We are excited to announce that a new offer is now available for Pluto Journals via Lyrasis! Beginning in 2025, Lyrasis has partnered with Pluto Journals to provide supporter membership subscriptions to Pluto Journals catalogue of peer-reviewed, Diamond open access (OA) social science journals. The Diamond OA status of these journals means that there is never … Read More
Lyrasis is deeply concerned about the Trump administration’s recent executive order, Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy, which calls for the dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The order directs the acting IMLS director to take immediate steps to eliminate the agency to the maximum extent allowable by law by … Read More
Oxford University Press (OUP) and Lyrasis have entered into a groundbreaking open access agreement intended to accelerate momentum toward global open access scholarship. This groundbreaking three-year agreement enables all corresponding authors affiliated with participating academic institutions to publish open access (OA) in more than 500 OUP scholarly journals, both fully OA and hybrid, with no … Read More
Lyrasis is Open + The Library is Open! As a member-driven and community-focused organization, Lyrasis is here to support you. Over the past decade that has meant being deeply committed to open access, open knowledge and open technologies as foundational tools for the success of libraries, archives, museums and research institutions. This commitment has only … Read More
The fourth annual LyrOpen Fair was held virtually during April 21 – May 1, 2025, with five webinars exploring the open research and scholarship ecosystem. Our theme this year is Making Connections Visible. Presentations included a variety of speakers, and detailed information about each session, including recordings, is available below. Session 1: Making Connections Visible: … Read More
Are you a new manager or a manager who would like a refresher? We have not one, but three sessions for you. Our March Instructor Spotlight is Tiffany Duck. Tiffany teaches three classes throughout March and April: Self-Care Strategies for Library Managers and Supervisors on Wednesday, March 5, from 2 – 3:30 p.m. Essentials for … Read More
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded an Early-concept Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) to Christine Kirkpatrick, Director of Research Data Service at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), part of the University of California (UC) San Diego School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences (SCIDS). Kirkpatrick and the SDSC team will partner with … Read More
Beginning this Spring of 2025, Lyrasis has entered into an exclusive partnership with Kimberly Jenkins of Artis Solomon to offer Lyrasis members and non-members the opportunity to participate in The Fashion and Race Database (FRD) via institutional subscriptions. Institutional subscriptions to The FRD provide user communities with unlimited access to this versatile and vital resource. The … Read More
Oxford University Press has launched a pilot program to publish open access scholarly books. Libraries have till March 31, 2025, to commit to supporting the program by purchasing one or more frontlist collections, enabling books in those collections to be published OA. Collections Three collections, each with 10 books, are available for libraries to invest in. … Read More
When we survey our members about their service and benefit relationship with Lyrasis, the value of the Lyrasis Outreach team is frequently mentioned. In addition to member benefits like electronic resource discounts, hosting services, consulting expertise, free Lyrasis Learning classes and opportunities to create impact through the annual Lyrasis Catalyst Fund, Lyrasis members also have … Read More