The VOKAL shared Koha ILS went live in 2010 and since then has grown to 64 member libraries from around the state. Because of the rapid growth and being a volunteer run consortium, we voted to take a break from the work of new migrations to focus our energy on refining the VOKAL system and offering more training to our current members. We look forward to enhancing the strong community we have built with the wonderful member libraries.
If your library is interested in the VOKAL consortium, please fill out the form linked below and we will contact you if we open up membership in the future. Future members are given consideration if they are joining to become a member of Homecard/Onecard and have a member library willing to sponsore them. Sponsoring means that library will provide training and support during the onboarding process.
Thank you for your interest!
What is VOKAL?
VOKAL is the Vermont Organization of Koha Automated Libraries, a project of the Green Mountain Library Consortium.
Background
In the Fall of 2007, several Follett automated libraries decided to not make the upgrade to the company's new product, but to investigate open source ILS options. After reviewing the major open source ILS offering available, including Evergreen. the original committee chose to implement Koha. Koha was more stable and better supported than the other smaller-scale ILSs, and the committee felt Koha was would scale up more easily than Evergreen was able to be scaled down.Koha has a rich international network of programmers, coders and users that provide a great deal of development and support for free, in the tradition of open source. Koha would work for the smallest library in Vermont right up to the largest. Koha is scalable to a degree that it is able to function as a statewide unionized ILS.
From 2008-2009, several libraries migrated to Koha on standalone servers with positive results. In August 2010 the reins were handed over to the newly formed Implementation Team: Richard Pritsky (Hinesburg), Kim Peine (Williston), Wendy Hysko (Essex Junction) and Amy Boisvert (Jericho). Koha version 3.2 was released, the first version designed for consortium use. The number of libraries wanting to be a part of VOKAL had grown to 13 and this group decided to move to a hosted consortium version. The group chose Bywater Solutions at their hosting and support partner. In September 2010, the Brownell Library in Essex Junction became the first VOKAL member library to migrate onto the hosted system. Marlboro Elementary School migrated in October 2010, Dorothy Alling Memorial Library in Williston in November 2010 and Jericho Town Library in January 2011 bringing the very first library consortium in the state of Vermont live!
The libraries below are members of the Vermont Organization of Koha Automated Libraries (VOKAL).
| Library Name | Address | City | Website |
| Arvin A. Brown Library | 88 Main St. | Richford | http://arvinabrown.wordpress.com/ |
| Baldwin Memorial Library | 33 Main Street North | Wells River | https://baldwinmemoriallibrary.wordpress.com/ |
| Bent Northrop Memorial Library | 164 Park St. | Fairfield | http://bentnorthrop.org |
| Blake Memorial Library | 676 Village Road | Corinth | http://blakememorial.org |
| Bradford Public Library | 21 S. Main Street | Bradford | http://bradfordvtlibrary.org/ |
| Brown Public Library | 93 South Main Street | Northfield | http://www.brownpubliclibrary.org/ |
| Brownell Library | 6 Lincoln Street | Essex Junction | http://www.brownelllibrary.org |
| Burnham Memorial Library | 898 Main St. | Colchester | http://www.colchestervt.gov/Library/ |
| Calef Memorial Library | 2964 VT Rte 110 | Washington | http://caleflibrary.wordpress.com/ |
| Carpenter-Carse Library | 69 Ballards Corner Rd. | Hinesburg | http://www.carpentercarse.org |
| Charlotte Library | 115 Ferry Road | Charlotte | http://www.charlottepubliclibrary.org |
| Chelsea Public Library | P.O. Box 67 | Chelsea | http://chelsealibrary.com/ |
| Dorothy Alling Memorial Library | 21 Library Lane | Williston | http://www.williston.lib.vt.us |
