Find new world language books for students with just a click
One of the key advantages of digital books that we’ve heard about from our partners before is that it’s much simpler to deliver books to students in languages other than English. If you have a large population of English language learners (ELLs) but you’re not…
There’s still time to join us for 10 years of Big Library Read!
For 10 years, readers all over the world have come together for Big Library Read! From cooking up a storm with Art of the Pie to learning the other side of the story in The Other Einstein and celebrating Indigenous voices with A Snake Falls…
Last call for live 2023 training! Skill up for 2024 with magazines & Marketplace essentials.
It’s hard to believe it, but (somehow) the year is almost over. The calendar year, that is. For North American schools, the holidays are less an end point than a waystation – a rest stop before heading into the final (and some might say longest)…
Coming soon! New Metered Access Manager tool
OverDrive Marketplace will soon offer Metered Access Manager, a new tool designed to make managing Metered Access (MA) content easier and more efficient for your library. With Metered Access Manager, you can create customized plans based on specific criteria like format, price, time or checkouts…
Shop Native American Heritage Month books, films, & more
Twice a month our team will assemble a thematic one-stop-shop collection of books, films, lists, and Libby Extras to provide a more seamless shopping experience. This week’s theme is Native America Heritage Month! Celebrated since 1990, the month of November is the perfect time to…
5 must-know dos and don’ts of digital magazines
Your first magazine subscription is almost like a rite of passage. When I was growing up, my mom and I used to share issues of Reader’s Digest – but the rule was, with few exceptions, that she got to read it first. So as a…
OverDrive founders Steve & Loree Potash honored at the University Hospitals Annual Society of 1866 Celebration
OverDrive founders Steve and Loree Potash were joined by nearly 500 friends and supporters of University Hospitals (UH) for the Annual Society of 1866 Celebration on October 9, 2023 held at the Cleveland Museum of Art. They were awarded the Samuel L. Mather Visionary Award…
Our Strangers by Lydia Davis is now available on OverDrive!
From one of the most accomplished writers of our time comes Our Strangers, another brilliant collection of short fiction. Artful, deft, and inventive, Lydia Davis’ newest collection of stories delves into topics ranging from marriage to tiny insects. These stories are a celebration of language…
12 thrilling & chilling books to keep your teen readers on their toes
I admit it – I don’t really like horror. Movies, that is. I have an overactive imagination, and even the dumbest horror films are guaranteed to have me contemplating sleeping with the lamp on for a night or two. Books, however, are a different story….
Get the inside scoop on where to find the best savings on comics for your school!
Chances are, your students are crazy for comics. (In fact, according to one School Library Journal survey, 61% of school librarians have noticed a significant increase in interest in graphic novels and manga over the past few years). And why not? They offer lots of…