Kristin Burns, UC DavisApril 22, 2025 The UC Davis Library is pleased to announce that UC Davis students, faculty, researchers and staff can now access e-books from the library’s catalog … Read More
Author: Jill Scarson
Strong Foundations for The Palace Project: A Collaboration between OAPEN and Lyrasis
OAPEN and Lyrasis build greater access to digital content using the Open Publication Distribution System (OPDS) standard to create interoperability between content providers and reading applications. OAPEN and Lyrasis are … Read More
Ebooks & Community Engagement at Lyrasis: Empowering Libraries to Shape the Future of Ebooks
An Essay by Michael Atwood and John Wilkin Last year, John Wilkin shared his essay Lyrasis in a Landscape of Radical Interdependence where he discussed the interdependence of libraries, archives and museums, … Read More
Groundbreaking Agreement Provides Libraries with Permanent Ownership Rights Over Tens of Thousands of Digital Titles
Digital Public Library of America and Independent Publishers Group have partnered to rewrite the future of providing ebooks to benefit libraries, authors and readers alike Chicago, August 13, 2024 – … Read More
The Palace Project IMLS Grant Report Part 3: Continued Developments and Partner Success
The success of the grant ensures that Palace Project provides a national model for a unified, patron-centric, library-driven ebook and audiobook system that uses the power of public library collaboration … Read More
The Palace Project IMLS Grant Report, Part 2: Access for All
In 2020, Lyrasis received an IMLS grant to develop and pilot an ebook and audiobook service for state and public libraries. The Palace Project deploys a cloud-based, remotely supported digital library reading … Read More
The Palace Project Spring 2024 Newsletter
Hello from The Palace Project team! We are back with some exciting announcements and updates for Spring 2024. In this issue we will discuss: If you would like to receive … Read More
The Palace Project IMLS Grant Report: Part 1 Developing the App with Pilot Libraries
In 2020, Lyrasis received an IMLS grant to develop and pilot an ebook and audiobook service for state and public libraries. The Palace Project deploys a cloud-based, remotely supported digital library reading platform for collection management and provides a curated set of ebooks and audiobooks through the Palace app and Virtual Library Card (VLC) that allows immediate patron access
Announcing The Palace Project Quarterly Newsletter
We’re excited to announce the inaugural edition of The Palace Project newsletter. This will be a quarterly publication where you can stay up-to-date on everything happening with The Palace Project. … Read More
CSCU and the Connecticut State Library Partner to Expand Ebook & Audiobook Access
For Immediate Release:February 14, 2024 Contacts:Dawn La Valle | Connecticut State Librarydawn.lavalle@ct.gov (860) 757-6665 Patrick Carr | Connecticut State Colleges & Universitiescarrp@ct.edu(860) 723-0168 (Hartford) – With funding and support from the … Read More








