Happy Tuesday! This week’s message has no shortage of exciting tidbits: from 2023’s usage stats to a FAQ answered; Community events to new shared-collection titles; there’s definitely something here to bring a little warmth to your day~ 2023 Year in Review Phew! Another year down, and another year of breaking records! The results are in,Continue Reading Weekly Message: January 16th, 2024

Happy [snowy] Tuesday! This week’s message is packed with useful information and exciting opportunities: we have the list ready of all of the brand new titles that were added in to the shared collections last month, a reminder of this month’s Flipped Classroom topic, and we’re sharing two great opportunities from the community: a timelyContinue Reading Weekly Message: January 9th, 2024

Happy Tuesday and an even Happier New Year! Since many of you are still soaking up the remaining bits of break before jumping back in to the daily routines, we’re keeping this week’s message very short. December’s Usage Statistics Last month’s usage is neither surprising nor disappointing. As usual in December, the number of checkoutsContinue Reading Weekly Message: January 2nd, 2024

Happy Tuesday! This will be the final weekly message for 2023, and do we have a variety of tidbits to share with you! This week’s message is sharing out all of the completely new titles that were added in to the WSDLC’s shared collections during November; we have a reminder on OverDrive’s annual End ofContinue Reading Weekly Message: December 19th, 2023

Happy Tuesday! This week’s message includes November’s usage stats for the consortium, a reminder on the Annual OverDrive sale and an easier way for WSDLC members to purchase from the sale, plus we’re sharing a couple of opportunities coming from WEMTA. It’s a new month, which also means that another Flipped Classroom topic has begun:Continue Reading Weekly Message: December 5th, 2023

Good Afternoon, WSDLC members are not immune to challenges involving their print and digital collections. This aligns with an upward trend seen nationwide in school districts. In spite of the increase in challenges, the majority of parents support Library Media Specialists. When challenges happen, they often happen very quickly and are promoted through social media. Thankfully,Continue Reading Weekly Message *Special Edition*: November 28th, 2023

Happy Tuesday! This is a short week for all of you, and so while we tried to keep this message equally short, there are just enough things going on right now that we’re excited to share out that kept this message a scooch longer than anticipated. There are two pieces of news from WEMTA, remindersContinue Reading Weekly Message: November 21st, 2023

Happy Tuesday! This week’s message includes details for all of the titles that were newly added in to the shared collections in October, a reminder of this month’s Flipped Classroom content (Advantage Accounts- it’s a great introduction on how schools can easily customize and manage content for their students!), sharing one of the WSDLC’s TinyContinue Reading Weekly Message: November 14, 2023

Happy Tuesday! It’s the first Tuesday of the month, and we have compiled the shared collection’s usage statistics from last month. With a new month comes a new Flipped Classroom topic, along with another Tiny Case Study! We’re also resharing an announcement on more Magazines and Comics coming to the collections in December, and aContinue Reading Weekly Message: November 7th, 2023