Happy Tuesday! And what a week this is shaping up to be! Just yesterday, the WSDLC collections reached yet another huge milestone: six million checkouts! (And just eight months after hitting the five million mark.) This week we’re also sharing a couple of exciting things coming out from OverDrive, as well as the final installment of the [Re]Introduction to the WSDLC series.

The WSDLC has reached over 6,000,000 Lifetime Checkouts!

On Monday, September 16th at 8:59am, students at WSDLC member school districts had checked out over 6,000,000 titles!
The title that holds the honor of being the 6 millionth checkout is *drumroll* Who Would Win: Ultimate Showdown by Jerry Pallotta

Here are those other milestone / millionth checkouts through the years:
1,000,000th checkout: December 4th, 2020 with Hard Luck: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series, Book 8 by Jeff Kinney
2,000,000th checkout: November 22nd, 2021 with The Last Straw: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series, Book 3, by Jeff Kinney
3,000,000th checkout: September 29th, 2022 with Wrecking Ball: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series, Book 14, by Jeff Kinney
4,000,000th checkout: May 11th, 2023 with Trucks, by Gary Sprott
5,000,000th checkout: January 26th, 2024 with Who Would Win: Lobster vs Crab, by Jerry Pallotta

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[Re]Introduction to the WSDLC: Meet the Team!

WSDLC Project Managers

The WSDLC Project Managers are staff from WiLS that support the WSDLC through: membership support (enrollments, renewals, invoicing), fiscal agency, governance support, meeting management, shared collection planning, training, marketing and communications, research and resources (in particular for Collection Support and Intellectual Freedom), and building relationships and acting as a liaison with peer organizations and vendors.

Sara Gold Project Manager		Jennifer Chamberlain Project Manager		Rebecca Rosenstiel Project Coordinator		Lisa Marten Financial Coordinator

You can reach the whole team by emailing wsdlc-info@wils.org.
Topics that the WSDLC Project Managers can best help with:

• Enrollment, Renewals, and WSDLC Membership Invoices
• Materials in the Collection, Selection, Etc
• Consortium-Wide Statistics
• Questions/Comments on Governance
• Marketing Materials
• Anything else WSDLC-related! If we can’t answer your question, we’ll get you to the person who can.

OverDrive Partners

The WSDLC has an amazing group of dedicated staff from OverDrive to help support WSDLC members in their usage of Sora. They help get schools the access they want and need; give detailed and tailored trainings and walkthroughs on how schools can get the most out of Sora; curate the collections and make sure titles are leveled appropriately; help with Advantage invoicing and purchasing (content credit); provide the technical support schools need; and so much more. They work hard to make Sora the best that it can be, listen to the consortium’s needs, and have the WSDLC’s best interests in mind.

Lena Richardson Account Manager	Amanda Izuka-Lawman Product Support Specialist	Beth Saxton Digital Content Librarian

You can reach the whole OverDrive team by emailing wsdlc@overdrive.com.
Topics that the WSDLC OverDrive team can best help with:

• Sora Support
• Updating Student Content Access Levels
• Usage Statistics for your Individual District
• Adding Funds to your Advantage Account
• Assistance in advocating for Sora for your District
• Setting Up Customized Training Sessions
• Authentication/Access Issues
• MARC Records
• Does my Catalog Integrate with Sora?

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Flipped Classroom: Getting Started

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 are 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 on their own and OverDrive staff are ready to schedule one-on-one 20-minute sessions to answer members’ questions.

September kicks off the Flipped Classroom training series with Getting Started! During this flipped classroom, members can get an overview of how to use Sora, learn the various lending models, and get a brief introduction to OverDrive Advantage accounts and Marketplace (with more details on these topics coming in later months).

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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In the Community: Read an Ebook Day is September 18th!

Wednesday, September 18th, is Read an Ebook Day! Read an Ebook Day is a chance for readers across the globe to slow down, take a moment wherever they are, and, well, read an ebook. And for the 400,000+ Wisconsin students with access to Sora, there are thousands of ebook (and read-along and audiobook) titles to choose from! From comics to romance novels, Pete the Cat to Percy Jackson, horror novels to collections of short stories, there is sure to be something to interest everyone.

And to help celebrate (and market to your students) Read an Ebook Day, the OverDrive Resource Center has a ready-to-use graphic that schools can download and utilize to spread the word! You can find that graphic and many other marketing resources here.

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From OverDrive: Back-to-School Picks for Your Students from OverDrive Librarians Webinar
with the WSDLC’s Digital Content Specialist, Beth Saxton

Mark your calendars now and secure your spot for this exciting opportunity! On Thursday, October 24th, join OverDrive staff for a webinar that will cover some of the most anticipated title releases expected this fall. See the details below:

Reach out to wsdlc-info@wils.org for more information and to learn how you can register!

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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/.