Celebrating Cleveland Book Week with the Professional Book Nerds
The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards have been handed out for more than 80 years to books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and our appreciation of the rich diversity of human cultures. For eight decades these distinguished books have opened and challenged the minds…
getAbstract is offering 12 simultaneous use titles free of charge for two weeks
Earlier this year we announced an exciting partnership with getAbstract, a catalog of 8,000+ simultaneous access business and self-improvement titles. These titles are condensed to the titles most important concepts and strategies and are designed to be able to be read in under ten minutes. To raise…
Announcing the winners of our Curated Collection Naming Contest
Throughout the summer, we hosted our Curated Collection Naming Contest and we’re excited to announce the winners in all five of the categories. We received nearly 200 entries and each of the five categories had over 500 votes. The following libraries will receive content credit to…
OverDrive Training sessions to make the most of your digital collection
By: Briana Johnson-Sims, OverDrive Training Specialist “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain Sometimes getting started can seem like your biggest obstacle, but we’ve got good news for you. The OverDrive Training Team hosts a series of free webcasts the second…
How Librarians are helping to combat America’s Opioid Crisis
By: Adam Sockel, Marketing & Communications Specialist. It’s no secret that the United States has seen a surge in the amount of opioid usage and drug overdoses in recent years. The amount of people who died in 2015 alone from overdosing is up ten times…
60 library systems are on pace to hit one million digital checkouts with OverDrive in 2017
Last year, a record 49 different OverDrive digital library collections hit one million checkouts and we’re excited to announce that it looks like, once again, a new benchmark will be set. Records are meant to be broken, after all. In 2015, the number of library…
Voting for our Curated Collection Naming Contest is now open
At the beginning of June we announced our OverDrive Curated Collection naming contest and, after receiving loads of wonderful entries, we’re excited to share that voting is now open! Simply click this link to see full list of all entries, sorted by category, and choose your…
OverDrive Aligns with Global Tech Leader
Rakuten, one of the leading technology companies in the world, is well known in many countries for empowering society through technology and innovation. Based in Tokyo, Rakuten has 14,000 employees, operations in 29 countries, and provides services to a billion users. Rakuten has been named…
Looking back on the ALA Annual conference in Chicago
Last weekend, several members of Team OverDrive spent four days in Chicago meeting with hundreds of librarians from around the country. The ALA Annual meetings offer an opportunity to interact with publishers, authors, librarians and the decision makers that help shape both the digital reading…
Resource Center Spotlight: Table Tents
By: Christina Samek, OverDrive Marketing Specialist If you are like me, you always reach for the table tent or table talker at a restaurant. Because, most often, it features the dessert menu. The dessert menu is the best part of any dining experience especially if…
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