| Enosburgh Public Library | 241 Main Street | Enosburg Falls | http://enosburghlibrary.net/ |
| Essex Free Library | 1 Browns River Rd | Essex Junction | http://www.essex.org |
| Fair Haven Free Library | 107 North Main Street | Fair Haven | http://fairhavenfree.org/ |
| Fairlee Public Library | 221 Route 5N | Fairlee | http://www.fairleelibrary.com |
| Gilbert Hart Library | 14 South Main Street | Wallingford | http://ghlib.wordpress.com/ |
| Groton Free Public Library | 1304 Scott Highway | Groton | http://grotonlibraryvt.org/ |
| Hartford Public Library | 1587 Maple Street | Hartford | http://www.hartfordvtlibrary.org |
| Hartland Public Library | 153 Route 5 | Hartland | http://www.hartlandlibraryvt.org/ |
| Haston Library | 5167 Main Street | Haston | http://hastonlibraryvt.org |
| Highgate Public Library | 17 Mill Hill | Highgate | http://www.highgatelibrary.wordpress.com |
| Huntington Public Library | 2156 Main Rd. | Huntington | http://huntingtonpubliclibrary.org |
| Ilsley Public Library | 75 Main St. | Middlebury | http://www.ilsleypubliclibrary.org |
| Jericho Town Library | 7 Jericho Center Cir | Jericho, | http://www.jerichotownlibraryvt.org/ |
| Johnson Public Library | 7 Library Drive | Johnson | https://johnsonpubliclibrary.wordpress.com/ |
| Joslin Memorial Library | 4391 Main St. | Waitsfield | http://www.joslinmemoriallibrary.com |
| Lanpher Memorial Library | 141 Main St. | Hyde Park | http://www.lanpherlibrary.org/ |
| Lawrence Memorial Library | 40 North Street | Bristol | http://www.lawrencelibrary.net |
| Maclure Library | 840 Arch St | Pittsford | http://www.maclurelibrary.org/ |
| Marlboro Elementary School Library | 2669 Route 9 | Marlboro | http://marlboroschool.net/library |
| Milton Public Library | 39 Bombardier Road | Milton | http://www.miltonlibraryvt.org |
| Montgomery Town Library | 86 Mountain Road | Montgomery | https://mtlvermont.wordpress.com/ |
| Moretown Memorial Library | 897 Route 100B | Moretown | http://www.moretownvt.org/moretown-library/ |
| New Haven | 78 North Street | New Haven | http://www.nhcl.org/ |
| Norwich Public Library | 368 Main St. | Norwich | http://www.norwichlibrary.org/ |
| Pawlet Public Library | 141 School St. | Pawlet | https://pawletpubliclibrary.wordpress.com/ |
| Pierson Library | 5376 Shelburne Road | Shelburne | http://www.piersonlibrary.org/ |
| QW Libraries - Quechee | 1957 Quechee Main Street | Quechee | http://www.quecheelibrary.org |
| QW Libraries - Wilder | 78 Norwich Ave | Wilder | http://www.quecheelibrary.org |
| Richmond Free Library | P.O. Box 997 | Richmond | http://www.richmondfreelibraryvt.org/ |
| Rockingham Free Public Library | 65 Westminster St | Bellows Falls | http://rockinghamlibrary.org/ |
| Roxbury Free Library | PO Box 95 | Roxbury | http://roxburyfreelibrary.com |
| St. Albans Free Library | 11 Maiden Lane | St. Albans | http://www.stalbansfreelibrary.org/ |
| St. Johnsbury Athenaeum | 1171 Main Street | St. Johnsbury | http://www.stjathenaeum.org/ |
| Stowe Free Library | 90 Pond Road | Stowe | http://stowelibrary.org |
| Tenney Memorial Library | 4886 Main St South | Newbury | http://tenneymemoriallibrary.org/ |
| Tunbridge Public Library | Route 110 | Tunbridge | http://www.tunbridgelibrary.org/ |
| United Church Library | Warren Public Library | Warren | http://www.warrenlibrary.com |
| Varnum Memorial Library | 194 Main Street | Jeffersonville | http://thevarnum.org/ |
| Vernon Free Library | 567 Governor Hunt Road | Vernon | http://www.vernonfreelibrary.org/vernon/ |
| Warren Public Library | P.O. Box 287 | Warren | http://www.warrenlibrary.com |
| Weathersfield Proctor Library | 5181 Rte 5 North | Ascutney | http://www.weathersfieldproctorlibrary.org/ |
| West Hartford Library | 5133 Route 14 | West Hartford | https://westhartfordlibraryvt.wordpress.com/ |
| Westford Public Library | 1717 Route 128 | Westford | http://www.westfordpubliclibrary.org |
| Windsor Public Library | 43 State St. | Windsor | http://www.windsorlibrary.org |
| Worthen Public Library | South Hero | https://southherolibrary.org/ |
The libraries below belong to the Green Mountain Library Consortium (GMLC).
