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 invites you to visit the ALA Midwinter Conference Exhibits for FREE! Please stop by the LYRASIS booth #3311 and ask us about LYRASIS Digital and LYRASIS New and Special Offers. [zilla_button url=”LYRASIS invites you to visit the ALA Midwinter Conference Exhibits for FREE! Please stop by the LYRASIS booth #3311 and ask us about LYRASIS Digital and LYRASIS New and Special Offers. Click … Read More
LYRASIS members receive discounts on the Computers in Libraries annual conference – the most comprehensive North American conference and exhibition on all aspects of library and information delivery technology. LYRASIS invites members to attend this year’s Computers in Libraries 2015 Conference in Washington D.C. at a major discount. This year’s conference theme is “SyncUp: Technology & Libraries for … 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
ALA Midwinter 2015 (1/30-2/3) LYRASIS will be exhibiting at this conference. We look forward to seeing you in Chicago, IL at the LYRASIS booth #3311. Please stop by the LYRASIS booth and ask staff about LYRASIS Digital, New and Special Offers, and 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
Investing In and Organizing Library Collections In The Networked Environment In this 90-minute webinar, attendees will gain a deeper understanding of: How digital networks are changing the ways libraries conduct discovery, selection, acquisition and management of collections. The ongoing redefinition of the evolving scholarly record in the context of digital networks. How collections will be … Read More
These offers are expiring soon. Request a quote today from membersupport@lyrasis.org. ACLS Humanities eBook Project More than 4,000 books vetted and recommended by the American Council of Learned Societies Save 15% off list on new 5-year subscriptions 2 months free for new 1-year subscriptions Offer expires December 15 Gale’s Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO) Collection … Read More
It wasn’t easy to find a specific book on library shelves in the Middle Ages. The spine title had not yet been invented, and the books weren’t published in standard sizes. But readers didn’t have to spend hours searching, thanks to an ingenious system that made use of concepts similar to modern GPS. full article from io9 … Read More