- The 2026 WSDLC Membership Meeting, with special guest Author Jospeh Sieracki!
- The WSDLC Selection Advisory Committee is accepting volunteers to serve in 2026-2028
- March’s Sora usage statistics
- The new titles added to the shared collection in March
- Advantage Bundle Carts: Youth Media Awards titles/packages are still available for purchase
- April’s self-paced training opportunities
Annual WSDLC Membership Meeting with Guest Speaker Author Joseph Sieracki: Tuesday, May 19th at 3:30pm
Join us for the Annual WSDLC Membership Meeting on Tuesday, May 19th from 3:30pm-4:30pm via Zoom!
Hear from graphic novel author Joseph Sieracki as he shares his works, his writing process, and answers your questions about what it’s like to be a graphic novel author. The WSDLC Project Managers will wrap up the meeting with a short review of what happened in 2025-26 and a look ahead of what’s coming up for 2026-27.
Guest Author Bio:
Joseph Sieracki is the writer of A LETTER TO JO from TOP SHELF, GHOSTS OF SCIENCE PAST by HUMANOIDS, with work on series like TERRORBYTES and SPEED RACER at MAD CAVE, plus additional creator-owned titles.
Reach out to the WSDLC Project Managers at wsdlc-info@wils.org for the 2026 WSDLC Membership Meeting Zoom registration link.
This meeting will be recorded and shared with registrants.
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Volunteer to Serve on the WSDLC Selection Advisory Committee!
The WSDLC Selection Advisory Committee is currently accepting volunteers to serve 2-year terms, to begin on September 1st, 2026.
Requirements to Serve on the WSDLC Selection Advisory Committee
The Selection Advisory Committee Guidelines state that volunteers must be a library media specialist from a WSDLC participating district/school.
WSDLC Selection Advisory Committee Member Duties
The Selection Advisory Committee is responsible for:
- recommending the scope and direction of the collections included in the WSDLC;
- advising the Project Managers and vendors on operational collection decisions, including content to be included and budget allocations, as directed by the Board and Collection Development Policy; and
- providing feedback and recommendations to the WSDLC Board in relation to consortium policies and procedures.
The Committee meets virtually 3-4 times per year: in October, December, and March; and again in April if needed.
Volunteer to Serve on the WSDLC Selection Advisory Committee
Submit your name to be considered to serve on the Selection Advisory Committee via the form. (Reach out to the WSDLC Project Managers for the link, or check your inbox for your emailed version of this post.)
The volunteer form will be available through Friday, April 17th.
Volunteers will be reviewed and selected by the WSDLC Board in order to have a diversity of geography, enrollment size, and grade level experience.
WSDLC Board Elections are Underway!
The WSDLC Board Election is currently open, running from April 6th through April 24th. Only the Member Representative from each WSDLC Member District is authorized to vote, and would have received the ballot link via email on Monday, April 6th. If you feel like you should have received a ballot but haven’t seen it come into your inbox, please reach out to the WSDLC Project Managers at wsdlc-info@wils.org.
Thank you to everyone who is running to be elected to serve their CESA region!
*There are no candidates running to serve in CESA 6 or CESA 10. If you’re interested, it’s not too late- reach out to the WSDLC Project Managers and we’ll let you know your options
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March’s Usage Statistics
Looking at March’s Sora usage across the consortium:
- 35,159 Audiobooks were checked out,
- 193,332 Ebooks were checked out, and
- 9,643 Magazines were checked out,
all adding up to a monthly total of 238,134 titles read, by 46,723 individual students across the state.
View the full calendar year’s consortium statistics as a Google Sheet here.
Download historical stats from the bottom of the WSDLC Year to Date Statistics page.
Learn how to run usage stats for only your district/school:
- WSDLC’s newly updated Training Resources page | Reports section,
- WSDLC’s Flipped Classroom: Usage Statistics,
- OverDrive Resource Center’s training videos, and/or
- OverDrive’s self-paced View Sora Activity training module
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New Titles Added in March
Last month, 310 completely new titles were added into the shared collection!
