Bloomsbury titles available in Cost Per Circ during January
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing & Communications Specialist We know that our library partners see a surge in new users every January, thanks to all the devices received over the holidays. This year is no different; in fact, demand might be even greater than usual since…
The Digital Bookmobile Team is now offering virtual patron training
By: Joe Skelley, Marketing & Events Specialist After canceling the 2020 Digital Bookmobile tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Digital Bookmobile team quickly pivoted to offer virtual Libby training webinars to libraries who had their tour stops canceled. After the great success of these…
Dear librarians and library staff, thank you
By: Adam Sockel, Integrated Marketing Specialist Each year, librarians, directors, and library staff provide countless services and programs for their patrons, but in 2020 they’ve gone above and beyond. We created a short video highlighting just a few of the remarkable ways libraries have kept…
School Stars returns Feb. 1! Are you ready?
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist Although it seemed like it would go on and on into forever, 2020 is finally coming to an end. Like almost everyone, I am ready for it to be over and am feeling hopeful for what 2021 may bring. This…
Join the Professional Book Nerds 2021 Reading Challenge
By: Jill Grunenwald, Professional Book Nerd For the last couple of years, my Professional Book Nerds co-host and I have created a reading challenge to encourage our listeners and fellow book nerds to read outside their comfort zone. This year is (finally) almost over, which…
Learn best practices for OverDrive Marketplace with our new training kit
By: Gabby Cregan, Training Specialist At this hectic time of year, learn new skills when and how it’s convenient for you: all at once, or bit by bit. While we’ve always offered webinars and short how-to videos on popular topics, this year we introduced e-learning…
Last chance to save big in our End of Year sale
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing & Communications Specialist As they say, 20/20 is hindsight and I’m sure many of us are looking forward to putting this year in the rearview mirror. What you definitely don’t want to let pass you by is our End of Year…
Readers will fall in love with our upcoming Together We Read title so save the date!
By Jill Grunenwald, Marketing & Communications Specialist Together We Read is returning for our United States libraries! This digital book club is an opportunity for users at United States libraries to read the same book at the same time. From Feb. 10 – 24, 2021,…
OverDrive Education announces top K-12 ebook & audiobook downloads for 2020
In 2020, a worldwide shift to partial or fully remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic meant that K-12 students accessed more digital books than ever through the Sora student reading app. OverDrive Education data from 38,000 schools in 71 countries shows that tens of…
Resources for reluctant readers
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist Because I work in marketing in the education space, I’ve long believed teen readers to be our most elusive audience. I have to attempt to appeal to their tastes without being too on-the-nose. On top of that, our materials should…