Happy Tuesday! This week’s message is a short one, with a couple of reminders and sharing out an upcoming opportunity that may be of interest to the Wisconsin school library community.

Flipped Classroom: Getting Started

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 on their own and OverDrive staff are ready to schedule one-on-one 20-minute sessions to answer members’ questions. This month’s theme is Getting Started!

How can students checkout titles in Sora? Can I listen to an audiobook offline? How can I find a book in OverDrive Marketplace to purchase for my school’s Advantage account? What are each of the different lending models? You can find answers to these questions and more in this month’s Flipped Classroom: Getting Started.
Click the link or copy and paste it into your browser to get started with Getting Started: https://wsdlc.org/getting-started-with-flipped-classrooms/

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: The Back to School Sale in Marketplace Ends Soon

OverDrive’s Back to School Sale will be ending on September 30th, and we don’t want you to miss out on the thousands of 25-50% off titles you could be adding to your Advantage account(s)! Sale titles include popular new releases, curriculum titles, audiobooks, read-alongs, graphic novels, and more.
Log in to Marketplace and browse the Back to School sale here!
You can also shop titles your students have on hold, take a look at the titles available in OverDrive’s newest collection, Decodables and Phonics, and see this year’s newest titles that are on sale in 2023 Releases.

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In the Community: CCBC Starred Review Days: November 13th-17th

For the past several years, the CCBC in Madison has been hosting a Starred Review Days, and 2023’s dates were recently announced! Learn more about this event from the CCBC’s announcement copied below:

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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/.