Happy Tuesday! This is the second Tuesday of the month, which means we’ve been able to gather up all the titles that were completely new to the shared collections last month into a tidy little .xlsx package just for you! We also have a few brief re-announcements on items of interest that we want to make sure you don’t miss. And finally, we’re coming down to the final weeks for members to let us know what topics are floating to the tops of your minds that you’d like to see covered in 2023’s annual WSDLC Membership Meeting- add your ideas or thumbs-up others’ ideas in the WSDLC Membership Meeting Topics Padlet (more details below).
New Titles Added in November
In November, 94 completely new titles were added to the shared collection! Of these titles:
- 15 are new Audiobook titles,
- 29 are new titles in the Biography and Autobiography subject area, and
- 5 are new titles that are Media Tie-Ins
A complete list of all the new titles added in November 2022, along with their format and content access level(s), can be WSDLC November 2022 New Titles.
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In Case You Missed It: New Titles Will Be Added to the Comics Collection Next Monday
On Monday, December 16th, the WSDLC’s comics collection will be growing yet again! OverDrive is adding more new titles to their All Comics Collection, which the WSDLC subscribes to. You can get a preview of all of these new comics titles here*:
K-5 Collection
6-8 Collection
9-12 Collection
*The WSDLC’s Digital Content Librarian at OverDrive is checking over each of these titles and adjusting levels as needed, based on the WSDLC Collection Policy and professional review sources such as School Library Journal, Kirkus, and CCBC Choices. When these new titles go live in Sora on Monday, you might find that some titles have been moved to a different access collection than displayed in the previews.
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Flipped Classrooms: Curation
December is Curation month for the WSDLC’s Flipped Classroom training series! In this Flipped Classroom, you can learn all about Curation in OverDrive/Sora and how you can create and post your very own curated collections to support your students’ needs and interests.
What are the WSDLC’s Flipped Classrooms?
The WSDLC offers a self-paced training series to help new members get oriented (and as a refresher for returning members) with their membership and the Sora collections. Every month, a different topic and set of materials are highlighted to help guide members throughout the school year. The content of these Flipped Classrooms is intended for Library Media Specialists and anyone else that may help to manage school/district library resources, OverDrive Advantage purchasing, and digital classroom materials. Materials are available for members to review independently, and OverDrive staff are ready to schedule one-on-one 20-minute sessions to answer members’ questions.
You can find more information on WSDLC Training opportunities and materials here: https://wsdlc.org/training/
Find the full calendar of self-paced training topics here: https://wsdlc.org/training/wsdlc-training-schedule/
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WSDLC Annual Membership Meeting: Topic Suggestions
We want to hear from the WSDLC members on what topics or themes you would be most interested in hearing about at the next Annual Membership Meeting being held in May 2023! There have been some wonderful suggestions so far, but it’s not too late for more ideas to be added. Please also take a moment to look at the suggestions and thumbs-up the ones that resonate with you!
Please share your thoughts and ideas for 2023’s meeting in this Padlet before January 6th: WSDLC Annual Membership Meeting Topic Suggestions
Note about using Padlet: Padlet is completely free to use, but you do not need to create an account to submit your ideas or to comment on / show your support for others’ ideas. Any comments or suggestions made in our Padlet from users without an account will appear anonymously. If you want to avoid creating a Padlet account but wouldn’t like to be anonymous, go ahead and sign your name to your idea.
If you have an idea but want to use something other than Padlet, go ahead and email us your idea at wsdlc-info@wils.org.
What is the Annual Membership Meeting?
This meeting is an opportunity for the Project Managers to get feedback from members, to highlight the achievements and updates from the year, and to share what changes and updates may be coming soon. This meeting kicks off with a guest speaker or a panel of participants, all centered around a certain theme. You can view past themes, speakers, and panels in the Padlet.
Thank you very much!
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OverDrive’s End of Year Sale is Happening Now!
If you purchase for your school or district’s Advantage account, you will want to take “advantage” of OverDrive’s biggest sale of the year with up to 50% off on over 150,000 titles through December 31st.
Sale titles include both eBooks and Audiobooks, and you can browse sale titles through several different collections put together by experts at OverDrive, such as 2022 Releases, Audiobooks under $30, Fixed Layout & Read-Alongs, and more! You can also search for titles by access level, format, and/or by genre!
Log in to your Marketplace Account for more information, to view sale titles, and to expand your local collections with titles only your students will be able to access.
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Send Us Your Tiny Case Study Ideas!
WSDLC’s Tiny Case Studies are brief, practical summaries of outstanding things that some WSDLC members are doing that involve Sora and serve as an opportunity for members to share a WSDLC-related problem they had and how they solved it. We highlight these Tiny Case Studies during various Flipped Classroom months, but you can also view them all by clicking the following link or copy/pasting it into your browser: https://wsdlc.org/training/tiny-case-studies/.
If you’ve done something lately that you’d like to share with the WSDLC Community, let us know! Maybe you’ve put together some creative marketing, started a student reading book club, engaged your school’s teachers on how they can utilize these resources in their classroom, or made a successful case for funding. No idea or accomplishment is too small!
You can submit your tiny case study idea by email at wsdlc-info@wils.org or complete the idea form, and we will reach out to you with the next steps!
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The WSDLC project managers and the team at OverDrive are always available if you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions.
Not sure who to contact? Check out this handy guide on the WSDLC website: https://wsdlc.org/who-to-contact-with-questions/.
