We at LYRASIS share the grief, pain and anger over the recent murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Sandra Bland, Philando Castile, Tony McDade, Tamir Rice, Breonna Taylor and all those who have been victims of racist attacks in the […]
During this Membership renewal season, institutions are likely facing unplanned financial, staffing and service challenges. LYRASIS is committed to helping institutions navigate these uncertain times as they work to provide vital programs and services for their communities. LYRASIS will not […]
Beginning in May, LYRASIS and the DSpace community will present a series of webinars focused on how DSpace is meeting the emerging needs of institutions around the world as they respond to the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic. The webinars […]
Only a few more months until JISC will discontinue the old API to their SHERPA/RoMEO services on July 31, 2020! Users of their established policy compliance services will have to make the switch to the new SHERPA API v2 to be able […]
From CDL/Educopia/Stratos/LYRASIS/COAR/Longleaf: We know these are complicated times, and you are enduring challenges in multiple areas. Many of us are adjusting to new working environments (and office-mates!), and our tools, workflows, and communication methods are being stretched and tested under […]
A current Fedora 6 demo video is now available showcasing recently added features. In the first demo we demonstrated the use of the migration tools to transform a Fedora 3 on disk representation to OCFL (Oxford Common File Layout). Our […]
The growing SimplyE community is currently working with State Libraries, Consortia, and individual public libraries to ensure that there is a production-ready baseline of Ebook access to provide a rich eLending experience for large numbers of public library patrons using […]
The VIVO Scholar Task Force is addressing one of the goals outlined in the Product Direction for 2019 document, “Modernize the Presentation Layer” by providing an updated interface that will be easy to implement and customize. Currently under development, VIVO […]
Atlanta, GA – January 29, 2020 – LYRASIS, an innovative full-service technology and services nonprofit, is pleased to announce the receipt of a second round of funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the ongoing Performing Arts Readiness project. […]
4Science is one of the main contributors to DSpace 7 development leading the REST API sub-group—a crucial effort on a very relevant and extensive piece of DSpace code, namely the new submission and workflow with the Angular UI. A tight […]
Dr. Michael Conlon becomes the Emeritus Project Director As the VIVO Emeritus Project Director Michael Conlon will remain active in the VIVO community. Read the full announcement here. The Draft VIVO ontology is available for review The VIVO Ontology Interest […]
Dr. Michael Conlon, the VIVO Project Director since 2015 who has guided VIVO from a grant-funded project to an open-source, member-supported community, has stepped down from that position on December 20, 2019. As the Emeritus Project Director, Mike will continue […]
