Ky Department For Libraries & Archives

About

Archives Research Room public hours are Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm ET. General hours for ARM staff are Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm ET.

Story

The Archives and Records Management Division works with agencies to ensure creation and preservation of adequate and proper documentation of the agency's organizational functions, policies, decisions, procedures, and essential transactions, as well as information which protects the legal and financial rights of the government and of individuals directly affected by an agency's activities.

The division operates the State Archives to house and make available for research permanently valuable state and local government records.

To provide agencies with secure, economical storage for their non-current records, the division manages the State Records Center.

To ensure continued preservation of and access to records, the division also furnishes centralized micrographics and document preservation services.

The division provides citizens and government with access to records by arranging and describing them, by creating finding aids and access tools to them, and by making them readily available through on site research facilities and by answering telephone and mail reference requests. KRS 171.410-740

Mission

The mission of KDLA is to support and promote access to library services and to ensure that documentation of government activities is created, preserved and made available for public use.