Libby Announces Finalists for the Second Annual Libby Book Awards
Expert panel of librarians recognize the best books of 2024 across 20 categories, including four new categories CLEVELAND – Feb. 4, 2025 – Today, the award-winning library reading app Libby announced its finalists for the second annual Libby Book Awards. The awards honor public librarians’…
Library Card Streaming Service Kanopy Names Its Most-Watched Films and Television Programming Of 2024
Two Top Films of 2023 – the New Romance Classic “Past Lives” and the Harrowing Legal Drama “Anatomy of a Fall” – Lead Kanopy’s Most-Watched Films of the Year Kanopy, the no-cost/no-ads movie streaming service available through local libraries, colleges, universities, and other institutions, has…
Survey finds that L&D is booming — and a major boon to retaining employees
HR leaders overwhelmingly see L&D as a competitive advantage and share key insights to maximize program value CLEVELAND — OverDrive, the leading digital reading platform for corporate and law libraries worldwide, and HR Dive’s studioID released a new survey report that highlights the significant growth…
OverDrive Announces New Communication Services to Empower Libraries
March 16, 2022 – Librarians to control messaging in Libby for custom news, events and marketing campaigns
Sora “Content Bundles” Feature Empowers Educators to Easily Reserve Digital Books for Specific Students
Jan. 18, 2022 – Teachers can use Sora app to target specific individual students or groups with the curriculum books they need
Announcing accessibility enhancements in the Libby app
To support your library’s mission to serve every reader in your community, we’ve been working to improve the accessibility of the Libby app. Recent updates make Libby more accessible for all readers, including users with a diverse range of visual, motor, and cognitive needs. Many…
Be in the Know with Kensington!
Join us on Wed., Nov. 17, 2021 at 1:30 PM ET for a special catalog presentation from Kensington. Attendees will get a first look at Kensington’s winter and spring 2022 titles and the event will feature special appearances by authors and editors. Library partners who…
Digital Shift in Schools Accelerates During ’20-’21 School Year
June 24, 2021 – OverDrive Education reports growth in schools using ebooks and audiobooks and creates resources to help schools navigate government funding (ESF or ESSER)
The new issue of Perspectives on Reading is here!
The new issue of Perspectives on Reading magazine is now available and packed with fantastic stories, ideas and insights from all corners of the world of reading. Issue 8 includes: Bowling Green State University’s Browne Popular Culture Library helps preserve romance fiction How are U.S….
Learn how digital book clubs can help you stay connected with your patrons
By: Meghan Volchko, Public Library Collection Development Manager If any of you out there are like me, you have a compulsive need to talk about what you are reading with everyone. This has been made quite difficult by my being stuck at home, as I am…