Dr. Lydia Tang, Senior Outreach and Engagement Coordinator at Lyrasis, will be leading a session on Accessibility in Archives and Special Collections on Tuesday, Jan. 21 from 2 – 3 p.m. EST. Before Lyrasis, Dr. Tang held archivist positions with Michigan State University, Library of Congress and held numerous graduate positions at the University of … Read More
January 9, 2025 — LA Referencia and Lyrasis collaborate to enhance the management of DSpace repositories in Latin America and Spain LA Referencia and Lyrasis are proud to announce the launch of a joint project starting on January 1, 2025, focused on improving the capacity, accessibility and management of open-source platforms across Latin America and … Read More
Our January Instructor Spotlight is John Chrastka. John will be leading the 2025 – 2026 Legislative Landscape webinar on Wednesday, January 15 from 2 – 3 p.m. EST. John Chrastka is the Founder and Executive Director of EveryLibrary, the national political action committee (PAC) for libraries. He is a former partner in AssociaDirect, a Chicago-based … Read More
December 9, 2024 — OAPEN and Lyrasis build greater access to digital content using the Open Publication Distribution System (OPDS) standard to create interoperability between content providers and reading applications. OAPEN and Lyrasis are happy to announce the implementation and integration of the OAPEN Library collection with The Palace Project. Through this joint effort, more … Read More
Lyrasis Outreach Representative and recent Johns Hopkins University Museum Studies and Digital Curation graduate Laura Sinhur interned with Lyrasis Consulting during the summer of 2023, with Program Leader Katy Klettlinger as her practicum advisor. Laura focused her research on cultural sensitivity statements and the impact such statements could have on our communities and our understanding … Read More
Lyrasis welcomes our new members and clients! Lyrasis members and clients can join at any time during the year. These members became a part of the Lyrasis community in July 2025- April 2026. Welcome new Lyrasis members Birmingham Museum of Art John Carroll University Georgia State University University of Dallas Lackawanna Historical Society Gordon State … Read More
A letter from John Wilkin In May, 2023, I wrote to you, our community, to discuss our work at Lyrasis. A part of my goal was to introduce myself to you. I also wanted to clearly describe the role we at Lyrasis play in the community, and to describe the broad shape of the efforts … Read More
An Essay by Michael Atwood and John Wilkin Last year, John Wilkin shared his essay Lyrasis in a Landscape of Radical Interdependence where he discussed the interdependence of libraries, archives and museums, and how Lyrasis is uniquely positioned to provide the connective tissue between them. He also laid out three key areas of internal focus … Read More
We look forward to seeing you at the Charleston Conference. Over the past year, Lyrasis has been highlighting the concept of openness — not just the open source and open access tools we work to provide you — but an overall sense of inclusion and acceptance. Lyrasis works with our members and partners to bring … Read More
Lyrasis is proud to join the Coalition for Diversity and Inclusion in Scholarly Communications (C4DISC) as a member organization. Lyrasis also joins 150+ organizations worldwide, including several of our institutional members, in endorsing the C4DISC Joint Statement of Principles. C4DISC is a group of membership organizations representing libraries, publishers and other stakeholders working in scholarly … Read More