Lets celebrate #BannedBooksWeek!
By Sheila Henline, a librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive. (ED. Note: for optimal enjoyment press play before reading…) Every year libraries and librarians, booksellers, publishers and authors become involved in #BannedBooksWeek, an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. The importance of…
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…
Adam’s 10 deserted island reads
(Ed. Note: Adam is a Social Media Specialist at OverDrive and manages the blog. He put his whole team through this exercise so it only seemed fair that he do it too. He’s also writing this note and apologizes that it’s in third person. I have…
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…
Liz’s 10 deserted island books
Ed. Note: This is the 8th in our series of books we’d take with us on a deserted island if we could only pick ten. Today’s list comes from Liz Tousey, a librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive. The Complete Works of William…
The books the cats of OverDrive recommend
Here at OverDrive, we love our literary pets! We asked our cats which books they think everyone should read and got some very fun and amusing responses… Hugo lives with Rachel Kray (Collection Development Analyst) and he recommends Love Saves the Day by Gwen…
Kristin’s 10 Deserted Island Books
Ed. Note: This is the 7th in our series of books we’d take with us on a deserted island if we could only pick ten. Today’s list comes from Kristin Milks, a librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive. Pride and Prejudice by Jane…
Meghan’s 10 deserted island books
Ed. Note: This is the 6th in our series of books we’d take with us on a deserted island if we could only pick ten. Today’s list comes from Meghan Volchko, a librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive. Note from Meghan: This was…
Jill’s 10 deserted island books
Ed. Note: This is the 5th in our series of books we’d take with us on a deserted island if we could only pick ten. Today’s list comes from Jill Grunenwald, a librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive. Angels in America by Tony…
My 10 deserted island books: Cindy Orr
Recently Time Magazine has released a series of wonderful articles where they asked famous people their ten favorite books or the “ten books they’d take with them if they were marooned on a desert island.” We simply love this idea and wanted to share Team OverDrive’s…
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