October 4-11 is Banned Books Week, and all of us at the Palace Project are proud to stand in solidarity with librarians, writers, publishers, booksellers, and readers who are celebrating the fundamental freedom to read, learn and think. Although the statistics and anecdotes of book bans in the previous year remain grim, the fight to … Read More
Written by: Micah May Navigating the library digital ecosystem means constantly balancing patron needs, technical accessibility, licensing hurdles, emerging AI tools, and legislative reform. This fall, the Palace Project—in partnership with COSLA and ReadersFirst—is proud to present the Fall 2026 edition of The Digital Shelf webinar series. Designed for library leaders, collection development librarians, technical … Read More
Written by: Micah May At this year’s ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, I had the pleasure and honor of co-hosting the American Library Association Ebook Interest Group’s annual meeting, better known as Ebook Friday. Here are some of my takeaways: Energy and momentum: Over the course of more than a decade, I have seen interest … Read More
The Palace Project is a library-aligned digital content platform that provides seamless access to more of the library’s digital collections. A critical part of our mission is the work we do with publishers to provide libraries with multiple, flexible licensing options that respect the needs of both rights holders and institutions. We support and have … Read More
The Palace Project has made more than 100,000 ebooks and audiobooks available to libraries for true digital ownership. For the first time in library history, libraries of all types can acquire digital content rights at scale that mirror the Right of First Sale: a durable, preservable, and transferable asset available to one user at a … Read More
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 Open (UPLOpen) collection … Read More
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
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, and how Lyrasis is uniquely positioned to provide the connective tissue between them. He also laid out three key areas of internal focus for the … Read More
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 to deliver more and diverse content. In 2020, Lyrasis received an IMLS grant to develop and pilot an ebook and audiobook service for state and … Read More
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