diff --git a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/persistence/BaseDao.kt b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/persistence/BaseDao.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e422079ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/persistence/BaseDao.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package app.omnivore.omnivore.persistence
+
+import androidx.room.Delete
+import androidx.room.Insert
+import androidx.room.OnConflictStrategy
+import androidx.room.Update
+
+
+interface BaseDao<T> {
+
+  /**
+   * Insert an object in the database.
+   *
+   * @param obj the object to be inserted.
+   */
+  @Insert(onConflict = OnConflictStrategy.REPLACE)
+  fun insert(obj: T)
+
+  /**
+   * Insert an array of objects in the database.
+   *
+   * @param obj the objects to be inserted.
+   */
+  @Insert(onConflict = OnConflictStrategy.REPLACE)
+  fun insert(vararg obj: T)
+
+  /**
+   * Update an object from the database.
+   *
+   * @param obj the object to be updated
+   */
+  @Update
+  fun update(obj: T)
+
+  /**
+   * Delete an object from the database
+   *
+   * @param obj the object to be deleted
+   */
+  @Delete
+  fun delete(obj: T)
+}
diff --git a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/persistence/entities/SavedItem.kt b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/persistence/entities/SavedItem.kt
index 0d22f731c..33cc02ca0 100644
--- a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/persistence/entities/SavedItem.kt
+++ b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/persistence/entities/SavedItem.kt
@@ -51,6 +51,20 @@ data class SavedItem(
     return contentReader == "PDF" || hasPDFSuffix
   }
 
+  fun asSavedItemCardData(): SavedItemCardData {
+    return SavedItemCardData(
+      id = id,
+      slug = slug,
+      publisherURLString = publisherURLString,
+      title = title,
+      author = author,
+      imageURLString = imageURLString,
+      isArchived = isArchived,
+      pageURLString = pageURLString,
+      contentReader = contentReader,
+    )
+  }
+
   override fun equals(other: Any?): Boolean {
     if (this === other) return true
     if (javaClass != other?.javaClass) return false
@@ -69,20 +83,28 @@ data class SavedItem(
 
 data class SavedItemCardData(
   val id: String,
+  val slug: String,
   val publisherURLString: String?,
   val title: String,
   val author: String?,
   val imageURLString: String?,
-  val isArchived: Boolean
+  val isArchived: Boolean,
+  val pageURLString: String,
+  val contentReader: String?
 ) {
   fun publisherDisplayName(): String? {
     return publisherURLString?.toUri()?.host
   }
+
+  fun isPDF(): Boolean {
+    val hasPDFSuffix = pageURLString.endsWith("pdf")
+    return contentReader == "PDF" || hasPDFSuffix
+  }
 }
 
 @Dao
 interface SavedItemDao {
-  @Query("SELECT id, publisherURLString, title, author, imageURLString, isArchived FROM SavedItem")
+  @Query("SELECT id, slug, publisherURLString, title, author, imageURLString, isArchived, pageURLString, contentReader FROM SavedItem")
   fun getLibraryData(): List<SavedItemCardData>
 
   @Query("SELECT * FROM savedItem")
diff --git a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/library/LibraryViewModel.kt b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/library/LibraryViewModel.kt
index c77961bf2..9562b4586 100644
--- a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/library/LibraryViewModel.kt
+++ b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/ui/library/LibraryViewModel.kt
@@ -57,11 +57,6 @@ class LibraryViewModel @Inject constructor(
     }
 
     viewModelScope.launch {
-      withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
-        val viewers = dataService.db.viewerDao().getAll()
-        Log.d("appDatabase", "found ${viewers.count()} viewers in db")
-      }
-
       val thisSearchIdx = searchIdx
       searchIdx += 1