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Marketplace Masterclass

6:00pm MST

OverDrive Marketplace is the Sora reading platform's central purchasing and administrative hub, providing access to a huge catalog of content, tools and insights you need to deliver a successful digital service for your school. Join us for a tour of all that Marketplace has to offer. Download PDF

Reach all your readers: Best practices for inclusive digital curation

6:00pm MST

An effective school library houses resources that offer not just mirrors of students’ own lives, but windows into the perspectives of others. Discover best practices for curating an equitable, inclusive digital collection in this presentation led by Tiffany Hall, Executive Director of Teaching and Learning for Salt Lake City School District (UT). Learn how her district — one of just three in the state with certified librarians in every school — has prioritized creating collections to reach all its readers, leveraging unique formats, nonfiction content, world language titles, books about race and racism and more to get students reading. Download PDF

The path to personalized learning: How ebooks & audiobooks meet student needs

11:40am-12:40pm MST

Building an inclusive, district-wide digital collection that serves your entire school community can seem challenging - but sometimes all it takes are small steps that lead to big success! Join Monica Flint, Library Supervisor at Davis School District (UT), to learn how a collaborative approach to digital collection management - including a shared district collection, customizable school accounts, staff trainings and more - helps address students’ reading and learning needs, no matter where they are. Download PDF

Making the case for digital resources: A how-to for librarians

1:00pm MST

If you build it, they will come — right? Unfortunately, that’s not always the case when it comes to the school library. Often, librarians are their own best advocates when it comes to educating their school community about the digital and print resources right at their fingertips. How can you become a champion for your own library? Find out in this presentation with Whitney Howton, librarian at Shelby County School District (AL). Attendees will walk away with creative new outreach ideas, best practices for staff and student training and more to get circs up in no time! Download PDF

A remote learning roadmap with Boston Public Schools

3:30pm MST

For a case study on how one large school district managed the shift to remote and blended learning during the pandemic, attend this session with Boston Public Schools’ Deborah Lang Froggatt. As BPS’ Library Services Director, Froggatt conducted tech training and staff professional development and coordinated special learning academies focused on literacy and learning acceleration to help close gaps. Plus, you’ll learn how BPS connected with Boston Public Library to increase access to digital books in the Sora reading app. Schools seeking a blueprint for long-term remote and hybrid learning contingencies won’t want to miss Froggatt’s story and insights.

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The curious librarian’s guide to collection curation

11:30am MST

When you’re cultivating a digital collection to meet the needs of all your student readers, purchasing titles is often just the first step. You’ll also want to optimize your collection so that it’s easily searchable and discoverable — and that’s where curated collections come in handy! Join Library Specialists Lisa Pockrus and Shannon Johns from Ogden School District (UT) for a primer on why, how and when to curate digital book collections. Attendees will walk away with curation best practices and new ideas for how to use curation in their own school communities, whether it’s to minimize holds, celebrate holidays, reflect trending topics or meet the unique needs of diverse student populations. Download PDF