After 34 years of service to LYRASIS (formerly SOLINET), Sandy Nyberg retires this month (June 2021). In celebration of her impact on the cultural heritage sector, LYRASIS announces the establishment of a new Sandy Nyberg Award as part of the Catalyst Fund. The award will recognize proposals that demonstrate the highest levels of innovation in the areas … Read More
The Council of Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is offering an opportunity for institutions to receive funding to digitize collections of high scholarly value. CLIR expects to award about $4 million for digitization, and the funding can support outsourced digitization of special collections. The deadline is approaching soon: Tuesday, April 3rd. LYRASIS can help support … Read More
The year was 1985, Marty McFly and Professor Brown made history by going Back to the Future. Little did we know we were about to make history as we were just embarking on a new program, Preservation Field Services. Now here we are, 30 years later, thanking the National Endowment for the Humanities who has … Read More