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OUR STORY: St Stithians College, Johannesburg
2021/11/03
Compiled by Sibusisiwe Thembela, former Academic and School Librarian, in conversation with Bronwyn Desjardins
"St Stithians has established a fine-tuned balance between the physical library and the OverDrive digital library – a hybrid space that embraces both physical and digital"
OverDrive Schools
OUR STORY: Somerset College, Somerset West
2021/10/28
Compiled by Sibusisiwe Thembela, former Academic and School Librarian, in conversation with Rose Humphreys
“I have discovered that you are a reader, or not a reader. It does not matter what media that book comes in.”
OverDrive Schools
OUR STORY: Hilton College, KwaZulu-Natal
2021/10/25
Compiled by Sibusisiwe Thembela, former Academic and School Librarian, in conversation with Mandy Durnford
“I have discovered that you are a reader, or not a reader. It does not matter what media that book comes in.”
OverDrive Schools
OUR STORY: Kingsmead Junior School, Johannesburg
2021/10/18
Compiled by Sibusisiwe Thembela, former Academic and School Librarian, in conversation with Tania O'Maker
“Flexibility to update the library collection using the OverDrive platform comes in handy when a need arises.”
OverDrive Schools
OUR STORY: Thomas More College, Kloof
2021/07/26
Compiled by Sibusisiwe Thembela, former Academic and School Librarian, in conversation with Penny Thompson
"It’s lovely to be able to offer the pupils something different."
OverDrive Schools
OUR STORY: St John's Preparatory, Johannesburg
2021/07/07
Compiled by Sibusisiwe Thembela, former Academic and School Librarian, in conversation with Nicky Sulter
"I think that our primary task is to get children to fall in love with reading for it's own sake."
OverDrive Schools
OUR STORY: Stirling Primary School, East London
2021/06/05
Compiled by: Sibusisiwe Thembela: Former Academic & School Librarian in conversation with Mary Lou Berndt
With technological prowess on their side, Stirling Primary aims to gets every child on the reading radar.
OverDrive Schools
OUR STORY: St Andrew's College, Makhanda (Grahamstown)
2021/05/30
Compliled by Sibusisiwe Thembela, former Academic and School Librarian, in conversation with Vuyokazi Jamieson.
“Running a hybrid library with OverDrive as the digital platform and content curator is the best thing. It makes you feel like you are this “cool librarian of the future...”
OverDrive Schools
OUR STORY: Book Village with Cosmo City 1, Johannesburg
2021/05/23
Compliled by Sibusisiwe Thembela, former Academic and School Librarian, in conversation with Sarah Bradfield.
"Introducing students to read from SORA
App generates interest, boosts the ability to
read as well as inculcates the love of reading
to those elusive readers - anywhere,
anytime"
OverDrive Schools
OUR STORY: The American International School, Johannesburg (AISJ)
2021/05/12
Compliled by Sibusisiwe Thembela, former Academic and School Librarian, in conversation with Z.Mnguni, Middle School Librarian, AISJ.
This case study looks at how the AISJ gets a grip on the optimisation of its use of the OverDrive service and Sora Reading App.