Kentucky Virtual Library

11/19/2024

Enid will be sharing during the with Kentucky Association of School Librarians (KASL) this week on 21 Nov.

What are you interested in seeing about KYVL and the resources? What do you need a refresher on? Let us know!

11/14/2024

Enid was at Trimble County Public Library this afternoon to train staff on KYVL resources. Beautiful building, wonderful staff and great questions!

11/12/2024

Join Enid for Power Hour. Get registered.

11/04/2024

As part of a state agency, KYVL offices will be closed Nov 5, Tuesday, in observance of the federal election. Emails and calls will be returned Wednesday. Thank you!

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11/01/2024

Happy Birthday to the Kentucky Virtual Library!

Since our launch on November 1, 1999, KYVL users have logged over a billion searches and nearly 100 million full-text, image and video views or downloads.

Kentucky members over the past 25 years have included all of Kentucky's public universities, the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, private and independent colleges and universities, public libraries, public school districts, private schools, hospitals, military bases, state government agencies, and more.

Most of KYVL 350 members have been a part of KYVL from the beginning. Together, we've served the Commonwealth by providing equitable access to resources through research databases, courier service for interlibrary loan, and the digital collections of the Kentucky Digital Library, and now Affordable Learning KY, so Happy Birthday to the Kentucky Virtual Library!!

10/29/2024

Enid was with the Kentucky Association of School Librarians (KASL) 5th District folks this morning for an update on KYVL activities.

Feel free to run through this slidedeck [make a copy] to keep current on KYVL connections and integrating KYVL resources locally.

It's a Google slidedeck. If you have a Gmail account, make a copy. We can also send it to you as a Powerpoint or PDF. Just get in touch.

Access Google Slides with a personal Google account or Google Workspace account (for business use).

10/24/2024

EBSCO LearningExpress Library has so much to offer a wide range of learners. We generated a list of Top 15 resources used in LearningExpress Library for the first quarter of 2024-25. Keyboarding was the most used resource the first three months of the fiscal year. That's a surprise. And ACT® test prep and nursing school admissions test prep were among the most used for this quarter as well as Praxis® practice.

There are 10 LearningExpress Library modules or centers. You can link to any of them or just to the main LearningExpress Library landing page. Get in touch with us at [email protected] for the file of links. Each KYVL member library or school district has a unique authentication token or alphanumeric string as part of the URL to collect usage statistics. You can place any and all links on your website.

We subscribe to these 10:

Admissions Test Prep
Adult Core Skills
Career Prep
College Students
Computer Skills Center
GED® Test Prep Center
Grades 4-8 Educator Center
High School Students
Job & Career Accelerator
Recursos Para Hispanohablantes

Because LearningExpress tracks an individual's progress, each user must register for an account with their preferred email.

Consider also adding the LearningExpress MARC records to your library catalog. Patrons will find the LearningExpress resources in your catalog and then click on a link. You will also add about 200 ebooks to your catalog covering essential skills in math, English language arts, science, social studies and more, for high school, college and adult learners as well as admissions and career test prep and job seeking support. PDF ebooks can be downloaded.

Support the learners in your community with LearningExpress resources for career preparation, skills building and test prep. View our LearningExpress for Librarians handout for detailed information.

We can provide the Auth Token or MARC access key that you need for the MARC records download. Please get in touch.

Flyers and handouts https://kyvl.org/toolbox/handouts

Email us at [email protected]

10/22/2024

Enid was training staff at The Boyle County Public Library today. Really great staff and excellent questions. If you know Enid, questions are her favorite. What a fun space with much to look at...

If you would like KYVL training for your library staff, get in touch at [email protected]

We travel! Happily.

10/17/2024

Hi friends! Britannica Education has launched a free new website with materials to bridge the gap between the classroom and using KYVL's Britannica resources. Teach Britannica. https://teachbritannica.com/

KYVL subscribes to the following databases and you'll find free Teach Britannica corresponding mini lessons, graphics organizers and more, print and download ready to use.

