Announcing the winners of our Curated Collection Naming Contest
Throughout the summer, we hosted our Curated Collection Naming Contest and we’re excited to announce the winners in all five of the categories. We received nearly 200 entries and each of the five categories had over 500 votes. The following libraries will receive content credit to…
OverDrive Training sessions to make the most of your digital collection
By: Briana Johnson-Sims, OverDrive Training Specialist “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain Sometimes getting started can seem like your biggest obstacle, but we’ve got good news for you. The OverDrive Training Team hosts a series of free webcasts the second…
How Librarians are helping to combat America’s Opioid Crisis
By: Adam Sockel, Marketing & Communications Specialist. It’s no secret that the United States has seen a surge in the amount of opioid usage and drug overdoses in recent years. The amount of people who died in 2015 alone from overdosing is up ten times…
Books on Tape / Listening Library audiobooks your users will love
Digipalooza isn’t the only thing coming this August. As the calendar moves closer to fall, we begin to turn our focus on some of the biggest new titles coming out and we’re excited to highlight some of Books on Tape and Listening Library’s audiobook releases coming…
Meet the OverDrive Librarians
By: Annie Suhy, OverDrive Collection Development Analyst You’ve met Libby, but have you met our other OverDrive Librarians? There’s a entire team of us dedicated librarians and book lovers waiting in the wings to help you select, manage, and curate the content in your library’s digital…
Learn content curation best practices with OverDrive’s latest monthly webcast
By: Briana Johnson-Sims, OverDrive Training Specialist OverDrive’s monthly webcast series continues this July with the webcasts you need to get started with OverDrive and take your digital collection to the next level. We invite you to join us the second week of July for Shopping for…
HarperCollins Publishers to provide libraries and schools Cost-per-Circ option as additional use model to manage their eBook and audiobook collections
By: Hadie Bartholomew, OverDrive Communications Manager We’re excited to announce that HarperCollins has joined the growing list of publishers working with OverDrive to add Cost-per-Circ (CPC) as an additional use model for their eBooks and audiobooks. The CPC model will be available for a portion…
Reach More of Your Community with OverDrive Library+School Sharing
As we constantly seek new ways to bring new users to the library, OverDrive is helping public libraries partner with their local school districts. By creating digital partnerships with local schools, public libraries can engage students, parents and educators on all the great programs available…
Curated Collections Create Circulation Commotion
(Ed. Note: This blog was written by Jessica Russell, Collection Development Manager at Harris County Public Library.) We love OverDrive’s Curated Collection feature here at Harris County Public Library! It’s all of the creative excitement of putting together a book display with none of the…
OverDrive’s top Spring new book releases
By: Adam Sockel, Marketing & Communications Specialist. (Ed. Note: All our top spring new book releases can be found here.) Despite what your thermometer may say, around the United States, Spring has officially sprung. Here in Cleveland, we’re anxiously awaiting the weather to start reflecting…
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