New year, new Sora and OverDrive Marketplace webinars!
By: Courtney Chieffo, Product Trainer Happy 2022! The Training Team is excited to announce a revamp of our popular Sora and Marketplace webinars. We’ve been hard at work making sure these sessions offer you the tools and resources you need to succeed to build your…
New Webinar – Mythbusting with OverDrive: Innovative Ways to Talk About Your Digital Library
By: Annie Suhy, Outreach Specialist We’ve all heard ‘em. “I tried ebooks a long time ago and it just wasn’t for me.” “It’s too much screen time for my students.” There can be many excuses why digital reading won’t work for patrons or students. But…
Introducing new K-12 curriculum tools in OverDrive Marketplace & Sora
Our team is excited to announce that schools have more flexibility to meet their specific reading needs with the new Content Bundles feature. Content bundles allow educators to reserve titles from your school’s digital collection, create bundles of these reserved titles and provide special access…
Happy Holidays to our K-12 partners from the Resource Center
By Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist (To the tune of Jingle Bell Rock) Holi-day, Holi-day, Holiday kit! Holiday cards and social graph-ics Post em, send em, it’ll be fun ‘Cause the best season has begun Holi-day, Holi-day, Holiday Kit! Making this rhyme took some time Download…
12 winter holiday books & more for your younger readers
For many people, the holiday season is in full swing. The first (or second!) snow of winter may already be on the ground, and most schools are getting ready to go on what might be a much-needed break. With so much anticipation and so many…
Queensland Government, Department of Education, eResource Services exceeds one million digital checkouts
For the first time ever, one of our Sora reading app school partners has crossed the one million checkout threshold! We’re thrilled to announce that this milestone has been achieved by the Queensland Department of Education eBooks Digital Library Collection in Brisbane, Australia. Their ebook…
Did you know? 3 Sora training updates you won’t want to miss
By: Gabby Cregan, Instructional Designer Set your school up for success with Sora, the student reading app by ensuring your entire school community feels comfortable signing in, using the app, and exploring its features. Get started with a variety of training materials available at no…
An end of year checklist for educators: 10 things to do before 2022
The end of the year is rapidly approaching, and we know how busy these last two months can get for our educators! That’s why we’ve put together a handy end of year checklist to make sure you have all the tools you need to finish…
The literary villains we love to hate
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist In every great story, there’s a hero and there’s a villain. Sometimes, they aren’t people, but concepts. Sometimes, there’s more than one. I love the quest motif – our hero or heroine working toward an often noble goal, challenged along…
Big Library Read is almost here! Is your school ready?
The next Big Library Read (BLR) starts in just over a week, and your teen readers are going to love what’s in store. For this latest edition of our global ebook club, schools with the Sora reading app will have no-cost access to Five Total…