Nominations are Open for WSDLC’s Governance Positions

WSDLC Board

Nominations are now being accepted for seats on the WSDLC board from WSDLC Member Representatives at schools or districts in the following CESA areas: CESA 9 and CESA 11.

The Board Operational Guidelines for the consortium call for the WSDLC Board to include one representative from each CESA area, elected by member representatives from WSDLC member districts. To be eligible for a seat on the WSDLC Board, nominees must be their district’s Member Representative. Terms are for three years, and will begin on September 1st, 2023.

You can find more information about the WSDLC Board and read the Board Operational Guidelines on the WSDLC Governance webpage.

The nominations period will run through the end of the day on April 14th. Nominees from CESAs with open seats are asked to complete a brief nominations form.
Nominate a WSDLC Member Representative from CESA 9 or 11 here: https://forms.gle/YhXMYEwT6X7kRZgz7

WSDLC Selection Advisory Committee

We are also seeking volunteers to serve on the WSDLC’s Selection Advisory Committee, to begin on September 1st, 2023!
The Selection Advisory Committee recommends the scope and direction of the collections included in the WSDLC, and they advise the project manager and vendors on operational collection decisions, including content to be included and budget allocations, as directed by the Board and Collection Development Policy. The Committee meets 4 times per year, and committee members will serve 2-year terms, with the option to serve two consecutive terms.
You can view the full Selection Advisory Guidelines, which includes the committee’s full charge, membership, member expectations, and meeting schedule details, here.

To qualify for the Selection Advisory Committee, volunteers must be a library media specialist from a WSDLC participating district/school. We will be accepting volunteers to serve on the Selection Advisory Committee through Thursday, April 6th.

You can complete the Selection Advisory Committee volunteer form here: https://forms.gle/bKso3dYfUhFgU13o6

Volunteers will be notified by the end of April whether they have been selected by the Board to serve on the Selection Advisory Committee.

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2023-24 Membership Renewal Pricing Now Available

DPI’s 2022-23 certified enrollment numbers were released via WISEdash last week, and all quotes for 2023-24 have been emailed to each district’s Main Contact. Included in the email is also a link where schools can indicate their intention to renew, as well as indicate updates to their contacts or access.
If you did not receive your quote, please reach out to the WSDLC Project Managers at wsdlc-info@wils.org to have it [re]sent to you.

Details on Pricing Quote Calculation
WSDLC renewal pricing is based on DPI’s certified enrollment numbers for the previous academic year. To calculate costs for the 2023-24 WSDLC membership year, we will be using the FTE data for 2022-23.

A couple of reminders:

• In March 2021, the WSDLC Board approved a 3% increase for each of the following three membership years, and the price will be $1.65 per student for the 23-24 membership year.
• Even though WiLS is the Project Manager for the WSDLC, WSDLC members do not need to be WiLS Cooperative Purchasing members to enroll. Because of this, WiLS Cooperative Purchasing members will not find their WSDLC renewal information in MyWiLS.

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Sora School Stars Closes Friday, March 31st

Each year, OverDrive hosts a global contest aimed to celebrate how schools promote Sora called Schools Stars. If you’ve done any promotional work this school year (August 2022 – Now), we encourage you to enter this contest!
There are five different categories to enter:

• Best in Visual/Virtual Display or Bulletin Board
• Best in Social Media
• Best Community Engagement
• Best use of Sora in the Classroom
• Best Student-Made Submission

Winning prizes include Content Credits, a School Stars Winner poster, and a digital School Stars winner badge! (The Grand Prize Winner will also get 1,000 silicone Sora bracelets!)

From bulletin boards to videos; from to social media posts to classroom engagement; no accomplishment or action is too small to enter! You have until March 31st, 2023 to submit your entry.
Learn more about School Stars, and submit your entry, here!

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Flipped Classrooms: Final Week for Purchasing; Marketing Begins Saturday

During the month of March, we’re taking a look at Purchasing! In this Flipped Classroom, you’ll get an inside look at how titles are selected and purchased for the Consortium. You’ll also find more details on how to purchase titles for your Advantage account: learn how to build and manage carts, add content credit, adjust the content access level for your purchases, and read some tips and tricks on how to avoid accidentally purchasing titles more than once (when you don’t necessarily mean to).

April begins our final month of the WSDLC’s Flipped Classroom training program, and it focuses on Marketing and Training! We know this is a hot topic for many of you, and we hope that the ideas and resources we’ve pulled together here can work as a jumping point to implement your own marketing strategies. Included are:
Lists of marketing techniques and actions from other WSDLC members and from the OverDrive team;
Links to the OverDrive blog’s school library marketing spotlight and previous School Stars winners;
Downloadable/Printable flyers, bookmarks, social media images, a coloring page, and so much more that are free to use; and
Training Modules from OverDrive that you can send to your students and teachers!

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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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/.