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. 

VOKAL Interest Form

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
Arvin A. Brown Library 88 Main St. Richford
Baldwin Memorial Library 33 Main Street North Wells River
Bent Northrop Memorial Library 164 Park St. Fairfield
Blake Memorial Library 676 Village Road Corinth
Bradford Public Library 21 S. Main Street Bradford
Brown Public Library 93 South Main Street Northfield
Brownell Library 6 Lincoln Street Essex Junction
Burnham Memorial Library 898 Main St. Colchester
Calef Memorial Library 2964 VT Rte 110 Washington
Carpenter-Carse Library 69 Ballards Corner Rd. Hinesburg
Charlotte Library 115 Ferry Road Charlotte
Chelsea Public Library P.O. Box 67 Chelsea
Dorothy Alling Memorial Library 21 Library Lane Williston
Enosburgh Public Library 241 Main Street Enosburg Falls
Essex Free Library 1 Browns River Rd Essex Junction
Fair Haven Free Library 107 North Main Street Fair Haven
Fairlee Public Library 221 Route 5N Fairlee
Fletcher Free Library 235 College Street Burlington
Fletcher Free Library NNE Branch 1127 North Avenue Burlington
Franklin Grand Isle Bookmobile PO Box 124 Swanton
Gilbert Hart Library 14 South Main Street Wallingford
Groton Free Public Library 1304 Scott Highway Groton
Hartford Public Library 1587 Maple Street Hartford
Hartland Public Library 153 Route 5 Hartland
Haston Library 5167 Main Street Haston
Highgate Public Library 17 Mill Hill Highgate
Huntington Public Library 2156 Main Rd. Huntington
Ilsley Public Library 75 Main St. Middlebury
Jericho Town Library 7 Jericho Center Cir Jericho,
Johnson Public Library 7 Library Drive Johnson
Joslin Memorial Library 4391 Main St. Waitsfield
Lanpher Memorial Library 141 Main St. Hyde Park
Lawrence Memorial Library 40 North Street Bristol
Lincoln Library 222 West River Road Lincoln
Maclure Library 840 Arch St Pittsford
Mary L. Blood Memorial Library 41 Brownsville Brownsville
Milton Public Library 39 Bombardier Road Milton
Montgomery Town Library 86 Mountain Road Montgomery
Moretown Memorial Library 897 Route 100B Moretown
New Haven 78 North Street New Haven
Norwich Public Library 368 Main St. Norwich
Pawlet Public Library 141 School St. Pawlet
Peacham Library 656 Bayley Hazen Road Peacham
Pierson Library 5376 Shelburne Road Shelburne
QW Libraries - Quechee 1957 Quechee Main Street Quechee
QW Libraries - Wilder 78 Norwich Ave Wilder
Richmond Free Library P.O. Box 997 Richmond
Rockingham Free Public Library 65 Westminster St Bellows Falls
Roxbury Free Library PO Box 95 Roxbury
Sarah Partridge Community Library 431 E Main Street East Middlebury
St. Albans Free Library 11 Maiden Lane St. Albans
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum 1171 Main Street St. Johnsbury
Stowe Free Library 90 Pond Road Stowe
Swanton Public Library 1 1st Street Swanton
Tenney Memorial Library 4886 Main St South Newbury
Tunbridge Public Library Route 110 Tunbridge
United Church Library Warren Public Library Warren
Varnum Memorial Library 194 Main Street Jeffersonville
Vernon Free Library 567 Governor Hunt Road Vernon
Warren Public Library P.O. Box 287 Warren
Weathersfield Proctor Library 5181 Rte 5 North Ascutney
West Hartford Library 5133 Route 14 West Hartford
Westford Public Library 1717 Route 128 Westford
Whiting Library 117 Main Street Chester
Windsor Public Library 43 State St. Windsor
Worthen Public Library  28 Community Lane South Hero

The libraries below belong to the Green Mountain Library Consortium (GMLC).

 Library  Town Website
Abbott Memorial Library South Pomfret http://abbottmemoriallibrary.org/
Ainsworth Public Library Williamstown http://ainworthpubliclibrary.org/
Albany Public LIbrary Albany  http://albanypubliclibraryvt.org
Alburg Public Library Alburg http://alburghpl.wordpress.com/
Aldrich Public Library Barre http://www.aldrichpubliclibrary.org/
Alice M. Ward Memorial Library Canaan http://www.aliceward.org
Arvin A. Brown Public Library Richford http://aabrown.org/
Baldwin Memorial Library Wells River https://baldwinmemoriallibrary.wordpress.com/
Barnet Public Library Barnet http://barnetpubliclibrary.com
Barnet School Barnet http://barnet.ccsuvt.net 
Barton Public Library Barton http://bartonpubliclibrary.org/ 
Baxter Memorial Library Sharon  http://sharonvtlibrary.com/
Bennington Free Library Bennington  http://www.benningtonfreelibrary.org/
Benson Public Library Benson Town: http://www.bensonvermont.gov
Bent Northrop Memorial Library Fairfield http://www.bentnorthrop.org/ 
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
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/
Glover Library Glover  http://gloverlibrary.org/
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/
Guilford Free Library Guilford http://www.guilfordfreelibraryvt.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  http://franklinhastonlibraryvt.org/

Highgate Library and Community Center

Highgate Center  http://hlccvt.org
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/index.php
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/
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/
Leach Public Libary Irasburg http://www.leachpubliclibrary.org/
Lincoln Library Lincoln  http://www.lincolnlibraryvt.com/
Lydia Taft Pratt Library Dummerston http://dummerstonlibrary.org/
Maclure Library Pittsford  http://www.maclurelibrary.org/
Manchester Community Library Manchester Village  http://mclvt.org/
Martha Canfield Library Arlington  http://www.marthacanfieldlibrary.org/
Mary L. Blood Library Brownsville  https://www.marylbloodmemoriallibrary.org/
Middletown Springs Public Library Middletown Springs  https://middletownsprings.wordpress.com/
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 Free Library Proctor http://proctor.vermont.com/library
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/
R.K. Kittay Public Library Rupert http://www.rupertkittaylibrary.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 Public Library South Burlington http://southburlingtonlibrary.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 Town Library Springfield http://www.springfieldtownlibrary.org
St. Albans Free Library St. Albans  http://www.stalbansfreelibrary.org/
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum St. Johnsbury  http://www.stjathenaeum.org/
Stamford Community Library Stamford http://www.stamfordlibrary.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/
Waterbury Public Library Waterbury http://waterburypubliclibrary.com
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/
White River Valley Middle School    
Whiting Free Library Whiting http://www.whitingpubliclibraryvt.org
Whitingham Free Public Library    
Wilder Memorial Library    
Windsor Public Library    
Winooski Public Library Winooski  
Woodbury Community Library    
Worthern Library South Hero  http://southherolibrary.org/