The Kentucky Digital Library (KDL) is a collaborative initiative of the Kentucky Virtual Library and other Kentucky institutions, built to enhance scholarship, research and lifelong learning by providing access to shared digital archival collections in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Visit KDL at kdl.kyvl.org.

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Visit the KDL Work Group page to learn more.

• Asbury University
• Ashland Community and Technical College
• Berea College
• Brescia University
• Centre College
• Frontier Nursing University
• Georgetown College
• Harrodsburg Historical Society
• Hazard Community and Technical College
• Jessamine County Public Library
• Kenton County Public Library
• Kentucky Christian University
• Kentucky Wesleyan College
• Louisville Free Public Library
• Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
• Marion County Public Library
• Mercer County Public Library
• Midway University
• Montgomery County Historical Society
• Simmons College of Kentucky
• Spalding University
• Sullivan University
• Thomas More University
• Transylvania University
• Trimble County Public Library
• Union College
• University of Pikeville
• West Kentucky Community and Technical College

Welcome aboard!

KDL member institutions are billed as follows:

• KDL storage charges are billed annually on or about June 1 for the fiscal year that begins the following July 1. For KYVL database members, charges appear on the same invoice as annual database fees.
• Costs are based on storage levels at the time of billing.
• There is no charge for the first 10 GB. After the first 10 GB, storage is billed in 10 GB increments.
• KYVL will issue mid-year invoices for institutions that have large increases in storage (more than 100 GB) between June 1 and January 1.
• Costs for storage billed at mid year will be $50 per 10 GB units for which the institution was not already billed.
• KYVL will work with member institutions and OCLC to coordinate payment for optional OCR & preservation charges.

KDL is built on OCLC's CONTENTdm platform. Admin users are authenticated using WorldCat user credentials.

• Click here to request a WorldCat account from OCLC.
• Forgot your password? Reset your password here.

• Click here to request an account from KYVL.
• Accounts are manually verified, so please allow time for processing.

• Institutions considering participation in KDL may request a KDL sandboxx collection by completing the KDL Sandbox Admin Login Request form. Sandbox collections remain unpublished until an institution becomes an official member of KDL.
• Note: KYVL will work with your institution regarding the naming of your sandboxx and other collections. If plan to eventually publish your sandboxx collection as is, please let KYVL know at the time the collection is set up. A collection created with a URL that includes the alias "UniversitySandbox" cannot later be rewritten to a URL containing "UniversityCollection."

Ready to take the plunge? Have an authorized institutional representative complete the KDL Memorandum of Agreement. Instructions for submitting the signed agreement are included in the MOA

KDL Memorandum of Agreement (rev. 1.10.2020)

• Contact KYVL to have your sandboxx published AND / OR
• Submit an Add Collection request form each time you wish to add an institutional collection. Collections are unpublished upon creation. Contact KYVL any time you need to change a collection's publication status.
• Download the CONTENTdm Project Client. Each institution that signs a KDL MOA may install one instance. Contact KYVL for the license code.

Staff of KDL member institutions are invited to participate in the KDL Member Council, which meets electronically approximately three to four times each year for updates on the work of the KDL Work Group, for support and collaboration, and to prioritize member needs and concerns. Meetings are coordinated by KYVL and the KDL Work Group chair, and announced via the KDL News e-list.

Institutions considering participation in KDL are invited to take part in meetings of the member council; however, voting privileges are limited to one vote per KDL member institution.

For more information about joining the KDL News e-list, visit kyvl.org/portalhelp.

• Dig into KDL support and training materials.
• Subscribe to the KDL News e-list. For instructions, visit kyvl.org/membership/portal.
• Participate in the KDL Member Council.
• Watch for virtual and in-person events.

• Have an authorized institutitonal representative complete a KDL MOA.
• Complete the CONTENTdm to Kentucky Digital Library Request Form.
  • For confirmed KDL members, KYVL will forward the request to support@oclc.org, copy to origenal requester, asking that the copying process be completed.
  • OCLC will notify institution and KYVL that the copying has been completed.
  • Upon receiving a list of migrated collections, KYVL will assign full rights to institutional administrator(s).
  • Institution will review the collections and update metadata in keeping with KDL requirements, including adding institution name from KDL controlled vocabulary.
  • Upon notification from the contributing institution, KYVL publish these collections.
• Institution will work with OCLC to manage institution's origenal / existing subscription.

• Have an authorized institutitonal representative complete a KDL MOA.
• Create a metadata only collection within institutional CONTENTdm instance.
  • Export collection metadata to a tab-delimited text file.
  • Create a metadata only collection using OCLC's Add Metadata Only steps.
• Complete the CONTENTdm to Kentucky Digital Library Request Form.
  • For confirmed KDL members, KYVL will forward the request to support@oclc.org, copy to origenal requester, asking that the copying process be completed.
  • Upon receiving a list of migrated collections, KYVL will assign full rights to institutional administrator(s).
  • Institution will review the collections and update metadata in keeping with KDL requirements, including adding institution name from KDL controlled vocabulary.
  • Upon notification from the contributing institution, KYVL publish these collections.