Welcome new OverDrive partners – May 2010
Congratulations to the following library, school, and academic partners that went live with an OverDrive download collection in May! Click on any link to be directed to each library’s Virtual Branch...
View ArticlePodcast: New and featured content for October
Do you want in on the newest and hottest titles available in OverDrive Marketplace? Tune in to the October edition of Collection Highlights, where you’ll hear all about popular new content, recently...
View ArticlePenguin: Hidden Gems
On September 25th we proudly announced the addition of more than 17,000 Penguin eBooks to our catalog purchasable by U.S. libraries and colleges. This exciting supplement brought the works of...
View ArticlePodcast: New and featured content for November
Hear all about the latest publishers to join OverDrive Marketplace in our November collection highlights podcast, now available on OverDrive’s Learning Center. This month’s featured publishers...
View ArticleNative American Heritage Month: A celebration
November is Native American Heritage Month. Tribal nations throughout the United States are celebrating their heritage with unique and historical traditions. This year’s celebratory theme is Guiding...
View ArticleOverDrive Daily Holiday Gadget Giveaway
We’ve got Holiday Fever and we are celebrating by giving away dozens of brand new reading gadgets to say “thank you” for being great library and school partners. In this season of giving, with every...
View ArticleThe Kobo Aura ONE: Borrowing library books is even easier on newest eReader
Rakuten Kobo recently made waves in the tech world when they announced their latest eReading device, the Kobo Aura ONE. One of the many new features readers are excited about is the ability to access...
View ArticleTop subjects teachers want to take digital
ASCD and OverDrive conducted a survey of over 2,000 K-12 administrators about technology in their classrooms and schools. Seventy-four percent of educators felt their teachers most desired...
View ArticleThere’s still time to join this month’s OverDrive training webinars
By: Sydney Kalnay, OverDrive Training Specialist. Looking to learn about — or refresh your understanding of — OverDrive Marketplace or the OverDrive user experience? Join us for our live basics...
View ArticleNo time to read? Think again.
By: Melissa Marin, OverDrive Marketing Specialist. With September being Library Card Sign-Up Month and Read an eBook Day quickly approaching, we are on a mission to help you get everyone in your...
View ArticleCelebrate Read an eBook Day and win content credit from OverDrive
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive Social Media Specialist You may have heard that we’re celebrating the third annual International Read an eBook Day this Friday, September 16. The holiday was created as a...
View ArticleTools to Help Users with Common OverDrive Questions
By: Briana Johnson-Sims, OverDrive Training Specialist How do I return titles early? How do I curate collections in Marketplace? How do I merge a user’s original and new IDs? These questions may...
View ArticleTeam OverDrive spends a day with the Cleveland Kids’ Book Bank
Recently, members of Team OverDrive spent an afternoon volunteering at The Cleveland Kids’ Book Bank, helping to sort and package books that are then sent to children, families and schools in need of...
View ArticleIntegrating OverDrive with other Classroom Apps
By: Christina Samek, Marketing Specialist. Integrating technology into the classroom is a shared goal among educators. What once was a lofty task—considering the nuances of early technology—is much...
View ArticleMagnifying the Mystery Genre with BISAC
By: Annie Suhy, OverDrive Collection Development Specialist Recently, the OverDrive Collection Development Librarians had stars in their eyes and butterflies in their stomachs when they pulled together...
View ArticleThe top 5 reasons you can’t miss Digipalooza 2017
By: Melissa Marin, OverDrive Marketing Specialist What are you doing next August? We hope the answer is joining us in Cleveland for Digipalooza! If you work with OverDrive at your library, this is a...
View ArticleBatman #1 available for free from Trajectory and DC Comics in OverDrive...
In honor of the recent celebration of Batman Day, our friends at at Trajectory and DC Comics have made Batman #1 available for free in OverDrive Marketplace from now until September 26th. This Caped...
View Article11 classic book quotes that prove the importance of reading banned books
By: Adam Sockel, OverDrive Social Media Specialist Being a library company we fervently believe in the importance of Banned Books Week. Regardless of whether you agree with the information presented in...
View ArticleThe title OverDrive users selected as the next Big Library Read
The next Big Library Read will be kicking off October 13, and the YA title chosen in our survey by readers, librarians and teachers is This is Where it Ends by Marieke Nijkamp. Told from four...
View ArticleReviewing Margaret Atwood’s spectacular Tempest re-imaginging, Hag-seed
By: Kristin Milks, OverDrive Collection Development Analyst O, brave new world that has such people in it! -William Shakespeare, The Tempest Oh brave Margaret Atwood who takes such a gorgeous play...
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