Celebrate the Chinese New Year with big savings on digital content from OverDrive
The Chinese New Year doesn’t officially happen until January 28, but we’re welcoming the Year of the Rooster for a full month by offering up to 50% off on thousands of Chinese title in OverDrive Marketplace. Starting today, we’re kicking off our celebration with huge…
Students borrow record numbers of ebooks and audiobooks in 2016
The use of eBooks and audiobooks has grown steadily in K-12 classrooms and libraries. The number of digital books borrowed on OverDrive’s K-12 digital reading platform is up 48 percent compared to 2015. K-12 students are reading more eBooks and audiobooks, and while an increasing…
#Infographic: The most popular eBooks and Audiobooks borrowed on OverDrive in 2016
In 2016, OverDrive saw record circulation numbers across the board as millions of readers from around the world connected with their libraries daily through OverDrive apps and websites. This surge in checkouts was the result of several factors. The ease of use and increased speed…
Voting is now open: Help us select the next Big Library Read
We’re cooking up something fresh as the next installment of the global eBook club will be a culinary delight. Voting is now live for the world’s largest digital reading event when millions of library users from around the world will have access to the same book…
In-school awareness can boost reading rates more than 100%
By: Kelly Hladek, Library Media Specialist and Technology Liaison, Morton High School. The School City of Hammond, in Hammond, Indiana, is starting off 2017 on a celebratory note. In one year’s time, OverDrive checkouts for the district have grown 183 percent from 4,094 to 11,571!…
OverDrive tools help library partners find success in 2016
In the coming days, we’ll be providing full statistics from another record breaking year in digital library lending. Readers continue to discover the convenience of 24/7 access to their library through OverDrive and circulation numbers have exploded once again because of this. More library systems…
49 library systems reach one million checkouts on OverDrive in 2016
As we’ve previously shared, 2016 was a record breaking year in digital library lending, as readers borrowed 196 million books through OverDrive-powered library websites. This 21% overall growth can be attributed to an increase in digital circulation across countless OverDrive library collections around the world….
Hot chocolate vs hot cocoa: a sweet history lesson
By: Alissa Berman, Account Specialist. When the temperature drops, most of us crave a hot drink. As a child, the best part of coming inside from playing in the winter snow was enjoying a warm cup of hot cocoa. Adults might increase coffee intake when…
How to keep kids reading over winter break
There will be no shortage of snowball fights, visitors and other fun distractions over the holiday break from school. Kids will probably try to keep up with all the attention-grabbing mayhem, and they may not take the quiet time they need to refuel and recharge….
The gift of digital in the classroom
By: Christina Samek, Marketing Specialist. This holiday season, your students will likely be inundated with all the new toys and apps available in the digital space. It’s equal parts exciting and overwhelming. The digital evolution has been growing, changing, and ultimately, improving for years. However,…
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