Introducing the “Sora for PK-3 readers” Training Kit
By: Gabby Cregan, Training Specialist and Sydney Kalnay, Training Manager Once a teacher, always a teacher. Many of us here at OverDrive are former educators, translating our love for the classroom into actionable ways to help teachers, media specialists, school librarians, and others adapt and…
The Digipalooza countdown is on: 6 can’t-miss sessions for K-12 educators
Digipalooza 2021 (Tuesday, Aug. 3 – Thursday, Aug. 5) is just around the corner, and we’ve got all the details educators need to get a head start on their program planning. In addition to the announcement of Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden as our…
Community Read Collection alert: New no-cost Social and Emotional Learning titles
As part of OverDrive’s continued commitment to helping you meet increased demand for digital content, we are pleased to announce the OverDrive Community Read: Social and Emotional Learning Collection. This bundle is donated by OverDrive and comes at no cost to your library. The collection…
Sora Sweet Reads: Meet the titles
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist May is here – and that means Sora Sweet Reads is right around the corner. Sora Sweet Reads is OverDrive’s annual global reading program, exclusive to schools through the Sora reading app. It launches May 5 and runs through Aug….
SYNC is back for 2021, with free audiobooks for teens all summer in Sora!
Click here for details about SYNC 2023. The time has come once again, audiobook lovers! SYNC, sponsored by AudioFile Magazine and powered by OverDrive’s Sora student reading app, returns this Thursday, April 29. Now in its 12th year, SYNC is a summer reading program targeted…
Sora Spotlight: Molly Dettmann, Teacher Librarian at Norman North High School (OK)
By: Kristen Hein, 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…
Introducing new Databases & Streaming Media services
As of Nov. 1, 2023, Universal Class is no longer available for purchase through OverDrive. Visit the Resource Center to learn more about all of our other Libby Extras offerings. We’re excited to introduce a new category of content for your library’s digital collection: Databases…
Using American Rescue Plan Act funds for purchase of digital books for US libraries
Visit this page to see the tools and resources available in Marketplace to use American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to purchase digital content. Over the past several weeks, we here at OverDrive have been in dialog with leadership from the Institute of Museum and…
Celebrate National Poetry Month with these 2021 poetry collections
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing & Communications Specialist With respect to T.S. Eliot, I’m not so sure about his whole “April is the cruellest month” from The Waste Land. After all, how could an entire month dedicated to the magic and majesty of poetry be considered…
School Stars 2021: Meet our winners!
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist That’s a wrap on School Stars 2021, and it was one for the record books! With over 200 entries, there were so many wonderful, thoughtful, compelling, heart-breaking, beautiful, engaging, amazing…I could go on and on…entries. It was truly very difficult…