Happy Tuesday! This week’s message is a short one, but oh-so packed with helpful opportunities and information~
Final Days: Please Complete the WSDLC Annual Membership Survey
The 2023 Membership Survey is open until this Friday, February 24th.
Thank you so much to everyone that has already completed the survey! We’ve had lots of valuable and insightful responses already, but more is always better! If you haven’t already, please take ~15 minutes to complete this survey and share with the WSDLC Board and Project Managers your successes, joys, and suggestions as they relate to the consortium and how your school/district utilizes Sora. Results will be shared with the WSDLC membership at the Annual Membership Meeting in May.
If you did not receive a link to complete this survey, please reach out to the WSDLC Project Managers at wsdlc-info@wils.org with your School and District name, and we can have you added to the members email listserv and get the link to you.
Thank you very much for your time and thoughts!
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2023-24 Membership Renewal Information
It’s that time of year again where many of you are beginning to work on your budgets for the upcoming year, secure POs, and plan your subscription renewals.
We are hopeful to have all WSDLC 2023-24 renewal quotes sent out to each school/district’s WSDLC Main Contact(s) by the end of March. Once DPI releases the certified enrollment data for the 2022-23 school year, we will be able to begin calculating the cost for each member district. (DPI should be releasing this information soon, and we are checking WISEdash daily.)
Details on Pricing Quote Calculation
WSDLC renewal pricing is based on DPI’s certified enrollment numbers for the previous academic year. To calculate costs for the 2023-24 WSDLC membership year, we will be using the FTE data for 2022-23. Once we have this information, we will calculate the 2023-24 membership costs, and quotes will be emailed to each school/district’s WSDLC Main Contact within a week. (Not sure who your Main Contact is? You can reach out to us at wsdlc-info@wils.org to find out!)
As a reminder, in March 2021, the WSDLC Board approved a 3% increase for each of the following three membership years. The price will be $1.65 per student for the 23-24 membership year, and is the final price increase expected at this time.
And while you’re thinking about your budgets for next year, don’t forget that your WSDLC Membership includes magazines!
On top of ebooks, comic books, and audiobooks that your students love, your WSDLC membership also includes access to many popular magazines! The WSDLC collections includes over 80 magazine titles like National Geographic Kids and National Geographic Little Kids, MiniMag, Minecraft World Magazine, It GiRL, Rolling Stone, and so many more!
If you’re in a position where you need to make the difficult decision to trim your budget, take a peek at what’s available with your WSDLC membership; you may find some resources here that could fill the place of other, pricier subscriptions.
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Flipped Classrooms: Managing Holds
It’s February, and this month we’re focusing on Managing Holds. In this Flipped Classroom, you can get tips on how to make the most of your Advantage purchases, and a look at some of the features and programs OverDrive and the WSDLC employ to get the books your students want in to their hands sooner. There is also an excellent marketing resource regarding holds created by one of our members!
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/.
