Start your OverDrive journey with Marketplace
By: Sydney Kalnay, Training Specialist Everybody starts somewhere. It’s my job as a Training Specialist for OverDrive to know as much as I can about our products so I can help our school partners get the most out of their OverDrive service. When I started,…
Sora’s define feature translates to student success
By: Sydney Kalnay, Training Specialist. After thirteen years of classes and a year abroad in Paris, you would think speaking French is as easy for me as me brosser les dents*. Without daily practice, however, my foreign language skills skew more toward “occasional party trick”…
She’s making a list, she’s checking it…incessantly: using the “Add to list” feature in Sora
By: Sydney Kalnay, Training Specialist. My TBR list is reaching critical mass. Stacks upon stacks of books fill up the rooms in my house and my animals have even started using them as perches and as stepping stones to get to the windowsills. Offline, I…
Key to success: Promoting your school’s digital library
By: Courtney Sveda, Training Specialist. Need help spreading the word about your school’s digital library? Join us for Promoting OverDrive at Your School for tips and tricks for reaching members of your school community! Marketing your school’s digital collection to your students might not seem…
OverDrive Education fall workshops in October and November
OverDrive Education is hosting user group workshops around the US and Canada this fall. Join us at one of our events to learn how to increase demand for digital books in your school community, and best practices for implementing Sora. Key discussion topics include: using…
New K-12 webcast! Engaging Students in the Classroom with OverDrive
By: Courtney Sveda, Training Specialist Congratulations on a successful 2017-2018 school year; we hope you’ll be able to take a well-deserved break. For those of you still in session or who are taking this time to start preparing for the new school year already, we’re…
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 training and the gift of time
By: Sydney Kalnay, Training Specialist. When I worked at a school, I wanted one thing every holiday season: time. By the time winter break rolled around, I was always knee-deep in ungraded essays, next semester’s lesson plans, and end of the year requests for volunteer…
November K-12 webcast
By: Sydney Kalnay, Training Specialist. One of the most common training requests we receive from you, our K-12 school partners, is how best to promote your OverDrive service. Whether you are new to OverDrive or have been with us a while, you’re always searching enthusiastically…
Your OverDrive Resource Center
By: Christina Samek, Marketing Specialist. OverDrive’s Resource Center was created with our school partners in mind. We wanted it to be your one-stop-shop for all things OverDrive: the best of our marketing, collection development, training and product resources. We are coming up on the anniversary…