Green Mountain Library Consortium

04/22/2023

Public libraries across Vermont are dealing with tight budgets, staffing shortages, and a push to go digital, making it hard for some to keep up. Reporter Kiana Burks caught up with librarians for some perspective on what they’re seeing.

03/31/2023

GMLC represented. Thanks Nate and Barbara for being such great GMLC representatives, and wearing multiple hats of leading GMLC member libraries and speaking thoughtfully about libraries in VT!

Public libraries across Vermont are dealing with tight budgets, staffing shortages, and a push to go digital, making it hard for some to keep up. Reporter Kiana Burks caught up with librarians for some perspective on what they’re seeing.

02/02/2022

We are so pleased to partner with VTLIB on this new endeavor!

VTLIB is pleased to announce that we have contracted with LYRASIS to provide free access to their Palace app to all Vermonters through their local public libraries! Read the press release here: https://libraries.vermont.gov/Palace

The Palace app (The Palace Project) aggregates eBook and eAudiobook content from multiple vendors into a single interface, increasing access, ease of use, and appeal. Palace will launch with a large collection of eBooks and eAudiobooks already in place. The Palace app will access content from Baker & Taylor as well as from Listen Up Vermont! (LUV), the statewide eBook and eAudiobook platform administered by the Green Mountain Library Consortium (GMLC).

We're looking forward to rolling out this product to Vermont public libraries over the next several months!

This project is made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the Vermont Department of Libraries.

02/13/2021

I’ve been the President of GMLC for years, and am so proud of the work we have accomplished with our amazing Board and librarian volunteers - building the first statewide catalog using Koha open source software, launching a statewide delivery service, offering Mango online language service, and offering the Overdrive digital book service to about 160 libraries across Vermont. These independent grocery stores are amazing for doing the Coins for Community program, if you are in the area, I encourage you to shop at them, and round up - those pennies are adding up allowing GMLC to buy more digital books to help increase our collection and reduce wait times for digital books, and keep people safe at home reading during this pandemic.

02/12/2021

Support GMLC by rounding up when you are shopping at the following local grocery stores participating in the "Coins for Community" program: Jericho Market

Johnson’s Sterling Market

Richmond Market and Beverage

Shelburne Market

Village Market of Waterbury

Vista Newport

GMLC was chosen by AGN VT to receive 25% of the contributions from the pennies you round up through March at these indy grocers. We are delighted to be recognized along with the other amazing non-profits benefiting from this program this first quarter of 2021!

Richmond Market and Beverage

Shelburne Market

Village Market of Waterbury

Vista Newport

01/17/2019

GMLC President, Wendy Hysko, discussing digital books!

The long winter nights are the perfect time to sit by the fire and read a good book. And with help from the Green Mountain Library Consortium you can get a book without leaving the house.

10/18/2018

We're excited to celebrate 10 years tomorrow with our members and volunteers. Here's some fun facts about GMLC:

GMLC - 10 years

2008 - Became a 501(c)3 in 2008

2008 - ListenUp Vermont subscribers - 98 libraries

2008 - VOKAL was formed

2009 - Mango Languages subscribers - 19 libraries

2009 - Recorded Books One Click subscribers - 49 libraries

2010 - VOKAL Consortium ILS was launched with 3 libraries circulating by year’s end

2011 - ebooks were first added to the LUV collection

2012 - SCOOP purchasing cooperative was offered to all GMLC members (the contract participation was taken over by the State in 2015)

2015 - Conducted a feasibility study to determine if a delivery service was something that could be a sustainable project to pursue

2016 - Delivery service launched with 78 libraries participating (delivery service coordination handed over to the State in 2018 with over 100 libraries participating)

2018 - LUV has 159 subscribers with a collection of 5163 downloadable audiobooks and 9247 downloadable ebooks

2018- VOKAL has 55 libraries circulating with 116,763 registered borrowers, 436,062 bibliographic records, 1,181,133 items, and an annual circulation of 1,463,471

2018 - Mango has 19 subscribers

07/19/2018

Take a moment and vote for our Fletcher Free Library friends! You can vote multiple times (please do). It only takes a few seconds.

Soar with Reading Let Your Imagination Take Flight 7 Help your city win $25,000 in children’s books! Soar With Reading is hosting to find the next city where JetBlue will donate both $25,000 in children’s books and a reading room makeover for a local library or a communit...

11/03/2017

GMLC is now accepting applications for Delivery Service for VT Public Libraries not already part of the service. Applications are due by 11/10. If you are already part of DS you do not need to fill out this form, you are already enrolled!

Please fill out this interest form by Nov. 10, 2017 and GMLC will get back to you whether your Library is within the service area (per the determination of Green Mountain Messenger, within our contract limits). Additional details for qualifying libraries will be provided after delivery service confi...

07/01/2017

Overdrive has released a new software to make downloading audio/e-books easier. Libby is a much improved interface for patrons. To see more information and to download see this link:

https://meet.libbyapp.com/?utm_medium=overdrive_help&utm_source=banner%20&utm_campaign=libby%20&utm_content=help_libby_banner_meetlibby

Enjoy!

GMLC Board

02/03/2017

Most checked out items on Overdrive over the last 7 years:

Audio:
Hunger Games, Book1 (1,120)
Caleb's Crossing (850)
The Affair: Jack Reacher (823)
A Game of Thrones: Song of Ice and Fire (819)
The Goldfinch (795)

eBook:
Gone Girl (1,333)
Fifty Shades of Grey (1,067)
The Racketeer (946)
Deep Down: Jack Reacher (870)
All the Light We Cannot See (836)