Welcome to LYRASIS: Membership Overview
It is our pleasure to welcome DuraSpace members to the LYRASIS Community! Now that we are a merged organization with DuraSpace and have renewed your membership commitment to DuraSpace project(s), DuraDSpace institutions will have a free year of LYRASIS membership benefits […]
ORCID for Learners at UT Southwestern Medical Center
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern) became an ORCID member in the spring of 2018 in response to a prominent internal question: How can UT Southwestern become listed as a trusted institution on their affiliated researchers’ ORCID […]
Press Release: LYRASIS Announces the 2019 Catalyst Fund Recipients and Their Projects
Atlanta, GA – July 18, 2019 – LYRASIS, one of the largest services and technologies non-profit member organizations serving the global landscape of academic and public libraries, scholarly research, archives, museums, and galleries, is pleased to announce the 2019 recipients of […]
Press Release: LYRASIS Announces the Release of a New Study, Understanding the Landscape of Library Accessibility for Online Materials
Atlanta, GA – July 17, 2019 – LYRASIS announces the release of a new study, “Understanding the Landscape of Library Accessibility for Online Materials”. The study was undertaken in an effort to map the landscape of accessibility policies and practices […]
Press Release: LYRASIS Announces New Board of Trustees Members
Atlanta, GA – July 11, 2019 – To help guide and steward the recent merger of LYRASIS and DuraSpace – four new Board of Trustees Members were elected by the combined memberships, and four new Board of Trustees were appointed. This brings […]
Press Release: LYRASIS and DuraSpace Complete Merger – Members and Community Benefit
LYRASIS and DuraSpace are pleased to announce the merger of their two leading 501(c)(3) not-for-profits was completed on July 1, 2019, establishing one of the largest global technology and services membership organizations for research and collections holding institutions worldwide. Members […]
ORCID US Community Newsletter – June 2019
The ORCID US Community has made a lot of progress in the last year since this group was formed. This is our second newsletter, featuring updates from across the community over the last several months. To contribute to future newsletters, please email orcidus@lyrasis.org. Community Snapshot […]
2019 LYRASIS Board of Trustees Candidates
The LYRASIS Board of Trustees has approved the following candidates for open Trustee positions. The Board of Trustees is the governing body for LYRASIS Voter representatives from LYRASIS and DuraSpace should have received their ballot. The voting period is open […]
Press Release: LYRASIS Announces Candidates for Open Board of Trustees Positions
Atlanta, GA – June 4, 2019 – LYRASIS announces candidates for the Board of Trustees who will each serve a three-year term. The election will be held in June and is open to all designated LYRASIS member voting representatives, who will […]
Now Accepting Nominations for the LYRASIS Board of Trustees
The LYRASIS Nominating Committee is pleased to invite you to submit names of qualified candidates to be considered for the FY2019/2020 LYRASIS Board of Trustees. The Nominating Committee will recommend candidates for each of the following open positions on the FY2019/2020 ballot: Two (2) […]
ORCID at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
The University of Iowa is using ORCID to help with faculty research reporting and assessing scholarly activities, specifically at the Carver College of Medicine, using a custom “Create & Connect” ORCID portal. With the goal of gathering more data on […]
Knowledge Unlatched and partners launch Open Research Library
Originally posted at knowledgeunlatched.org Berlin, 16 May 2019. Free access to scientific content is often limited due to the fragile technical infrastructure around it: content is stored in a variety of versions at various locations and without any uniform search functionalities. […]