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 […]
LYRASIS and the Islandora Foundation invite you to attend the first Islandora and Fedora Camp at Arizona State University, February 24 – 26, 2020. Islandora is an open-source software framework designed to help institutions and organizations and their audiences collaboratively […]
The theme for the 2019 International Open Access Week, October 21-27, is “Open for Whom? Equity in Knowledge.” The chasm separating those on opposite cliffs of the digital divide remains, despite ongoing efforts to bridge it, and it is this persistent […]
Thank you so much for attending our third LYRASIS Member Summit. Recordings Day 1: Keynote with Felton Thomas Day 2: Opening Day with Joseph Lucia and Robert Miller and Keynote with Heather Joseph Day 2: Keynote with Jon Cawthorne Presentations
The LYRASIS 2019 Annual Report, “From Local to Global”, is now online. We are a new LYRASIS through the joining of DuraSpace and LYRASIS. We continue to invest in members with another $1.2M going into our member focused R&D and […]
The 2018 Catalyst Fund recipients are completing their projects. Join us for the Catalyst Fund Webinar Series to hear updates about each project, speak directly with the staff who ran the projects, ask questions and see how to apply their […]
The DuraSpace Registry currently features more than 2,500 DSpace, Fedora and VIVO installations from around the world. With the completion of the DuraSpace and LYRASIS merger on July 1, 2019, CollectionSpace and ArchivesSpace instances will also be highlighted in the Registry to […]
Announcing our Day 1 Keynote Speaker: Kaitlin Thaney – Innovation with Imagination The day 1 theme is “Innovation with Imagination”, featuring keynote Kaitlin Thaney, Endowment Director at the Wikimedia Foundation. She will discuss the imperative to “innovate or perish” and […]
LYRASIS and CollectionSpace are very pleased to announce the “Community Collections Spotlight” – a series of webinars highlighting the way organizations are using open source software to evolve collections management practices, improve visitor experience, increase productivity and efficiency, and adhere […]
Article originally appeared on fulcrum.org In late February 2019, the Fulcrum team invited Megan Forbes and Laurie Arp from LYRASIS to facilitate a workshop based on the “It Takes A Village Framework” guidebook. The It Takes a Village project was funded in 2017 by the […]
Contact: Meg BlumDirector of Marketing & Communications800.999.8558, ext. 2951meg.blum@lyrasis.org Carol Minton MorrisDuraSpace, Director of Marketing607.592.3135CMMorris@duraspace.org LYRASIS and DuraSpace Announce Merger: Expanding the Capacity of the Global Scholarly and Scientific Research Ecosystem Atlanta, GA – March 13, 2019 – LYRASIS and DuraSpace […]
In our ongoing effort to continue building new and innovative solutions for our members, LYRASIS sought your feedback and input on how to improve the landscape for professional development and training. Based on what we learned, we created LYRASIS Learning […]
