Have a good week, everyone.
The WSDLC Renewal Period is Open!
Pricing quotes for the 2025-26 WSDLC Membership year were sent out last week to all contacts that are listed as your district’s/school’s Main Contact. And for those district’s that are also WiLS Cooperative Purchasing members, you can now find your WSDLC renewal information in MyWiLS!
If you did not receive your 2025-26 WSDLC Membership renewal quote, or do not see it in MyWiLS (if you are a WiLS Cooperative Purcashing Member), please reach out to WSDLC Project Managers at wsdlc-info@wils.org.
Just for fun, here are the numbers after one week:
354 renewal quotes and emails have been created and sent.
96 schools/districts have already approved their 2025-26 renewal.
11 schools/district have updated their WSDLC membership by either adding access for more schools/grades, or adjusting their students’ CALs.
24 schools/districts approved their renewal in MyWiLS.
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Reminder: Share Your Thoughts in the Annual WSDLC Membership Survey! (Closing Friday)
The 2025 WSDLC Member Survey is open for your feedback! This annual survey is open to school staff at participating WSDLC school districts, and serves as an opportunity for member schools and districts to provide valuable feedback to the WSDLC Board and Project Managers: what do you love about the WSDLC and Sora; how is your school/district using the collections; do you have any pain points; and what kinds of updates would you like to see from Sora and the WSDLC in the future.
And this year, as a thank you for your time and feedback, everyone who completes the survey will be entered in a drawing to win one of three Sora (navy blue) hooded sweatshirts! (We also want to take a moment to shoutout the WSDLC team at OverDrive for donating the prizes- thank you!)
You can access the survey by reaching out to the WSDLC Project Managers for the link at wsdlc-info@wils.org.
Your responses by Friday, March 21st, 2025 will be greatly appreciated. The survey should take at most 15 minutes to complete.
Thank you again for your time and thoughts.
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Nominate Yourself (or a Colleague) to Serve on the WSDLC Board!
Nominations are now being accepted for 8 seats on the WSDLC board, one each from the following CESA regions: CESA 1, CESA 4, CESA 6, CESA 7, CESA 8, CESA 9 (newly opened due to retirement), CESA 10, and CESA 12.
The Board Operational Guidelines for the consortium call for the WSDLC Board to include one representative from each CESA area. To be eligible for a seat on the WSDLC Board, nominees must be from a WSDLC member district within an open CESA region and they must be their district’s Member Representative*.
Terms are for three years, and will begin on September 1st, 2025.
*If you aren’t sure if you’re a Member Representative, if you would you like to change your district’s Member Representative, or if you’d like more information, please reach out to the Project Managers at wsdlc-info@wils.org.
To nominate yourself or a colleague (with their permission) for the WSDLC Board, please reach out to the WSDLC Project Managers for the link to the nomination form at wsdlc-info@wils.org.
The nominations period will run through the end of the day on March 28th. Voting will open on April 7th and run through April 25th.
Please email wdlc-info@wils.org with any questions.
We appreciate your consideration.
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New Titles Added in February
Last month, 266 completely new titles were added into the shared collection!
- 43 Audiobooks; 223 Ebooks
- 92 Lower Elementary titles; 90 Upper Elementary titles; 24 Middle School titles; 59 Lower High School titles; and 1 Upper High School title
- 51 Spanish-Language titles: 10 Audiobooks; 41 Ebooks | 26 Lower Elementary titles; 19 Upper Elementary titles; 3 Middle School titles; and Lower High School titles
- 183 Metered access titles; 92 One Copy/One User; and 1 Simultaneous Use title
Did you notice that the math didn’t quite add up in the Lending Models? Good eye! Some titles purchased last month were purchased in both Metered Access and OC/OU~
A complete list of all the new titles added in February along with their format and content access level(s), can be viewed as a Google Sheet here. (This Google Sheet also includes the new titles added each month, so if you ever miss a month, we’ve got you covered!)
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Flipped Classrooms: Curation
March 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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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/.
