K-12 Schools
Reserving & Bundling Content
This exciting and highly requested Marketplace feature lets educators reserve and bundle titles from the general collection to offer exclusive access for specific students or scenarios.
Looking for more details? Find your answers by browsing this page or see our FAQs for more details.
How does it work?
to remove them from the main collection.
from your pool of reserved titles.
to receive the Sora access code.
to let them unlock books in Sora.
How does it work?
How do students unlock books in Sora?
It’s that simple! Students can browse and borrow titles in bundles for the access code duration.
Borrowed titles will then appear on their shelf, alongside other loans.
Reserving & Bundling Content for your School
The flexibility of this feature can help you meet a variety of curricular needs. Here are a few examples of how you might use content bundles:
- Bundling ELA curriculum titles for a school year
- Creating a teacher-specific classroom library
- Grouping books for topic or grade-level theme sets
- Reserving titles for upper grade levels
- Making On-Demand Class Sets available only to students who need them for class
- Building a professional development collection accessible to teachers only
- Organizing books for book clubs or lit circles
Frequently Asked Questions
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Where is this feature in Marketplace? Who can use this Marketplace feature?
You can access this feature from the CONTENT BUNDLES tab in the navigation bar.
Anyone with the Manage bundles permission can reserve titles and create and manage bundles. Anyone with the Claim bundles permission can claim bundles.
Visit Marketplace to get started!
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What can be reserved? And what can’t be reserved?
All lending models can be reserved: One Copy/One User, Metered Access, CPC, Simultaneous Use, and On-Demand Class Sets.
Magazines, expired titles, and weeded titles can’t be reserved.
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Do I have to reserve all copies of a title?
No. You choose what you’d like to reserve from your collection, including which lending model(s) and number of copies.
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Once a title is reserved, can it be moved back to the general collection?
Yes. If you no longer wish to reserve a title, remove it from any bundles and then revoke its reserved status.
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How is this different from curation and title assignments?
Curation allows you to group books, but it doesn’t ensure availability. Assigning titles ensures availability, but you must assign specific titles to specific students. Reserving and bundling content ensures the availability of titles without having to pick which student gets which book, providing the greatest flexibility.
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How do content access levels work for reserved titles?
Content access levels are honored with reserved titles. Students won’t be able to access titles in a bundle that are above their content access level.
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Can titles and copies be reserved at the time of purchase?
No, but they can be reserved immediately after purchase.
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Can copies that are currently checked out be reserved?
Yes, but the copies won’t be available in bundles until the active checkouts expire.
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Do bundle checkouts count towards the student’s checkout limit?
No.
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How many bundles can a student access at once?
There is no limit to how many bundles a student can access at once.
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Can reserved copies be title assigned?
No, reserved copies cannot be title assigned.