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…
Announcing OverDrive Hub
Today we are announcing new custom outreach tools, data reporting dashboards and catalog management services to empower librarians to reach and engage patrons more efficiently. With the OverDrive Hub, librarians will have new ways to connect with their community and reach new users. These tools…
Sora Sweet Reads returns with even sweeter reads in 2022
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist As we previously shared, Sora Sweet Reads is coming! The program launches May 4 and runs through Aug. 17, offering 50 juvenile and young adult ebooks and audiobooks (44 for our global partners). This year’s set includes more than just…
Join us on our world literary tour
We are launching our World Literary Tour and inviting all of our partners along for the ride. Each month we will be highlighting a different destination with our recommended lists, from which you will learn interesting facts about the languages, cultures, and literature. Travel the…
Las Vegas Library Director is a driving force for innovation
Update 3/16/22: ALA awards the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District the 2022 ALA/Information Today, Inc. Library of the Future Award for its “Bringing the Library to Transit Riders” program. Kelvin Watson, Executive Director of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District (LVCCLD), is always looking for…
Add some POW! to your school library with All Access Comics in Sora
Give your school’s digital collection a little extra ZAP! with our new All Access Comics package, accessible through the Sora reading app. This package is a great one-stop shop for digital comics for your school, offering top titles for students of all ages to support…
New Libby Extra: Craftsy en Español
March is craft month and what better way to celebrate than my adding Craftsy en Español to your digital collection! This new Libby Extras offering is a cost-per-circ-based service that offers crafting videos, tutorials and additional resources for creative makers in Spanish. Please note Craftsy…
Spring forward with K-12 training webinars for March
Each month, our Training Team conducts live training webinars with one goal in mind: giving you more opportunities to use the Sora reading app to boost your students’ learning! For 2022, we’re offering a revamped approach to webinars, alternating focus each month on either Sora…