
Sora named to TIME’s list of the 100 Best Inventions of 2019
By: Alecia Mouhanna, Marketing and Communications Specialist OverDrive is thrilled to announce that our Sora student reading app has been selected as one of TIME’s Best Inventions in the Education category for 2019! To assemble the 2019 TIME Best Inventions list, TIME solicited nominations across…
Libby wins Silver Lovie Award
We may be a bit biased, but there’s a lot to love about Libby. From Libby Academy to integration with Apple CarPlay and the brand new dark mode, there’s a reason Libby’s popularity among digital readers continues to grow. Turns out, we’re not the only…
OverDrive’s parent company Rakuten receives the Spartan Spirit Award
By Matt Lindner Building a successful global business requires many of the traits needed to take on a Spartan Race: the grit to focus on long and short-term goals, determination to finish what one starts, and the perseverance to keep a positive mental attitude in…