Right to Read Day - April 20, 2026 | Everywhere For your freedom to read For access to information For understanding our past For our communities For our libraries Unite Against Book Bans ALA150 | American Library Association

Today is the American Library Association 's Right to Read Day!

Check out their website for resources on how you can protect the right to read: https://ow.ly/INk050YLk5H

#RightToRead #FreedomToRead #Lyrasis #ReadBannedBooks #PalaceProject

Membership Matters: Regional Representatives can help you achieve your goals! Lyrasis

Did you know that YOU have your very own Lyrasis Regional Representative? These staff know your needs and challenges, can offer solutions and help connect you to the wider community.
For Lyrasis members and non-members.

Find your rep: https://ow.ly/QqQy50YKKG4
More: https://ow.ly/KbSv50YKKG5

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We're Hiring!

The Marketing and Communications team at Lyrasis is looking for a Digital Marketing Specialist to help shape our online presence and create and run marketing campaigns.

Read more about the position and apply here: https://ow.ly/QKHa50YJZ8H

#DigitalMarketing #JobOpening

Panelist Spotlight Dr. Constance Caddell University Archivist Tuskegee University

Lyrasis membership offers lots of member benefits—but don't just take our word for it; hear it from Lyrasis Annual Summit panelist Dr. Constance Caddell, University Archivist for Tuskegee University.

Learn more about membership benefits: https://ow.ly/34ew50YGKsU

#Tuskegee #CollectionManagement

2026 ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award Recipients Announced ACRL announces the recipients of the 2026 Excellence in Academic Libraries awards-- Flathead Valley Community College Library, Kalispell, Montana, and the University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press, Newark, Delaware. Started in 2000, the Excellence in Academic Libraries Awards recognizes acad

Congratulations to both Trevor A. Dawes and The University of Delaware (UD) Library, Museums and Press, a longtime member and influential leader, for being named the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Librarian of the Year!

Read more about their award: https://ow.ly/S7jp50YGKsG

Lyrasis and Coherent Digital Formalize Agreement for Member Access Coherent Digital and Lyrasis have reached an agreement for Lyrasis members to acquire Coherent’s online publications. Beginning immediately, all Lyrasis members will be eligible to receive special rates when purchasing or subscribing to Coherent’s products. While the agreement does not expire, a current offer is in place for additional year-end discounts through December 2026. Lyrasis […]

Coherent Digital offers sources from around the world on applied sciences, social justice, policy, cultural content from across Africa, South Asia, Latin America and more. Now Lyrasis members can access Coherent's content at special rates.

https://ow.ly/yPlg50YEtFi

#DigitalAccess

OACIP Spotlight: Advancing Diamond Open Access Through Radical Interdependence It can be easy to take diamond open access journals for granted precisely because these journals do not charge reader or author fees. Often, free-to-read and free-to-publish journals are celebrated for their principled commitments to removing barriers without acknowledgement of the need to find other ways to collectively shoulder the financial burden of these commitments. […]

Part of the mission of OACIP is to provide funding to support diamond open access journals, which don't charge reader or author fees.

Read more about our commitment to funding journals like Environmental Humanities from Duke University Press.

https://ow.ly/ZebA50YE39m

#OpenAccess #ResearchAccess

Paradigm and Lyrasis expand access to University Press Library Open via the Palace Project

ICYMI: You can access the University Press Library Open collection on mobile devices using The Palace Project!

Get details on the partnership with the UPLOpen project via Paradigm Publishing Services on Marshall Breeding's website: https://ow.ly/HcBu50YExhw

#OpenAccess #HigherEd

There's still time to sign up for this webinar that takes place tomorrow, Tuesday, April 7!

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UC Libraries is expanding access to ebooks and audiobooks through their collab with The Palace Project — supporting students, researchers and readers across the community.

Shaping the future of digital library access starts here:
https://ow.ly/ZLph50YCTjL

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Are you interested in out-of-print books?

We're highlighting a punctum 🌈 books: spontaneous acts of scholarly combustion initiative:

Tuesday, April 7 at 2 p.m. ET

Special Collections offers a way to steward small-press histories as cultural infrastructure.

https://ow.ly/tfKu50YBWKy

Advancing ORCID and Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) in DSpace: Community-Driven Priorities In 2024, Lyrasis received grant funding from the ORCID Global Participation Fund to make several improvements to the ORCID Member API functionality in DSpace (version 7.3 and above). The grant project was led by ORCID US Community staff at Lyrasis, in partnership with 4Science and ORCID consortium lead counterparts across the globe.  Over the course […]

In this blog post, we shine a spotlight on what users say would improve ORCID and Persistent Identifiers in DSpace, based on survey results from researchers and organizations. Read about current PID use, needs and opportunities to better support FAIR research practices.

https://ow.ly/pjQs50YBVtR

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Are you an archival, museum, or preservation professional? If so, join the Archivpres Listserv today for free resources, Lyrasis member-only offers, and more, regardless of membership.

Sign up: https://ow.ly/Xb2l50YzToV

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Did you know Lyrasis offers consulting services to any organization — with members getting a 10% discount?

