WSDLC Board Nominations Period Extended!
With the WSDLC Board Nominations period is running through districts’ Spring Breaks this year, the nominations period has been extended by one week! The nominations period will run through the end of the day on Friday, April 4th. Voting will still be open from April 7th through April 25th.
Nominations are now being accepted for 8 seats on the WSDLC board, one each from the following CESA regions: CESA 1, CESA 4, CESA 6, CESA 7, CESA 8, CESA 9 (newly opened due to retirement), CESA 10, and CESA 12.
The Board Operational Guidelines for the consortium call for the WSDLC Board to include one representative from each CESA area. To be eligible for a seat on the WSDLC Board, nominees must be from a WSDLC member district within an open CESA region and they must be their district’s Member Representative*.
Terms are for three years, and will begin on September 1st, 2025.
*If you aren’t sure if you’re a Member Representative, if you would you like to change your district’s Member Representative, or if you’d like more information, please reach out to the Project Managers at wsdlc-info@wils.org.
To nominate yourself or a colleague (with their permission) for the WSDLC Board, please reach out to the WSDLC Project Managers for the link to the nomination form at wsdlc-info@wils.org.
The nominations period will run through the end of the day on March 28th. Voting will open on April 7th and run through April 25th.
Please email wdlc-info@wils.org with any questions.
We appreciate your consideration.
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2025 WSDLC Membership Survey is Closed
Thank you so much to everyone who completed this year’s Membership Survey! A first run-through of the responses have given us a lot of great feedback and information on how members are using the collections; what is- and isn’t- working for them in Sora, Marketplace, and the consortium; and insight on how the consortium can grow to continue to fit members’ needs.
Winners of the drawing for a hooded Sora sweatshirt will be determined on Friday. OverDrive will then be in contact the following week to coordinate sizing and shipping.
Thank you again!
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Flipped Classrooms: Curation
March is Curation month for the WSDLC’s Flipped Classroom training series! In this Flipped Classroom, you can learn all about Curation in OverDrive/Sora and how you can create and post your very own curated collections to support your students’ needs and interests.
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/.
