OverDrive Read, now even better in and out of the classroom!
By: Christina Samek, OverDrive Marketing Specialist OverDrive Read has always been the preferred option for our student users across the world. It’s easy to use, requires no additional sign-ins or software and opens conveniently in a web browser. It’s also the option utilized most by…
OverDrive to present findings of school digital content survey at #ASCD16
Digital content use in schools is no longer a new frontier, with more than 80 percent of schools and districts now using some form of digital content in the classroom. The use of digital content – including eBooks, audiobooks and digital textbooks – is a…
Librarian’s Share: Kristin School uses the Featured Title option to highlight individual titles
By Alison Hewett of Kristin School and Beau Livengood of OverDrive. Alison Hewett at Kristin School (New Zealand) utilizes every method she can to make sure her students have the best OverDrive site possible. Discovery of titles is crucial for any collection, and one newer…
Celebrating Harry Potter Book Night!
By Adam Sockel, OverDrive’s Social Media Specialist If you follow us on social media or have had the chance to visit our Blue Sky Campus offices you are very aware that Team OverDrive adores all things Harry Potter. Therefore, it goes without saying that of…
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…
The most popular titles borrowed by OverDrive school digital libraries
By Christina Samek, OverDrive Launch Specialist Though it seems hard to believe, 2016 has arrived. For some, this brought piles and piles of snow. Others, torrential rains and blustery winds. For our school partners, an end to holiday break and the beginning of a new…
Exciting updates to the OverDrive app and the Read & Listen formats
OverDrive is working hard to bring you and your readers the best digital reading experience, and we’re excited to share some updates that are coming soon to OverDrive Read, OverDrive Listen, and the OverDrive app. OverDrive Read & OverDrive Listen Updated Menu icon with new icons (like…
School and public libraries are gearing up for their Summer Reading programs.
By Sheila Henline, Librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive. Educators continually express the importance of reading during the breaks so our young boys and girls do not forget their skills, preventing the dreaded summer slide. School libraries often send home lists of books for…
Librarian’s Share: Creating a student book club and blog
By Kelly Hladek, a Library Media Specialist from Morton High School Recently we had a chance to speak with Kelly Hladek a Library Media Specialist from Morton High School who is using an interactive blog and a book club to help promote eReading among her…
The books that got Team OverDrive reading
By Christina Samek, an OverDrive Launch Specialist We are a team of book nerds. This is not news–we love books, we know books. But, it wasn’t always this way. We were children once, figuring it all out. Words were shaping the trajectory of our…
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