We’re always impressed by the creative ways in which OverDrive library and school partners promote their digital collections, and our annual Outreach Program Contest gives us a chance to recognize and reward some of your best efforts. Between now…

Next month, we’re launching our annual Outreach Program Contest, asking you to share your best marketing and outreach efforts. We’ll reward the most creative and effective entries with prizes, so start brainstorming now about the creative ways your…

Since our opening in 1983, Hoover Public Library has focused on offering innovative and popular programs, services and materials. Our goal has always been to revolutionize the way our citizens see libraries and to instill in them a sense that…

For the past eleven years, our Friends of the Library have had a Murder Mystery fundraiser.  These are campy plays preformed by members of the Library Board, Friends Board and community thespians.  (When I say thespians, I mean those that…

The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County sees the phenomenal growing demand for downloadables as a tremendous opportunity for better serving our customers and attracting new users. In 2011 we embarked on a comprehensive plan to expand usage of…

I have always been a fan of physical book displays – the curbside appeal and visual cues, as well as the thoughtful content selected to populate the display. Book displays allow library staff to be creative yet considerate, to highlight…

Drumroll, please! The winners are in for the 2011 Outreach Program Contest! On behalf of Team OverDrive, I’d like to thank all the libraries that participated this year. The