This data, compiled in part from its 6,500 public
school library partners, shows that more students than ever before are using smartphones, tablets, and ereaders in the academic... [Read more...]
Digital content provider OverDrive made a monumental announcement today in saying that Macmillan has made its entire ebook catalog available for the first time for lending through OverDrive's
school library partners.
This data, compiled in part from its 6,500 public
school library partners, shows that more students than ever before are using smartphones, tablets, and ereaders in the academic environment, with a 252 % increase in October in school library visits to the lending website from the same time a year ago.
Not exact matches
The fact that we are also able to
partner with the ingenious charity DonorsChoose.org to donate an entire
library of books to a
school is a true honor.
In 2011, my colleagues and I at The Lovett
School partnered with a design team and invited the larger community, including new and old friends from around the country, to try to answer the question «What might be the future of the K - 12
library?»
«In Australia, we've adapted that into a full teacher training program, where we help teachers understand how to integrate the curriculum into their classrooms and other ways that educational communities - such as
libraries and community centres - can use and
partner with educators to create digital making spaces, or some version of a Code Club in their
school or
library.»
AfterZone coordinating councils consist of representatives from key community
partners (such as the
school principal, a
library representative, and a director from the site - management agency) in each AfterZone.
Maker Corps
partner sites are youth - serving organizations, such as science centers, children's museums,
schools,
libraries, and community organizations, looking to develop or grow their maker education programming in order to provide young people with opportunities to tap into and expand their creativity, curiosity, and confidence.
We propose the active participation of the
school library media program toward the development of STEM identities among young people by having
school librarians (1) provide advisory information on the science - infused books and programs that young people can read — the
school librarian as the information specialist; (2) collaborate with STEM teachers and provide intellectual and physical access that further enrichs the STEM learning — the
school librarian as the instructional
partner; and (3) act as technology allies to help educators and students experiment with new media tools and online communities.»
This information outlines the role of the
school library media center as a powerful and active
partner in the
school instructional program and provides guidance to
school library media specialists in the development of best practices for teaching and learning.
SUN
partnered with various
partners such as
libraries, parks, local health clinics, churches, and businesses to provide in -
school and wraparound support to students and their families.
They
partnered with Beaufort County
School District to identify students in need of Internet at home, and then the
library managed the checkout and training process.
BCPS's public
library partners provide the materials for use in the
schools» summer locations.
BCPS's
library programs at the
school level have designed and delivered innovative initiatives that provide experiential learning, twenty - first - century skill development, and literacy projects through the grants awarded each year by the Education Foundation of Baltimore County Public
Schools partners.
For BCPS,
school library media specialists are critical instructional
partners in its
schools.
The
School Improvement Big Picture organization
partners with team members in Lagos, Nigeria to provide used Children's Books (Ages 0 - 12) to kids in Lagos, Nigeria through a lending
library and a Children's Book Club.
In addition to music, art, and PE we use the Peer Day Model to convene other specialists:
library / media, paraprofessionals,
school psychologists / social workers, and principals with their district curriculum specialists, and educators interested in Dance / movement or Theatre to plan with
partners.
* Leave with an understanding of the MAKER movement, STEAM initiatives and how their
school library (librarian) can be used as a collaborative
partner and resource during inquiry based research.
In addition to the digital and social campaigns, THE GREAT AMERICAN READ has sparked nationwide community engagement efforts that will offer stations opportunities to create complementary content; stage community events;
partner with
libraries, booksellers, charitable organizations,
schools, and other entities; and deepen the conversations and connections among people around the country.
«From OverDrive's world headquarters in northeast Ohio to the 50 countries in which our
library and
school partners reside, we will continue to connect readers with books and institutions by supporting all users and all popular devices, while promoting open industry standard formats and best practices.
Starting today the platform will be available for
schools and
libraries via a new relationship with an established
partner Whitehots.
Now, OverDrive is
partnering with HarperCollins on a second installment of the project, this time using a children's book and including
school libraries in the experiment.
In support of these diverse communities,
libraries and
schools partnering with OverDrive are able to integrate a complete multilingual website interface available in 13 languages to search, browse and borrow titles.
It is one of Overdrive's main business
partners and does fairly brisk business in
schools,
libraries, and corporate institutions.
