GMLC - LUV

GMLC Member News

GMLC - 10 years by the Numbers

2008 - Became a 501(c)3

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 handed over to 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 58 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

FAQs - LUV

What is Listen Up! Vermont?

How does Listen Up! Vermont work?

What do my patrons need to download audiobooks?

What do my patrons need to download e-books?

What happens when a downloaded item expires?

What are the consortium lending policies?

How long do patrons have to check out an item on hold?

How are titles chosen?

What information do I need to collect if there is a problem?