In times of natural disasters, many people look toward the Red Cross to assist them with devastation to their homes while libraries look toward LYRASIS Disaster Resources to provide them disaster assistance information, prevention and planning resources, and response and recovery resources. Read more about how Tom Clareson, Senior Digital & Preservation Services Consultant at LYRASIS, led … Read More
We know that your users need a wealth of content and that students want that information in quick, high-quality video. Give your users the digital video resources they need, streaming and at their fingertips with these great offers from LYRASIS partners. Alexander Street Press Top-notch academic content, delivered through high-quality streaming video. Collections include a … Read More
Siobhan A. Reardon: LJ’s 2015 Librarian of the Year President and Director, Free Library of Philadelphia She engineered the creation of an ambitious, five-year strategic plan, underpinned by a powerful mission to advance literacy, guide learning, and inspire curiosity through the Free Library of Philadelphia (FLP). Siobhan A. Reardon had been in the director’s chair for less … Read More
LYRASIS is actively engaged in the growing movement to support open access for scholarly monographs in the humanities and social sciences. Earlier this year we provided North American administrative support for the Knowledge Unlatched pilot project that gathered 297 libraries across the globe and made 28 scholarly monographs accessible to the world. Other initiatives and … Read More
Join us in congratulating Kate Nevins, LYRASIS Executive Director, on her upcoming retirement after 20 years with the organization. In recent years, Nevins and the LYRASIS Board of Trustees have steered the organization into the digital realm and introduced LYRASIS Digital, an initiative designed to expand digital capacities in member institutions and make content and collections … Read More
Leigh Grinstead has been elected by the members of the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) as a council member. Effective September 19, 2014, her four-year term responsibilities include setting policy, providing leadership and strategic planning for the Association, and representing AASLH members and the field at large. Leigh has a long history … Read More