Causes: Education

Mission: Vermont Libraries, Working TogetherIn late 2007, a group of approximately 15 libraries joined together to provide downloadable audio book service to the State of Vermont. The Green Mountain Library Consortium was born from these initial meetings, and now has over 140 members from public, school, academic and special libraries, with a service population of over 400,000.Our mission is to provide Vermont's libraries with access to goods and services otherwise unattainable, through the power of partnerships and collective purchasing. This is summed up in the consortium's tagline: Vermont Libraries, Working Together.

Results: We have served 33,440 Vermonters in the last 8 years, circulating almost 9,000 titles approximately 400,000 times.

Target demographics: The Literary Culture of Vermont

Direct beneficiaries per year: 11,000 library patrons all across Vermont

Geographic areas served: Across the state of Vermont

Programs: A Digital Library of ebooks and digital audiobooks available 24/7/365 remotely all over Vermont.