Your Weekly News from LYRASIS
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December 22, 2009 |
LYRASIS News is sent every Tuesday to LYRASIS members. You can read about what's going on with other members, register for classes and events, and take advantage of special offers on products and services in one convenient weekly publication. Please add newsletter@lyrasis.org to your email address book so the newsletter will not go to your spam or junk folders. To forward to your colleagues, please use the "Forward E-Mail" link at the bottom of this newsletter for proper delivery. You may also unsubscribe at the link below. | |
Season's Greetings from Your LYRASIS Colleagues! To view our holiday ecard, click here.
Holiday Schedule
LYRASIS offices will be closed on Thursday, December 24, and Friday, December 25.
This is our last issue of LYRASIS News for 2009. The newsletter will resume on Tuesday, January 5, 2010. |
As a LYRASIS member, you may post positions to the LYRASIS Job Bank at no charge. Here's how:
1. Click here to obtain a My LYRASIS ID and password.
2. Click here to login to My LYRASIS and post a job. 3. Enter the job information (title, description, salary, etc).
4. Click "Save and Checkout." |
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2009: We Grow LYRASIS Together
It was a momentous inaugural year for LYRASIS, now the nation's largest regional membership organization. Here are highlights of what we have achieved, working together this year:
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Mass Digitization Collaborative now includes participants from New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeastern regions, making digitization affordable and easy while facilitating regional collection development
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TechSquad is created to provide members with on-site assistance with technical issues.
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Gulf Coast Library Project is on its way to completing goals for rebuilding 21 public libraries and anticipates the first permanant rebuilt library to open in February 2010 in Jefferson Parish, LA.
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2010 promises even more opportunities for you to collaborate and benefit from the combined strength of LYRASIS as we grow together. |
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End of Year Specials from Swets
 Take advantage of two special deals from Swets for a limited time only. Subscribe to a Swetswise service by December 31, 2009, and receive the 2009 price for your 2010 and 2011 select e-product renewals. Subscribe to at least ten or more platforms to SwetsWise Selection Support, the price-per-use analysis service, and receive your 2009 usage statistics for free. To request more information on these special offers, click here.
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Featured NEW Class!
 Preservation metadata is information that supports and documents the digital preservation process, including ownership, authenticity, rights, and preservation activities. In short, preservation metadata makes digital objects self-documenting across time. The PREMIS (Preservation Metadata: Implementation Strategies) Data Dictionary describes a core set of preservation metadata elements and guidelines for implementation. The new live online class, Introduction to PREMIS, covers overview, history, and implementation of the standard and explores ways that PREMIS may fit into your institution's preservation strategy.
For more information, click here to visit the Library of Congress's PREMIS site. To register for the class, click here.
Featured Live Online Classes
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DIGITAL SERVICES SPOTLIGHT |
First New England Member Joins Mass Digitization Collaborative
College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine is the first New England member to join the LYRASIS Mass Digitization Collaborative. Jane Hultberg, director of the college's Thorndike Library, said:
"We are delighted to be working with LYRASIS to digitize materials, primarily from our archives. As a small college with limited staffing, it is a wonderful opportunity for us to participate in this well-planned, professional digitization program at a cost we can afford."
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| Connect with your LYRASIS colleagues at upcoming conferences.
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