| Library | Town | Website |
| A.A Brown Public Library | Richford | http://aabrown.org/ |
| Abbott Memorial Library | South Pomfret | http://abbottmemoriallibrary.org/ |
| Ainsworth Public Library | Williamstown | https://ainworthpubliclibrary.org/ |
| Alburg Public Lobrary | Alburg | http://www.alburghpl.org/ |
| Aldrich Public Library | Barre | http://www.aldrichpubliclibrary.org/ |
| Alice M. Ward Memorial Library | Canaan | https://alicewardmemoriallibrary.wordpress.com/ |
| Baldwin Memorial Library | Wells River | https://baldwinmemoriallibrary.wordpress.com/ |
| Barnet School | Barnet | https://sites.google.com/a/kidrow.net/barnetschool/library-home |
| Barton Public Library | Barton | http://bartonpubliclibrary.org/ |
| Baxter Memorial Library | Sharon | http://sharonvtlibrary.com/ |
| Bennington Free Library | Bennington | http://www.benningtonfreelibrary.org/ |
| Bent Northrop Memorial Library | Fairfield | http://www.bentnorthrop.org/ |
| Bethel Elementary School Library | Bethel | http://bs.wnwsu.kari.opalsinfo.net/bin/home |
| Bixby Memorial Library | Vergennes | http://bixbylibrary.org/WPBixby/ |
| Blake Memorial Library | East Corinth | http://www.blakememorial.org/ |
| Bradford Public Library | Bradford | http://bradfordvtlibrary.org/ |
| Brandon Free Public Library | Brandon | http://brandonpubliclibrary.org/ |
| Brookfield Free Public Library | Brookfield | http://www.brookfieldvt.org/ |
| Brooks Memorial Library | Brattleboro | http://brookslibraryvt.org/ |
| Brown Public Library | Northfield | http://www.brownpubliclibrary.org/ |
| Brownell Library | Essex Junction | http://www.brownelllibrary.org/ |
| Burnham Memorial Library | Colchester | http://colchestervt.gov/Library/ |
| Butterfield Public Library | Westminster | https://butterfieldlibraryvt.wordpress.com/ |
| Cabot Public Library | Cabot | https://www.sites.google.com/site/cabotpubliclibrary/ |
| Calef Memorial Library | Washington | http://caleflibrary.com/ |
| Carpenter-Carse Library | Hinesburg | http://www.carpentercarse.org/ |
| Castleton Free Library | Castleton | http://www.castletonfreelibrary.org/ |
| Cavendish Fletcher Community Library | Proctorsville | https://sites.google.com/site/cavendishlibrary/home/ |
| Champlain Valley Union High School | Hinesburg | http://library.cvuhs.org/ |
| Charlotte Library | Charlotte | http://charlottepubliclibrary.org/ |
| Chelsea Public Library | Chelsea | http://www.chelsealibrary.com/ |
| Chittenden Public Library | Chittenden | http://chittendenpubliclibrary.com/ |
| Cobleigh Public Library | Lyndonville | http://cobleighlibrary.org/main/ |
| Cornwall Free Public Library | Cornwall | http://cornwallvt.com/library/ |
| Craftsbury Academy Library | Craftsbury Common | http://www.craftsburypubliclibrary.org/ |
| Cutler Memorial Library | Plainfield | http://www.cutlerlibrary.org/ |
| Dailey Memorial Library | Derby | http://www.daileymemoriallibrary.org/ |
| Danville School | Danville | https://sites.google.com/a/danvillek12vt.us/library/ |
| Davies Memorial Library | Waterford | https://daviesmemoriallibrary.org/ |
| Deborah Rawson Memorial Library | Jericho | http://www.drml.org/ |
| Dorothy Alling Memorial Library | Williston | http://williston.lib.vt.us/ |
| Dorset Library | Dorset | http://dorsetvillagelibrary.org/ |
| Enosburg Falls Middle & High Shcool | Enosburg Falls | https://sites.google.com/a/ehornets.org/efhs/library |
| Enosburg Public Library | Enosburg | http://enosburghlibrary.net/ |
| Essex Free Library | Essex | http://www.essex.org |
| Fair Haven Free Library | Fair Haven | http://fairhavenfree.org/ |
| Fairfax Community Library | Fairfax | http://www.fairfaxvtlibrary.org/ |
| Fairlee Public Library | Fairlee | http://www.fairleelibrary.com/ |
| Fletcher Free Library | Burlington | http://www.fletcherfree.org/ |
| Fletcher Memorial Library | Ludlow | http://www.fmlnews.org/ |
| Flood Brook Union High School | Londonderry | https://brsu.haikulearning.com/brsu/floodbrookunionschool/cms_page/view |
| Folsom Educational Center | South Hero | http://www.gisu.org/folsom/ |
| Franklin Grand Isle Bookmobile | Franklin County | http://fnwsu.org/bookmobile/ |
