7 easy ways to promote your digital collection on social media
By Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist In the library world we understand that budgets are often tight, with every dollar being earmarked for collection development, programs and events which means that it can be tough to find additional funding to promote your content. Thankfully,…
LGBT history month and National Coming Out Day reading lists
By Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist Last June, as many of you may recall, the American Library Association held their annual conference in San Francisco. Thirty minutes before our flight landed news broke that the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage were legal…
Largest-ever Big Library Read is back with two great YA selections
By Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist Today we launched the first ever multi-title Big Library Read as we kick off the latest installment of our global eBook club event with two outstanding Young Adult titles that readers of all ages will love. For…
Happy 50th birthday to the Mid-Continent Public Library!
Mid-Continent Public Library, one of the nation’s best and most forward thinking library systems, is celebrating its 50th year of serving Missourians and we’d like to say congratulations to Library Director and C.E.O. Steven Potter and his entire staff for their constant innovation and leadership…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHARLIE BROWN!
By Jill Grunenwald, a librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive 65 years ago today, Charles M. Schulz’s iconic comic strip made its first appearance (although it was still another two days before Charlie Brown’s beloved beagle bounced into his first panel) and next month…
How public libraries are evolving to meet patrons’ needs in the digital age
Public libraries have always played a vital role in the communities they serve. The changing needs and demands of patrons have led to a physical evolution of libraries, including an increase in group work spaces, expanded computer and internet access and dedicated kids and teens…
OverDrive Read-Along eBooks: perfect for your young students and readers
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist It’s hard to believe but the calendar has inched towards October, signifying both the end of summer and back to school time for students of all ages. You can take advantage of our Back to School sale to…
Librarian’s Share: Merchandise Your OverDrive Collection Like a Pro
Ed. Note: This blog was written by Maria Cipriano. Maria is a Collections Librarian and manages the Electronic and Online resources for Toronto Public Library. Recently she presented at Digipalooza about Toronto Public Library and their success with curated collection. Last month I did something…
The #PageToScreen movies coming this fall
If there is one thing I love more than reading books its watching movies so I always get excited about film adaptions. Of course, since we all know that the book is (almost always) better than the movie, here is a list of the titles…
Big Library Read returns in October with two great titles
The Big Library Read is coming back in October and, due to the overwhelming response to our voting survey, we’ve decided to make this the first ever Big Library Read with two titles. The genre this time around is Young Adult and the winning titles…
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