Criteria for Consideration
All proposals and ideas should be innovative concepts that demonstrate creativity and serve the broad interests of the Lyrasis membership, and the field at large. Successful applications embody the values of the Lyrasis community, including equitable access and sustainability, improving costs, lowering risk, and reducing complexity, collaborative business models for scale and affordability, and providing programs and tools for ideation and futureproofing.
Lyrasis is interested in projects that cross boundaries and engage diverse organizations in partnerships, to expand the impact of innovative solutions for challenges facing libraries, archives, museums, and complementary research communities.
Evaluation Criteria for Proposals:
Does this proposal innovatively test-and-try a solution to a well-defined problem or opportunity?
Does the proposal advance an important objective of the library, archives, museum and/or complementary research communities?
Is the plan of work appropriate to the proposal's goal(s), and the budget reasonable and justified?
Evaluation Criteria for Ideas:
What is the potential for the idea to serve the broader Lyrasis community?
Does this idea identify a well-defined problem or present a well-defined opportunity for Lyrasis and its members?
Does the idea innovatively advance an important objective of the library, archives, museum and/or the complementary research communities at large?