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Content offerings

Posted on December 20, 2023November 25, 2025 by Sydney Kalnay
Posted in Admin, How-To Videos, Kanopy, Library, Webinars

Marketplace overview (20 m)

Posted on December 19, 2023November 11, 2025 by Sydney Kalnay
In this 20-minute overview of Marketplace, you’ll learn how to sign into Marketplace, utilize Marketplace for purchasing, reporting, and/or managing your digital collection, differentiate publisher lending models, and find help resources.
Posted in How-To Videos, Library, Public Library Marketplace, Recommended, Webinars

Manage expired Metered Access titles with holds that are no longer available for sale

Posted on December 12, 2023February 28, 2025 by Sydney Kalnay
Learn how to manage expired Metered Access titles with holds that are no longer available for sale
Posted in Holds & Metered Access Management, How-To Videos, Library, Public Library Marketplace, Webinars

Create and review Metered Access Manager plans

Posted on November 30, 2023December 3, 2024 by Sydney Kalnay
Learn how to create and review Metered Access Manager plans.
Posted in Holds & Metered Access Management, How-To Videos, K-12 Marketplace, K-12 Schools, Webinars

Metered Access Manager overview

Posted on November 29, 2023August 16, 2024 by Sydney Kalnay
Get a high level overview of the Metered Access Manager tool.
Posted in Automated Purchasing Tools, How-To Videos, Library, Public Library Marketplace, Webinars

Create and review Metered Access Manager plans

Posted on November 29, 2023August 15, 2024 by Sydney Kalnay
Learn how to create and review Metered Access Manager plans.
Posted in Automated Purchasing Tools, How-To Videos, Library, Public Library Marketplace, Webinars

Metered Access Manager overview

Posted on November 29, 2023December 3, 2024 by Sydney Kalnay
Posted in Holds & Metered Access Management, How-To Videos, K-12 Marketplace, K-12 Schools, Webinars

Get browser notifications for Sora holds

Posted on November 29, 2023February 27, 2026 by Sydney Kalnay
Posted in How-To Videos, K-12 Schools, Manage your shelf, Sora

Add shelf talkers

Posted on September 28, 2023August 15, 2024 by Sydney Kalnay
Learn how to bring more voices and expertise into Sora.
Posted in Curate, How-To Videos, K-12 Marketplace, K-12 Schools, Webinars

Subscribe to magazines

Posted on September 27, 2023November 24, 2025 by Sydney Kalnay
Posted in How-To Videos, Libby, Library, Read Magazines, Webinars

Local Content

Posted on September 8, 2023September 10, 2024 by Sydney Kalnay
Posted in Admin, How-To Videos, K-12 Marketplace, K-12 Schools

Merge user IDs

Posted on September 8, 2023August 15, 2024 by Sydney Kalnay
Posted in Admin, How-To Videos, K-12 Marketplace, K-12 Schools, Webinars

Advantage overview

Posted on September 8, 2023August 15, 2024 by Sydney Kalnay
Posted in Advantage, How-To Videos, K-12 Marketplace, K-12 Schools, Webinars

Purchase orders report

Posted on September 8, 2023August 15, 2024 by Sydney Kalnay
Posted in How-To Videos, K-12 Marketplace, K-12 Schools, Reports

Title status & usage report

Posted on September 8, 2023August 15, 2024 by Sydney Kalnay
Posted in How-To Videos, K-12 Marketplace, K-12 Schools, Reports

Current holds report

Posted on September 8, 2023August 15, 2024 by Sydney Kalnay
Posted in How-To Videos, K-12 Marketplace, K-12 Schools, Reports

Checkouts report

Posted on September 8, 2023August 15, 2024 by Sydney Kalnay
Posted in How-To Videos, K-12 Marketplace, K-12 Schools, Reports

Marketplace insights overview

Posted on September 8, 2023August 15, 2024 by Sydney Kalnay
Posted in How-To Videos, K-12 Marketplace, K-12 Schools, Reports, Webinars

