Our next K-12 webcast is Monday, March 19th! Spring follows. Right?
By: Courtney Sveda, Training Specialist. Spring is just around the corner—at least that’s what I’ve heard; it’s still snowing here. I’m looking forward to its arrival though. To me, spring means opening my tightly shut windows, seeing the sun when I leave work in the…
OverDrive lifehacks to personalize digital reading
By: Bailey Hotujac, School Launch Specialist. Tips and tricks to make your life easier in a classroom or media center full of students with different needs, interests and reading levels. Curating from Recommended Lists So you want curate a list, but finding all those titles…
25,000 Digital Titles on Sale for Back-to-School
By: Annie Suhy, Collection Development Analyst. Second only to the confetti-and-champagne filled celebrations of the New Year, the first day of school is a day ripe with good intentions and fresh perspectives. As educators, you set resolutions for the new school year: inspire students to read…
Library Staff Training Pro-Tip: The Need to Weed
By: Sydney Kalnay, OverDrive Training Specialist (Ed. Note: This post discusses our training webcasts designed to help your staff become an OverDrive expert.You can sign up for these webcasts on our Resource Center here.) Recently, we held our quarterly special webcast, Everything You Ever Wanted to…
You can add Teacher’s Notebook materials to your Marketplace cart
One of the best ways to get your faculty excited about your digital library is to ask your teachers what titles they’d like for their classes. Having your teachers (and students) assist in collection development is a surefire way to increase usage and promotion of…
Managing your Metered Access titles just got easier
Have you said this: “How am I going to manage all of our metered access content easily and stay on top of expiring content without taking a lot of staff time or going crazy?” We’ve heard your feedback on managing Metered Access content and fulfilling…
Updates to OverDrive Marketplace purchasing tools
Time and resources are limited at public libraries. With so many options available and choices to make, making decisions about your collection development dollars can seem impossible, especially if purchasing for your library’s digital collection is just one of many roles you maintain. With our…
Coming soon! New Metered Access Manager tool
OverDrive Marketplace will soon offer Metered Access Manager, a new tool designed to make managing Metered Access (MA) content easier and more efficient for your library. With Metered Access Manager, you can create customized plans based on specific criteria like format, price, time or checkouts…
Register for our new and improved Introduction to Marketplace webinar!
By: Emma Dwyer, Product Trainer January 2022 was quite possibly the longest January ever, so I’m shockingly relieved to see February! That’s rare considering it’s firmly winter here in Ohio, and we’ve had buckets of snow lately. On the bright side, the arrival of a…
Help us improve Marketplace by participating in our survey
OverDrive’s Marketplace is turning 20 years old! One of the things that makes Marketplace the leading source for digital content for our partners is the feedback and suggestions partners have made over the years. Some of your favorite services and features available in Marketplace and…