Lucky Day basics and curation
Tips for Curating Magazines
Advantage curation (without magazines)
Advantage curation (with magazines)
Curation made easy
Level Up Your Sora Promotion (September 2024)
Join us for a 30-minute webinar aimed at helping you increase Sora’s visibility and usage in your school. In this session, our K-12 experts will provide practical strategies and tips for promoting Sora effectively. You’ll also get access to ready-to-use resources and hear success stories from educators who have successfully engaged their communities with Sora. Don’t miss this chance to enhance your digital library promotion and make the most of Sora in your school!
Promote Libby & Kanopy to Your Community (September 2024)
Join OverDrive experts for proven marketing ideas to increase engagement with your digital collections in Libby and Kanopy. This session will be packed with tips and free resources to use right away, including how to leverage print materials, social media, PR, email, and digital programming.
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How to weed titles manually
How to set up an automated weeding plan
Enhance Student Reading in Sora with Public Library CONNECT (August 2024)
Get ready to launch into the new school year with Sora!
Join us for an enlightening session on Public Library CONNECT — a feature crafted to enhance student reading and elevate the circulation of juvenile and young adult materials. Explore how this tool simplifies access to age-appropriate ebooks and audiobooks from both school and local public libraries. Our experts will deliver an overview of Public Library CONNECT, highlight its benefits, and demonstrate its ease of use. Don’t miss out on transforming your reading initiatives!
Customize curation for Advantage accounts
Lending models chart
Advantage overview
Advantage Best Practices for Libraries
Create campaigns
MARC Express records
Admin user management
Advantage filtering
Advantage & Advantage Plus help
Customize your digital collection with Advantage
Sora activity
Edit and rearrange collections for Sora
Create and publish an automated collection
Create and publish a curated collection
Create classes using rostering with the student dashboard
Enable the student dashboard (Advantage user)
Enable the student dashboard (shared collection user)
Unlock content bundles in Sora
Browse and claim content bundles
Create content bundles
Reserve content
Assign titles to students
Weeding overview
Advantage filtering
Shop for Cost Per Circ
Shop for Subscriptions
Shop for Class Sets & On-Demand Class Sets
Shop for One Copy/One User & Metered Access
How to move user holds to a newer edition of a title
Weeding and user notifications
How to manage and assign billing accounts
How to manage invoice frequency
How to manage who can view invoices
How to use a purchase order with Marketplace
What are my payment options in Marketplace?
How to pay an an invoice
How to find and view invoices
Get help with admin and billing features in Marketplace
Create automated lists for your library
Create curated lists for your library
Navigate Tags
Navigate Notices
Sora Bursts Series – Week 6
You did it! In this final video, we’ll review what we’ve covered so far and walk you through next steps for success.
Click Download PDF, below, to download a checklist of Sora Burst activities to keep at your desk for easy reference.
Sora Bursts Series – Week 5
In this week’s video, we chat about ways to build your Sora “roadmap” with four simple overarching concepts.
Click Download PDF, below, to download the accompanying worksheet that helps with plotting your journey to Sora success.
Title status & usage report overview
Purchase orders report overview
Current holds report overview
Checkouts report overview
Sora Bursts Series – Week 4
In this week’s video, we offer 10 tips for “leveling up” your digital librarian skills.
Click Download PDF, below, to get a one-sheeter with all 10 tips listed out for easy reference!
Sora Bursts Series – Week 3
This week’s video covers ways to make your Sora data “actionable” for goal setting, getting more students reading, and reporting out on ways Sora is having a positive impact on your school community.
Click Download PDF, below, to get this week’s worksheet about taking your reading metrics to the next level.
Sora Bursts Series – Week 2
Discover ways to turbo-charge your circulation with this week’s video.
Click Download PDF, below, to get a copy of our worksheet to help brainstorm ways to get more students reading in Sora.
Libby overview
Sora Bursts Series – Week 1
Get inspired with this week’s video all about our most requested topic: elevator pitches to hook teachers with Sora and digital reading!
Click Download PDF, below, to get a copy of our Sora “elevator pitch” template!