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
Candidates for Academic and/or Research Library Representative (Elect 2) Ivan Gaetz, Library Director at Colorado College “For the past fifteen years a driving force of my professional life pertains to library collaboration. Leading a team of librarians at Regis University and now at Colorado College, and understanding the challenges of the 21st century library, reveals … Read More
LYRASIS Preservation and Consulting Services are available to assist institutions who would like to apply for Preservation Assistance Grants. The National Endowment for the Humanities has published the guidelines for the Preservation Assistance Grants for Smaller Institutions program. The grant application deadline is May 5, 2015. Funded projects would begin January 2016. The National Endowment for … Read More
Newspaper Collections: How to Manage, Preserve, and Digitize (Multi-Session Event) March 25, 2 pm – 4 pm ET March 26, 2 pm – 4 pm ET This four-hour online class is designed to help institutions identify common preservation issues with newspaper collections and develop strategies for maintaining access to their content. Newspapers have an important role in our lives. They are … Read More
Check out these great upcoming classes. Digital & Preservation Classes Streaming Video: What? How? Why? 3/3/2015 Caring for Scrapbooks: Preservation and Digitization Today 3/5/2015 Watch This: Promoting Streaming Video on Campus 3/10/2015 LYRASIS Free Webinar: NEH Preservation Assistance Grants 3/11/2015 and 3/13/2015 LYRASIS Socials (For LYRASIS Members) 3/12/2015 and 1/26/2015 Latest from LYRASIS 3/19/2015 Newspaper Collections: How … Read More
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
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
I know! I’m stealing format from Buzzfeed, but I don’t think you’ll mind. As Membership Coordinator at LYRASIS, one of my favorite parts of my job is putting together eGathering, our Annual Membership Meeting. I am genuinely excited about this year’s, and you should be too, for these five reasons and so many others. 1. … Read More
Naxos Music Library is pleased to release the brand new NML mobile app for Android! Current users will have already received the updates, and first-time users can find it in Google Play and the Amazon App Store. The app is free, and it features the same spiffy design and functionality upgrades debuted in the iOS … Read More