<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><table cellpadding="0" style="width:482px;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px"><tbody><tr><td style="width:478px"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Here are my 2 cents about Sora, which is the school library platform supported by Overdrive.<br><br>PROS<br><ul><li><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">great app</span></li><li><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Google SSO</span></li><li><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">connection with public library (if they agree)</span></li><li><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">many purchase models -- cost per circulation, class sets, or own it outright</span></li></ul><div>CONS</div><div><ul><li>titles very expensive (some audiobooks are $80)</li><li>time intensive to manage titles</li><ul><li>some titles you buy for 24 check outs -- what to do after 24?</li><li>some titles you buy for 1 year -- what to do after 1 year?</li><li>some titles you pay by each circulation -- how much have you paid?</li></ul></ul></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zK7g5DO-upyaTPhftpxos_nj1fvC3QzzIOMu36XBkCZwKGa3KMm2oQ46tXBjuOCkXzIyc2WuA"><div>📚 Currently reading <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40097951-the-silent-patient" style="font-style:italic" target="_blank">The Silent Patient</a> by Alex Michaelides</div><div>🐦 Also reading<i> <a href="https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/rest/v2/go/5999/details/107388" target="_blank">Where Have All the Birds Gone?</a> </i>by Rebecca E. Hirsch</div><div>🔥 And savoring<i> <a href="https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/rest/v2/go/5999/details/106037" target="_blank">Ain't Burned All the Bright</a> </i>by Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin<i> </i>for Fr Feb 3 D128 Staff Book Club</div><div>🎧 Currently listening to <i><a href="https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/rest/v2/go/5999/details/108444" target="_blank">Solito</a> </i>by Javier Zamora</div><div>⭐ Member of 2024 Lincoln Award Selection Committee, helping to choose the 20 books nominated for the Illinois Teen Choice Award; <a href="https://www.d128.org/vhhs/students/student-services/library/2023-illinois-teen-choice-award" target="_blank">here is the 2023 list</a><br><div><div><table cellpadding="0" style="width:482px;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:0.2px"><tbody><tr><td style="width:478px"><br style="letter-spacing:0.2px"></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 9:19 AM Bergeron, Annie via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi, <div><br></div><div>My district is looking into subscribing to SORA. Anyone have feedback or experience using it?</div><div><br></div><div>Feel free to email me off list (<a href="mailto:abergeron@sd206.org" target="_blank">abergeron@sd206.org</a>)</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks, </div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Annie Bergeron<div>Librarian</div><div>Bloom Trail High School D206</div><div>22331 Cottage Grove Ave.</div><div>Chicago Heights, IL 60411</div><div>708-758-7000</div></div></div></div></div></div>
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