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    Visualizing institutional activity using persistent identifier metadata.
    (IOS Press., 2023) Aghassibake, Negeen; Castello, Olivia Given; Gujilde, Paolo; Rabun, Sheila
    This article investigates the opportunities and current challenges involved in using persistent identifier (PID) metadata to understand institutional research activity, based on a 2022 data visualization project led by the ORCID US Community (administered by Lyrasis) in partnership with two fellows from the Drexel University LEADING program. The fellows created an R [See: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_(programming_language), accessed September 12, 2023] script that can be used to retrieve information about publishing collaborations between researchers at a home organization and other organizations across the globe, based on metadata from researchers’ ORCID profiles and Crossref DOIs. The dataset produced by the script can be imported into a Tableau Public dashboard template, resulting in a data visualization that can be shared with multiple stakeholders to show trends in collaboration activity and emphasize how PIDs are useful for visualizing researcher activity and impact. However, multiple gaps in the ORCID and DOI metadata, such as authors with no ORCID iD, ORCID profiles with no institution or works data, and missing collaborator information in DOI records, indicate that we still have a long way to go before PIDs can be used to demonstrate a complete picture of research activity.
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    Building Community: Supporting Minoritized Scholars through Library Publishing and Open and Equitable Revenue Models
    (Lyrasis; Iowa State University, 2024-01) Inefuku, Harrison W.; Brundy, Curtis; Lair, Sharla
    With the growth of open access (OA) journal publishing, a myriad of funding models has emerged to serve as an alternative to the traditional subscription model. Models that impose author facing charges are inequitable, favoring well-resourced authors and institutions, and continue the dominance of publications from the Global North. This exploratory study critically examines the current state of funding OA journal publishing and the disruptive role of library publishing programs. We conclude with a discussion of the potential of the LYRASIS Open Access Community Investment Program as a tool to support library publishing programs to sustainably fund inclusive OA journal publishing.
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    Increasing Accessibility of Audiovisual Content Using Whisper: A LYRASIS Catalyst Fund Research Report
    (LYRASIS; Emory University, 2024-12-20) Rao, Nina; O'Riordan, Simon
    This project’s goal was to assess the viability of the open-source AI software tool Whisper as an accurate and cost-effective solution to captioning and transcribing audiovisual content in library, archive, and museum collections, and to develop resources that could be widely used by members of the Lyrasis community to caption and transcribe digital audiovisual materials at large scale, increasing the discoverability, searchability, and accessibility of these materials for all audiences and users. Over the course of 2023-2024, 250 hours of digitized audiovisual content from Emory Libraries were processed through Whisper, and the resulting caption and transcript files were edited by a team of student editors. Data was collected on optimal hardware and software configurations, average editing times for the output, and word error rate by collection. Resources created for use by the community include benchmarks for processing time, editing time, accuracy, and power consumption; style guide examples for editors; and step-by-step details of the project's workflow for caption creation and editing.
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    Creating a Microcredential Model: Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery for Libraries, Museums, and Performing Arts Centers
    (LYRASIS, 2025-02-17) Grimes, Neil D.; Eddington, Samuel
    In 2023, William Paterson University submitted an idea application to the Lyrasis Catalyst Fund. It outlined a microcredential model for professional development in the focus areas of disaster preparedness, crisis communication, response, and recovery to assist organizations in responding to crises brought on by climate change, natural disasters, and future pandemics. Lyrasis would pilot the microcredential from late May to early July 2024 on a small scale to a group of 8 participants consisting of current librarians, archivists, museum professionals, and performing arts leaders. All participants completed Lyrasis’ first microcredential and earned the organization’s first digital badge. The findings from the pilot study are presented in this case study.
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    CC-PLUS: Beyond the Danger Zone
    (LYRASIS; Kentucky Virtual Library, 2024-04) Burdette, Ilona
    CC-PLUS, Consortia Collaborating on a Platform for Library Usage Statistics, is open-source software designed to automate monthly harvesting of COUNTER 5 library usage statistics using NISO’s SUSHI protocol. The project had its origins in 2014 in the International Consortium of Library Consortia. Original development, made possible by IMLS grant funds (2017-2021), was led by PALCI and partners. Further development took place in 2022-2023 when KYVL was awarded a LYRASIS Catalyst Fund grant. Active development resumed in February 2024 with funds committed by KYVL. The goals of the KYVL Catalyst Fund project were to (1) deliver a working implementation of CC-PLUS software in a large consortial setting, and (2) develop an implementation toolkit and user documentation, paving the way for use by libraries and consortia worldwide. This report details the successes and challenges, progress and detours the project met with during the grant period, and ongoing work that would not have taken place in the absence of Catalyst Grant funds.