Curation overview

Posted on September 8, 2023August 16, 2024 by Sydney Kalnay
Posted in Curate, How-To Videos, K-12 Marketplace, K-12 Schools, Webinars

View reading data in the student dashboard

Posted on September 8, 2023May 1, 2026 by Sydney Kalnay
Posted in Curriculum Tools, How-To Videos, K-12 Marketplace, K-12 Schools, Webinars

Create classes in the student dashboard

Posted on September 8, 2023May 1, 2026 by Sydney Kalnay
Posted in Curriculum Tools, How-To Videos, K-12 Marketplace, K-12 Schools, Webinars

Student dashboard overview

Posted on September 8, 2023May 1, 2026 by Sydney Kalnay
Looking for even more information on getting started with the student dashboard? Access the PDFs below for more step-by-step learning.

  • Enable the student dashboard for your shared collection
  • Set up the student dashboard for your Advantage collection
Posted in Curriculum Tools, How-To Videos, K-12 Marketplace, K-12 Schools, Webinars

Reserve and bundle content overview

Posted on September 8, 2023August 15, 2024 by Sydney Kalnay
Posted in Curriculum Tools, How-To Videos, K-12 Marketplace, K-12 Schools

Student reading data for title assignments & Class Sets

Posted on September 8, 2023August 16, 2024 by Sydney Kalnay
Posted in Curriculum Tools, How-To Videos, K-12 Marketplace, K-12 Schools, Webinars

Title assignments overview

Posted on September 8, 2023August 15, 2024 by Sydney Kalnay
Looking for a deeper dive into creating and maintaining title assignments? Check out our title assignments self-paced module!
Posted in Curriculum Tools, How-To Videos, K-12 Marketplace, K-12 Schools

Advantage filtering: Advantage collection user

Posted on September 8, 2023March 12, 2025 by Sydney Kalnay
Posted in How-To Videos, K-12 Marketplace, K-12 Schools, Title Management, Webinars

Advantage filtering: shared collection user 

Posted on September 8, 2023March 12, 2025 by Sydney Kalnay
Posted in How-To Videos, K-12 Marketplace, K-12 Schools, Title Management, Webinars

Add content credit

Posted on September 8, 2023July 31, 2025 by Sydney Kalnay
Posted in How-To Videos, K-12 Marketplace, K-12 Schools, Shop & Purchase, Webinars

Create a quote

Posted on September 8, 2023July 31, 2025 by Sydney Kalnay
Posted in How-To Videos, K-12 Marketplace, K-12 Schools, Shop & Purchase

Review and purchase carts

Posted on September 8, 2023August 21, 2024 by Sydney Kalnay
Posted in How-To Videos, K-12 Marketplace, K-12 Schools, Shop & Purchase, Webinars

Create and edit carts

Posted on September 8, 2023August 21, 2024 by Sydney Kalnay
Posted in How-To Videos, K-12 Marketplace, K-12 Schools, Shop & Purchase, Webinars

Search for titles

Posted on September 8, 2023August 21, 2024 by Sydney Kalnay
Posted in How-To Videos, K-12 Marketplace, K-12 Schools, Shop & Purchase, Webinars

Lending models overview

Posted on September 8, 2023November 15, 2024 by Sydney Kalnay
Posted in How-To Videos, K-12 Marketplace, Shop & Purchase, Webinars

Get started with Marketplace

Posted on September 8, 2023August 15, 2024 by Sydney Kalnay
Posted in How-To Videos, K-12 Marketplace, K-12 Schools, Recommended, Webinars

Marketplace overview

Posted on September 8, 2023August 16, 2024 by Sydney Kalnay
Posted in How-To Videos, K-12 Marketplace, K-12 Schools, Recommended, Webinars

Get device notifications for Sora holds

Posted on September 7, 2023February 27, 2026 by Sydney Kalnay
Posted in How-To Videos, K-12 Schools, Manage your shelf, Sora

