On January 30, 2020, OverDrive will remove auto-checkout from Sora and introduce hold redelivery. Hold redelivery will allow students to freeze holds even after they’re made available and maintain their place on the waitlist. This update gives students more control of their reading and enables them to pass books they do not yet have time to read toContinue Reading Holds Redelivery Coming January 30th to the WSDLC Collections

Hello WSDLC members! We hope you’ll join us on February 11th from 3:30-4:15 for the 2020 WSDLC membership meeting. The meeting will kick off with a presentation from Scholastic about publishing trends for young adult and juvenile content, including themes and genres that are gaining popularity. We’ll follow that with an update about WSDLC, includingContinue Reading WSDLC membership meeting/publishing trend talk: February 11, 3:30-4:15

We need your help.  We want to know what’s working for you with WSDLC…and what’s not. If you could give us no more than 10 minutes to complete our annual membership survey, we would really appreciate it. This is not one of those surveys that won’t change anything. We truly use your responses to setContinue Reading 2020 WSDLC member survey: please reply by 2/4!

This month’s Tiny Case Study is provided by Jen Peterson of Menasha Joint School District. Jen has had success in getting buy-in from key stakeholders in her district and she shares with us how she has achieved this. To read her Tiny Case Study, see: https://wsdlc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/2020-01-tiny-case-study.pdf​ Remember to check out the WSDLC training page to access the currentContinue Reading January Tiny Case Study: Getting Buy-In From Key Stakeholders

Hi Everyone, It’s time to talk usage statistics for the WSDLC. Welcome to a new year and a new flipped classroom!  This month, we’re talking about OverDrive reports and collection information. To get you started, here’s a video: Marketplace Insights for Schools The video teaches you the ins-and-outs of OverDrive reports, along with giving you instructionsContinue Reading Flipped Classroom: Usage Statistics

Welcome to a new year and a new flipped classroom!  This month, we’re talking about OverDrive reports and collection information. Are you curious to know how your students are using the WSDLC collection?  Want to know the most popular titles?  What titles your students have on hold? This month will teach you how to answerContinue Reading Usage Statistics Month

A reminder that we are hosting a Member Exchange Webinar today from 3:30 to 4:15 p.m.  One of the most important factors in usage of K12 resources is understanding and buy-in from staff members. This webinar is an opportunity to ask questions, share what’s worked and brainstorm future ideas to engage your staff with theContinue Reading Member Exchange Webinar: How Members are Encouraging Use by Staff today at 3:30 p.m

We are very excited to be able to host Dr. Krista Aronson from Bates College, this Friday, January 17th from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Dr. Aronson’s work focuses on illuminating how people come to understand complex social constructs like race and ethnicity, including how children process and understand race as well as appropriate, effective and productive waysContinue Reading WiLS World Short this Friday: Dr. Krista Aronson

Good Morning Everyone, I hope each of you had a restful and restorative winter break. We are looking forward to a productive, fun and educational 2020. Here are few things to keep in mind for January and February: January has several training opportunities to take advantage of including: A Flipped Classroom on reports and collectionContinue Reading Welcome to 2020

We had a question come up earlier in the month about a district not being able to see curated collections.  We did all the typical troubleshooting to no avail. Our OverDrive reps stepped in and told us this:  When curating at the Advantage level, you no longer receive updates for the consortium collections.  You need to chooseContinue Reading Today’s Tip: Curating at the Advantage Level Does Not Allow Updates at the Consortium Level