Have a great week!
Registration is Open to Attend the Annual WSDLC Membership Meeting!
Join the WSDLC Project Managers and the WSDLC OverDrive team for 2025’s annual membership meeting!
Date: Thursday, May 29th
Time: 3:45pm – 4:45pm
Registration Link: Please reach out to WSDLC Project Managers for the registration link at wsdlc-info@wils.org
This year, the WSDLC team at OverDrive will share some of their best practices for Advantage Accounts and showcasing how WSDLC members can utilize tools and features available to them, such as curation, title hide, and ordering quarterly Advantage Bundles. They will also discuss what Advantage ownership means, and how districts can manage their local digital collections with tools such as title assign and holds management.
The Project Managers will share the results of the recent WSDLC Governance elections and appointments; an overview of the themes that came out of the 2025 membership survey; a review on what happened in 2024; and a preview of things to come.
We hope to see you there!
This meeting will be recorded and shared with membership the next day.
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Reach More Readers Challenge Begins Thursday!
The 4th Annual Reach More Readers Challenge will be starting on Thursday, May 1st! All WSDLC member districts that began their membership before March 1st, 2025 are automatically entered into this contest, and the school(s) that have the highest increase in students usage (as compared to March 2025) will win some sweet Sora swag for you and your students from OverDrive!
You can find more information and links to marketing materials, ideas, and shareable QR Codes for curated collections on the WSDLC website.
So get ahead of the summer slide and increase awareness of the WSDLC collections by encouraging your students to participate in a friendly competition with other schools across the state!
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Flipped Classrooms: Usage Statistics
April’s Flipped Classroom topic will teach you how to find out what titles are most popular at your school(s), how many students are utilizing Sora, and much more as we dive in to Usage Statistics!
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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Reminder: Advantage Bundle Carts are Still Available for Purchase
In February 2025, the WSDLC’s dedicated OverDrive Digital Content Specialist, Beth, put together a series of bundles of titles for easier ordering by WSDLC members! Just complete the Google Form(s) for the bundle(s) you’d like to purchase for your students, and Beth will get those added to your Advantage collections and invoiced to you based on your preferences.
February’s Advantage Bundle Carts include:
- February 2025’s High-Demand Elementary Title Bundle
High-Demand Elementary – 27 titles for $502.17 - Youth Media Award Title Bundles
Newbury, Caldecott, Giesel, and Printz – 28 titles for $906.88
AAPL, Coretta Scott King, and Pura Belpre – 24 titles for $598.45 - Scholastic Metered Access Titles Bundles
Scholastic titles that are now being offered in MA:100 (100 checkouts, concurrent usage)!
Elementary – 29 titles for $498.92
Middle School – 21 titles for $406.08
High School – 21 titles for $437.58 - One Copy/One User Title Bundles
Enduring titles that stand the test of time, invest in them now and own them forever!
Elementary – 20 titles for $509.75
Middle School – 10 titles for $504.96
High School – 12 titles for $491.23 - Golden Archer Awards Title Bundles
Elementary – 13 titles for $308.68
Middle School – 10 titles for $330.60
High School -10 titles for $513.64
Please reach out to wsdlc-info@wils.org for the full title list(s) and/or order form(s).
Save yourself time and money, and help get those high-interest, high-hold titles into the hands of your students faster by ordering today!
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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/.
