You can view the full calendar year’s statistics, which includes detailed information on circulation numbers, holds, and other metrics, broken down by month, as a Google Sheet here.

If you’re interested in historical data, you can find .xlsx spreadsheets of past statistics at the bottom of the WSDLC Year to Date Statistics page.

From OverDrive: Curation in Sora

Many WSDLC members have been asking about Curation in Sora, and the WSDLC Team at OverDrive has created this incredibly helpful guide! Check it out below:

As a member of WSDLC you have a choice in what your student’s see on the Sora Explore page. You can show the WSDLC curations, or create your own with Advantage (custom) Curation. Curations help students find books that interest them, and curations in the WSDLC are refreshed monthly. If Advantage curation is turned on, students no longer see the regularly updated WSDLC curations.

Here is how to check if you have Advantage Curation on and how to turn it off so that your students see the WSDLC collections:

1. Sign into OverDrive Marketplace.
2. In the Curate drop-down, select Standard curation.
3. Make sure “Customize Advantage collections” is set to NO if you want it off
4. In the pop-up, click Save to confirm.

If you want to update your individual Advantage curations: Click Here to access training resources on creating and publishing curations.

Many thank yous to Lena Rose and Beth Saxton for this oh-so-easy to understand walkthrough!

Reminder: New Content Access Levels are LIVE – What to Do If You Find Something Awry

As a reminder, there are now five collections that titles will be separated into, based on their ratings from the publisher and aolngside professional review sources such as School Library Journal, Kirkus and CCBC Choices. Those five collections are:

• Lower Elementary (K-2) Collection: This includes content that has been rated for grades PreK-2.
• Upper Elementary (3-5) Collection: This includes content that has been rated for grades 3-5, and also includes access to the K-2 content.
• Middle School (6-8) Collection: This includes content that has been rated for grades 6-8, and also includes access to the K-2 and 3-5 content.
• Lower High School (9-10) Collection: This includes content that has been rated for grades 9-10, and also includes access to the K-2, 3-5, and 6-8 content.
• Upper High School (11-12) Collection: This includes content that has been rated for grades 11-12, and also includes access to the K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-10 content.

Over the next few weeks, you may find that there are titles that you think your students should be able to have access to that are included in a higher CAL. We are aware of this, and our OverDrive colleagues are currently going through all of the titles in the collections and making these adjustments. (But don’t worry- it’s only the case that some titles may have been assigned to a higher CAL than they should be. No school or district will be seeing any titles that are above their content access level.)

If you notice any titles that should be in a lower Content Access Level/Collection, please complete this form to alert OverDrive staff: please reach out to wsdlc-info@wils.org for the link to the WSDLC Title Content Access Level Update Request form
Note: Titles in your Advantage collection may be set differently than the consortium. Please check ownership of the title before completing the form.

If you would like to adjust your district’s access, or if you have any questions about the new CALs, please reach out to the WSDLC team at OverDrive at wsdlc@overdrive.com.