Applications for The Lyrasis Catalyst Fund are now open!
Info webinars: Jan 20 (3 p.m. EST) + Jan 22 (10 a.m. EST). Get clarity on process, guidelines + proposal tips. Optional draft reviews available as well! Learn more at https://ow.ly/BwJL50XSE8G
#GrantApplications #FundingOpportunities
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Join us for the Lyrasis Annual Summit!
We are excited to invite members of the libraries, archives and museums community to our FREE virtual event on February 12 from 2 - 3:30 p.m. EST.
Register now and secure your spot! https://ow.ly/Xtlb50Y1Nn6
Georgia Senate Bill 74 has risen from its slumber and a new version has been filed. Please consider contacting your GA state senator to let them know this legislation is catastrophic for libraries. Learn more here: app.oneclickpolitics.com/campaign-pag...
Open book on table below letterpress-style text that says "Visit Us at GLC 2025" with Lyrasis logo.
📚 We will be at the Georgia Library Conference from Oct 8 -10! Can’t wait to connect with library leaders, share ideas and explore new innovations shaping our field.
#LibraryTech #GLC2025 #LibrariesLead
BINGO! Who said that learning about book bans had to be boring? Try your hand at Banned Book Bingo with this card full of frequently challenged books. How many titles have you read?
#BannedBooksWeek #CensorshipIsSo1984 #readbannedbooks #skybrarian #booksky
Curious about The Palace Project and how it empowers libraries? Join us on July 23rd at 2 p.m. for a live demonstration of the app and learn how Palace allows patrons to effortlessly access more of their library's digital collections. 📚📱
Register now at bit.ly/3GqYNQI
#skybrarian #thepalaceproject
We'll see you soon! Stop by our booth to say hello! 📚❤️
I appreciate @rrchnm.bsky.social sharing about their terminated NEH grants like this. This is having a huge impact on important historical initiatives.
A good list of climate books to have in your library! 📚
www.climatementalhealth.net/_files/ugd/d...
Flyer advertising the ECDS Digital Scholarship Training Website. Text on the flyer reads: Want to learn digital tools? The new ECDS training website offers self-paced, asynchronous courses to learn new skills for your research and career development like Videos, Websites, Maps, Data Analysis, 3D Models, and more. Create a free account and get started at training.ecds.emory.edu.
ECDS is proud to launch our new training website!
Explore tailored modules and self-paced learning paths to learn new skills for your research and career development. Check out the site at training.ecds.emory.edu or stop by the Emory University Woodruff Library (3rd floor).
From ebook access to story times, computer classes to outreach programs, libraries serve as community hubs for people from all walks of life. This #NationalLibraryWeek we're asking you to show your library love by standing with libraries. Here are a few ways to get started!
#NLW2025 #skybrarian
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IMLS Matters.
Read the stories (reload gets a new story).
imls-matters.github.io/imlsmatters/
Tell your story.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
From @thomaspadilla.bsky.social at Author's Alliance.
#SaveIMLS
SCOOP: DOGE notified the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) today that the entire staff is being put on administrative leave effective immediately, I’ve learned from an agency source.
They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).
NEW: Senator @reed.senate.gov & others sent a letter to the interim director of IMLS affirming the agency's statutory requirements, including library funding.
IMLS *must* deliver on its central mission. These programs & funds are NOT optional.
Read the letter: www.reed.senate.gov/news/release...
Lyrasis' CEO, John P. Wilkin, has released a Statement on the Executive Order to Eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Read the full statement here, ow.ly/Ggjb50VokuY.
New in @theguardian.com from the President of @ala-acrl.bsky.social:
"Cutting [federal library] funding is more than just budget trimming. It means dismantling essential community infrastructure."
Read President Lo's full article: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
Did you know that The Palace Project app provides free banned books for anyone in the US? Just download the Palace app, add the Banned Books Club as your library, make a free card, and then read on!! See the thepalaceproject.org for more information. 📚 #booksky
👋 I’m an OK HS teacher getting ready for teacher appreciation week. We don’t have an active PTA/PTO so I’m helping. We have 150 teachers and we are trying to make RT Beer Floats and need 13 12 packs. Can you help with a pack or 2? Any help or shares are appreciated!
www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
You know where you can go and not worry about breaking the economic blackout today?
Your local library! All those books and you won’t spend a penny!
Two people smiling at each other in a workspace with a graphic that says "New Learning Experiences."
Browse Lyrasis Learning March classes at ow.ly/29Ru50V0bKy! Connect with professionals in your field and learn something new 📖
#LyrasisLearning #ProfessionalDevelopment
36% of all banned books contain a character or a real person of color. But sure, this is about protecting the children. people.com/sex-claims-e...
Bright blue circle that holds text that says "Applications Now Open" overlaps a dark blue circle that holds text that says "Deadline is February 26."
Lyrasis Catalyst Fund application closes this week 🗓️. Get those applications in before February 26!
#FundYourProject #Lyrasis #libraries @thepalaceproject.bsky.social
Table filled with graphic novels and middle grade books
Table filled with young adult books
All of these books are available for anyone who lost their libraries in the Los Angeles wildfires! We are at DYM Books & Boba in Pasadena until 5 today and back from 10-5 tomorrow. Come on down!
Thank you to all of our amazing donors for making this possible. ❤️🩹📚
