Dillard University Library Blog: LYRASIS News: August 27, 2013

August 27, 2013 - In This Issue:

National Geographic Offer Extended

Preservation Town Hall Series

LYRASIS Board of Trustees

Mark Your Calendar

Offer Extended Through September 30 -

Bring the World to Your Library with National Geographic and Gale

LYRASIS is excited to extend this exclusive offer from National Geographic and Gale, part of Cengage Learning, that will bring the wealth of resources from National Geographic to your library and users. This collection brings together a complete archive of National Geographic magazine - every page of every issue - along with a cross-searchable collection of National Geographic books, maps, images, and videos.

National Geographic Virtual Library is now available to academic libraries with deep discounts, exclusively through LYRASIS. Save 48% off list now through September 30.

National Geographic Virtual Library includes these great resources:

National Geographic Magazine Archive 1888-1994 (187,000+ pages, 1224 issues, 16,000+ images)
National Geographic Magazine Archive 1995-Current (recent topics and fully cross-searchable)
National Geographic: People, Animals, and the World (National Geographic Traveler magazine from 2010 - present, full-text books, videos, maps, and atlases)

Introducing the LYRASIS Preservation Town Hall Series - FREE Series

We are excited to announce a new forum for bringing together libraries and cultural heritage organizations to discuss methods for safeguarding and sustaining valuable collections. The LYRASIS Preservation Town Hall Series is hosted by LYRASIS and supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and gives professionals an opportunity to learn about and share best practices, firsthand experience and helpful tools and resources from experts. All sessions will be FREE for participants.

The series will kick off with the Cooperative Community Emergency Response and Recovery Town Hall, which will be held twice - first on October 8 at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA and then again on December 6 at the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center in Atlanta, GA (with a live webcast of the GA event for remote participants). These sessions will focus on how local planning can lead to successful regional disaster response and recovery efforts. There are many examples throughout the United States of cultural heritage organizations working with emergency management agencies to create community-wide networks that support joint planning, response and recovery. These partnerships also foster emergency readiness amongst the individual members of the network. Regardless of whether the disaster affects just one building or multiple states, these networks have been successful. Yet, every network is unique. Individual communities have developed their networks in a variety of ways to address political, organizational, and geographic issues.

Featured speakers for the October 8 Town Hall at Temple University include:
Lori Foley, Vice President for Emergency Programs, Heritage Preservation

Michele Stricker, Deputy Director, New Jersey State Library

Alix Bentrud, Preservation Services Librarian, LYRASIS

Representative of Delaware Disaster Assistance Team (DDAT)

Featured speakers for the December 6 Town Hall at Georgia Tech include:

Lori Foley, Vice President for Emergency Programs, Heritage Preservation

Christine Wiseman, Head, Digital Services Unit, Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center and Heritage Emergency Response Alliance - Atlanta, Steering Committee

Alix Bentrud, Preservation Services Librarian, LYRASIS

...and more to be announced

Click here to register for this FREE session today, and visit our Town Hall page to learn more.

The LYRASIS 2013 - 2014 Board of Trustees

Meet your LYRASIS Board of Trustees for fiscal year 2013-2014. Visit our Board of Trustees page to learn more.

Back row (left to right):

Jim Pierce (Non-Member Trustee), Director, Treasury Services-Georgia Institute of Technology (GA) Sandra Treadway, State Librarian, Library of Virginia (VA)

Kathlin Ray, Dean of Libraries and Teaching & Learning Technologies, University of Nevada, Reno, Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center (NV)

Bonnie Lawlor (Non-Member Trustee), Executive Director, NFAIS (PA)

Cynthia Henderson, (Board Officer: Vice Chair), Executive Director, Louis Stokes Health Sciences Library, Howard University (DC)

Kate Nevins (Board Ex-Officio), Executive Director, LYRASIS (GA)

Julia Zimmerman, Dean of University Libraries, Florida State University Libraries (FL)

David Singleton, Director of Libraries, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library (NC)

Gregor Trinkaus-Randall (Non-Member Trustee), Preservation Specialist, Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MA)

Front row (left to right):

Cynthia Roberts, Director of Library Services, Community College of Baltimore County (MD)

Jay Schafer, Director of Libraries, University of Massachusetts-Amherst (MA)

Ann Watson (Board Officer: Secretary), Dean of the Library, Shepherd University (WV)

Siobhan Reardon (Board Officer: Chair), President & Director, Free Library of Philadelphia (PA)

John Arnold (Non-Member Trustee and Board Officer: Treasurer), President, Linkage Systems Corporation (MA)

Elizabeth Gail McClenney, Deputy Director, Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library (GA)

Julie Walker, Deputy State Librarian, Georgia Public Library Service (GA)

Not pictured:

Alberta Comer, University Librarian / Dean and Director, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah (UT)

Mark Your Calendar

LYRASIS Digital & Preservation Classes

Introducing RDA 1: Structure, Principles and Core Elements (8/29)
RDA in Action: Basics for Copy Catalogers (9/4)
Managing Student Assistants in Academic Libraries (9/4)
LYRASIS Digitization Collaborative Information Session - FREE Webinar (9/5 and 9/16)
Evergreen Demo - FREE Webinar (9/5)
Going Digital - FREE Webinar (9/9)
Best Practices in Graphic Design: Design for Non-Designers (9/10)
Services for the Disabled in our Libraries and Cultural Institutions (9/13)
Preservation of Photographic Materials (9/17)
Representing Reference - FREE Webinar (9/17)

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.

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