The WSDLC is a collection of over 50,000 ebooks, audiobooks, comics, graphic novels, and magazines that are shared between all WSDLC member schools and districts. Each school/district has the option to purchase additional titles and copies of titles that would be available for only their students. There are further options for schools to buy copies of titles in bulk, at a reduced rate, to provide more options to students for required reading in the classroom.
Schools can update their access at any time; reach out to WSDLC Project Managers to start making adjustments to get your school’s access where it needs to be.
Annual Membership Information
The WSDLC Membership year runs from September 1st through August 31st.
Districts can join the consortium, and current members can update their membership, at any time during the year.
Pricing is calculated based on the previous-year’s certified enrollment numbers as reported to DPI and available in WISEdash. WSDLC Membership renewal information is available within one week of this information being released; typically in March.
Cost
At $1.68 per student, a WSDLC membership is a very affordable way for your students to access over 110,000 copies of more than 23,000 unique titles of ebooks, digital audiobooks, magazines, and comic books in five collections based on students’ grade levels.
The WSDLC membership year runs from September 1st to August 31st, and schools can join at any time at a prorated cost.
Note: The per student cost will increase to $1.70 per student for the 2027-28 membership year.
Leveled Collections
With five collections of materials, you know that your students are getting access to content that fits both their interests and your district’s policies.
WSDLC Member schools can allow grades access to the following collections of materials, and can request adjustments to their students’ access at any time.
Lower Elementary Collection – Contains content that has been rated for grades PreK-2.
Upper Elementary Collection – Contains content that has been rated for grades 3-5 (Plus access to the Lower Elementary Collection)
Middle School Collection – Contains content that has been rated for grades 6-8 (Plus access to the Lower Elementary and Upper Elementary Collections)
Lower High School Collection – Contains content that has been rated for grades 9-10 (Plus access to the Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary, and Middle School Collections)
Upper High School Collection – Contains content that has been rated for grades 11-12 (Plus access to all Collections)
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Collection Information & Circulation Policies
Here is where you can find the WSDLC’s Collection Development Policy, a Statement on the Shared Collections, a complete title list, how long books can be checked out for, and other shared-collection-specific items.
Training
Find the most common training topics on Sora and OverDrive, put together by the WSDLC’s OverDrive team and a panel and WSDLC Members.
Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers to many of your questions here.
Who to contact with questions
Do you have a question, but you aren’t sure if it would be best answered by a WSDLC Project Manager or by an OverDrive partner? You can find the best contact based on different topics here.
