Read an Ebook Day is almost here!
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist It’s already, somehow, September 9 – and that means Read an Ebook Day is right around the corner! Every year since 2014, on September 18, schools and libraries celebrate the joys of digital reading. This year has brought so many…
Get the most for your school: Top Resource Center FAQs, answered
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist You may have visited OverDrive’s Resource Center before. You may have even downloaded marketing materials or viewed a training or used a Recommended list when building your school or district’s collection. If you’ve never visited at all, know this: the Resource…
Back to School Sale: Diversify your Sora library with the best prices of the year!
By: Bailey Hotujac (Account Manager), Sarah Wilsman (Content Specialist) and Alecia Mouhanna (Marketing and Communications Specialist) The start of a new school year is an important time to build up your digital collection and get kids excited about reading. OverDrive’s annual Back to School Sale…
Sora Spotlight: Daniela Prando, Librarian at World International School of Torino (Italy)
By: Kristen Griesmer, Product Support Specialist In this recurring series, we’ll feature a different librarian, media specialist or educator who’s become a Sora champion at their school, impressing us with their innovative methods for implementing the reading app and engaging with their students. We’ve asked…
Stretch your digital book budget with Class Set rentals
By: Regis Coustillac, Account Manager There’s no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has affected almost every aspect of our lives: how we work, how we communicate and, unsurprisingly, how we read. When many schools began closing their doors during the spring of 2020, districts across…
Introducing 10 new Sora achievements
To help motivate your students to keep meeting their reading goals, the Sora reading app now features 10 new subject-based achievements that they can earn by borrowing and completing titles from specific genres. These achievements appear under a new “Subjects” section on the Me tab…
Upcoming webinars: Getting Started with Sora & Getting Started with OverDrive Marketplace
No matter what back-to-school looks like in your district this year, OverDrive’s Training team is hard at work making sure you have the tools and resources you need to succeed when it comes to building your digital collection and leveraging the Sora student reading app…
Sora Sweet Reads ends on a sweet note
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist Back to school season is right around the corner, and we’ve got loads of great stuff planned to make this year with the Sora reading app the best one yet! But first, we can’t close out the summer without celebrating…
VIDEO: AASL School Leader Collaborative administrators on the impact of school librarians
As sponsor of the “AASL School Leader Collaborative: Administrators & School Librarians Transforming Teaching and Learning” program, OverDrive Education proudly supports school libraries and librarians and their essential role in teaching and learning. Check out a few great videos below for Collaborative administrators’ reflections on…
Available now at no cost – Community Read: Own Voices & Diversity Books for Students
In our ongoing effort to help support schools’ increasing demand for digital, OverDrive is donating Community Read: Own Voices and Diversity Books for Students, a new collection of simultaneous access ebooks available at no cost to our school partners. This set, which includes more than…