Jason Puckett is Online Learning Librarian and Associate Professor at Georgia State University Library in Atlanta, Georgia. Puckett has an MLIS from Florida State University and is the author of the ACRL books Modern Pathfinders: Creating Better Research Guides and Zotero: A Guide for Librarians, Researchers & Educators. He has been teaching with LYRASIS for … Read More
This is a special invite to attend our September 9, 2016 2nd Friday Session, Managing Change in Information Organizations from the Inside Out. We received feedback in almost every LYRASIS Leadership Forum that managing change, whether its change in staff, budgets, direction, software, is something that staff struggle with no matter how large the scope … Read More
A month or so ago, on a sunny Monday afternoon, about 22 people convened in Luten Hall at Oglethorpe University to hear Christopher Vinson, the Head of Library Technology at Clemson University speak on the Open Parks Network. The Open Park Network is a collaboration between Clemson University, the National Park Service and IMLS. In … Read More
LYRASIS is happy to announce that LYRASIS ArchivesSpace clients will see an upgrade on July 31 to their ArchivesSpace hosting service. We’re upgrading to version 1.3. A listing of new features is available at this link and to see 1.3 in action, please join us for a FREE live demo of ArchivesSpace on August 4th … Read More
This Summer, LYRASIS is offering online classes including “Promotion and Outreach for Preservation,” “Caring for Scrapbooks: Preservation and Digitization Today,” and “Using MODS to Describe Cultural Heritage Resources.” All times displayed are Eastern Standard. To register or to see the full LYRASIS class schedule go to https://www.lyrasis.org/Pages/Events.aspx Promotion and Outreach for Preservation 6/2/2015 4:00PM – … 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
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