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Membership & Member Portal: Member organizations

Member organizations

Kentucky Virtual Library is a consortium of nearly 350 member institutions, including public libraries, public and private K12 schools and districts, college and university libraries, hospitals, and more. Membership enables member institutions to link their users to high-quality information at substantial savings. Licensed databases may be used by anyone affiliated with a KYVL member library.

Access to KYVL resources for non-member districts

In many communities, school districts and public libraries both pay KYVL membership fees. This cost sharing is necessary to keep KYVL affordable for all members. If K12 districts do not elect to participate, their students do not have access to their public library's KYVL resources on school networks.

All KYVL members contribute an annual membership fee which helps offset the cost of resources KYVL subscribes to for access by all participants. Members achieve considerable savings via the statewide acquisition and funding of these subscriptions. Historically, participants realize a cost avoidance of more than $10 million a year.

p>The member fee, as determined by criteria established by the KYVL Funding Committee, represents a sustainable cost-sharing model adopted in July 2010. The fee is applied to core services, including the licensed content, access to OCLC, as well as other services and resources. Every member must pay a fee, regardless of library type and status as public or independent.

 

Benefits

Membership in KYVL allows institutions to provide its user community with over 60 high-quality databases for users from elementary school through adults. Custom PD and training are provided at no costs for member institutions' staffs. 

For more information or to schedule training, contact Enid Wohlstein at enid.wohlstein@ky.gov.

Become a member

For more information about KYVL membership for your library or organization, please complete the KYVL  Membership Inquiry Form or contact KYVL at 844.400.KYVL or by emailing kyvl@ky.gov.

Librarians and administrators of KYVL member institutions are encouraged to create individual accounts in the KYVL Member Portal.