April showers bring May flowers and fresh marketing kits in the OverDrive Resource Center!
April is almost here and our Resource Center is blooming with free marketing kits and social media graphics to help you promote your digital library. Here in Cleveland we are preparing for the upcoming solar eclipse, but that is just one of many events happening…
LAST CALL: Get your School Stars 2024 entries in before time runs out!
Have you heard? Our School Stars Contest is well underway and there are just a few days left to submit your totally awesome entries! We’re already seeing some super fly submissions and we can’t wait to see how everyone else has been promoting Sora in…
Put the plus in Kanopy PLUS Packs when you add 2 or more (including our new docs PLUS pack!)
Truth is often stranger than fiction, which is one reason film lovers love documentaries. As a long-time documentary fan, I find the genre fascinating, thrilling, heartbreaking, exhilarating – and often feel all this in a single film! From To Be and to Have, an in-depth…
“Every book has a reader, every reader has a book!” Meet RI Library Media Specialist Stephanie Mills. [Sora Spotlight]
The Sora Spotlight series profiles educators who’ve become standout Sora champions at their school, impressing us with their creative strategies to get more students reading digitally. We’ve asked them to share their stories so that we can all be inspired to find new ways to…
Discover Women-Written True Crime
Although it often feels like the cultural obsession with true crime is very specific to our time, audiences have been fascinated by the dark and macabre for as long as society has had crime and punishment. That said, true crime has evolved significantly, and in…
5 reasons why Sora is an underrated tool for online testing prep
It’s spring, so we know that chances are, your school is getting ready for testing season. During my first year of teaching, my district went 1:1 and started to implement online state testing (yes, all at once, and yes, it was pretty hectic!). I remember…
Say au revoir to language confusion with latest Libby update
Based on partner and user feedback, Libby’s latest update introduces a prompt to users when they borrow, place a hold, or add a Notify Me tag to a title in a language different from the one they have set as their app preference. The goal…
Announcing the Libby Book Awards winners!
The envelopes have been opened and we are excited to announce the winners of the inaugural Libby Book Awards. The titles on this list represent the best books of 2023, as selected by our expert team of OverDrive librarians and voted on by over 1700…
Save on Scholastic: Up to 50% off 500+ titles through Mar. 31
With a catalog spanning perennially popular picture books, young adult hits, timely nonfiction titles and additional favorites in between, Scholastic is one of the most well-known names in schools today. And right now, you can get over 500 Scholastic ebook and audiobook titles for 30-50%…
Celebrating B Corp Month
OverDrive became a Certified B Corp in 2017, joining companies such as Patagonia, Bombas, Ben & Jerry’s, Warby Parker and others leading a global movement of using business for good. The prestigious B Corporation certification recognizes a company’s commitment to creating exceptional positive social and…