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December Flipped Classroom: Curation! Schedule 1-on-1 for 12/12 or 12/19

December Flipped Classroom: Curation! Schedule 1-on-1 for 12/12 or 12/19

The December Flipped Classroom is now available.  This month’s topic is curation and there are some videos and other things to help you get started. If you’d like some advice on creating curated lists, the OverDrive team is ready to help you with 20-minute one-on-one sessions: 12/12:  9-11 12/19: 9-11 Contact Connie (cbowman@rakuten.overdrive.com ) to schedule your session.Continue Reading December Flipped Classroom: Curation! Schedule 1-on-1 for 12/12 or 12/19

Hold Redelivery Coming to Sora in 2020

Hold Redelivery Coming to Sora in 2020

To give students more control over their holds and help your waitlists cycle more efficiently, OverDrive is planning updates to holds functionality. What does this mean?  In early 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 to them and maintain theirContinue Reading Hold Redelivery Coming to Sora in 2020

November Tiny Case Study: Graphic Novel Genre Study with Stephanie Judge

November Tiny Case Study: Graphic Novel Genre Study with Stephanie Judge

November is a plentiful month of training opportunities for WSDLC Members.  A reminder that it is Advantage month and we have opportunities for you to work one-on-one with OverDrive specialists to answer questions about all things Advantage. We are so pleased to offer a tiny case study from Stephanie Judge at Sauk Prairie School District. Stephanie identifiedContinue Reading November Tiny Case Study: Graphic Novel Genre Study with Stephanie Judge

WSDLC Flipped Classroom: November is Advantage Month!

WSDLC Flipped Classroom: November is Advantage Month!

​Hello WSDLC Members, and welcome to another Flipped Classroom installment. It’s November and that means it’s Advantage Month!  Our friends at OverDrive have pulled together a set of resources to answer your questions about Advantage, like… …What do I do with an advantage account? …How do I find and buy content for my Advantage collection?Continue Reading WSDLC Flipped Classroom: November is Advantage Month!

Save the dates! 2019/20 WSDLC member exchange webinars

Save the dates!  2019/20 WSDLC member exchange webinars

Member exchange webinars are a chance to get together (virtually), share your experience, and learn from other.  Each one will feature a specific topic that will benefit WSDLC members.  The topics and dates are: December 10, 3:30-4:15: How members are encouraging use by students January 14, 3:30-4:15: How members are encouraging use by staff FebruaryContinue Reading Save the dates! 2019/20 WSDLC member exchange webinars

Back to School

Back to School

As you are easing back into the school year, we’d like to welcome you back to the WSDLC and give you a recap of what’s happened with the WSDLC over the summer.  Please note: If this message sounds familiar, we did send one very similar last month. We have a lot of exciting things happeningContinue Reading Back to School