Sora Bursts Series – Week 3

Posted on by Sydney Kalnay
This week’s video covers ways to make your Sora data “actionable” for goal setting, getting more students reading, and reporting out on ways Sora is having a positive impact on your school community.

Click Download PDF, below, to get this week’s worksheet about taking your reading metrics to the next level.

Big Library Read LIVE – A Q&A with Dan Flores, author of Wild New World (May 2024)

Posted on by Sydney Kalnay
Join thousands of readers from around the globe for “Big Library Read: A Q&A with Dan Flores, author of Wild New World”, where we dive into the lush historical ecology of North America like never before.

Take the opportunity to connect with the best-selling and award-winning author of Coyote America to hear Q&A questions about the writing process, history, and inspiration behind his newest nonfiction title, Wild New World.

Manage Content Access Levels

Posted on by Sydney Kalnay

Manage content access levels in OverDrive Marketplace:

  • When and how to manage content access levels – 0:13-0:55
  • Automatically assign access levels at purchase – 0:56-3:16
  • Manually assign access levels at purchase – 3:17-5:32
  • Edit access levels for existing titles – 5:33-8:26
  • Content access levels & Advantage – 8:27-9:30

Panel Perspectives: Learn How Librarians Engage Readers with Digital Magazines, Comics, and Graphic Novels (April 2024)

Posted on by Gabby Cregan
Is your library looking to engage new users, enhance your digital collection, and increase circulation? Join OverDrive and library experts for a panel discussion about comics and magazines in your digital library.

In this session, we’ll explore:

  • How digital comics and magazines benefit libraries of varying sizes.
  • Fun and unique ways libraries can market digital comics and magazines.
  • Trends libraries are seeing around digital comics and magazines.
  • More!

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to enhance your digital offerings with expert advice from your peers.

Learn From the Experts: Getting Students Reading Through Social Media (March 2024)

Posted on by Gabby Cregan
Are you a K-12 educator who is passionate about promoting reading to your students through social media? If so, this session is for you!

Join us virtually to gain valuable insights into the journeys of K-12 social media influencers, their content creation process, and tips for using social media to get students reading. Joining us will be K-12 librarians and influencers:

  • Amanda Hunt (@thenextgenlibrarian),
  • KC Boyd (@boss_librarian) and
  • Melanie Wood (@melanie_in_the_library).

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to enhance your approach to promoting literacy in the digital age!

Quick tips to connect your whole classroom with digital magazines (November 2023)

Posted on by Sydney Kalnay
How can digital magazines change your approach to lesson planning? What kinds of magazines can you even get digitally? (Spoiler alert: A lot!) And just how many students can read them at one time? For answers to all these pressing questions and more, don’t miss this presentation from the Sora app’s digital reading experts. You’ll get a peek at all the different possibilities with periodicals, including:
  • Key benefits that make the magazines package a must-have for your school.
  • New and always-available titles that can keep your students reading over breaks.
  • Classroom ideas to help you cut back on paper (and save you from paper cuts!)
  • Success stories from educators like you who are making the most of their digital magazines.