The Palace Project is non-profit platform that gives patrons effortless access to more of your library's digital collections. In this session we’ll focus on The Palace Project app: what it is, how it works, and what makes it special. Participants will receive a live demonstration of the app as well as a general overview of our discovery tools and content solutions. Join us to learn more about how libraries are highlighting whole collections over holds queues with The Palace Project!
Instructors
Jill Scarson is the Partner Success Leader with the Palace Project, serving as liaison to library partners and aiding in the successful adoption and usage of the Palace platform. She believes that libraries serve as beacons of democracy by providing equitable access to information, and that Palace is uniquely poised to assist them in navigating the changing, and sometimes challenging, e-publishing ecosystem. Prior to joining Lyrasis, Jill worked as a freelance artist, within academic and public libraries, and spent much of the last decade in higher education program support. She holds an MLIS from Syracuse University, where she focused her studies on information literacy instruction, disinformation, and the policies that impact libraries and their users.
Tara Carpenter is the Implementation Leader for the Palace Project, focusing on providing a positive user experience by ensuring that participating libraries are onboarded, trained, and configured correctly. She has a background in nonprofits and public libraries, previously working in roles including Program Manager of Adult Education, Library Services Manager, and Library Branch Manager. Tara is a passionate advocate for providing unfettered access to information for as many people as possible. She believes that The Palace Project is the perfect avenue to reach numerous underserved library populations worldwide. Throughout her career, Tara has concentrated on the democratization of technology, encouraging the usage and adoption of digital materials and tools in libraries through public programming and staff training initiatives. Tara holds a B.A.in Political Science from the University of Connecticut and a Master’s in Library and Information Science from San Jose State University.