5 creative ways to promote your digital library during the holiday break!
By Christina Samek, an OverDrive Launch Specialist. You better watch out, you better not cry…because the holiday season has finally arrived! I am sure you are very aware of this, no jingle necessary. Your students are probably preparing their Holiday wish lists, discussing plans for…
We want you to decide the best book of 2015
Each year websites like to release their “best books of the year” lists in December. We’ve even shared our favorite ones right here. Now we want you, the readers, to decide the absolute best book of the 2015. We’ve rounded up the 32 most checked…
7 reasons why schools should be using digital audiobooks with students every day
By Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist These days, technology and classroom are two words that go hand in hand. Students around the world now have access to devices like Chromebooks and tablets that have become a part of their everyday learning environment. Thanks to…
Save up to 50% through the end of the year during our Holiday Spectacular Sale!
From now until December 31st you can save 25-50% off thousands of titles in OverDrive Marketplace from hundreds of publishers. These savings are available on eBooks, audiobooks as well as huge savings on our streaming video content. Now is the perfect time to offer your…
Celebrate Picture Book Month with gorgeous and interactive digital content
By Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist. When someone says the words “picture book” it’s likely you think of the classic Little Golden Books so many of us grew up reading. I spent more nights than I could ever count falling asleep as my parents…
Let OverDrive help you prep for the holiday rush with our free webinar
The holidays are, traditionally, the busiest time of the year in the digital library world. Over the next few months countless readers will unwrap new devices and smart phones and discover all the wonderful content they can get from the library for free. With this…
OverDrive integrates with Follett Destiny
OverDrive and Follett are excited to announce a new integration partnership enabling a simplified user experience for preK-12 schools and districts. Students and staff can now easily access OverDrive content from Destiny with a single click of a consistent open button, eliminating the need to…
The top ten digital novel sets OverDrive school partners are using with their students
By Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist For as long as there have been schools there have been class-assigned books to be read. Curriculum directors and teachers have meetings to decide what books to teach that year and then students are handed out copies of…
Manteca Unified School District blends technology into their curriculum
By Anne Steiner, District Librarian from Manteca Unified School District and Adam Sockel, Social Media Specialist with OverDrive Manteca Unified School District recently launched their OverDrive digital collection intended to help get their school community excited about reading through their Going Digital project. The district…
Outreach resources for your school community
By Christina Samek, a Launch Specialist on the OverDrive School Partner Services team. In life, there’s no such thing as an easy button. There’s no lightbulb overhead that indicates an idea is a good one. We are often putting stock into our instincts, following our…
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