Monday 5×5 July 23 2018
By: Jill Grunenwald The Ringer looks at the busted bodies and broken bones of Muggle Quidditch High-school gym class taught me that organized sports are the worst, and yet I would like to believe that had Muggle Quidditch been around when I was in college…
Be a part of the second edition of Perspectives on Reading
Earlier this summer, we launched the inaugural edition of Perspectives on Reading, our new quarterly online magazine. The publication features spotlights on exciting trends in the literary industry, including ways video games are being used as literacy tools, how writers’ support groups encourage creativity, examples…
How Multnomah County Library is taking advantage of the rise in audiobook usage
Recently, in our inaugural edition of Perspectives on Reading, we shared trends about the growth in usage of digital audiobooks. Libraries around the world are boosting usage of their digital collections by capitalizing on the massive audiobook collection available in OverDrive Marketplace. One such library…
Monday 5×5 July 16 2018
By Jill Grunenwald Your long-read comes from Wired, an oral history of Facebook’s wild early days Fascinating. Just fascinating. Also, not for nothing, but I love reading oral histories (even ones like this where, if I’m reading the author’s note correctly at the end, also…
66 library systems are currently on pace to surpass 1 million checkouts in 2018
In 2017, 58 libraries surpassed 1 million checkouts on their OverDrive lending platform, leading the way to a global record of more than 225 million circulations around the world from all OverDrive-partner libraries and schools. Through the first half of 2018, digital circulations are once…
Get Your Collection Ready for Summer
By: Courtney Sveda, OverDrive Training Specialist July is filled with family vacations, day trips, and time outside. What do all these activities have in common? They all pair perfectly with an eBook or audiobook! Because your digital collection may receive more attention due to the…
Pony up to the latest Big Library Read
The latest Big Library Read is now live and this time around it’s a familiar story with a western twist. Cowboy Pride by Lacy Williams was selected by OverDrive users through a popular vote, meaning that readers can borrow this modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice for…
Monday 5×5 July 9, 2018
By: Jill Grunenwald How do you find time to write a book? Baby steps all the way. One of the best words of writing advice I’ve ever heard came from Deborah Harkness, who said “Just write one page a day. Just one page. One year…
Open a book, open your mind
Books have been described as our most inexhaustible form of magic by the woman who made us all watch the sky for owls carrying letters, portable magic by a guy known to terrify us with horror stories and the greatest weapon in the world by…
Monday 5×5 July 2 2018
Blink and it’s already July! I have no idea how, but here we are with our first Monday 5×5 of the new month. Over on Vox: Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House books are beautiful. They are also filled with racism I know there are a…