OverDrive’s favorite titles by female authors for Women’s History Month
by Jill Grunenwald, librarian and OverDrive Collection Development Analyst. Weather wise, we always like when March comes in like a lamb but I think we should champion and celebrate when it comes in like a lion, because March is also Women’s History Month in much…
A Few Excellent Reasons to Consider the Simultaneous Use Model
By Liz Tousey, Librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive All publishers and titles menitoned in this article are available here. OverDrive’ Simultaneous Use lending model allows you to circulate unlimited copies of a chosen titles or set of titles concurrently, for the length of your selected…
Check out our newly updated eHighlights digital collection catalogs!
By Todd Warhola, Librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive Do you hear that low humming sound? Almost like a hive of bumblebees have taken over the workspace here at OverDrive? That’s our eHighlights team busily working to get you the best information about upcoming…
And the Oscar goes to…
By Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist You can purchase all of the titles mentioned in this blog here. It’s no secret that a large number of the movies that come to the big screen every year are book adaptations. If people love reading a…
Publish your curated collection for Romance Reads!
The curated collections, Love is in the Air: Romance Reads for Adults and Love is in the Air: Romance Reads for Teens, are ready for you to Publish in the curation interface in OverDrive Marketplace! Boost circulation and reader engagement by publishing the collection to your…
More Manga Than Ever Is Now Available To Schools
By Liz Tousey, Librarian and Collection Development Analyst at OverDrive. We are happy to announce that manga in the MediaDo reader format is now available to schools! The MediaDo reader is browser-based reader that’s designed to handle graphic books that are read from right to…
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…
New Year, New You: Audiobooks to listen to while you work out
By Todd Warhola, Librarian and Collection Development Analyst at OverDrive When I’m working out in the gym there are several different routes I take in terms of the kind of audiobook I’ll listen to. I like to listen to something that makes me feel like…
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…
Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. and Black History Month
Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Black History Month are right around the corner and we wanted to take a look at all the great content, we here at OverDrive, have in order to fill out your digital collection during this important time of year….
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