This is an informational website for Vermont Kit Keeper Libraries and interested parties.
Here, you can find information about joining the collective, adding, reserving, and sharing Kits.
Kit Keeper is currently a pilot project started by the Fletcher Free Library with initial funding provided by GMLC. It costs $500 per year, including running this web site. Shared between libraries, it costs less than $30 per year. The more libraries involved, the lower the shared price!
Kit Keeper is a platform that allows libraries to list book discussion kits (generally 10 copies of a title), reserve them in a calendar, and track sharing between participating libraries. Find more information and answers to questions about the platform from their parent company, Plymouth Rocket.
You can also participate in a Google Group to share emails, ask questions, and attend occasional meetings with VT book club kits. (More information available under FAQs– communication)
What are the benefits of joining Kit Keeper?
- You can reserve titles up to a year in advance, which helps with planning and avoiding the uncertainty of holds.
- Instead of trying to ILL ten copies of a book, you can just request one item in one system, saving costs and labor time.
- Your kits can have better circulation, and you will have access to over 300 other titles within the state.
- Being able to pick a specific time to reserve it means it is independent of Clover. However, you also have the flexibility to process it in whatever way works best for you and your ILS.
As of August 2023 there are 500 kits listed and 40 libraries participating!
- Bixby Memorial Free Library – Vergennes
- Burnham Memorial Library – Colchester
- Carpenter-Carse Library – Hinenberg
- Castleton Library – Castleton
- Charlotte Library – Charlotte
- Chittenden Public Library – Chittenden
- Deborah Rawson Library – Jericho
- Dorothy Alling Memorial Library – Williston
- Enosburgh Public Library – Enosburgh
- Essex Free Library – Essex Town
- Fairfax Community Library – Fairfax
- Fairlee Public Library – Fairlee
- Fletcher Free Library – Burlington
- Goodrich Memorial Library – Newport
- Greensboro Free Library – Greensboro
- Hartland Public Library – Hartland
- Haskell Free Library – Derby Line
- Huntington Public Library – Huntington
- Isley Public Library – Middlebury
- Jericho Town Library – Jericho
- Jeudevine Memorial Library – Hardwick
- Lanpher Memorial Library – Hyde Park
- Lawrence Memorial Library – Bristol
- Lydia Taft Pratt Library – Dummerston
- Morristown Centennial Library – Morristown
- Norwich Public Library – Norwich
- Orwell Free Library – Orwell
- Pettee Memorial Library – Wilmington
- Pierson Library – Shelburne
- Poultney Public Library – Poultney
- Richmond Free Library – Richmond
- Roger Clark Memorial Library – Pittsfield
- Royalton Memorial Library – South Royalton
- South Burlington Public Library – South Burlington
- St. Albans Free Library – St. Albans
- Stowe Free Library – Stowe
- Townshend Public Library – Townshend
- Whiting Library – Chester
- Windsor Public Library – Windsor
- Winooski Memorial Library – Winooski