Laurie Gemmill Arp Appointed to Ohio State Library Board

April 3, 2015By LyrasisLeadership

Atlanta, GA – April 3, 2015 – Laurie Gemmill Arp, LYRASIS Director of Digital and Preservation Services, was appointed by the State Board of Education of Ohio to the Ohio State Library Board. She was sworn in to her new role at the March 19, 2015 meeting of the State Library Board and began her service … Read More

eGathering Speaker Profile – Jason Griffey, Keynote

April 1, 2015By LyrasisConferences & Events

In our ongoing eGathering profile series, we go one-on-one with each of our speakers to gain more insights into their professional background, areas of expertise, and presentation topic through short 5 question interviews. Prior to founding his consulting firm, Evenly Distributed, Jason worked as the Head of IT for the University of TN at Chattanooga … Read More

BioOne is Now Optimized for Your Mobile Phone

March 12, 2015By LyrasisProducts & Partnerships

originally posted on bioone.org BioOne for mobile means on-the-go access to more than 170 bioscience journals from your iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, or tablet device. The URL for mobile is www.bioone.org —the same as our full site. When a user with a supported device directs their browser to bioone.org they will be automatically directed to the mobile site. All unsupported … Read More

In Focus: The HBCU Library Alliance

February 27, 2015By Meg BlumProducts & Partnerships

Here at LYRASIS Now, we’d like to introduce our In Focus series, where we’ll take a little time to share the interesting projects, associations and collaborations in which our members are engaged. To kick off the series, we’d like to start close to home with the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Library Alliance. It’s … Read More

CLIR Hidden Collections Grants

February 18, 2015By Lindsay CronkProducts & Partnerships

In January 2015, CLIR (the Council of Library and Information Resources) launched Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives: Enabling New Scholarship through Increasing Access to Unique Materials. This national contest funds local digitization projects which contribute to the national good and conversation. It supports the creation of digital representations of unique content of high scholarly … Read More