Lyrasis is proud to join the Coalition for Diversity and Inclusion in Scholarly Communications (C4DISC) as a member organization. Lyrasis also joins 150+ organizations worldwide, including several of our institutional members, in endorsing the C4DISC Joint Statement of Principles. C4DISC is a group of membership organizations representing libraries, publishers and other stakeholders working in scholarly … Read More
As of August 1, 2024, Lyrasis is an institutional member of ORCID, via the ORCID US Community consortium, with plans to officially recognize contributions from individual community members by writing professional activities to ORCID records using the ORCID Affiliation Manager. ORCID is a nonprofit organization that operates globally to help researchers and contributors get credit … Read More
Discovery and Plotting the Plan We recently met with Otterbein University and two of their library staff, Tiffany Lipstreu, Library Director, and Stephen Grinch, Archivist, to discuss their work with Lyrasis Consulting in their ongoing renovation project for their archives and special collections. The current location of the Courtright Memorial Library was opened in 1972, … Read More
It’s been six years, and the ORCID US Community is still steadily growing, with plenty of exciting updates and important information from across the community below. Past newsletters can be found in the ORCID US Community Blog. To contribute to future newsletters, please email orcidus@lyrasis.org. Thank you! Community Snapshot Member institutions = 203 (as … Read More
As a community-focused and member-driven organization, Lyrasis is here to support you. Over the past decade that has meant being deeply committed to open access, open knowledge and open technologies as foundational tools for the success of archives, libraries, museums and research institutions. This commitment has only grown over the years. We invest in vital … Read More
In 2020, Lyrasis received an IMLS grant to develop and pilot an ebook and audiobook service for state and public libraries. The Palace Project deploys a cloud-based, remotely supported digital library reading platform for collection management and provides a curated set of ebooks and audiobooks through the Palace app and Virtual Library Card that allows … Read More