An Essay by Michael Atwood and John Wilkin Last year, John Wilkin shared his essay Lyrasis in a Landscape of Radical Interdependence where he discussed the interdependence of libraries, archives and museums, and how Lyrasis is uniquely positioned to provide the connective tissue between them. He also laid out three key areas of internal focus … Read More
We look forward to seeing you at the Charleston Conference. Over the past year, Lyrasis has been highlighting the concept of openness — not just the open source and open access tools we work to provide you — but an overall sense of inclusion and acceptance. Lyrasis works with our members and partners to bring … Read More
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