Libraries are offering free digital library cards to homebound readers
Updated February 2023 Since launching our Instant Digital Card (IDC) service, over 1.5 million free library cards for Libby have been created! Instant Digital Card provides access to your library’s ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and more using just a valid phone number. In 2022 alone, over…
Resources to promote your digital collection during library closures
By: Annie Suhy, Outreach Specialist The global health crisis has changed the way we live, work, play, and learn. With businesses, schools, and libraries closed around the world, your digital collection has become invaluable to your community and can be a lifeline for entertainment and…
Big Library Read update: BLR will now start March 23
Earlier this week, we shared several no cost and low-cost collections now available in Marketplace to help your library meet unprecedented demand during COVID-19. One way to bring your community together during this time is with the next Big Library Read, which we will be…
Important updates from Penguin Random House and Macmillan US
Effective 3/19: In an effort to provide additional content to library users during these uncertain times, Penguin Random House and Macmillan US have changed their digital content policies for public libraries and schools worldwide. Below, please find specific updates regarding their respective changes. Penguin Random…
Connect with patrons outside of the library using our social media graphics
By: Annie Suhy, Outreach Specialist Want to save staff time, increase circs, gain new users, and instantly connect readers with titles they love? Who doesn’t, right?! Social media makes it possible, and we’re here to help with colorful, eye-catching graphics for your library’s social accounts…
A COVID-19 update from OverDrive
Dear Library and School partners, OverDrive is in the process of assembling a series of digital content options to respond to the challenges your communities are facing. The goal is to serve the maximum number of readers at the lowest cost per circ. This will…
Are all of your holds coming in at the same time? We have a solution!
One of the best things about being a reader? Having so many books to read! One of the worst things about being a reader? Having so many books to read! Especially when you put several on hold and they all become available at once. This…
Hold Redelivery is now live
We’re pleased to announce that hold redelivery is now live! As we shared in December, hold redelivery is a new feature that gives users more control over their holds and helps your library connect more readers to the right book at the right time. To…
OverDrive’s PLA Preview: Public Library CONNECT
This week, Team OverDrive and our public library partners are headed to Nashville for the biannual Public Library Association conference! When you visit us in booth #823, you’ll learn about Libby updates, exciting news about our upcoming Hold Redelivery service and how public libraries can…
OverDrive’s ALA Midwinter Preview: Empower Lifelong Reading
By: Jill Grunenwald, Marketing and Communications Specialist The library world will be coming together this weekend in the city of Brotherly Love for the annual Midwinter conference. Team OverDrive will be there, sharing updates about Libby, exciting news about our upcoming Hold Redelivery service and…