Britannica School - for K12, 3 levels
Britannica Escolar - elem/middle Spanish language
Britannica Moderna - high/college Spanish language
Britannica Academic - for college
Britannica Library - for public libraries, levels for children, YA, adults

If your website is missing links for any of the Britannica databases, please get in touch with us. We can provide the links for your library or school district.

You choose your database on the Teach Britannica website. [Database resources we subscribe to are outlined in black, as listed above.]

The download and print ready materials available are divided into four groups and leveled:

Lesson Minis - ideas, key vocabulary, authentic learning extensions, activities with length of time for each, materials and resources, implementation, differentiation and variation, collaborative teaching

Instruction Strategies - K12 levels, materials and handouts, procedures, differentiation and variation

Graphic Organizers - K12 grade levels, print ready, downloadable

Academic Toolkits - college level, toolkits and graphic organizers for Britannica Academic

https://britannicaeducation.com/news/teach-britannica/

10/14/2024

Enid was training staff this morning at Taylor County Public Library. What a great staff! Looking forward to coming again when the addition is finished. Thank you for the hospitality!

09/24/2024

New login page is live! We have a new login page now for email, library card or KYVL-assigned ID. Choose your method and enter credentials.

Take a look.

For now, the public libraries in bold on the dropdown list are the libraries with library card signin.

Questions, let us know.

09/19/2024

We're here at Scott County Public Library training staff on the KYVL resources available. Beautiful space, great folks.

09/11/2024

Kentucky Association of School Librarians (KASL)

School library folks --

We started doing single sign-on in summer 2022. We have 105 districts set up.

What SSO means is that instead of the KYVL-assigned district login, students and staff will use their school email to sign into KYVL.org resources.

Send these instructions to your DTC. https://kyvl.libwizard.com/f/sso

Setup takes just a few minutes on each end.

Questions, email [email protected]

08/28/2024

Enid was in Eastern KY yesterday and today to lead KYVL training.

Tuesday was staff training at Perry County Public Library in Hazard.

Wednesday was Letcher County Public Library staff training in Whitesburg.

We can come to your library too (for free), especially if we can coordinate several counties together over a period of days.

Get in touch at [email protected]

07/17/2024

Enid is out and about training librarians in Hardin County Schools. Beautiful building and library.

07/09/2024

We're here today at Kentucky Association of School Librarians (KASL) Summer Refresher presenting on apps and integrations for KYVL content. Come visit with Enid at 10am CT.

Our partners EBSCO and Britannica Education are here too, presenting! And thank you to them for also sponsoring the conference!

📚🌟 Today's the day for our Summer Refresher. Get ready to dive into a world of innovative ideas, inspiring sessions, and networking opportunities. Let's recharge our passion for literacy and learning! Have an awesome day!

06/28/2024

New LOGINS are coming July 1st!

Our new LOGINS will be in place July 1. The format of the login has changed and many usernames have changed. Please be sure you record both.

You can request the login via our online form if your email address is a unique email domain in our system -- KYVL.org/pw. It's under the padlock button in the upper right of KYVL.org.

If you have a public school email address, we have that. If you have an email with your library name or abbreviation, we have that.

Public libraries note: Those in public libraries that use Gmail, iCloud, or similar email addresses that are widely available, we can't validate them in our system. Library staff will need to email us at [email protected].

Old logins ending in #24 will be deactivated on October 1st to allow everyone transition time.

Single sign-on (SAML login) for K12

We have about 100 public school districts -- over 450,000 students! -- set up to log in using school email accounts. And a few private schools. We can make accommodations for private schools or other organizations with email domains limited to Kentucky users if Google or Microsoft manage the accounts.

If you have interest in this, get in touch. Or share these links to your network/DTC folks.

Google (or Google to Microsoft) districts http://kyvl.libwizard.com/f/sso

Azure districts
http://kyvl.libwizard.com/f/azure

If you have any questions, please get in touch at [email protected]

06/18/2024

KYVL offices will be closed 19 June in celebration of Juneteenth. Thank you.