Customized marketing for your college library
By Annie Suhy, Outreach Services Specialist You already know that Libby is one of the easiest ways for college students to access and read (or listen!) to digital content on their phone or tablet. But did you know, here at OverDrive, we have a team…
Let’s see Libby in your library!
By Annie Suhy, Outreach Services Specialist Ever since Libby, the library reading app, launched 4 years ago this June, we’ve been seeing that friendly face popping up in libraries and on reading devices across the world. With many libraries returning to (somewhat) normal after a…
Libby Spotlight: Rabun County Public Library (GA)
Big. Bold. Brief. That was the advice that Rabun County Public Library in Georgia followed when they decided to promote their audiobook collection in Libby featured on a billboard in their town. Catching the attention of potential patrons driving down the highway is a highly…
How to promote your academic library’s digital collection in 2021 & beyond
By Annie Suhy, Outreach Services Specialist We’ve heard how the usage of ebooks and audiobooks has grown exponentially in the last year in academic libraries. Accelerated by the pandemic, digital usage in the academic environment is an upward trend that began in the mid-2010’s. With…
School Stars 2021: Meet our winners!
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist That’s a wrap on School Stars 2021, and it was one for the record books! With over 200 entries, there were so many wonderful, thoughtful, compelling, heart-breaking, beautiful, engaging, amazing…I could go on and on…entries. It was truly very difficult…
Upcoming webinar: Top 10 Tips for Showing Off on Social
By Annie Suhy, Outreach Services Specialist Have you ever noticed people scrolling through their phones when they have a few seconds of downtime? Almost everyone has a social media account (or 4) that they check daily. Lucky for libraries, social media is a fast, free,…
Add Libby to “Grab-&-Go” Kits
By Annie Suhy, Outreach Services Specialist In the past year, I’ve had more things than I could have ever imagined handed to me through my car window. Not just my groceries and my dinner order, but also most of my holiday shopping, my kid’s homework,…
Show Libby some love on your library’s website
By Annie Suhy, Outreach Services Specialist It may be the case that your library’s digital doorstep has received more traffic over the last year than your actual doorstep. One of the many ways libraries have adapted to all of the changes is by increasing discoverability…
School Stars returns Feb. 1! Are you ready?
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist Although it seemed like it would go on and on into forever, 2020 is finally coming to an end. Like almost everyone, I am ready for it to be over and am feeling hopeful for what 2021 may bring. This…
Resources for reluctant readers
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist Because I work in marketing in the education space, I’ve long believed teen readers to be our most elusive audience. I have to attempt to appeal to their tastes without being too on-the-nose. On top of that, our materials should…