At the beginning of
the year, I discovered pretty much each state has a virtual library. That’s a great resource in our world as it
changes from storefront to electronic.
While I still see permanent library building necessary, there is
personal help available directly at the physical store that lacks in a virtual
world, online libraries offer electronic convenience. That makes our physical libraries fit into
the virtual world and especially useful during, let say, an unexpected spring
blizzard forces all the roads closed on Saturday and there’s a report due on
Monday. Ok, so that actually just
happened this last weekend here in Nebraska!
Another advantage is to those who just can’t get to the library. I think people who can’t just pick up and
leave the house when they want a good book to read benefit from the advantage
of a couple clicks to check out. All
around the country, I see big box stores closing because online shopping is so
easy, I also predict many other services such as physical libraries, will
evolve to accommodate the electronic world.
It’s sad, because there’s not much like flipping through pages of an
actual book, but having library resources at my fingertips is so
convenient.
So, lack of a Kentucky
representative—and here’s a call to all you Kentucky people involved in writing
for next year—I’ve found the KYVL online.
Enjoy.
The Kentucky Virtual
Library (KYVL) is a consortium of nearly 300 Kentucky libraries and
institutions, including colleges and universities, public libraries, K12
schools, hospitals, Department of Defense libraries, the Kentucky
Department for Libraries and Archives (KDLA), and more.
The three primary
services of KYVL include:
·
Courier service - facilitating resource sharing among
Kentucky's public and academic libraries and KDLA through interlibrary loan.
·
Kentucky Digital Library - a platform for Kentucky libraries and
institutions share their digital archives with Kentucky and the world.
KYVL went live in November 1999, and is a
program of CPE, the Kentucky Council on
Postsecondary Education.
KYVL hours are Monday
through Friday, 8 am to 4:30 pm, except during the following Kentucky
state holidays:
·
Martin Luther King,
Jr.'s Birthday (Monday, January 16, 2017)
·
Good Friday (April 14,
2017, one-half day)
·
Memorial Day (Monday,
May 29, 2017)
·
Independence Day
(Tuesday, July 4, 2017)
·
Labor Day (Monday,
September 4, 2017)
·
Veterans Day (Friday,
November 10, 2017)
·
Thanksgiving (Thursday
& Friday, November 23-24, 2017)
·
Christmas
(Monday & Tuesday, December 25-26, 2017)
·
New Year's
(Friday, December 29, 2017 & Monday, January 1, 2018
Contact the KYVL staff by
emailing kyvl@kyvl.org or call
844.400.KYVL (5985)
toll free, or contact a staff member directly:
Access
to KYVL resources is provided through participating Kentucky libraries, which
include Kentucky schools, public libraries, college and universities, and
others. Visit your participating library to use KYVL resources on site, or ask
a member of the library staff for a KYVL username and password to use KYVL
resources from home and elsewhere.
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