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

If you are attending SLATE this week and want to learn more about or have questions about the WSDLC collections, you have a few opportunities tomorrow. Visit us at our booths: WSDLC:  Booth 110 OverDrive: Booth 311 OverDrive will have a presentation on the WSDLC collections tomorrow (Tuesday, December 9th) in the exhibit theater (locatedContinue Reading WSDLC and OverDrive at SLATE

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

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

A reminder that  November is a plentiful month of training opportunities for WSDLC Members. We are so pleased to offer a tiny case study from Stephanie Judge at Sauk Prairie School District. Stephanie identified a problem in her middle school and shares how she solved it by using the WSDLC as resource. Tiny case study:Continue Reading Audisee Titles from the November Tiny Case Study

Good Morning, We’ve  received some great suggestions on how to improve the OverDrive platform for WSDLC. Now we need your help! With the OverDrive development process, there are two things to help prioritize a development request: 1. Votes for the request from many schools or districts 2. Testimonials/use cases/etc. that explain the value of theContinue Reading Wishlist for OverDrive platform

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