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Big Library Read Facebook Chat with Michael Malone on May 23rd

May 20th, 2013 Comments off

Through their incredible generosity, author Michael Malone and his publisher, Sourcebooks, have invited millions of readers around the world to simultaneously enjoy ‘The Four Corners of the Sky’ through June 1st as part of the BigRead more

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Librarians Share: How Fort Smith School District is Achieving Early Success

May 16th, 2013 Comments off

Fort Smith School District (AR) launched their digital collection a few short months ago and they are already seeing widespread adaptation from their student body. This great success comes from early marketing and keeping their students, staff and… Read more

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Big Library Read is Here!

May 15th, 2013 Comments off

Today is the rollout of the Big Library Read pilot. This pilot program allows millions of patrons from more than 7,500 participating libraries to simultaneously read Michael Malone’s critically-acclaimed ‘Four Corners of the Sky’ in OverDrive Read,… Read more

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U.S. Navy joins Big Library Read

May 13th, 2013 Comments off

On Wednesday, May 15th,  public library users around the world will begin simultaneously checking out ‘Four Corners of the Sky’ thanks to the pilot program of Big Library Read. Among those enjoying the story about a naval pilot… Read more

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Big Library Read is coming soon!

May 7th, 2013 Comments off

Last week we announced the new Big Library Read initiative as a joint effort between Sourcebooks, OverDrive and public libraries worldwide.  It’s a unique program (May 15-June 1) designed to unite the world in reading the same… Read more

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Podcast: New and Featured Content for May

May 6th, 2013 Comments off

Spring is officially here, and with it comes a crop of new content for your library. Our May collection highlights podcast clues you in to new, featured, and soon-to-be-added publishers in Content Reserve to help… Read more

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ABC’s Castle generates growing eBook and Audiobook following

April 30th, 2013 Comments off

 

Like many of your patrons, I enjoy reading titles that I have seen on film or watched on TV and vice versa. At times when I haven’t read the book that a show or film is… Read more

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National Library Workers’ Day Swag Pack Winners!

April 29th, 2013 Comments off

During National Library Week, we recognized library workers for the dedication in serving their communities. To show our appreciation, we offered eBook Swag Packs for the best responses to an easy question: Why does your library love eBooks?Read more

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Device Specific How- to Guides Now Available

April 22nd, 2013 Comments off

As you may have noticed, with the creation of OverDrive’s new Partner Portal, our Learning Center received a facelift as well. This change is not simply cosmetic! At the Learning Center, you’ll find updates to our OnRead more

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Happy National Library Workers Day!

April 15th, 2013 Comments off

ALA's National Library Worker's Day logo

 

More than 228 million people used a library card in 2012 (https://www.oclc.org/global-library-statistics.en.html), and each of them has a library worker to thank for that opportunity. Maybe you… Read more

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