To our wonderful community of Archives, Libraries and Museums, With the blessing of the LYRASIS member-elected Board of Trustees and the support of an experienced, dedicated team of LYRASIS staff, I am honored to have been chosen as the new CEO. It is a privilege and an honor to be leading a membership organization with … Read More
What do Sandra Bullock and Martha Stewart have in common with LYRASIS? Their yearbook photographs are part of the many collections that are freely accessible online thanks to the LYRASIS Digitization Collaborative. Currently, more than 250 institutions, including many LYRASIS members, participate in the program. The LYRASIS Digitization Collaborative provides cost-effective digitization for materials such … Read More
We are deep into spring and many of us have already taken on the task of spring cleaning and reorganization… but is your job complete? Have you taken a moment to check on the health of your personal library and the care of those collections? As librarians, archivists or curators of the stacks, whether in … Read More
In early April, LYRASIS issued grant checks to five Historically Black Colleges and University (HBCU) institutions to support the preservation of photographic and audio-visual materials. The five HBCUs are participants in the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation-funded HBCU Preservation Project. This project is the third in a series that addresses the needs of HBCU collections that … Read More
Atlanta, GA – May 5, 2015 – LYRASIS members elected four new Board of Trustees members, who will each serve a three-year term. The new Board members will start their terms on July 1, 2015. The LYRASIS Member Election was open for two weeks, beginning April 13 and closing April 24. LYRASIS members voted for candidates … Read More
How did you wind up working in and with libraries? I have a somewhat unromantic tale about my decision to work in libraries! I was a freshman in college, one month in, and I was already alarmed that I didn’t know exactly what career I would pursue. I wanted to get an English degree but … Read More