Fall in love on a “Blind Book Date”
By: Rickie Mascia, Social Media Specialist As librarians and book nerds, everyone here at OverDrive loves a good book recommendation. Even more so, we love giving them. There’s something exceptionally special about knowing that you’re about to introduce someone to a new story that will…
Reaching your reluctant readers webinar
By: Meghan Volchko, Public Library Collection Development Manager Reader, I married him. A non-reader. I knew this from the beginning and for a while it was kind of cute. Here’s this librarian dating, engaged to, then married to an engineer who doesn’t even have a…
The enduring impact of “Little Women”
By: Hannah Monson, Content Specialist Little Women — originally published in two parts, entitled Little Women and Good Wives — celebrated its 150th birthday in 2018. Celebration of this landmark anniversary has extended into 2019, with a new movie adaptation directed by Greta Gerwig and…
2019 Youth Media Awards
By: Sarah Wilsman, Content Specialist The American Library Association (ALA) announced the top books for children and young adults – including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and Printz awards – at its Midwinter Meeting in Seattle in January. This year’s Youth Media…
Sora and the gift of digital
By: Christina Samek, Outreach Specialist. It’s another year, another beginning, and another opportunity to discuss the merits of digital in today’s age with all of you. The first time I did this, I used helpful and trusted statistics to support my idea. Numbers never lie….
Shop smarter with assorted lending models
By: Erica Tucker, Product Support Manager As Marketplace users likely know, OverDrive offers access to several different lending models (a set of purchasing and borrowing terms for digital content, determined by the publisher) in Marketplace. While Marketplace defaults to the One Copy/One User & Metered…
Classroom mantras for back to school
By: Tiffany Wincek, Account Manager. I love Gretchen Rubin’s “happiness hack” of choosing a word or phrase to use as a focus for a new year. The older I’ve gotten, the more realistic I’ve become about setting resolutions before the ball drops. In the past,…
Summer Read Wrap Up 2018
This month we wrap up the Summer Read program. Thank you for all the schools that participated. We hope your students liked it and will enter the classroom eager to read and ready to learn. Reading over the summer stems summer slide, with children in…
OverDrive Summer Read is finally here!
OverDrive Summer Read is finally here! The collections have now been added, in eBook format, to OverDrive-powered school websites, in the US and Canada. They will be available, with unlimited access, through July 18th! To learn more about the program, check out our designated Summer…
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