Category: Point of View
Point of View: Author Susan Orlean
OverDrive’s Steve Potash talks with author Susan Orlean about her new book, On Animals.
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Point of View: Thomas Nixon, Library Services Manager, Fresno Unified School District
OverDrive Education talks with Thomas Nixon, Library Services Manager for the Fresno Unified School District (CA). Thomas discusses serving a diverse student body, using government relief funds to expand access to reading, social media as an outreach tool and more.
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Point of View: Dr. Rachel Noorda, Director of Book Publishing, Assistant Professor, Portland State University
OverDrive’s Steve Potash talks with Dr. Rachel Noorda, Director of Book Publishing, Assistant Professor, Portland State University, about her work with the Panorama Project to learn more about how readers discover books.
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Point of View: Suzi Tonini, Supervisor of Collection Development, Library Services, Denver Public Schools
OverDrive Education talks with Suzi Tonini, Supervisor of Collection Development, Library Services for the Denver Public Schools. Suzi discusses the importance of authentic representation in literature, the district’s partnership with the Denver Public Library, responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and much more.
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Point of View: Robert Zaffiris, Chief Operating Officer, Shakespeare & Co. bookstores
OverDrive’s Steve Potash talks with Shakespeare & Co. Chief Operating Officer Robert Zaffiris about scaling the small footprint, indie bookstore concept, engaging with the community, the Espresso Book Machine and more.
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Point of View: Beth Zirogiannis, Ed.D, Director of English, Reading & Library, Oceanside School District
OverDrive Education talks with Beth Zirogiannis, Ed.D, Director of English, Reading and Library for the Oceanside School District (NY).
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Point of View: Sari Feldman, Former President, American Library Association
OverDrive’s Steve Potash speaks with former American Library Association president Sari Feldman, who recently retired following an illustrious tenure as executive director of Northeast Ohio’s Cuyahoga County Public Library.
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Point of View: Bill Bass, President, ISTE Board of Directors
OverDrive Education talks with Bill Bass, Innovation Coordinator for Technology Integration, Information and Library Media for the Parkway School District outside St. Louis, Missouri, and President of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Board of Directors.
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Point of View: R.L. Stine, Author, Goosebumps
OverDrive’s Steve Potash speaks with R.L. Stine, the author of hundreds of children’s horror fiction novels, including the Goosebumps series. Stine discusses growing up as a “weird kid,” the joys of writing for a young audience, how a librarian changed his life, new projects and much more.
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