New
partners include
libraries and
schools in Japan, Denmark, South Korea, United Kingdom, Switzerland, South Africa, Ireland, Germany, Thailand, Sweden, Turkey, Luxembourg, Singapore, Malaysia, and Ireland.
More than 500 new international channel
partners from 30 countries this year joined the 34,000
libraries and
schools worldwide that use digital book services through OverDrive.
OverDrive's implementation of the Digital Bookmobile allows them to support their
school and
library partners while educating their communities on this service.
It's a free service that OverDrive offers to our
library and
school partners.
Nashville Public Library
Partners with Local
School Libraries to Boost Results for Students.»
Addressing these concerns will require OverDrive and our
library partners to cooperate to honor geographic and territorial rights for digital book lending, as well as to review and audit policies regarding an eBook borrower's relationship to the
library (i.e. customer lives, works, attends
school in service area, etc.).
OverDrive, a leading distributor of digital content to
libraries for patron use, announced today that the 22,000
libraries and
schools it
partners with generated nearly three billion views of catalog page content in its database of over one million titles among the 192 million registered user logins last year.
The CEO of Overdrive Steve Potash conducted a «Crystal Ball» presentation at the Digipalooza conference where nearly 500
library and
school partners from around the world came together with publishing executives in Cleveland to develop plans and enhance the future of the
library world.
We distribute to more than 39,000 + retailers,
libraries,
schools, and distribution
partners in 195 countries.
With the growing number of companies that provide academic
library content, one of the key features that
schools and universities will have to consider is how
partnering with one platform over another will affect finances.
«Our stores
partner with their local
schools and
libraries to get the word out in the community.
Essential to this success is the involvement of the
schools,
libraries, and operational
partners that utilize these e-reading solutions.
In 2015, Passports with Purpose
partnered with Worldreader to bring digital reading to three
libraries in Western Kenya through a fundraising campaign: Jitegemmee Community Library, St. John Community Library, and MAGOSO
School Library.
The Big
Library Read program is open to all OverDrive
library and
school partners worldwide.
OverDrive is taking responsibility for tomorrow; together with 38,000
library and
school partners worldwide, we strive to delight more readers every day and support education and reading.
I'd not previously realized this more nasty aspect of the publishers» attack on public
libraries, requiring «OverDrive and our
library partners to cooperate to honor geographic and territorial rights for digital book lending, as well as to review and audit policies regarding an eBook borrower's relationship to the
library (i.e. customer lives, works, attends
school in service area, etc.).»
The articles in this issue, guest edited by Lucy Santos Green, invite readers to consider the possibilities of
partnering with
school library educators and other higher education faculty to extend the reach of their
school library.
Now, digital content provider to
libraries and
schools OverDrive has inked a partnership with Pearson to provide the company's eTexts to its
partner academic and public
school library members.
«Our
library and
school partners have been asking for their award - winning titles, and we are pleased to be able to make these valuable titles available now to students and patrons worldwide.»
At this year's BookExpo America event, OverDrive CEO Steve Potash had some high praise for Hachette's recent embracing of
library lending, making 100 % of its catalog available to all public and
school libraries who
partner for digital content.
E-book platform OverDrive, which enables distribution of digital materials to
libraries,
schools, and retailers around the world, has
partnered with self - publishing service Smashwords to provide public
library patrons with access to two hundred thousand titles by eighty thousand different independent authors.
We propose the active participation of the
school library media program toward the development of STEM identities among young people by having
school librarians (1) provide advisory information on the science - infused books and programs that young people can read — the
school librarian as the information specialist; (2) collaborate with STEM teachers and provide intellectual and physical access that further enrichs the STEM learning — the
school librarian as the instructional
partner; and (3) act as technology allies to help educators and students experiment with new media tools and online communities.»
OverDrive, the leading eBook, audiobook, music and video distributor for
schools and
libraries, announced today that six standalone
partner libraries have surpassed 1 million digital checkouts from their OverDrive collection in 2013.
The promotion is open to all Overdrive
libraries and
school partners worldwide.
Committed to the success of its
partners, Ingram works closely with publishers, retailers,
libraries and
schools around the world to provide them with the right products and services to help them succeed in the dynamic and increasingly complex world of content publishing.
So far,
libraries already experienced tremendous success by
partnering up with
schools and universities from all around the country.