Happy Tuesday! As promised at the start of the year, we’re providing an overview of how 2022 fared in terms of the shared collections’ usage. (Hint: it’s phenomenal!) We are also sharing some details on the upcoming WEMTA Conference, a reminder on this month’s Flipped Classroom content, and some brief details on the upcoming AnnualContinue Reading Weekly Message: January 24th, 2023
Happy Tuesday! It’s another short message this week, highlighting training and marketing opportunities from the WSDLC and OverDrive. We’re also sharing with you all an event that is happening this evening, hosted by WEMTA: their monthly Intellectual Freedom Forum. Flipped Classrooms: Usage Statistics January’s Flipped Classroom is Usage Statistics, where you will learn how to view your school’sContinue Reading Weekly Message: January 17th, 2023
Happy Tuesday! This week’s message includes the all-new titles that were added to the WSDLC collections last month, reminders on WSDLC’s Flipped Classroom training series; WEMTA’s Battle of the Books registration; and OverDrive’s School Stars marketing competition. We also squeezed in the answer to a FAQ: How to recommend a title for purchase. New Titles Added inContinue Reading Weekly Message: January 10, 2023
Happy New Year everyone, and welcome back! We’re keeping this week’s message light and breezy as you welcome students back into your classrooms and libraries. December’s Usage Statistics Historically, usage of the Sora collections take a dip in December, and 2022 was no different: the total number of circulations decreased between November 2022 and DecemberContinue Reading Weekly Message: January 3rd, 2023
Hello Tuesday! This is the final message for the year, so we’re keeping things short and sweet so you can focus on getting through these finals days of the week before winter breaks begin. All of us at the WSDLC hope you all have a relaxing and meaningful break, celebrating in ways that mean theContinue Reading Weekly Message: December 20th, 2022
Happy Tuesday! This is the second Tuesday of the month, which means we’ve been able to gather up all the titles that were completely new to the shared collections last month into a tidy little .xlsx package just for you! We also have a few brief re-announcements on items of interest that we want toContinue Reading Weekly Message: December 13th, 2022
Hello Tuesday! The WSDLC Project Managers are out of the office today, but we’re still bringing you our usual weekly updates of announcements, reminders, and general consortium information~ Join Us Today at SLATE! The annual SLATE (School Leaders Advancing Technology in Education) Conference is this week (December 5th-7th) at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells,Continue Reading Weekly Message: December 6th, 2022
Happy Tuesday, and welcome back! We’re keeping things simple this week with just a handful of reminders of topics we want to make sure you don’t miss. FAQ: How can I delete weeded MARC records from our catalog? For those schools that import WSDLC collection title MARC records into your catalog, you may occasionally findContinue Reading Weekly Message: November 29th, 2022
Two hundred and sixty-four titles have recently been weeded from the WSDLC collections. A list of all of the titles that have been weeded can be downloaded (.xlsx) here. Titles that were weeded were from the YA and Adult collections, and have been color-coded on the spreadsheet. Libraries that load titles into their catalogs manuallyContinue Reading Weeded WSDLC Titles
Happy Tuesday Monday! With a well-deserved break for all of you just days away, we’re sending out this week’s message a day early. We also want to take this moment to say that everyone here at the WSDLC are so thankful for each and every one of you, and we are so grateful for all of theContinue Reading Weekly Message: November 21st, 2022
