OverDrive

OverDrive Presentation for AASL 2017: Getting the Word Out about Your eBooks & Audiobooks

November 2017

Cindy Moyle, our district’s library media specialist for secondary schools, recently shared a presentation at the American Association of School Librarians 2017 Conference about OverDrive Digital Library entitled “Getting the Word Out about Your eBooks & Audiobooks.” The presentation features ideas and resources from Cindy Moyle, as well as other school librarians in Granite School District, for promoting the district’s OverDrive ebook and audiobook collection and encouraging reading.

Click here to download a copy of the presentation.

Click here for downloadable OverDrive bookmark templates, stickers, etc.

Click here to view past resources and activities for promoting OverDrive that we’ve shared on this blog.

(Granite’s OverDrive provides free access to ebooks and digital audiobooks for all students and staff in Granite School District. Granite’s OverDrive can be accessed on the web at http://granite.lib.overdrive.com or via OverDrive apps designed for various mobile devices. For more information or help getting started with OverDrive, visit https://www.graniteschools.org/edtech/overdrive.)

OverDrive: What’s New for November 2017 + Monthly Competition Update

November 2017

What’s New in OverDrive, November 2017

The posters below highlight a few of the titles that have been added to Granite’s OverDrive Digital Library this month. Click on them to download a high quality PDF that you can print out and display in your library or classroom, or right click and save the images to post them on a school or class website.

OverDrive Circulation Competition Update, October 2017

In October 2017, students and staff in Granite School District checked out nearly 13,000 ebooks and audiobooks from our OverDrive Digital Library. This is up nearly 3,000 from last month. The infographic below reveals the top five schools for the month.

For 2017-18 the Granite Educational Technology department is sponsoring a monthly checkout competition between schools, with four traveling trophies awarded to the highest circulating elementary and secondary schools, as well as the “most increased” elementary and secondary schools. In October 2017, Beehive Elementary and West Lake STEM Jr. High held their spots at the top and therefore keep the trophies which they were awarded for winning the September 2017 competition. However, we have two new winners in the “Most Improved” category: congratulations to Cyprus Senior High and David Gourley Elementary!

Most Improved OverDrive Award October 2017 - Cyprus High School — Cyprus High School had the largest increase in OverDrive checkouts of any school in October 2017. Pictured: Katie Hardman, Media Clerk; Warren Child, Library Media Educational Technology Specialist; Lori Yates, Media Clerk.

Gourley Elementary had the largest increase in OverDrive checkouts of any elementary school in October 2017. Pictured: Samantha Mitchell, School Technology Specialist.

Granite OverDrive Circulation Site

Alyssa Carraway, secretary in the Educational Technology department, tracks these checkout numbers and has used Google Sites to create a simple but beautiful website to share this data with our district throughout the year. She uses Canva to convey the data in infographics, such as the year-to-date information shared below. You can check out the full site for more details on Granite OverDrive usage per school, as well as monthly updates on our OverDrive checkouts competition winners.

Infographics and Granite OverDrive Circulation Site created by Alyssa Carraway, Administrative Secretary, Educational Technology Dept. OverDrive posters designed by Cindy Moyle,
Secondary Library Media Supervisor, Educational Technology Dept.

OverDrive: ‘Big Library Read’ + What’s New | October 2017

October 2017

Secondary Big Library Read October 12-26, 2017

This fall OverDrive is once again sponsoring the “Big Library Read,” a promotion in which we receive unlimited access to a special title for simultaneous, district-wide reading. From October 12-26, 2017, all secondary students and staff members can check out and read The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett by Chelsea Sedoti, available as an ebook or audiobook. Here’s the book’s “jacket” blurb:

Hawthorn wasn’t trying to insert herself into a missing person’s investigation. Or maybe she was. But that’s only because Lizzie Lovett’s disappearance is the one fascinating mystery their sleepy town has ever had. Bad things don’t happen to popular girls like Lizzie Lovett, and Hawthorn is convinced she’ll turn up at any moment-which means the time for speculation is now.

So Hawthorn comes up with her own theory for Lizzie’s disappearance. A theory way too absurd to take seriously…at first. The more Hawthorn talks, the more she believes. And what better way to collect evidence than to immerse herself in Lizzie’s life? Like getting a job at the diner where Lizzie worked and hanging out with Lizzie’s boyfriend. After all, it’s not as if he killed her-or did he?

Told with a unique voice that is both hilarious and heart-wrenching, Hawthorn’s quest for proof may uncover the greatest truth is within herself.

What’s New in OverDrive, October 2017

If you are in an elementary school or if the Big Read book doesn’t match your interests, don’t worry; we have many other new titles of all varieties available in OverDrive. The posters below highlight a few of the titles that have been added to Granite’s OverDrive Digital Library this month. Click on them to download a high quality PDF that you can print out and display in your library or classroom, or right click and save the images to post them on a school or class website.

OverDrive posters created by Nikki Gregerson and Cindy Moyle, Granite District Library Media Specialists.

OverDrive Digital Library School Checkouts Competition

October 2017

In September 2017, students and staff in Granite School District checked out nearly 10,000 ebooks and audiobooks from our OverDrive Digital Library. The infographic below reveals the top five schools for the month.

