Manager Toolkit

  • Create a competition for staff
    • Challenge staff to add an eBook/eAudiobook tie-in at various levels of member interaction and keep a tally of the number of individuals told about our digital collection.
    • Challenge staff to inform five (5) people everyday in and outside of work about our digital collection
  • Appoint an eBook/eAudiobook Champion/Guru/Czar
    • Create a special distinction for a staff member who goes above and beyond promoting and assisting members with our digital collection
  • Create physical displays of your staff's favorite books
    • Include book cover printout(s) of eBooks available through OverDrive (sample)
    • Create flyers using LibraryAware listing all of your staff's favorite books as a giveaway to members as they visit the display.
  • Storytime on an iPad
    • Switch a print book for a book available through OverDrive for one or two storytimes
    • Share healthy screentime tips for parents segue to include information on our digital collection (Narrated eBooks, audiobooks, Children's eReading Room)
  • Host an eBook/eAudiobook Exploration Event
  • Use the promotional materials provided by OverDrive and Marketing to display throughout the library
  • Have the Getting Started Guides printed and ready to give out
  • Motivate staff to update their OverDrive knowledge and skills
  • Encourage staff to wear their Digital Dash button(s) and write their favorite eBook/Book on the button
  • Send staff pics with their favorite book, what they are currently reading or their top book pick for 2017
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