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A vetted digital collection that extends your library shelf.

12,400+ kid-safe videos, hand-reviewed by certified library media specialists and aligned to state ELA and science standards — built to drop straight into your ILS, your discovery layer, and your patrons’ reading histories.

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  • 1,140+ public library systems
  • AASL Best Digital Tools, 2021–2024
  • MARC-ready records & EZproxy native
What library staff actually use

The four daily wins over a typical week.

From the youth-services desk to the collection development office, these are the workflows MediaKidVids replaces, extends, or simply removes from your to-do list.

Catalog depth

12,400+ titles, every one reviewed by a credentialed media specialist.

The catalog grows by roughly 1,200 vetted titles a year. Reviewers sit on a 22-person board of certified school library media specialists who grade each submission against a 47-point safety, accuracy, and curriculum-alignment rubric. Nothing reaches your shelf without an average 11-business-day review cycle.

  • 380+ curriculum topic buckets, mapped to state ELA & science standards
  • PreK through Grade 12 age bands with grade-band filters
  • 74% of catalog carries Spanish-language audio tracks
  • Closed captioning on every reviewed title

MARC records & ILS integration that respects your existing catalog.

Drop records straight into Koha, Sierra, Polaris, or Follett Destiny via batch import or OCLC. Each record carries subject headings, grade level, running time, standards mappings, and language codes that play nicely with your discovery layer.

Patron access from anywhere, via EZproxy or Shibboleth.

Cardholders sign in with their library credentials and stream in-browser. No personal account required, no behavioral tracking, no off-platform redirects. Your circulation rules apply; your privacy posture holds.

Offline kiosk mode for branches with patchy Wi-Fi.

Pre-load curated collections to ChromeOS, iPad, or Windows tablets. Patrons browse and play without a network connection. Updates sync automatically when the device returns to the branch.

From signed quote to live collection

The ILS-native path from purchase to patron access.

A typical public library system is live within ten business days of contract execution. School library media centers move even faster. Here is the sequence your IT and collection development teams will follow.

  1. 01

    Import MARC records

    We deliver a full MARC21 record set keyed to the title packages you select. Records include 086, 521 grade-level notes, 650 subject headings, 546 language codes, and a custom 856 link field pointing to MediaKidVids’ proxy-friendly access URL. Most libraries complete import in an afternoon.

  2. 02

    Map to your collection development policy

    Selectors review the curated topic buckets against your existing policy and flag any subjects to suppress or de-emphasize. We tune the patron-facing browse experience by branch, region, or age group so the catalog reflects local priorities.

  3. 03

    Activate remote patron access

    Your systems librarian configures EZproxy stanza files or Shibboleth attributes. We provide tested stanzas for the major open-source and commercial proxy stacks. Cardholders authenticate with their existing library card number or SSO identity.

  4. 04

    Monitor usage & circulation in your normal reports

    COUNTER-compliant usage data flows back to your ILS on your reporting cadence. See plays per title, per branch, per age band. Surface winners to your selectors and prune the bottom 10% annually.

See the catalog

The shape of the collection, by age band, language, and topic.

Selectors browse the same way patrons do — by age band, then by curriculum topic, then by language. Here is a snapshot of the dimensions library staff ask about most often during procurement.

Picture book collection in a children's library corner
PreK – Grade 5

The earliest readers

Read-alouds, concept videos, social-emotional learning, and primary science. Every title runs under 12 minutes and carries a teacher’s guide. Spanish-language tracks available on 81% of titles in this band.

Titles in band
5,820
Topics covered
142
Spanish audio
81%
Middle-school library makerspace
Grades 6 – 8

The curious middle

Documentary shorts, NGSS-aligned science explainers, historical primary-source reels, and maker tutorials. Strongest area of the catalog — 4,310 titles, including 1,180 produced in partnership with credentialed subject-matter experts.

Titles in band
4,310
Topics covered
156
Spanish audio
72%
High-school library reference collection
Grades 9 – 12

The older teen shelf

Career exploration, financial literacy, civics and media literacy, primary-source history reels, and STEM explainers. Selected with the same 47-point rubric; suitability guidance for advisory and discussion settings.

Titles in band
2,270
Topics covered
82
Spanish audio
61%
Captioning

Closed captioning on 100% of the catalog. Reviewed for accuracy, not auto-generated.

Spanish & more

Spanish-language tracks on 74% of the catalog. Additional language tracks available on request.

Teacher guides

Companion discussion prompts and vocabulary on 89% of reviewed titles.

Compliance, recognition, and review rigor

The posture library administrators ask about before procurement.

The questions your director and your board will ask before signing — answered with named recognition, public reporting, and documented review practice.

1,140+

Public library systems served

From single-branch rural libraries to the largest consolidated systems in the country. Active installations across all 50 U.S. states and 11 Canadian provinces.

4 yrs

AASL Best Digital Tools

Named to the American Association of School Librarians Best Digital Tools list in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. One of a small number of recurring honorees in the safety & curation category.

47-pt

Review pipeline

Every title passes a 47-point safety, accuracy, and curriculum-alignment review before publication. The average review cycle is 11 business days, conducted by a 22-person board of certified school library media specialists.

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Third-party trackers & ads

COPPA, FERPA, and CIPA compliant by design. Zero third-party ads, zero behavioral tracking pixels, zero autoplay redirects to off-platform content. A public-facing Transparency Report is updated quarterly.

Awards & recognition: AASL Best Digital Tools for Libraries (2021–2024) · 2024 EdTech Digest “Cool Tool” Award for Classroom Safety & Content Curation · Founding member, Library Video Streaming Consortium (2023).

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“Before MediaKidVids, I spent every Saturday morning pulling up YouTube on a branch computer, watching ten minutes of a video to see if it was appropriate for our preschool storytime. The catalog did not exist anywhere else. Now the videos I need are already vetted, already captioned, already mapped to the early-literacy outcomes our system tracks. I get that Saturday morning back, and the kids get better programs.”

Maya Ortega Youth Services Librarian, Consolidated Library System (population served: 412,000)
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Multisite, consortia, and state-wide licensing available. Pricing scales by patron population served.