We at LYRASIS share the grief, pain and anger over the recent murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Sandra Bland, Philando Castile, Tony McDade, Tamir Rice, Breonna Taylor and all those who have been victims of racist attacks in the United States. This cannot continue, and we condemn these violent actions and racism in all … Read More
Dear Colleagues,When the future generations look back at how we worked through this crisis, I feel they’ll see our banding together as the hallmark of our resilience. Every day over the last month I have been in awe of the support we are offering one another. I want to thank our members and staff for … Read More
A Letter from Robert Miller, CEO of LYRASIS Dear LYRASIS Members, Our team is safe and working from home. It is now time to help you, our members. As all of our communities are working to respond to COVID-19, LYRASIS wants to help by offering our members the following services, free of charge: Want to use … Read More
Dear LYRASIS Members, I’m writing you today to share some exciting news about our community and future. LYRASIS and DuraSpace are thrilled to announce our intention to merge. This merger will form a larger organization that is committed to advancing services, technologies and innovations for collections holding organizations worldwide, and consciously building communities to increase our collective impact and … Read More
Dear LYRASIS Colleague, It is with great pleasure that I share with you my first CEO letter of 2019. For me, this is the time of year when we refine our LYRASIS north star opportunities. We set new challenges for ourselves, we dream a little about what the future holds for our community and what … Read More
Dear Colleague, This is one of my favorite letters to write each year. I enjoy the opportunity to share with you the work that my talented, world-class LYRASIS team and your elected Board of Trustees has undertaken on behalf of you, our valued public and academic libraries and our museum, archive and gallery members. It … Read More
I was asked by my colleague Cliff Lynch at CNI (Coalition for Networked Information) to pose a research question to our membership. If this is not your area of expertise, please feel free to forward it to your Chief Technology Officer or equivalent. We hope that this data will be helpful not only to CNI, … Read More
Dear Colleague, I wanted to reach out and share some of the work we’ve been doing here at LYRASIS on behalf of you, our members. In addition to our long history of transactional skills and expertise, we are also focused on thought leadership. We are striving to leverage both these important focus areas to strengthen … Read More
Dear LYRASIS Members, I’m writing today to personally announce to all members that the boards of LYRASIS and DuraSpace have decided that a full merger is not currently the best way for us to achieve our long-term goals. This decision follows four months of formal due diligence and six months of exploration. LYRASIS and DuraSpace … Read More
A letter from Robert Miller, LYRASIS CEO Dear LYRASIS member, I want to share with you some new updates regarding Project Synergy, our internal name for the exciting possible merger between LYRASIS and DuraSpace. In this update, I want to answer 5 key questions for our members about Project Synergy: [zilla_toggle title=”1. How did Project … Read More
Dear LYRASIS Members, Happy New Year! It is a brilliantly sunny day here as I sit in our West Coast Technology center in San Francisco. My mind is abuzz with ideas as I have been reflecting back on my first 6 months with LYRASIS and the plans my team and I have for 2016. I’d … Read More
“How to provide full text access to copyrighted works?” is one of the most difficult copyright questions facing digital libraries. Just asking permission isn’t so easy, given that copyright owners often cannot be identified, much less located. In June, the U.S. Copyright Office announced a questionable proposal to try to slice through the complexity of clearing rights, … Read More