LYRASIS News

April 1, 2014 - In This Issue:

Spring Offers and Year-End Specials

IT Security for You and Your Library

eGathering 2014 Viewing Location

Mark Your Calendar

The Innovation Conference

Big Savings with the LYRASIS Spring Offers and Year-End Specials

LYRASIS has negotiated special discounts on annual subscriptions and one-time purchases for a variety of products spanning the disciplines, including Arts and Humanities, Business and Economics, Languages, Sciences and more.

Alexander Street Press - additional 10% off member price
Ambrose Video - discounts range from 29% - 60% off
Bloomsbury Drama Online - 10% off
Easy DDA eBooks - new program from ProQuest and LYRASIS
Gale's Nineteenth Century Collections Online - 40% to up to 55% off
Gale Virtual Reference Library UDA Program - 50% additional credit
Harvard University Press eBooks - up to 15% off
INTELECOM - 33% lower prices
National Geographic Virtual Library - 40% off
Oxford University Press Scholarship Online - 25% off
Project MUSE - up to 10% off
Pronunciator - discounts range from 10% - 45% off
Reveal Digital - join this exciting collaboration
Smithsonian Collections Online - discounts range from 37% - 43% off
Springer 2014 eBook Collections - special deep discount for new LYRASIS customers
Statista - discounts range from 25% - 40% off
World Bank eLibrary - free access for new subscribers

To take advantage of the special year-end discounts LYRASIS has negotiated just for our members, please contact your Member Support Specialist to place an order or request a quote.

In the News: IT Security for You and Your Library

Operating in our current technology environment means that we are all vulnerable to IT security breaches. Blake Carver, Senior Systems Administrator for LYRASIS Technology Services, has authored "IT Security for You and Your Library", published by Information Today, that can help you and your library secure your systems and ensure that your sensitive information remains protected. Click here to access the full article, and click here to learn more about LYRASIS Digital.

Host a Viewing Location for eGathering 2014

We cordially invite you to join us, collaborate and learn by hosting a viewing location for eGathering 2014. eGathering 2014, the LYRASIS Annual Meeting, will be held virtually on Thursday, May 15 from 1-4 pm ET.

Keynote speaker and futurist Garry Golden will present Tapping Our Inner Futurists, focusing on how libraries and cultural heritage institutions can use strategic thinking to plan for change and the evolving future. Garry is an academically trained futurist who speaks and consults on issues shaping business and society in the 21st century. He received his Master's degree from the University of Houston Futures Studies program (M.S.), and is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Professional Futurists (APF).

Along with Garry's keynote, the interactive meeting will feature a LYRASIS update from Siobhan Reardon, LYRASIS Board Chair, and Kate Nevins, Executive Director, as well as a live exhibit hall and three concurrent breakout sessions. These sessions will include presentations from industry leaders and members sharing stories and outcomes on how to maximize current momentum and plan for the future of libraries.

The viewing party is an opportunity for LYRASIS member libraries to get staff together to engage and discuss issues impacting the field today, learn the latest from LYRASIS as well as discuss the future of libraries. We hope you plan to join us to collaborate and learn.

For more information about hosting a viewing location, contact Erica Waller. If you're ready to sign up to host a location, click here.

Mark Your Calendar

LYRASIS Digital Classes

Open Source Tools for Libraries ... Continued (4/8)
Project Management and Workflow for Digitization Projects (4/10)
LYRASIS Digitization Collaborative Information Session (4/11 and 4/23)
Developing a Disaster Plan (4/15)
Managing Digital Projects with CONTENTdm (4/16)
Preservation of Photographic Materials (4/16)
Introducing RDA 1: Structure, Principles and Core Elements (4/17)
The Gamut of Google (4/17)
Metadata for CONTENTdm (4/18)

Visit our LYRASIS Digital Classes page for more classes and check out our Look for LYRASIS page to find out when we'll be in your area.

The Innovation Conference Registration and Call for Proposals

Register now for The 2014 Innovation Conference, hosted by Florida State University Libraries and the Panhandle Library Access Network (PLAN) on August 14-15 in Panama City, FL. The conference is a great chance to develop and implement innovation plans for your organization, and will include featured speaker Kate Nevins, Executive Director of LYRASIS. Be sure to check LYRASIS News for more information on her talk and other sessions at the conference.

The Steering Committee for The Innovation Conference is accepting presentation proposals that explore how academic libraries can create and sustain innovation, creativity, invention and risk-taking. Presenters may examine organization structures and programs that foster creativity or share examples of innovation in academic libraries. Click here to learn more.

Click here to register for the event today.

Preservation Town Hall Videos now Online and Ready to View

If you missed the first of our Preservation Town Hall Series, "Cooperative Community Emergency Response and Recovery", check out the videos on our LYRASIS Preservation YouTube channel.

Click here to view the sessions now.

FREE Preservation Town Hall Meeting

The Accidental Digital Curator: Acquiring and Preserving Digital Archives

online and in-person

May 7 at RAILS in Burr Ridge, IL.

Products and Services Spotlight Webinars

Learn about the great resources offered by LYRASIS with this new free webinar series. April's spotlight is on Credo Reference.

April 9, 3 pm ET

and

April 10, 10 am ET.

Annual Election Reminder

Official ballots have been sent via email to LYRASIS Member Voting Representatives for the 2014 LYRASIS Annual Election. If your organization's Voting Rep has not received this ballot, please contact us here.

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