Create Reading Happiness by getting “Caught Reading” all month long!
May is known nationwide as “Get Caught Reading” month, a time to not only celebrate your love of all things bookish but to let the world see your adoration by “getting caught” reading. As the cast of Hamilton would say, “Shout it from the rooftops!”…
The top 6 ways libraries are increasing their digital circulation
At PLA in Denver last week, Team OverDrive met with countless library partners, sharing the latest innovations coming this year and discussing the continued surge in digital library lending. While presenting and interacting with these librarians, the overarching theme for why digital checkouts are at…
Create Reading Happiness: Librarians matter now more than ever
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist During April, we are proud to celebrate National Library Week, a time dedicated to the sheer awesomeness that is the librarian. Of course, celebrating “librarian love” is something we do every day here at OverDrive but National…
How to spread the word to your community about the Big Library Read
The latest Big Library Read begins on March 17th with readers having selected American Sniper as the title users from around the world will be reading and listening to at the same time. Given the popularity of the title this Big Library Read offers your…
Celebrating our favorite literary doctor on Read Across America
By Adam Sockel, who forever believes in whimsy March 2nd is a big day for libraries and schools across the country. This date marks the birthday of Dr. Seuss and is celebrated as Read Across America, a day where librarians, teachers and classes read classic Dr….
Save big on Chinese language content and win a Facebook Ad from OverDrive
From now until March 8th libraries can save 25-50% on over 15,000 Chinese eBooks and audiobooks in OverDrive Marketplace. There you’ll find ready made collections of titles including Chinese culture, recipes, language learning and lists of the most popular content borrowed by patrons. These titles…
We want you and your readers to pick the next Big Library Read title!
All this week our library partners and their users have the opportunity to select the next title that will be read during the Big Library Read. By going to the Big Library Read website, you can vote on the title that will be read by…
Love is in the air with the new Readers’ Advisory collection
By Jim Monastra, an Account Specialist with OverDrive You are invited to participate in OverDrive’s next Readers’ Advisory project, which centers on terrific romantic titles. As with the last campaign, we will be showcasing two separate collections for your OverDrive site – one collection that…
OverDrive Local Content lets your community be a part of your digital collection
By Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist OverDrive’s Local Content tool is a great way to enhance the value of your digital collection by offering unique historical documents, titles written by local authors and community videos your library has copyright permission to upload. Schools can…
Books to read once you finish Making a Murderer
By Rachel Kray, a Librarian and Collection Development Analyst at OverDrive (and an amateur sleuth / armchair crime solver) It seems like the whole world is talking about Steven Avery and the Netflix documentary Making a Murderer. If you’re anything like me, you binge watched…
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