ATTENTION! ATTENTION!40 new bestsellers have just been added. Check out the list below (a select few are also available in MP3 format):
The 8th Confession by James PattersonThe Age of the Unthinkable by Joshua RamoBorn to Run by Christopher McDougallBrimstone by Robert B. ParkerBrooklyn by Colm TóibínColumbine by Dave CullenDark Places by Gillian FlynnDeadlock by Iris [...]

Amazing news on iPod compatibility

Thanks to EarlyWord, I’ve come across this very, very excellent piece of news regarding OverDrive:
“Once OverDrive Media Console version 3.2 is installed, most titles in a library’s OverDrive WMA Audiobook collection will instantly become iPod-compatible for users with Windows PCs [my emphasis]. The growing collection of iPod-compatible, Mac®-friendly OverDrive MP3 Audiobooks will still be available [...]

GMLC Annual Meeting Minutes – May 13, 2009

GMLC Annual Member Meeting
Wednesday May 13, 2009
In attendance:
Rebecca Mueller (Richmond Free Library), Susan Barden (Carpenter-Carse Library), Kip Roberson (Pierson Library), Mary Florio (Waterford School), Jerry Carbone (Brooks Memorial Library), Pamela Burke (Marlboro
School), Deb Roderer (Dorothy Alling Memorial Library), Helen Linda( Goddard College), Stephanie Chase (Stowe Free Library), Richard Pritsky (Carpenter Carse Library), Susan Swasta (Mark [...]

New Publicity Materials

I’ve added some new materials to the reorganized Box widget — images of our new bookmarks and posters. Just find the file you want and double click to download.

Consortium Member Receives Award

Many congrats to Amy Grasmick, Director of the GMLC member library Kimball Public Library in Randolph, for her award of the Green Mountain Award from the Vermont Library Association.
Amy received the award at the Vermont Library Conference on May 13 “for her work to improve the salaries of librarians and library staff in Vermont libraries [...]

Two Quick Notes

Two new MARC files are available in the Box widget to the left — scroll down to the bottom and double click to download. RSS/email readers, please visit the blog site to download.

Don’t forget about the Green Mountain Library Annual Member Meeting, tomorrow, 5/13, during lunch break at the Vermont Library Conference.

New MARC records available, and more

In the Box widget to the left, you’ll find new MARC records available: grmlc-20090328a, grmlc-20090331a, grmlc-20090408a, and grmlc-20090429a. The GMBA and DCF Master List titles for 2009-2010 are on their way as well, and we will have MARC records up for them as soon as possible. To download, just click on the icon for the [...]

Heading for 15,000 checkouts

Remember back in mid January, when we hit 10,000 checkouts? Well, in just three months, we’re only 250 checkouts away from hitting 15,000!
This is amazing work: the collection, and its use, continues to grow. Thank you to the selection committee and all of our member libraries for making Listen Up! a success. We hope that [...]