Digital Library

• August 2021 Purchase Report
• June 2021 Purchase Report
• May 2021 Purchase Report
• April 2021 Purchase Report
• March 2021 Purchase Report
• February 2021 Purchase Report
• January 2021 Purchase Report
• December 2020 Purchase Report
• November 2020 Purchase Report
• October 2020 Purchase Report
• September 2020 Purchase Report
• August 2020 Purchase Report
• July 2020 Purchase Report
• June 2020 Purchase Report
• May 2020 Purchase Report
• March 2020 Purchase Report
• February 2020 Purchase Report
• OASC December 2019 Purchase Report
• OASC November 2019 Purchase Report
• OASC October 2019 Purchase Report
• OASC September 2019 Purchase Report
• OASC August 2019 Purchase Report
• OASC July 2019 Purchase Report
• OASC June 2019 Purchase Report
• OASC May 2019 Purchase Report
• OASC April 2019 Purchase Report
• OASC March 2019 Purchase Report
• OASC February 2019 Pruchase Report
• OASC January 2019 Purchase Report
• OASC December 2018 Purchase Report
• OASC November 2018 Purchase Report
• OASC September 2018 Purchase Report
• OASC August 2018 Purchase Report
• OASC July 2018 Purchase Report
• OASC June 2018 Purchase Report
• WVLS OASC May 2018 Purchase Report
• OASC April 2018 Purchase Report
• OASC February 2018 Purchase Report
• OASC January 2018 Purchase Report
• OASC November 2017 Purchase Report
• OASC October 2017 Purchase Report
• OASC September 2017 Purchase Report
• OASC August 2017 Purchase Report
• OASC July 2017 Purchase Report

Rachel Metzler, Wisconsin Valley Library Service, Chair

Kate Sullivan, Marathon County Public Library

Cindy Hultman, Minocqua Public Library

Jenny Jochimsen, Abbotsford Public Library

Loralee Petersen, Owen Public Library

Maria Pregler, T. B. Scott Free Library, Merrill

• The committee uses one cart and orders monthly.
• Selectors will choose around 20 books to purchase each month. Consideration will be given to hold ratio, cost of title, demand within WVLS, and to covering both ebook and audiobook formats. An effort will be made to purchase young adult/juvenile title when th demand is present.
• 1st Thursday of the month after the 12th, Jenny Jochimsen will check the WPLC holds list and streamline it for the committee to reflect titles that have the greatest number of WVLS patron holds. She will then email the spreadsheet to committee members.
• Members are to make their choices by the following Wednesday (18-25th) of the month.
• The cart will be purchased the following day on Thursday.
• Prepare monthly spreadsheet: Jenny Jochimsen
• Select titles: March – June 2023: $228.46 per selector; July – December 2023: $285.84 per selector, not less than 3 items.
  • Maria Pregler (Merrill)
  • Jenny Jochimsen (Abbotsford)
  • Kate Sullivan (MCPL)
  • Cindy Wendt (Minocqua)
  • Loralee Petersen (Owen) – donations and substitute as needed.
• It is acceptable to buy an additional copy of a title if an item has higher than usual holds.
• Place orders: Cindy, Rachel Metzler (WVLS) as backup
• Maintain budget spreadsheet: Rachel Metzler.
• If a selector has not added their titles at the time of purchase, the purchaser will add appropriate titles and complete the purchase while considering the total cart cost.
• After this is completed, Cindy (or Rachel M.) will place the order for the final choice of titles.

• February 11, 2021 OASC Meeting Notes
• WVLS OASC Meeting Minutes April 9, 2020
• WVLS OASC Meeting Minutes January 8, 2020
• WVLS OASC meeting minutes for May 5, 2018

Funds – WVLS has granted the committee $20,000 to be used between June 2017 and December 2018. This breaks down to approximately $1,110 per month or about 25-30 titles.

• OASC Adv Monthly Report January 2019
• 2018 WVLS Advantage Financial Report December
• 2018 WVLS Advantage Financial Report September
• 2018 OASC Monthly Report February
• OASC Monthly Report November 2017
• OASC Monthly Report October 2017
• OASC Monthly Report September 2017
• OASC Monthly Report August 2017
• OASC Monthly Report July 2017

WPLC Information and Resources

Wisconsin Public Library Consortium (WPLC) is the project manager for the Wisconsin Digital Library (OverDrive & Libby).

• Join the WPLC Announcement List subscribe for OverDrive announcements.
• OverDrive Reporting Instructions and Infographics
• Handouts
  • What to do if you can’t solve a patron’s problem with Wisconsin’s Digital Library (OverDrive) .
  • Why the long hold lines?  This handout’s goal is to help educate both library staff and patrons about the long holds in Wisconsin’s Digital Library that goes a little more in-depth with why our budget can’t meet demand.