Our K-12 Resource Center got an upgrade!
By: Emily Balser, Integrated Marketing Specialist The OverDrive Resource Center is a wealth of no-cost resources that you can use to promote Sora to your school community in all kinds of different ways – and it just got a major upgrade! If you aren’t yet…
February Resource Center round-up: Black History Month, Blind Date with an Ebook & new Zoom backgrounds
OverDrive’s K-12 Resource Center is your school’s one-stop shop for free educational, curriculum and promotional resources to support both students and teachers. It’s the easiest way to access ready-made and customizable marketing and training tools that can help increase usage of your school’s digital collection…
Now available: The Sora Holiday Marketing Kit!
Whether you’re celebrating the holidays with friends and family or simply looking forward to some time off to relax, winter break is a welcome reprieve for students and educators alike. It’s also a perfect time to remind your students that with Sora, the school library…
5 free outreach resources you can start using right now
By: Emily Tara, Integrated Marketing Specialist Whether you’re reading this as a school librarian, administrator or teacher. we know that your days are busy. Between planning, prepping, meetings and classes, your plates are full and you’re lucky if you get those spare moments to refill…
13 ways to use Sora side-by-side with your physical library
By: Kristen Hein, Product Support Specialist Your digital collection is an important part of your library. Many people see the digital library as something separate from their physical library and print titles, but it’s something that should exist alongside it! It provides students more title…
School Stars 2022: And the winners are…
2023 SCHOOL STARS ENTRIES ARE OPEN NOW! Show us how you’ve been promoting Sora and you could win up to $2,500 USD content credit! By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist School Stars 2022 has come to a close! I’m always sad when it’s over but so…
School Stars 2022: Closing soon, enter now!
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist Over the past few weeks, I’ve had the pleasure of reviewing the School Stars entries as they come in. There are so many fantastic entries this year: amazing visual and virtual displays, FOMO-inducing community activities, creative uses of Sora in…
Find your students’ perfect reading match for Valentine’s Day
By: Annie Suhy, Outreach Specialist We can all admit it’s a magical feeling when you find THE book. There’s an instant connection. They just “get you.” You’re counting the minutes until you’re together again. But when you’re in the literary love game, you may have…
Happy Holidays to our K-12 partners from the Resource Center
By Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist (To the tune of Jingle Bell Rock) Holi-day, Holi-day, Holiday kit! Holiday cards and social graph-ics Post em, send em, it’ll be fun ‘Cause the best season has begun Holi-day, Holi-day, Holiday Kit! Making this rhyme took some time Download…
Promote your digital BOOOOks with these spooky resources
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist I love summer. I love the sunshine and the heat. I love the sounds of summer: kids biking down my street, the ice cream truck in the distance, sprinklers running to save the grass, laughter in the air – I…