SAALCKState-Assisted Academic Library Council of

Kentucky

Virtual Library Project

Marian WinnerChair, SAALCK

SAALCK

SAALCK

Purpose of the Virtual Library◦ To Assist the Governor and the Council on

Postsecondary Education in Delivering Distance Learning Programs via the Commonwealth Virtual University

◦ This Being Phase One of a State-Wide Library Project for All Types of Libraries to Serve All Citizens of the Commonwealth

Introduction

State-Assisted Academic Library Council of Kentucky (SAALCK)◦ Resource Sharing Consortium for 24 Years◦ Purpose is to Make Available to All Our Collective

University Community the Widest Range of Information Resources at the Lowest Cost

Introduction

No Single Point of Entry or Gateway for Needed Information for ALL Kentuckians

Accessing 23 Separate Library Collections via 8 Online Library Catalogs◦ Difficult to Share, Uneven Level of Access

Purchasing Electronic Information Resources Individually◦ Costly, Uneven Level of Access

Where We Are Now

Using U.S. Mail to Share Book Collections◦ Slow, Uninsured, Unreliable

Using the Ariel System via Internet to Share Journal Collections◦ Community and Technical Colleges Not In

Difficulty in Accessing Kentucky-Oriented Information, e.g., State Census Data, State Publications, Special Collections & Archives

Where We Are Now

VISION◦ To Fulfill a Dream That the Student in Pikeville or

Paducah Has Access to the Same Level of Information as the Student in Louisville or Lexington

Where We Want To Go

Infrastructure To Move Content◦ Robust Connections to Kentucky Information

Highway and Internet◦ Transparent Linking for 8 Online Library Catalogs

One Single Web Gateway for All Information Resources for Kentuckians

How Can We Get There?

Collaborative Purchasing / Licensing of Electronic Information Resources◦ Leveraging Resources and Leveling the Playing

Field, e.g., OCLC FirstSearch Coordinated Digitizing of Kentucky-Oriented

Information Resources◦ Census Data, State Publications, Kentuckiana

Collections & Archives

How Can We Get There?

Universal Borrowing and Document Delivery◦ Equal Access to Books and Journals Housed in All

Libraries For All Students State-Wide Information Literacy and

Computer Competency Programs◦ Educating and Retooling the Workforce for the 21st

Century

How Can We Get There?

Learn About Other State-Wide Projects: Florida, Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina

Refining Plan and Budget With CPE Implementation Plan

Next Steps

Florida Distance Learning Library Initiative

This was a screen shot to the program that is no longer in existence.It was a cooperative effort of the Community College System, the State University System, and the public libraries of Florida through collaboration with the State Library of Florida. Its purpose was to provide cost-effective, expanded access to library services in support of distance learning.

[The following screen shots were taken on July 15, 2011 to provide similar information. Original screenshots from these programs were taken in 1996.]

Thanks To YOU!

Kentucky Virtual Library is Almost Here!