Happy Tuesday! Time has just flown by, and coming up next week already are two webinars from OverDrive that we’re excited to share about. We’re also continuing to share information about this month’s Flipped Classroom: Advantage Accounts & Marketplace (which fits in very nicely with one of the two webinars that are scheduled for next week), and then we have two opportunities for you to share with the rest of the WSDLC community of what you have been doing with the WSDLC.
Next Week: Two(!) Webinars
Coming up next week are 2 OverDrive-hosted webinars that we don’t want you to miss!
➢ WSDLC – Advantage Strategies
Date: Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024
Time: 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Description:
Join WSDLCs OverDrive Account Team to learn about the benefits of your advantage account and strategies to make the most out of your students Sora experience.
Registration is required. Reach out wsdlc-info@wils.org for the registration link.
➢ Back-to-School Picks for Your Students from OverDrive Librarians Webinar
with the WSDLC’s Digital Content Specialist, Beth Saxton
Date: Thursday, Oct 24, 2024
Time: 2:00pm – 2:30pm
Description:
Get ready to elevate your digital collection this back-to-school season with recommendations from OverDrive’s expert staff librarians! In this webinar, we’ll guide you through the must-have books landing on your digital shelves for the upcoming season.
What You’ll Learn:
Top Picks for Every Age Group: Discover the best titles for K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12 students.
Diverse Genres and Interests: Explore a range of genres designed to captivate and engage all readers.
Exclusive Shopping Link: Receive a special link to easily shop all the featured titles and enhance your digital library.
Whether you’re looking to refresh your collection or find new ways to connect with students, this webinar is your go-to resource for the latest and greatest in children’s and young adult literature. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to keep your digital shelves stocked with the best back-to-school reads!
Reach out wsdlc-info@wils.org for the registration link.
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October’s Flipped Classroom: Advantage Accounts & Marketplace
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.It’s month two of the Flipped Classroom training series, and we’re taking a deep dive into Advantage Accounts & Marketplace! This flipped classroom introduces the Advantage program and shows how users how they can use Marketplace to make the most of their Advantage accounts. Learn about Lending Models, adjusting the Content Access Level for your Advantage titles, make the most out of Class Sets, and so much more!
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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Reminder: Two Ways to Share Your WSDLC Experience(s)
The WSDLC is more than just a resource to enhance digital content offerings to Wisconsin students- it’s an opportunity for K12 library staff to connect, share ideas, and crowdsource best practices. And with that, WSDLC Project Managers have come up with two ways for WSDLC members to highlight and showcase some of the work they’ve done:
- A member spotlight- called the WSDLC Member Causerie– which is a brief interview with a WSDLC member library staffer; and
- The WSDLC’s Tiny Case Studies– which are brief, practical summaries of outstanding things that some WSDLC members are doing that involve Sora.
Be sure to check out both of these opportunities to share something about yourself and your district, and some major (or minor!) wins that your school has accomplished with the WSDLC!
WSDLC Member Causerie
The WSDLC Member Causerie is a brand new opportunity for staff at WSDLC member districts to share a little bit about themselves, their school, their discoveries and processes with Sora, and ways they’ve gotten their students, colleagues, parents, and/or other stakeholders engaged with their digital materials in Sora.
Fill out this form– completing as much, or as little, as you are comfortable- and be featured in an upcoming weekly newsletter!
Tiny Case Studies
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 bookclub, cleared a hurdle with getting students to team up for 2023’s Battle of the Books, 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/.