We can help with:
• Digitization & Metadata
• Disaster Planning & Response
• Environmental Assessment & Preservation
• Space Planning
• Grant Coaching

Learn more: https://ow.ly/Qnau50Yt78r

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We have a new offer! 🎉

The Intersections Collection from Lived Places Publishing has over 150 ethnography narratives and case studies in 24 areas.

Titles are hosted on Fulcrum for you to buy and host on Palace. Plus: Get a 15% discount off list price!

Learn more April 1: https://ow.ly/TLeB50YxRiI

Paradigm and Lyrasis Expand Access to University Press Library Open (UPLOpen) via the Palace Project Lyrasis and Paradigm Publishing Services (Paradigm) are proud to announce a powerful new tool for students, faculty and staff to access Open Access (OA) ebooks. The tool also allows libraries to incorporate them seamlessly into their collections. The collaboration between Lyrasis’ Ebooks and Community Engagement Division and Paradigm allows access to the University Press Library […]

Lyrasis + Paradigm Publishing Services expanded access to open scholarship! Their new integration makes UPLOpen’s OA titles available in The Palace Project app, making it easier than ever for libraries and readers to discover academic content.

Read the full story at: https://ow.ly/Ey9r50YwpZa

IndieLib Forum 2026 Online registration for IndieLib Forum 2026.

The IndieLib Forum returns on Tuesday, March 31! Join indie publishers and librarians for a full day of conversation and collaboration on collection development, discovery, licensing and more.

Learn more + register today: https://ow.ly/5rBm50YxNez
#PLA2026

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The Weekly Read is "Entangled Presence: An Ecological Grammar of Cloud and Time" by Lucien Darjeun Meadows: buff.ly/MUoABYr

The article is published in issue 18:1 of the open access journal Environmental Humanities.

The fifth annual LyrOpen Fair is coming up! Join us for a series of free webinars exploring the open research and scholarship ecosystem.

Learn more + register: https://ow.ly/eQTa50YvVUE

#Lyrasis #LyrOpen

Thanks to the collective support of Lyrasis OACIP, the newest issue of Environmental Humanities—volume 18, issue 1—has just been published and continues to be available to read in its entirety at no cost: buff.ly/yJAtVKZ
@wearelyrasis.bsky.social

From Maintenance Burden to Mission Focus: Insights from the Experts on Repository Hosting Digital Repository Managers and Administrators often find themselves wrestling with sluggish software, wrangling data, managing server updates and navigating customizations that complicate daily work. This ongoing maintenance takes too much time away from the things that are important – your mission, collections and patrons. We recently had a conversation with the DSpaceDirect Hosting team — […]

New on the blog: The real cost of maintaining digital repositories is higher than ever. Our team breaks down why institutions are feeling the strain and how expert, mission‑aligned hosting can help.

https://ow.ly/k64X50YoQfC

The fifth annual LyrOpen Fair will be held virtually from March 24 to April 2, 2026, with five webinars exploring the open research and scholarship ecosystem. lyrasis.org/lyropen-fair/ @wearelyrasis.bsky.social

Thank you for sharing!

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Spotlighting Weave: Journal of Library UX and their new article, “Lessons from Starting a User Testing Program.”

Read more: https://ow.ly/VlQj50Yrtzo
Support Weave through OACIP and contribute to sustainable OA: https://ow.ly/QY2050Yrtyp

Michigan Publishing #OpenAccess #DiamondOA

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We’re hiring a Portfolio Specialist at Lyrasis! Manage renewal contracts, build vendor relationships, resolve issues and support members across our portfolio.

Apply by March 19 → https://ow.ly/kNLG50Ym850

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New guest blog from Weave: Journal of Library User Experience editors highlights how OACIP support strengthens their open access model and deepens UX community engagement.

Read more: https://ow.ly/pr9T50YneUT
Michigan Publishing #OpenAccess #UserExperience #DiamondOA #OACIP

Beyond the Bookshelf - Create. Share. Discover

LA County Library is a proud partner of the Arts for Incarcerated Youth Network, with whom they run arts workshops. Through Biblioboard, the LA County Library is able to publish art created in these workshops and share them community-wide!

Take a look ➜ https://ow.ly/KLw150Yn3ct

Membership Matters! Did you know that as a Lyrasis member you are invited to contribute to our online Job Bank? Members can post openings for free, and each listing remains live for 3 months.

Explore jobs, apply, or share your opportunities: https://ow.ly/uh2F50Yj195

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We are pleased that our journal, Environmental Humanities, is part of the OACIP 2025-2026 cohort. This group of nine Diamond OA journals is accepting contributions through 7/31.

Learn more about OACIP: buff.ly/vTVZP1q @wearelyrasis.bsky.social

Access Environmental Humanities: buff.ly/kwx0PgI

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New article out from Semantics & Pragmatics—an example of the high‑impact scholarship made possible through open access!

Read today: https://ow.ly/aAVa50Yj0zk
Support S&P through OACIP and contribute to sustainable OA: https://ow.ly/QUuh50Yj0Cj

Linguistic Society of America #DiamondOA #OpenAccess