April showers bring…more new webinars!
By: Sydney Kalnay, Training Manager Get ready for a great month of training! As you may recall from previous posts, the Training Team delivers webinars every month on either the Sora reading app or Marketplace, and we offer both an “Essentials” session to get you…
Connect With Your Library during National Library Week!
National Library Week is here! This year’s theme, Connect With Your Library, celebrates the important work libraries and librarians do to keep their community connected. As actress Molly Shannon, this year’s honorory chair of National Library Week, says: Libraries are places where communities connect—to things…
Spring into learning with our April webinars!
Somehow, miraculously, we’ve made it to spring! The sun is finally shining a bit more and it’s lighter later. With the changing of the seasons, we’re already looking ahead with our April webinar series. On April 7 at 11:00 a.m. (ET), join us for How…
The next Big Library Read is a week away!
Our global ebook club Big Library Read (BLR) is almost here! From April 4 – April 18, readers all over the world will be able to check out the ebook and audiobook of Music is History by Questlove without waitlist or holds. Music Is History…
Don’t miss out on 30-50% off Scholastic titles!
Scholastic is one of the best-known names in K-12 publishing — and from now until Mar. 31, you can get 30-50% off on hundreds of Scholastic ebooks and audiobooks for your classroom and school library! From picture books to young adult fiction, timely nonfiction titles…
Be In the Know with Bethany House!
Join us on Tuesday, April 12 at 1:30pm ET for a special catalog presentation from Baker Publishing Group imprint, Bethany House. Don’t miss out on this chance to hear authors speak and present on their newest titles and for an exclusive look into staff picks…
Move full STEAM into spring!
By: Emily Tara, Product Support Specialist Some say March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. To me, March has always been a time for first glimpses of spring: snow starting to turn to rain, and on special days, you can…
School Stars 2022: Closing soon, enter now!
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist Over the past few weeks, I’ve had the pleasure of reviewing the School Stars entries as they come in. There are so many fantastic entries this year: amazing visual and virtual displays, FOMO-inducing community activities, creative uses of Sora in…
Sign up for free Libby Extras demo access
Interested in seeing what musical instruments are available in ArtistWorks? Or what crafting passions your patrons can pursue in Craftsy and Craftsy en Español? Looking to discover what topics your users can learn about through Universal Class? Sign up now to access a free demo…
How the Alameda County Library encourages lifelong learning with The Great Courses
For Stacy R.J. Tomaszewski, electronic resources librarian at the Alameda County Library, the online classes available through The Great Courses were a natural fit for the California library. “Our population really likes to learn,” she said, referring to the nearly 600,000 people that make up…