Stanford University became an ORCID member in 2016 through the NorthEast Research Libraries consortium (NERL), subsequently joining with the ORCID US Community in 2018. With enthusiastic support from the libraries and research office, the use of ORCID iD (Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier) by Stanford researchers has been promoted for several years as a best … Read More
Update provided by Susanna Mornati, 4Science 4Science is an innovative company, working on IT systems that are on the Internet, 4Science carried on tirelessly during the pandemic and we thank the customers who continued to put their trust in us. It is only by providing services to institutions that we can continue to invest resources … Read More
Join the DSpace 7.0 Testathon & Try Out Beta 5! From April 19 – May 7, 2021, we are running a Community Testathon of the DSpace 7.0 Beta 5 Release. As this is the final Beta before the 7.0 release, Testathon is an opportunity for anyone to test the Beta 5 release, and report their … Read More
DSpace 7.0 TestathonApril 19 – May 7 DSpace 7.0 Testathon begins this week, April 19. What is a testathon? We ask for anyone using DSpace to help us test, report and mend bugs within the latest beta. The Testathon is a community effort to review the program before it is labeled a stable release. How … Read More
It is hard to believe that it’s been 20 years since we began offering a large portion of our training courses live online. This pivot was driven by our members who voiced a need for more affordable class options. Originally, our courses were mainly face-to-face with a small portion online. However, as technologies emerged and … Read More
Originally posted at arks.org We are thrilled to introduce the ARK Alliance as heir to the successful ARKs-in-the-Open initiative, which began in 2018 with the goal of launching an open, global community around Archival Resource Keys (ARKs) and their use as persistent identifiers in the scholarly ecosystem. And just this week the 700th ARK-assigning organization … Read More
We are pleased to announce our FY 2020 annual report. This was a year filled with challenges for all of us, and we are proud of what we as a community have accomplished together. LYRASIS remains committed to helping our members and more navigate our new environment and continue innovating for the benefit of all. … Read More
CNI begins today! Don’t miss this session from LYRASIS’s Erin Tripp and Skilltype’s Tony Zanders: “Modernizing Scholarly Professional Development with A11Y and AI”. November 19 at 2:00 PM ET With traditional professional development upended by the pandemic, information professionals and their teams seek new ways to analyze, develop, and share their expertise. Since 2018, Skilltype – … Read More
LYRASIS and Columbia University Libraries are pleased to announce the members of the Advisory Board for the newly formed Virtual Copyright Education Center. As previously announced, LYRASIS and Columbia University Libraries are joining forces to pilot the new program which will introduce a robust progressive curriculum designed to enable cultural heritage professionals to move beyond … Read More
Dear DSpace Community, The DSpace Leadership Group, the DSpace Committers and LYRASIS are proud to announce that DSpace 7.0 Beta 4 is now available for download and testing. Beta 4 is the fourth scheduled Beta release provided for community feedback and to introduce the new features of the 7.0 platform. As a Beta release, we … Read More
During these COVID-19 times, every day is uncertain. Change is happening quickly. Libraries are reopening and our communities are looking to us for some normalcy to return. Leading change management is a critical task for leaders. In this new constant change environment, leaders need to do more than manage change, they need to create a … Read More