Happy Tuesday! It’s May, and many of you are getting ready to wrap up another school year; We’re hopeful this week’s short message can help you prepare for the summer!
WSDLC’s Reach More Readers Challenge is Going On Now!
The WSDLC is hosting a contest during the month of May to help member schools get Sora on their students’ radars before they depart for the summer!
Every school is automatically entered into this competition; all you need to do is spread the word and get as many students as you can to log in to Sora and check out [at least] one title between May 1st and May 31st! The school district(s) that have seen the greatest increase in the number of students checking out materials in Sora between March and May will be declared the winner! Winners will receive a package of Sora swag, which includes some comfy sweatshirts!
You can find more information on the Reach More Readers Challenge and links to marketing materials, ideas, and QR Codes for curated collections here.
So get ahead of the summer slide, increase awareness of the WSDLC collections, and maybe even score some Sora swag by encouraging your students to participate in a friendly competition with other schools across the state!
April’s Usage Statistics
Last month’s usage stats have been compiled, and April has seen quite the increase in activity! Checkouts, users logging in, total books opened, and titles added to the collections have all increased, and while the number of holds have also increased, there has been a huge drop in wait times!
You can download the full calendar year’s statistics .xlsx spreadsheet, which includes detailed information on circulation numbers, holds, and other metrics, broken down by month, at the bottom of the WSDLC Year to Date Statistics page.
Save the Date: Annual WSDLC Membership Meeting is Tuesday, May 24th, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
The WSDLC’s annual membership meeting is a one-hour event that will include a 20-minute talk from a Wisconsin author, highlights from the member survey that was completed earlier this spring, a WSDLC year in review and what’s on the horizon, and all attendees will be asked to approve the WSDLC’s Operational Guidelines.
More details will be coming soon!
Sora Sweet Reads Begins May 4th!
OverDrive’s annual summer reading program, Sora Sweet Reads begins tomorrow! Starting on May 4th, a new collection of free, simultaneous use titles will be added to the WSDLC collections to encourage students to keep reading all summer long! These titles will remain available through August 17th.
You can find out more about this program, and view the title lists ahead of time, on the Sora Sweet Reads page!
2022-23 WSDLC Membership Renewals & Quotes
Quotes for schools and districts to renew their WSDLC Membership for the 2022-23 school year have been sent out to everyone listed as their school’s WSDLC Main Contact. If you haven’t received yours, please let us know!
If your school is still making decisions on renewals for the upcoming school year, waiting on POs, and/or deciding on tweaks to make to your membership, that’s all great! We just ask that everyone let us know their plans for renewing before August 15th. Members that haven’t responded to the renewal form (linked in the email that contains the renewal quote) will be automatically renewed on September 1st.
