Create Reading Happiness: It’s never been easier to create a customized digital library experience
As the calendar turns to November, families around the world will begin planning for the upcoming holidays. Traditionally, this is a time where we see a big spike in usage of OverDrive-powered digital collections. This means you’ll want to make sure you’re prepared for the…
Add Cleveland to your 2017 plans
By: Melissa Marin, OverDrive Marketing Specialist You may have heard that 2016 has been a good year for Cleveland. The Cavs won their first NBA title. The Indians are leading in the World Series (sorry, Chicago area libraries). Our American Hockey League team, the Monsters,…
Digital library Ideas for increasing circulation all October long
The calendar has turned to October which means the end of the year is nigh. Before the holidays arrive and we turn our attention to 2017 lets take advantage of that this month has to offer. October is traditionally a busy time in the Young…
The top 5 reasons you can’t miss Digipalooza 2017
By: Melissa Marin, OverDrive Marketing Specialist What are you doing next August? We hope the answer is joining us in Cleveland for Digipalooza! If you work with OverDrive at your library, this is a conference you need to add to your professional development calendar for…
Create Reading Happiness: Library Card Sign Up month and Celebrating Read an eBook Day
By: Adam Sockel, Social Media Specialist September is known around the literary world as Library Card Sign Up Month, a time to boost awareness of all the goodness your library has to offer. Sometimes it’s as simple as reminding families in the community what you…
OverDrive celebrates 30 years as the global leader in digital library content
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive Social Media Specialist. It may be hard to believe, given that many readers around the world have just discovered the sheer awesomeness of borrowing eBooks in the last half decade, but here at OverDrive we’re celebrating our 30th year of working…
More than 50 libraries are on pace to hit one million digital checkouts with OverDrive in 2016
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive Social Media Specialist At the end of each calendar year, we share a list of the highest circulating digital library collections from around the world. As the rise in digital reading (and listening) has grown, so has our “Million Checkout Club.”…
We’re celebrating 30 years of digital content with a big Marketplace sale
In 1986, Steve Potash laid the foundation for what would become OverDrive, the world’s leading provider of digital content for libraries and schools. From that moment thirty years ago, when Steve began developing interactive diskette and CD-ROM products and digitizing legal documents through present day…
Join the Big Library Read by borrowing A Murder in Time
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist Starting today until July 7, users from over 20,000 libraries around the world will be participating in the Big Library Read, our global digital book club. Readers at participating libraries can borrow A Murder in Time without wait…
OverDrive to demonstrate revolutionary innovations and reporting tools at ALA
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist. Next week, June 23 through 28, the library community will come together in Orlando, a city built on nostalgia, magic and innovations that shape the world of tomorrow. What better place to show our partners the latest state-of-the-art…
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