For 2017-18 we are sponsoring a monthly checkout competition between schools, with four traveling trophies that will be awarded to the highest circulating elementary and secondary schools, as well as the “most increased” elementary and secondary schools. Members of the Ed. Tech. team recently delivered these trophies to the winning schools of our September competition.

Elementary September 2017 Top Checkouts: Beehive Elementary

Secondary September 2017 Top Checkouts: West Lake STEM Jr. High

Elementary September 2017 Most Improved: Gearld Wright Elementary

Secondary September 2017 Most Improved: Valley Jr. High

Granite OverDrive Circulation Site

https://sites.google.com/granitesd.org/overdrive-circulation-granite/home

Infographics and Granite OverDrive Circulation Site created by Alyssa Carraway, Administrative Secretary, Educational Technology Dept.

What’s New in OverDrive: Young Adult Titles September 2017

September 2017

Poster - New YA Books in OverDrive Sept. 2017 - 1 — Poster – New YA Books in OverDrive Sept. 2017 – 1

Poster - New YA Books in OverDrive Sept. 2017 - 2 — Poster – New YA Books in OverDrive Sept. 2017 – 2

These images highlight a few of the young adult titles that have been added to Granite’s OverDrive Digital Library this month. Click on them to download a high quality PDF that you can print out and display in your library or classroom, or right click and save the images to post them on a school or class website.

Summer Reading and Learning 2017

May 2017

Looking for great resources for summer reading and summer learning? In this post we round up programs and resources from Granite School District, our friends at the Salt Lake County Library and Salt Lake City Public Library systems, and other resources from the web in general. [Read more…] about Summer Reading and Learning 2017

Elementary Media Clerks ‘By the Book’

May 2017

Each day over on Granitemedia.org, our sister site for district library media programs, we are featuring the reading lives of our elementary media clerks with a daily ‘By the Book’ spotlight interview. Below is one recent example. Check out all the By the Book posts to get to know our fabulous media clerks, as well as find some great book recommendations both for kids and adults.

By the Book: Jennifer Porter, Crestview Elementary

Jennifer is finishing her fifth year as a media clerk at Crestview Elementary. She has done incredible work bringing the library into the 21^st century and creating an environment that students are excited to come into.

What books are currently on your nightstand?

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, The Price We Paid: The Extraordinary Story of the Willie and Martin Handcart Pioneers by Andrew D. Olsen, and Enchanted Air by Margarita Engle

What was the last great book you read?

Boys on the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown. I really enjoyed learning about this group of “boys” and all the history that went into their story. Plus, being from Seattle myself, it was fascinating to learn more about my hometown. I wasn’t even familiar with their story!

The last book that made you cry?

True (…Sort Of) by Katherine Hannigan. I read this a few years ago and was completely drawn in. I finished it as our family was driving to Oregon and I was curled up in the front seat trying not to let the rest of the family hear my sobs. It really made an impact on me and was a beautiful story.

The last book that made you laugh?

Been There, Done That: Writing Stories from Real Life by Mike Winchell

What kind of reader were you as a child? What childhood books and authors stick with you the most?

I actually was a slow reader- things didn’t click for me re: reading until about 4^th grade, and I didn’t enjoy reading all that much. But my mom, an avid reader, kept introducing me to great books. My favorite was <em>The Secret Garden by Francis Hodgson Burnett. My mom challenged me to read Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, with the promise that if I finished it she would buy me all the Madame Alexander Little Women dolls. I still have the set. I loved the classics…still do!

What is the best book you were required to read as a student?

Required? I don’t really remember. The only thing I can think of is in 10^th grade English we had to read Romeo and Juliet. I was nervous about reading Shakespeare but my teacher was so great and taught us how to understand Shakespeare that I have loved his work ever since!

What book did you hate reading as a student?

I really can’t remember hating anything I read. I’m sure there was something, I just have no memory of it.

What is your favorite book to recommend to children?

I love to recommend Matthew Kirby’s books. He is a great storyteller and each book fits a different genre.

If you could only bring three books to a desert island, which would you pack?

Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen OR A Room with a View by E.M. Forster, and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

By the Book Posts compiled by Nikki Gregerson, District Elementary Library Media Specialist, Educational Technology Department

What’s New in OverDrive: Young Adult Titles, Spring 2017

April 2017

These images highlight a few of the young adult titles that have been added to Granite’s OverDrive Digital Library recently. Click on them to download a high quality PDF that you can use to print out and display in your library or classroom, or right click and save the images to post them on a school or class website.

What’s New in OverDrive: February 2017

February 2017

These images highlight a few of the latest titles that have been added to Granite’s OverDrive Digital Library. You can print them out and display them in your library or classroom, or post them on a school or class website.

Granite EdTech Monthly Newsletter: February 2017

February 2017

Granite EdTech Monthly Newsletter – February 2017

The latest edition of our department’s monthly newsletter recently went out via email to teachers in Granite School District. If you missed it you can access it here.

Highlights from our February 2017 Newsletter: