[aisle] Sora app for ebooks

[Caitlin Greener]

Thank you Christopher! That must have been added since we last spoke with
our rep. That’s super helpful.

On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 11:45 AM Christopher Rios via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I recently attended a workshop that discussed the public library filtering
> in Sora. From what I was told, it sounds like you can contact your rep and
> ask them to turn it off or moderate it somehow.
>
> Christopher Rios
> Librarian
> Downers Grove South High School
>
>
> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 11:11 AM Caitlin Greener via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> Unless they’ve recently changed something Sora does filter public library
>> materials. You cannot access “adult” titles through Sora. This is the main
>> reason we don’t recommend it to our students. As a high school, many
>> curricular titles are “adult” and students can’t access them through Sora.
>>
>> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 10:54 AM Pam Meiser via AISLE <
>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> Which permission are you asking about, Denise?
>>>
>>> I don't know much about the "back end" of things, and all the
>>> arrangement of portals, etc, was handled by administration and our high
>>> school librarians. The great thing is when you make changes, such as
>>> weeding, creating collections, or purchasing titles, they're often in place
>>> within 30 minutes. Overdrive says it could be up to 24 hours, but I've
>>> never had it take that long. Now, if you have to get POs and people to sign
>>> off on things, that's wait time on the front end.
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 10:37 AM Denise Reeder via AISLE <
>>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am curious, if you are using SORA, how long did it take you to hear
>>>> back from them once you filled out the request for permission?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance!
>>>> Denise
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 9:14 AM Kulesza, Patti via AISLE <
>>>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Could someone clarify overdrive sora app for me? The app for a school
>>>>> needs to be arranged by the overdrive rep. Then app gets downloaded on
>>>>> school chromebooks and kids then search through sora app/the public lib.
>>>>> Ebook & audio collection with filtered content. Is that right?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Denise Reeder
>>>> Library Information Specialist
>>>> Lincoln M
>>>> iddle School
>>>> 200 South Lincoln Avenue
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>>>> Park Ridge, IL  60068
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>>>> https://sites.google.com/a/d64.org/lincoln-middle-school-lrc
>>>> 847.318.4220
>>>>
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>>> School*
>>> *"Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are." -
>>> Mason Cooley*
>>> Click *HERE <https://soraapp.com/library/barringtoneil>* to access
>>> Sora, Barrington220's source for eBooks and audiobooks
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>> *Caitlin Greener*
>> Librarian, Niles North High School
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