Scholarly Communication Program Overview
Working Together to Create Impactful Opportunities to Shape and Sustain Scholarly Communication

Core Principles

• Authenticity: We prioritize causes that benefit the communities we serve and believe that we can accomplish more together than alone. 
• Integrity: We cultivate trusted relationships with our members and partners through consistent, open and honest dialogue. 
• Inclusivity: We recognize that diverse perspectives create empowered and influential communities. 
• Innovation: We actively seek diverse opportunities to affect positive change. 
• Connectivity: We strengthen connections within and across communities to foster collaboration for broad and meaningful impact. 
• Sustainability: We build sustainable communities by respecting the evolving landscape of scholarly communication and developing new models for emerging needs. 

Key Features

• We negotiate best-in-class group license agreements and more equitable and sustainable pricing. We work at scale to simplify library acquisition workflows and improve value on investment for our members. Explore a list of all offers. 
• We provide robust support for Open Access content programs, several at national scale. 
• We build new communities to foster data exchange and interoperability services that enhance scholarly communication such as the ORCID US, Lyrasis DataCite and IRUS-US communities.
• We negotiate select digitization and supply discounts for our members from vendors vetted for their high standard of service. 

Partnerships

Lyrasis prioritizes vendor partnerships that:

• Align with the mission and values of Lyrasis and its members and partners;
• Address the needs of library and scholarly communities in unique or innovative ways;
• Advance a more open, equitable and inclusive scholarly communication ecosystem;
• Achieve sustainability both as an organization and as a Lyrasis partner; and
• Meet or exceed library and industry licensing and technical standards.

To express interest in partnering with Lyrasis, or to bring a potential vendor partner to our attention, please email us at csci@lyrasis.org.