UC Davis Library E-books Now Available on The Palace Project App

April 24, 2025By Jill Scarson

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 on their mobile devices with The Palace Project app, an e-reader for iOS and Android phones and tablets. Through a two-year pilot program, members of … Read More

Groundbreaking Agreement Provides Libraries with Permanent Ownership Rights Over Tens of Thousands of Digital Titles

August 20, 2024By Jill Scarson

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 – The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) and Independent Publishers Group (IPG) have announced a groundbreaking agreement that will transform how American libraries provide access … Read More

The Palace Project IMLS Grant Report, Part 2: Access for All

June 13, 2024By Jill Scarson

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 … Read More

The Palace Project Spring 2024 Newsletter

June 7, 2024By Jill Scarson

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 our quarterly newsletter, please subscribe. In doing so, you will only receive communications from The Palace Project team. If you’d like more information on Lyrasis and its many … Read More