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Semi-Monthly Newsletter
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October 9, 2012
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eGathering Video Contest Deadline Extended - Enter and Register Today
 We are so excited to share some of the video submissions we have received for the LYRASIS eGathering Survive or Thrive video contest. Click here to view the videos (and check back soon for more).
In order to encourage as many entries as possible, the deadline has been extended to October 17. All you have to do is submit your 1-2 minute video telling us how your library is thriving, and you'll be entered to win one of our great prizes, including a Sony Bloggie video camera and Visa gift cards. Click here for more information, or send your video submission link to membercommunications@lyrasis.org. We will show the winning videos during eGathering on November 1.
Want to learn more about digital video production and how it can work for your library? Join us for our 2nd Friday webinar Clippin' it: Create, Edit, and Post Video Using Inexpensive Tools and Equipment on Friday, October 12 from 12:30 - 2 p.m. ET. FREE for LYRASIS members - register today!
eGathering 2012 - Survive or Thrive: Connecting Libraries and Community
November 1
1:30 - 4:30 p.m. ET
Attend online or in-person at one of our community viewing locations
FREE for LYRASIS Members
Register today!
Stay up-to-date and be part of the Survive or Thrive dialogue with LYRASIS: Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and watch for the eGathering hashtag #eGathering2012. If your site is a community viewing location, be sure to let people in your area know and have each staff member register online. Thank you to all our viewing locations for sharing your space with other LYRASIS members. |
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Fiscal Services Update
Thanks to member feedback, LYRASIS has enhanced our financial statement format to make it more user-friendly. Statements are now in landscape view and each invoice listed includes the original invoice recipient's name. If you have questions or would like more information about your statements, please email Member Support.
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Introducing the LYRASIS eBook Collaborative
 The LYRASIS eBook Collaborative (eBC) features exclusive offers for LYRASIS Members from IGI Global and Emerald, with more coming soon.
- IGI Global is offering their InfoSci eBooks in subject collections containing titles from 2000-2013, for annual subscription or purchase with perpetual access. The complete collection is also available for a special price. Depending on the number of participating libraries, the discount will range from 25-60% off list price.
- Emerald Group Publishing is offering discounts of 10-35% off list price for the purchase of content from two ebook series, Emerald Business, Management, and Economics eBook Series and Emerald Social Sciences eBook Series. Pricing is available for both the 2013 current content and the pre-2013 archives with perpetual access. Complimentary access to the earlier content for each series is provided with the purchase of the 2013 content.
Click here for more information about the LYRASIS eBook Collaborative, or contact your regional Member Representative, or email Member Support (phone: 800.999.8558).
Also, join us for our FREE webinar Latest from LYRASIS to hear more about the LYRASIS eBook Collaborative from Celeste Feather, Licensing Program Account Manager. Upcoming sessions are October 18 at 11 a.m. ET and October 24 at 2 p.m. ET. Register today.
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 Mark Your Calendar
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| Census - Past, Present and Future
Friday, November 2, 2012 Lewis Library at
Princeton University
Presented by the Documents Association of New Jersey
Click here for more information or to register
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| Featured Offers
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| Expansion of OCLC Control Number
The OCLC Control Number is anticipated to reach one billion after July 1, 2013, and OCLC will increase the length of the OCLC number at that time. If you use OCLC MARC bibliographic records and the OCLC Control Number, you will notice a change after July 1, 2013. Click here for more information.
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| | New Video Resources from Alexander Street Press
Introducing New World Cinema: Independent Features and Shorts, 1990-Present from ASP.
The collection delivers approximately 200 full length feature films from
leading independent distributors along with award-winning shorts.
Email member support
for a quote.
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Fun Zone A Bookish Proposal
 "Oh you know just hanging out in the media tent at the national book festival on the mall waiting to be interviewed about my engagement!!!!"
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