She’s making a list, she’s checking it…incessantly: using the “Add to list” feature in Sora
By: Sydney Kalnay, Training Specialist. My TBR list is reaching critical mass. Stacks upon stacks of books fill up the rooms in my house and my animals have even started using them as perches and as stepping stones to get to the windowsills. Offline, I…
Oh, what fun! Promote your digital library this holiday season.
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist. ? School bell rings, are you listening? Break has started, screens are glistening! Spend it right, happily reading each night Holidays with Sora in hand!? NEW GRAPHICS YULE LOVE We’re in the holiday spirit, and we hope you’re feeling it too!…
5 fall activities to pair with audiobooks
By: Tiffany Wincek, Account Manager. We’re experiencing a full weather transition here in Cleveland: a little over a week ago, the precipitation in the morning was so insulting that I claimed it was hating from the sky. The part-snow, part-rain, and part-hail assault caused me…
The Coolest Marketplace Feature You’re Not Using: Title Assignments
By Sydney Kalnay: Training Specialist. What is a title assignment? Simply put, a title assignment is a way to put ebooks and audiobooks right on the home page of Sora for a student when he or she logs in. No searching, no borrowing—no forgetting. The…
Sora drives digital reading growth in South African schools
By: Thandeka Kaya, College Librarian & Kirston Hoets, Reseller with Meredith Wemhoff, Account Manager. St. John’s College – Houghton in South Africa saw a dramatic increase in both number of checkouts and unique users since the introduction of Sora. In September, St. John’s College’s average checkouts…
Key to success: Promoting your school’s digital library
By: Courtney Sveda, Training Specialist. Need help spreading the word about your school’s digital library? Join us for Promoting OverDrive at Your School for tips and tricks for reaching members of your school community! Marketing your school’s digital collection to your students might not seem…
November is National Picture Book Month
By: Sarah Wilsman, Collection Development Specialist. National Picture Book Month is an international literacy initiative that celebrates picture books over the month of November. OverDrive supports this celebration with digital versions of all your favorite stories and artwork – from Pete the Cat to Goodnight…
Your Brain on Audiobooks: Why Listening Matters
By: Annie Suhy, Outreach Specialist. Before we are able to read, our parents read to us. We follow the story with our ears and the colorful illustrations spark our imaginations. Many have memories of parents, grandparents, siblings, or teachers reading to them as young children….
Britannica Digital Learning provides knowledge & nostalgia at your fingertips
On a recent episode of the Professional Book Nerds podcast, author, talk show host and stand-up comedian Guy Branum shared a wonderful story about encyclopedias. In both the interview and his book My Life as a Goddess, Guy discusses how, when he was young, the…
Dyslexia Awareness Month
Three million people are diagnosed with dyslexia each year. Students might struggle with reading fluency, decoding, reading comprehension, recall, writing, spelling and sometimes speech. All of these challenges might exist along with other related disorders, which can make the learning experience incredibly stressful. Among students…