Fall conferences – KLA/KSMA and Convergence Conference

• KLA/KSMA – KYVL staff [Betsy and I] were involved in 6 sessions and 2 panel discussions
• I proposed to the KLA Board the idea of a “Green” pre-conference.  Once approaved, I pulled in Susan Eubank and we partnered to setup the speakers, etc.   Susan and the Oldham County Public Library hosted the workshop at their new main library that is awaiting LEED certification, which they hope will be Silver level.
• We participated in 2 sessions at the Convergence Conference in Somerset in early October – covering KYVL and the Kyleidoscope with Mary Koegel

reVisioning at 10 Years [reV@10] Strategic Planning

• Underway, first stage complete early November 2009
• Sheree Williams of Jefferson CTC is Chair of the Core [Steering] Team
• Survey and focus groups are complete
• Outside consultants are leading the process, hired by Lyrasis
• Wiki on KYVL.org lists all relevant information [schedule, team rosters, etc]
• Plan will cover three years, first stage will include the Vision, Values, Mission, Goals & Objectives
• New plan will be submitted to VLAC for endorsement – 6 Nov.
• CPE Senior Leadership will receive the plan for discusion and approval – 16 Nov.

Courier and Database Usage Statistics:

• Database search stats monthly stats doubled after MetaLib’s launch in Feb 2009
• Various formats and arrangements of data are available [vendors, dbs, months]
• More detailed stats will be posted as they are completed

Collections Workgroup:

• Since July, analyzing KYVL’s current collection, under nondisclosure until the October Virtual Library Advisory Committee
• Extensions of all contracts while we waited for budget info and Collections completes its investigations
• VLAC received the report, and assigned a subcommittee to create scenarios and recommendations for handling the deficit for Fiscal Year 2009-10

Kyleidoscope – http://kdl.kyvl.org/kyleidoscope.htm

• Soft launch was in the spring
• Packaged collections for a particular historical period
• For 4^th and 8^th grade specifically but can be used at any level and
• Written by history faculty and grad students – bibliographies, links to other best of the best digital collections
• Getting rave reviews – great for anyone wanting to learn about Kentucky history

Kentuckiana Digital Library – http://kdl.kyvl.org/

• KY newspapers, other collections available now [Daily Racing Form - http://kdl.kyvl.org/drf/]
• Metadata inputted to KY Learning Depot
• Now exposed to Google, monthly search stats have tripled since KDL ceased being a “dark archive” without static links, collection was previously invisible to webcrawlers and engines

There will be more information coming shortly regarding the KYVL budget and collections [ie. the core databases].  A public version of the Collections Workgroup report has been created and will be emailed to the membership this week.    The Deficit/Fees Subcommittee will be presenting their recommendations to VLAC on 13 November.

Feel free to contact us with questions on any of the above, or if you need training, have “how to” questions and so on.   As always, please share your stories with us — How do you use KYVL?

Have a great day!

We still have 9 slots open for the Focus Group in Louisville on 9/24, Thursday, 4-6pm.

Location:

Jefferson Community & Tech College
Learning Resource Center/Library – 2nd floor (old Assessment Room)
Southwest Campus
1000 Community College Road
Louisville, KY 40272

Please help inform our new strategic plan with your comments and insight.  This is the last Focus Group scheduled — help us make it count.

Sign up please!

Sept 8 Pennyrile ADD – Hopkinsville,  *2 p.m. – 4 p.m. (CST)
Sept 10 Northern ADD – Florence, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. (EST)
Sept 16 KY River ADD – Hazard, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. (EST)
Sept 22 Bluegrass CTC, Regency Campus – Lexington, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. (EST)
Sept 22 Jefferson CTC, Southwest Campus – Louisville, 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. (EST)
Sept 24 Jefferson CTC, Southwest Campus – Louisville, 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. (EST)

[ADD = Area Development District, CTC = Community and Technical College]

A Session Registration will be accepted up to 2 days prior to the scheduled date for each of the sessions.

Encourage your colleagues, your staff, power users, etc. to sign up.  Any KYVL user is welcome to attend.

If you can’t attend a focus group, please complete a short survey.

More information about this initiative, the timeline, Steering Team members, etc. can be found on the KYVL reV@10 wiki:  http://www.kyvl.org/wiki/revisioningat10years/

Help us “reVision” KYVL for the future!

Focus Groups.  Registrations are being accepted for focus groups scheduled around the state through late September.  We’ve rescheduled some dates/locations so please take a look.  Encourage your colleagues, your staff, power users, etc. to sign up.  Any KYVL user is welcome to attend.

The Survey.  We hope KYVL users will take a few minutes to answer the very short survey to help us with our data-gathering.  Please feel free to post the link to your library or organization’s website, sent it out around on listservs, or communicate KYVL’s need for feedback in whichever manner you feel will garner the best response.

We very much want to hear from you as we prepare our first strategic plan.  Help us evaluate and reflect upon just what it is that we do to serve the Commonwealth and its universities, public libraries, schools, colleges, hospitals and the citizens themselves.

Our sincerest thanks,
Enid and the reV@10 Steering Team

We have a wiki now for you to track this initiative  – http://www.kyvl.org/wiki/revisioningat10years/

In the wiki, you will find the Steering Team members list, charge/mission of the reV@10 initiative, a survey link, the Focus Groups schedule and registration form, and any public information related to this effort.

The planning process will take about six months with the final plan coming to the Council on Postsecondary Education, KYVL’s parent agency, for approval in November.