| Georgia Public Library | Georgia | http://www.georgia.lib.vt.us/ |
| Gilbert Hart Library | Wallingford | https://ghlib.wordpress.com/ |
| Glee Merritt Kelley Community Library | Wolcott | https://gleemerrittkelleylibrary.wordpress.com/ |
| Glover Library | Glover | http://gloverlibrary.org/ |
| Goddard College | Plainfield | https://www.goddard.edu/lits/ |
| Grafton Public Library | Grafton | http://www.graftonpubliclibrary.org/ |
| Grand Isle Free Library | Grand Isle | https://grandislefreelibraryvt.wordpress.com/ |
| Groton Free Public Library | Groton | http://grotonlibraryvt.org/ |
| H.F. Brigham Library | Bakersfield | https://hfbrighamlibrary.wordpress.com/ |
| Hancock Free Library | Hancock | No website |
| Hartford Library | Hartford | http://www.hartfordvtlibrary.org/ |
| Hartland Public Library | Hartland | http://www.hartlandlibraryvt.org/ |
| Haskell Free Library | Derby Line | http://haskellopera.com/library/ |
| Haston Library | Franklin | https://hastonlibrary.wordpress.com/ |
| Highgate Public Library | Highgate Center | https://highgatelibrary.wordpress.com/ |
| Huntington Public Library | Huntington | https://sites.google.com/site/huntingtonvtlibrary/ |
| Ilsley Public Library | Middlebury | http://www.ilsleypubliclibrary.org/ |
| Island Pond Public Library | Island Pond | https://islandpondpubliclibrary.wordpress.com/ |
| Isle La Motte Free Public Library | Isle La Motte | http://www.islelamotte.org/library/ |
| Jaquith Public Library | Marshfield | http://www.jaquithpubliclibrary.org/ |
| Jericho Town Library | Jericho | http://www.jerichotownlibraryvt.org/ |
| Jeudevine Memorial Library | Hardwick | http://www.jeudevinememoriallibrary.org/ |
| John G. McCullough Free Library | N. Bennington | http://mcculloughlibrary.org/ |
| Johnson Public Library | Johnson | https://johnsonpubliclibrary.wordpress.com/ |
| Joslin Memorial Library | Waitsfield | http://www.joslinmemoriallibrary.com/ |
| Jones Memorial Library | Orleans | https://jonesmemoriallibrary.wordpress.com/ |
| Kellogg-Hubbard Library | Montpelier | http://www.kellogghubbard.org/ |
| Kimball Public Library | Randolph | http://www.kimballlibrary.org/ |
| Lanpher Memorial Library | Hyde Park | http://www.lanpherlibrary.org/ |
| Latham Library | Thetford | http://thetfordlibrary.org/ |
| Lawrence Memorial Library | Bristol | http://www.lawrencelibrary.net/ |
| Lebanon Public Libary | Lebannon, NH | https://www.leblibrary.com/ |
| Lincoln Library | Lincoln | http://www.lincolnlibraryvt.com/ |
| Long Trail School Library | Dorset | http://longtrailschool.org/ |
| Maclure Library | Pittsford | http://www.maclurelibrary.org/ |
| Mark Skinner Library | Manchester Village | http://mclvt.org/ |
| Martha Canfield Library | Arlington | http://www.marthacanfieldlibrary.org/ |
| Middletown Springs Public Library | Middletown Springs | https://middletownsprings.wordpress.com/ |
| Milton Jr/Sr High School Library | Milton | http://www.mtsd-vt.org/mhs/resources/library/ |
| Milton Public Library | Milton | http://www.miltonlibraryvt.org/ |
| Monkton Central School | Monkton | https://sites.google.com/a/monktoncentral.org/library/ |
| Montgomery Town Library | Montgomery | https://mtlvermont.wordpress.com/ |
| Moore Free Library | Newfane | https://moorefreelibrary.wordpress.com/ |
| Moretown Memorial Library | Moretown | http://www.moretownvt.org/moretown-library/ |
| Morrill Memorial and Harris Library | Strafford | http://www.straffordlibrary.org/ |
| Morristown Centennial Library | Morrisville | http://centenniallibrary.org/ |
| Mount Abraham Union Middle/High School Library | Bristol | https://sites.google.com/a/mtabevt.org/library/ |
| New Haven Community Library | New Haven | http://www.nhcl.org/ |
| Norman Williams Library | Woodstock | http://normanwilliams.org/ |
| North Hero Public Library | North Hero | http://www.northherolibrary.org/ |
| Norwich Public Library | Norwich | http://www.norwichlibrary.org/ |
| Orwell Free Library | Orwell | http://orwellfreelibrary.org/ |
| Pawlet Public Library | Pawlet | https://pawletpubliclibrary.wordpress.com/ |
| Peacham Public Library | Peacham | http://peachamlibrary.org/ |
