Last year, readers browsing OverDrive-hosted library websites generated 2.7 billion page views and checked out more than 70 million eBooks and audiobooks. Today, OverDrive announced Library eBook Leaders for 2012, recognizing the libraries achieving the greatest growth…

A recent study released by the Pew Research Center reveals that, while reading remains as popular as ever, the way people are reading continues to take a digital shift.  In the past year, nearly a quarter of all Americans …

The results of a new survey sponsored by OverDrive with the American Library Association’s Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) reaffirm what librarians already know: libraries play a key role in readers’ book-buying decisions.

Conducted in June and July…

In the fall of 2011 I conducted a survey sent out amongst all of OverDrive’s K-12 partners who are currently using our School Download Library platform.  With the massive growth experienced across the board throughout the past year,…

OverDrive Advantage gives libraries that are members of a shared collection the ability to offer popular titles—exclusively to their patrons. Advantage libraries can purchase additional copies of popular titles that are already in the shared collection, as…

A few months back we highlighted tracking your overall digital circulation using the ‘Activity Chart’.  Today we’re expanding upon the ‘Activity Chart’ to feature options for tracking your circulation specifically for Maximum Access titles.

Maximum Access is…

With all of the buzz about OverDrive’s audiobook apps for BlackBerry, Android, Windows Mobile, and now the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, it’s time we talk about using the reports in Content Reserve…

The name really speaks for itself: ‘The Digital Library Statistics’ Report, available in Content Reserve, generates instantly to display a snapshot of what’s in your digital collection. Statistics include overall and current checkouts, holds, patrons,…

Welcome back to our monthly posts on ‘Real Time Reports.’ Today we’re focusing on the importance of monitoring your ‘Current Waiting List’ and comparing that information to your ‘Waiting List History’ in Content Reserve. How…

Thus far, we’ve learned quite a bit of information on how to utilize Content Reserve Reports, such as how to monitor circulation activity and watch new patron registrations soar through the…