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Promotional materials, staff training, collection recommendations, and more information about the award-winning reading app, Libby.
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New & Popular Resources
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR
Getting Started with Kanopy
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR
Beyond the Basics: Unlocking the Magic of Libby
LIVE WEBINAR
Getting Started with Libby
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR
Summer Picks from OverDrive Librarians
This kit includes 1 Getting Started Guide in Full and 1 Getting Started Guide Half-Sheet (PDF) in the following languages: Chinese (Simplified and Traditional, English, Danish, French (Canada), German, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Russian, Spanish (Latin America), Swedish and Tamil.
INSTRUCTIONAL HANDOUT
Getting Started with Libby Guide
Posters
Winter Seasonal Flyer
This kit contains 1 11×17 Poster.
POSTER
Libby Poster
1 Set of 2×6 Bookmarks
Bookmarks
How-To Bookmark
MICROLEARNING
Libby Discovery Guide
MICROLEARNING
Marketplace Discovery Guide
MICROLEARNING
Kanopy Discovery Guide
HOW-TO VIDEOS
Add Shelf Talkers in Libby
This kit includes 1 Editable Word document & 1 How-to document.
POSTERS & FLYERS
Editable 8.5×11 Libby Flyer – Full size
This kit includes 1 Editable PDF document & 1 How-to document.
SOCIAL MEDIA GRAPHICS
Editable Book Club Web Graphic
This kit includes 2 editable PDFs.
SHELF TALKERS
Editable Title Cards
SOCIAL GRAPHICS & HANDOUTS
Customize Libby templates in Canva
Press Release Template
ADDTIONAL RESOURCES
Training Kits
This kit includes 1 Flyer, 1 Newsletter Template, 4 User Guides, 19 Social Graphics, and 1 Social Media Copy Suggestion Document to help aid in the transition to Libby.
BEST PRACTICES
Public Library CONNECT Best Practices Guide
CONNECT WITH YOUR PATRONS
Libby Logos & Suggested Website Copy
Library Blog Posts
How Digipalooza can elevate your career in 2025
Digipalooza ‘25 is your go-to digital library conference focused on Innovation, Inspiration, and Collaboration. Designed to help our library partners better serve their communities, expect dynamic educational programming, inspirational librarian panels, and hearing from industry experts, authors, and the OverDrive team.
2024 OverDrive Training Wrapped: The best on-demand training for public librarians
In 2024, our training team committed hundreds of hours to planning and delivering webinars to our library partners, from tips on marketing your digital collection to the benefits of partnering with your library’s dedicated Digital Content Librarian and so much more.
Introducing Libby Life
If you can’t tell, we really like talking about books. So much, in fact, that we’ve recently launched a brand new blog, Libby Life. Created especially for readers and Libby users, Libby Life allows us to keep on talking about our favorite thing… reading!