Books for your school library’s “blind spots”
By: Kristen Griesmer, Product Support Specialist and Hannah Monson, Collection Specialist So, you’ve been building up your library and adding content for your students. You’ve purchased books that are popular and in the most common genres. You’ve created your library to include subjects such as…
Librarian’s Share: Merchandise Your OverDrive Collection Like a Pro
Ed. Note: This blog was written by Maria Cipriano. Maria is a Collections Librarian and manages the Electronic and Online resources for Toronto Public Library. Recently she presented at Digipalooza about Toronto Public Library and their success with curated collection. Last month I did something…
Adam’s 10 deserted island reads
(Ed. Note: Adam is a Social Media Specialist at OverDrive and manages the blog. He put his whole team through this exercise so it only seemed fair that he do it too. He’s also writing this note and apologizes that it’s in third person. I have…
Liz’s 10 deserted island books
Ed. Note: This is the 8th in our series of books we’d take with us on a deserted island if we could only pick ten. Today’s list comes from Liz Tousey, a librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive. The Complete Works of William…
Kristin’s 10 Deserted Island Books
Ed. Note: This is the 7th in our series of books we’d take with us on a deserted island if we could only pick ten. Today’s list comes from Kristin Milks, a librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive. Pride and Prejudice by Jane…
Meghan’s 10 deserted island books
Ed. Note: This is the 6th in our series of books we’d take with us on a deserted island if we could only pick ten. Today’s list comes from Meghan Volchko, a librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive. Note from Meghan: This was…
Jill’s 10 deserted island books
Ed. Note: This is the 5th in our series of books we’d take with us on a deserted island if we could only pick ten. Today’s list comes from Jill Grunenwald, a librarian and Collection Development Analyst with OverDrive. Angels in America by Tony…
Todd’s 10 deserted island books
Ed. Note: This is the 4th in our series of books we’d take on a deserted island if we could only pick 10. Today’s list comes from Collection Development Analyst, Todd Warhola. Thanks again to Time Magazine for the idea! Consider the Lobster by…
Rachel Kray’s 10 deserted island books
Ed. Note: This is the 3rd in our series of books we’d take on a deserted island if we could only pick 10. Thanks again to Time Magazine for the idea! The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt Stories don’t get more compelling than this. I plan…
Emma’s 10 deserted island books
Ed. Note: This is the 2nd in our series of books we’d take on a deserted island if we could only pick 10. Thanks again to Time Magazine for the idea! The Likeness by Tana French Tana French is one the best mystery/thriller writers…