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Kentucky State Action Plan for Federal Depository Library Services (1990): Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, State Library Services Division

Type of Library

State

Library Director

Charlene Davis

Depository Email Address

emily.sedgwick@ky.gov

Selection Percentage

18%

OCLC Symbol

KSL

KLN Symbol

KSL

KULS Symbol

KY

Lending Policy

General Policy:

Circulation to state agency personnel and others with a State Library account. Initial circulation period is 4 weeks; 2-week renewal possible.

ILL:

Only to state agency personnel. Public library users are served by their local county public library.

Photocopying Service

Paper: Cost per copy 20 cents
Fiche: Cost per copy 20 cents
Film: Cost per copy 20 cents
Fiche-to-fiche: (not available)

Reference Service

Type of services offered: Extended telephone and walk-in research and reference service to state agency employees. Basic reference service is extended to all others with referral, if appropriate. Anyone may use the collection on-site.

Electronic Services

Web access to GPO, etc. OCLC, Dialog, FirstSearch. GPO CD-ROMS. Marcive Version of the MOCAT on CD-ROM.

History & Description

Date library became a depository: 1968

Type of designation: State library

Special Collections: CFR on microfiche back to 1975.

Special Services: Will lend reference material for in-library use only.

Special area(s) emphasized: Census and labor statistics.

Special housing arrangements: Some items are cataloged in Dewey and shelved in the General Reference collection.