WSDLC News

2022 BOB, Intellectual Freedom Resources, Digipalooza 21 & WSDLC Renewals

2022 BOB, Intellectual Freedom Resources, Digipalooza 21 & WSDLC Renewals

We hope everyone has been able to keep cool this week! 2022 Battle of the Books In June, WEMTA released the book titles for 2022’s Battle of the Books. We are gearing up and making sure multiple copies of these titles are available for students through SORA to aid in participation. Not sure what BattleContinue Reading 2022 BOB, Intellectual Freedom Resources, Digipalooza 21 & WSDLC Renewals

OverDrive Webinar: Purchasing and Curating an Advantage Collection

OverDrive Webinar: Purchasing and Curating an Advantage Collection

On Tuesday May 11th, 2021, Beth Saxton and Connie Bowman from the OverDrive team hosted a webinar on purchasing and curating for Advantage accounts. In this webinar, Beth and Connie cover: * Introductions * What is an Advantage Account? * What are the best ways to use my account? * Purchasing * Curating in AdvantageContinue Reading OverDrive Webinar: Purchasing and Curating an Advantage Collection

Annual Membership Meeting, Thursday March 18th with Special Guest, Author Cynthia Leitich Smith

Annual Membership Meeting, Thursday March 18th with Special Guest, Author Cynthia Leitich Smith

The WSDLC Annual Meeting is Thursday March 18th at 2:30 pm.  To attend, please use this registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xA5LX7kSQ0emyd278rq4-A We will be kicking the meeting off with a very special guest, author and curator, Cynthia Leitich Smith. Please submit your questions for Cynthia’s Q&A here: A huge thank you to OverDrive for sponsoring this event! Cynthia’sContinue Reading Annual Membership Meeting, Thursday March 18th with Special Guest, Author Cynthia Leitich Smith

Advantage Webinar Tomorrow, Wednesday March 10th at 3:30 pm / Reminder about Member Survey

Advantage Webinar Tomorrow, Wednesday March 10th at 3:30 pm / Reminder about Member Survey

We invite you to a webinar on March 10th at 3:30 pm to learn more about how Advantage accounts can maximize your investment in the WSDLC.  The OverDrive team will address the questions below and allow time for additional Q&As How does Advantage work? What are the best uses of advantage purchasing? How do IContinue Reading Advantage Webinar Tomorrow, Wednesday March 10th at 3:30 pm / Reminder about Member Survey

Enhancements to Sora’s Reader and Audiobook Player.

Enhancements to Sora’s Reader and Audiobook Player.

Hi Everyone, OverDrive released some significant enhancements to Sora’s Reader and Audiobook Player yesterday. Please take a look at the video link below to learn more. If you are experiencing any slowness or glitches, please clear your device’s cache and log out of and then back into Sora. We’re excited to share the latest enhancementsContinue Reading Enhancements to Sora’s Reader and Audiobook Player.

Register for the WSDLC Annual Membership Meeting

Register for the WSDLC Annual Membership Meeting

WSDLC Membership Meeting: March 18th 2:30-4:00 pm    All WSDLC members are welcome and encouraged to attend the WSDLC Annual Membership Meeting on March 18th! Cynthia Leitich Smith is the guest speaker and will be answering questions from the audience about her work, her publishing imprint and her writing and life. Registration is open and accessible through thisContinue Reading Register for the WSDLC Annual Membership Meeting

Cynthia Leitich Smith, Usage Stats, Renewal Pricing Update

Cynthia Leitich Smith, Usage Stats, Renewal Pricing Update

Hi Everyone, We have some very exciting news to share. The guest speaker for the WSDLC Annual Membership Meeting on March 18th will be 2021 NSK Neustadt Laureate and a New York Times bestselling author, Cynthia Leitich Smith. Ms. Smith is also the author-curator of Heartdrum, a Native-focused imprint at HarperCollins Children’s Books, and serves asContinue Reading Cynthia Leitich Smith, Usage Stats, Renewal Pricing Update

Introducing The WSDLC Annual Membership Meeting Guest Speaker: Cynthia Leitich Smith

Introducing The WSDLC Annual Membership Meeting Guest Speaker: Cynthia Leitich Smith

The guest speaker for the WSDLC Annual Membership Meeting on March 18th will be 2021 NSK Neustadt Laureate and a New York Times bestselling author, Cynthia Leitich Smith. Ms. Smith is also the author-curator of Heartdrum, a Native-focused imprint at HarperCollins Children’s Books, and serves as the Katherine Paterson Inaugural Endowed Chair on the faculty ofContinue Reading Introducing The WSDLC Annual Membership Meeting Guest Speaker: Cynthia Leitich Smith

New Books, A Message Regarding Budgeting for 21-22 and WEMTA

New Books, A Message Regarding Budgeting for 21-22 and WEMTA

Good Afternoon Everyone, We have lots of information to share with WSDLC members: We received 74 titles in (mostly) ebook format along with some audiobooks from OverDrive as a way to say thank you to WSDLC members for your patience during the extremely busy period from March 2020 through December 2020. I’ve attached a listContinue Reading New Books, A Message Regarding Budgeting for 21-22 and WEMTA