Marketplace Essentials: The Shopping & Admin Portal

Posted on August 17, 2023February 7, 2024 by Sydney Kalnay
Get a birds-eye view of Marketplace, the back-end shopping and administrative portal for staff.
Posted in K-12 Schools, Marketplace, Self Paced Training

Notify Me tags

Posted on August 8, 2023November 24, 2025 by Sydney Kalnay
Create Notify Me tags to get notified about different events.
Posted in Create & Manage Tags, How-To Videos, Libby, Library, Webinars

Curricular reads with Sora

Posted on August 7, 2023July 16, 2025 by Sydney Kalnay
Discover how you and your students can use the Sora platform for curricular reads.
Posted in Educators, K-12 Schools, Self Paced Training, Sora

Renew magazines, comics, and Libby Extras

Posted on August 4, 2023April 3, 2025 by Sydney Kalnay
Learn to easily renew your subscription-based magazines, comics, and Extras.
Posted in How-To Videos, Library, Public Library Marketplace, Shop & Purchase, Webinars

Create & publish an automated collection

Posted on July 27, 2023February 7, 2024 by Sydney Kalnay
Learn to create automated lists to share with your students
Posted in K-12 Schools, Marketplace, Self Paced Training

Intro to Sora (5 m)

Posted on July 19, 2023October 21, 2025 by Sydney Kalnay
Posted in How-To Videos, K-12 Schools, New & Recommended, Sora

Create & publish a curated collection

Posted on July 18, 2023February 7, 2024 by Sydney Kalnay
Learn to create hand-picked lists to share with your students
Posted in K-12 Schools, Marketplace, Self Paced Training

View Sora Activity

Posted on June 16, 2023April 4, 2024 by Sydney Kalnay
Get a pulse on Sora usage with at-a-glance insight into your students’ reading behavior and progress.
Posted in K-12 Schools, Marketplace, Self Paced Training

Kanopy overview

Posted on June 16, 2023November 25, 2025 by Sydney Kalnay
Get a short, thorough overview of how to use Kanopy. Great for anyone new to streaming thoughtful entertainment!
Posted in How-To Videos, Kanopy, Library, Signing In & Getting Started, Webinars

Purchase, review, and pay for content credit

Posted on May 12, 2023August 15, 2024 by Sydney Kalnay
Learn how to purchase, review, and pay for content credit in OverDrive Marketplace
Posted in Billing, How-To Videos, Library, Public Library Marketplace

Advantage filtering

Posted on May 9, 2023April 4, 2024 by Sydney Kalnay
Learn how to manage Advantage access to shared collection content on a title-by-title basis
Posted in K-12 Schools, Marketplace, Self Paced Training, Webinars

Create a quote

Posted on May 9, 2023April 16, 2025 by Sydney Kalnay
Learn to create a quote for digital content in OverDrive Marketplace
Posted in Billing, How-To Videos, Library, Public Library Marketplace

Find titles not offered by the library

Posted on March 3, 2023November 24, 2025 by Sydney Kalnay
Posted in Browse & Search for Titles, How-To Videos, Libby, Library, Webinars

Deep search & Notify Me in Libby

Posted on February 15, 2023August 15, 2024 by Sydney Kalnay
Learn about the Deep Search and Notify Me features in Libby.
Posted in Deep Search & Notify Me, How-To Videos, Library, Public Library Marketplace, Webinars

Patron Interests Manager

Posted on February 15, 2023August 16, 2024 by Sydney Kalnay
Learn how to create a patron interests manager plan in Marketplace.
Posted in Automated Purchasing Tools, How-To Videos, Library, Public Library Marketplace, Webinars

Notify Me data in Marketplace

Posted on February 15, 2023August 20, 2024 by Sydney Kalnay
Posted in Deep Search & Notify Me, How-To Videos, Library, Public Library Marketplace

Sora for Every Reader

Posted on January 24, 2023August 7, 2023 by Sydney Kalnay
This module is designed for educators. Discover features that help to make Sora accessible to as many students as possible.
Posted in Educators, K-12 Schools, Self Paced Training, Sora

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