DR Jane, I wonder if you spoke to someone at your library if you could find out about which books would be available to you as ebooks. It seems crazy that you have to wait until they show up in your system. I think they must have some idea which ebooks they are going to get.
The way my library works is that it doesn't take very long from the time a title is selected to being ordered to showing up on our website. As soon as they show up, they're available to download. You really can't find out what's
going to be ordered/available, until it shows up...and it's not necessary because it's so quick. Also, anyone can request an e-book/downloadable movie/downloadable CD. I would hope that you can, too.