ALA Annual is almost here and we have some exciting updates to share!
This week, librarians from all over the world will be heading to Washington, D.C. for the annual American Library Association conference. Team OverDrive will be there, sharing exciting news and updates about Libby, Marketplace, and library and school integration. When you visit booth #2915, you’ll…
Meet the new OverDrive Marketplace Insights tab
By Courtney Sveda, Training Specialist Big changes have come to the Insights tab of OverDrive Marketplace. Finding information on the current activity of your collection is easier than ever. Select the Insights tab to view a summary page with current checkouts, holds, and unique users….
Things to do in Cleveland during SLA
If you’ve ever wondered if Cleveland really rocks, the answer is yes! (Although, admittedly, we may be a bit biased.) Soon, our friends from the Special Library Association (SLA) will find out just how much Cleveland rocks because this weekend they’ll be hosting their annual…
Read the rainbow during Pride Month
If you’ve ever wondered why June has been designated as Pride Month, it goes back to June 28, 1969, and the Stonewall Riots. That event is also where the American Library Association’s Stonewall Book Award got its name. This annual award recognizes books of exceptional…
Summer Fun with Your Digital Library
By Courtney Sveda, Training Specialist The arrival of summer brings up fun memories from my childhood– family vacations, trips to the pool, and my favorite, weekly bookmobile visits. Since then, the way kids (and adults!) access books has changed dramatically. Digital reading makes it possible…
Instant Digital Card brings new avid readers to public libraries
Digital library power users discover local eBook and audiobook collections and become frequent users Last year, public libraries and schools loaned 274 million digital books using OverDrive technologies and apps, a 22% increase over the previous year and the highest growth rate since 2015. New…
How libraries can spend less and circ more (Part 2/3)
By: Karen Estrovich, Regional Manager, North America Public Library When we introduced this series last week, we reviewed some of the impressive stats behind the dramatic increase in demand on libraries’ digital collections. How can you manage this growing popularity on a budget? Curate, curate,…
Curating Collections for Your Digital Library
By: Courtney Sveda, Training Specialist Did you know you can customize the collections featured on your OverDrive website and in Libby? Yes! Curation allows you to highlight format-specific content, newly added titles, or themed lists to promote library events or popular topics. These curated lists…
Readers have borrowed more than 1 billion digital books through OverDrive #PLA2018
One billion. It’s a defining number that’s hard to fathom yet understood as a massive milestone. There are very few things that can use the number 1 billion to describe what they represent. Recently, digital library checkouts through OverDrive became one of them. On February…
Learn how to curate your digital library!
By: Briana Johnson-Sims, Training Specialist It’s hard to talk about a successful digital library without using the word “curate.” Why? Because when you curate digital collections, you ultimately help patrons find new titles to enjoy and boost circulation numbers. As an added bonus, it’s super…