| Pierson Library | Shelburne | http://www.piersonlibrary.org/ |
| Platt Memorial Library | Shoreham | http://www.plattlib.org/ |
| Pope Memorial Library | Danville | http://popememoriallibrary.org/ |
| Poultney Public Library | Poultney | http://poultneypubliclibrary.com/ |
| Proctor Jr./Sr. High School Library | Proctor | https://sites.google.com/a/rcsu.org/new-lmc/ |
| Putney Public Library | Putney | http://home.svcable.net/putpub/ |
| Putney School Library | Putney | http://www.putneyschool.org/content/library |
| Quechee Library | Quechee | http://www.quecheelibrary.org/ |
| Reading Public Library | Reading | http://readinglibrary.org/ |
| Richmond Free Library | Richmond | http://richmondfreelibraryvt.org/ |
| Rochester School | Rochester | http://www.rochesterschool.org/ |
| Rockingham Free Public Library | Rockingham | http://rockinghamlibrary.org/ |
| Roger Clark Memorial Library | Pittsfield | http://www.pittsfieldlibrary.com/ |
| Roxbury Free Public Library | Roxbury | https://www.facebook.com/pages/Roxbury-Free-Library/225492285010 |
| Royalton Memorial Library | South Royalton | http://www.royaltonlibrary.org/ |
| Russell Memorial Library | Monkton | http://monktonvt.com/town-services/russell-memorial-library/ |
| Rutland Free Library | Rutland | http://rutlandfree.org/ |
| Salisbury Public Library | Salisbury | https://salisburypubliclibrary.wordpress.com/ |
| Sherburne Memorial Library | Killington | http://www.sherburnelibrary.org/ |
| Shrewsbury Library | Cuttingsville | http://www.shrewsburylibrary.org/ |
| Solomon Wright Public Library | Pownal | http://solomonwrightpubliclibrary.org/ |
| South Burlington Community Library | South Burlington | http://www.sburlcomlib.com/ |
| South Burlington High School Library | South Burlington | https://sites.google.com/a/sbschools.net/test-test/ |
| South Hero Community Library | South Hero | http://www.southherolibrary.org/ |
| South Londonderry Free Library | S. Londonderry | http://londonderryvt.org/community/so-londonderry-free-library/ |
| Spaulding High School Library | Barre | http://www.spauldinglibrary.org/ |
| Springfield Public Library | Springfield | http://springfieldtownlibrary.org/ |
| St. Albans Free Library | St. Albans | http://www.stalbansfreelibrary.org/ |
| St. Johnsbury Athenaeum | St. Johnsbury | http://www.stjathenaeum.org/ |
| Starksboro Public Library | Straksboro | https://starksborolibrary.wordpress.com/ |
| Stowe Free Library | Stowe | http://stowelibrary.org/index.php |
| Swanton Public Library | Swanton | http://www.swantonlibrary.org/ |
| Tenney Memorial Library | Newbury | http://tenneymemoriallibrary.org/ |
| Townshend Public Library | Townshend | http://www.townshendpubliclibrary.org/ |
| Tunbridge Public Library | Tunbridge | http://www.tunbridgelibrary.org/ |
| Twin Valley High School | Wilmington | http://www.twinvalleyschooldistrict.us/ |
| Varnum Memorial Library | Jeffersonville | http://thevarnum.org/ |
| Vernon Free Library | Vernon | http://www.vernonfreelibrary.org/vernon/ |
| Warren Public Library | Warren | http://www.warrenlibrary.com/warren/ |
| Waterford School Library | Waterford | No website |
| Waterville Library | Waterville | http://www.watervillelib.org/ |
| Weathersfield Proctor Library | Ascutney | http://www.weathersfieldproctorlibrary.org/ |
| West Hartford Library | West Hartford | http://www.hartford-vt.org/content/libraries/ |
| West Rutland Free Library | West Rutland | http://www.westrutlandfreelibrary.com/ |
| Westford Public Library | Westford | https://westfordpubliclibrary.wordpress.com/ |
| Whitcomb Jr./Sr. High School Library | Bethel | http://bs.wnwsu.kari.opalsinfo.net/bin/home |
| Whiting Library | Chester | https://whitinglibrary.wordpress.com/ |
| Whitingham Free Public Library | Jacksonville | http://www.readwithus.org/ |
| Wilder Memorial Library | Weston | http://wildermemoriallibrary.org/ |
| Williamstown Middle/High School | Williamstown | http://www.williamstownmhs.org/pages/Williamstown_Middle_High_Sch |
| Windsor Public Library | Windsor | http://www.windsorlibrary.org/ |
| Winooski Public Library | Winooski | https://winooskilibrary.wordpress.com/ |