Celebrate “I Love to READ” Month with Bookmark Templates
Here at OverDrive, we marketing specialists are big fans of many things. We love pictures of puppies and otters, hilarious rhymes and any internet meme that comes our way. But when it comes to what...
View ArticleK-12 Students Excel with School eBooks
Australian students engaged with eBooks during a recent test conducted by the New South Wales Department of Education and Communities and OverDrive reseller Softlink. As more schools around the world...
View ArticleOverDrive Launches Free School eBook Trial
For a limited time, we’re offering schools the chance to try our Next Generation eBook platform for free. With this free trial, schools can lend popular and educational eBook titles to students for...
View ArticleWin Content Credits in School Referral Bonus Program
The power of “word of mouth” is truly amazing. As we continue to expand our presence in K-12 schools, we’ve noticed that many of our new school partners first learned about our eBook platform from...
View Article10 Ways to Make a School Librarian’s Job Easier
It’s not easy being the school librarian. Tasked with fostering learning, encouraging library use, and instilling a love of reading among students, school librarians are often in high demand and short...
View ArticleLDAP Authentication New Option for Schools
Last summer, OverDrive piloted a new method of authenticating users that has become increasingly popular with our school partners: LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol). Using LDAP allows users...
View ArticleIdeas for Promoting Your OverDrive School Library
It’s never easy captivating the attention of a child. Believe me, I was one of those kids. However, I know from experience, that a great book will do it every time. Being a teacher or...
View ArticleNorth East Independent School District: Using Browser-based reading to...
North East ISD (San Antonio, Texas) was recently looking for a way to garner more attention and increase the circulation of the district’s digital library. While they have always had decent usage of...
View ArticleNorth Little Rock High School: Using Grants to Bridge the Digital Divide
In the fall of 2012, North Little Rock HS was looking for a way to increase the usage of their digital library. When looking into the adoption they discovered that one key factor was that their...
View ArticleLos Altos School District: Keeping the Momentum During the Summer
During the spring semester at the Los Altos School District (California) the library staff wanted to make sure their circulation didn’t drop during the coming summer months when students went on break....
View ArticleOverDrive rolls out the next generation school digital library websites
At the end of July, OverDrive started updating the user experience for all schools. When teachers, students and parents visit their school’s OverDrive-powered digital library website they will find a...
View ArticleSchool Digital Library search metadata
In early August we announced the rollout of OverDrive’s new Digital Library for schools. A number of features have been added to the improved interface including updated help materials, visual theme...
View ArticleBack to school, back to marketing
Click to learn about the School Library Design Contest With the start of the 2013 school year, we’re excited to announce the School Library Design Contest. The idea is to have students create...
View ArticleGet help with your Next Generation school library website
In August we announced that all school digital library websites will be getting a Next Generation makeover. Updated sites come with a suite of new features, such as powerful search and filtering...
View ArticleBack to School with School Digital Library from OverDrive
Another school year is underway, and the kids are getting back into the classroom routine, maybe visiting the school library – or even better – the OverDrive-powered School Digital Library (SDL) site....
View ArticleMarketing to your students, parents and staff
It may be hard to believe that we’re already in the end of October. It feels like school just started, but before we know it, the holidays will be upon us. Even if you didn’t get a chance to market...
View ArticleRecommendations come to school digital libraries
Recommend to Library, OverDrive’s enhancement that lets users suggest titles for libraries to add to their digital collection, is rolling out for our school partner websites. This feature, which will...
View ArticleOverDrive at Elementary: Getting the word out to parents and students
Working at an elementary school poses certain challenges in making students aware of and getting them to use OverDrive. This year I decided to kick up my efforts a notch in regards to publicizing...
View ArticleCelebrate Young Reader’s Day!
If you are reading this then I can probably safely assume you enjoy reading. You probably have a favorite book, a favorite author, a favorite literary quote even. Maybe it’s tattooed on your ankle or...
View ArticleStudent engagement skyrockets with OverDrive’s new features and design
eBooks are being used by millions of students in schools all over the world. Research and the latest data from OverDrive shows that students are engaging more than ever with devices such as tablets,...
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