- 56 Audiobooks: 9 Lower Elementary; 15 Upper Elementary; 9 Middle School, and 23 Lower High School
- 252 Ebooks: 85 Lower Elementary; 67 Upper Elementary; 26 Middle School; 68 Lower High School; and 6 Upper High School
- 2 Magazines: 1 Middle School; and 1 Lower High School
Of these new titles, there are:
- 61 Subject Areas, the top five being: Juvenile Fiction (159), Juvenile Literature (143), Young Adult Fiction (92), Fantasy (64), and Young Adult Literature (55)S
- 42 Publishers, the top five being: Penguin Group (USA) Inc (36), Random House Inc (32), Simon & Schuster Inc (31), HarperCollins Publishers, Inc (30), and Books on Tape (25)
- 2 Spanish-Language Titles: 1 in the Upper Elementary Collection, and 1 in the Middle School Collection
- 10 Lending Models: 125 OC/OU, 108 MA (12mo/OU), 37 MA (24mo/OU), 32 MA (26 checkouts/OU), 1 MA (25checkouts or 24mo/OU), 1 MA (52 checkouts or 24mo/OU), 6 Subscription (ie Simultaneous Use), 5 CPC, 3 MA (100 checkouts/concurrent users), and 1 MA (12mo/OU)
*Learn more about OverDrive’s Lending Models with the WSDLC’s newly updated Training Resources page | Purchasing section
View the full title list (with format and CAL) as a Google Sheet here.
(This Google Sheet also includes the new titles added each month, so if you ever miss a month, we’ve got you covered!)
You can find more information, including the Collection Development policy and a Statement on the WSDLC Collections, on the Collection Information and Circulation Policies page on the WSDLC website.
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Advantage Bundle Carts: Youth Media Awards Titles
Exclusive for WSDLC Member schools, four brand new Advantage Bundle Carts have been curated and are available for purchase! And for February 2026, The WSDLC’s Digital Content Specialist, Beth Saxton, has once again built carts around this year’s Youth Media Award winning titles.
February 2026’s Youth Media Awards Titles Bundles
Newbury, Caldecott, and Printz Titles | 16 titles | $513.07
Best of Youth Media Awards – Elementary School Titles | 22 titles | $500.07
Best of Youth Media Awards – Middle School Titles | 15 titles | $506.04
Best of Youth Media Awards – High School Titles | 16 titles | $503.32
WSDLC February 2026 Youth Media Awards Titles Order Form: Reach out to the WSDLC Project Managers at wsdlc-info@wils.org
*Note: These lists are not customizable for ordering. Please reach out to the OverDrive team at wsdlc@overdrive.com for additional options.
When you’re ready to purchase any of these packages, you can submit your order through the linked Google Form order form.
When completing the form, you’ll have the opportunity to specify in you’d like your purchase(s) to billed by invoice, issuing a PO, or by content credit that you already have deposited in your Advantage Account(s).
If you have any questions on purchasing, please reach out to the OverDrive team at wsdlc@overdrive.com.
What are Advantage Bundle Carts?
Every few months, the WSDLC’s dedicated Digital Content Specialist Librarian at OverDrive, Beth Saxton, identifies collections of titles and prepackages them into sets that WSDLC members can purchase for only their students just by completing a quick Google Form. No thinking about how to best leverage your budget, no going through reports and lists to identify certain titles, and no logging in to OverDrive Marketplace. Just a simple, straightforward way to reduce your students’ wait times on the titles they want most. If building up your school’s Advantage offerings in Sora is something that always gets set aside for another time, Advantage Bundle Carts are here was a way to make things at least a little bit easier for WSDLC members.
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April’s Self-Paced Training Topic Materials: Usage Statistics
April’s self-paced training topic is Usage Statistics!
Monthly training topics are intended for WSDLC members who are new to the WSDLC, as well as those who might be in need of reminders on a certain topic, might by looking for inspiration, or just want to see if there’s anything new.
- Flipped Classrooms: Usage Statistics – This month’s Flipped Classroom topic will teach you how to find out what titles are most popular at your school(s), how many students are utilizing Sora, and much more!
- Reports | WSDLC Training Resources page – Information and links to how- and why- you can run different reports to review Usage Statistics via your OverDrive Marketplace account.
- WSDLC’S FAQ page on Usage Statistics – A collection of resources, links, and descriptions on Sora Usage Statistics.
Plus the additional resources that were shared earlier in this message, in March’s Usage Stats.
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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/.
