Join us for an update on what's new with The Palace Project! Hear from representatives on technical improvements, business relationships, and new content to look forward to. This webinar is open to everyone, so attendees need not be affiliated with a Palace partner library.
Instructors
Michael Atwood is the Senior Director of the Ebooks and Community Engagement division. Prior to its acquisition by Lyrasis in 2021, he was the Chief Technology Officer and equity partner at BiblioLabs where he played a critical role in the creation of the BiblioBoard platform, which provides tools connecting libraries with their local communities.
James English is the Director of Business Development for Ebooks and Community Engagement at Lyrasis where he manages business development activities, partnership development, and new market entry. He also works across the company from time to time on community programs to help build scalable and sustainable services and drive innovation. Prior to LYRASIS James worked at The New York Public Library to lead creation of the Library Simplified Program and SimplyE platform.
Valérie "KAV" Kavanagh, MBA, is the Outreach & Sales Manager for The Palace Project. KAV's primary responsibility is around creating awareness around and sales of The Palace Project platform and affiliated content partnerships. Her hope is to lead the conversation around how Lyrasis--and The Palace Project--creates opportunities for libraries desiring a digital experience that meets the patron where they are in their information and cultural discovery.
Micah May is DPLA’s Director of Ebook Services, overseeing Palace Marketplace and related ebook work. He previously served as Director of Technology for Library For All, creating open children’s books and free reading apps for the developing world. Before joining DPLA, Micah was director of strategy and then senior director of business development and innovation at the New York Public Library, where he built capacity for innovation and led the creation of the NYPL Labs, Open Ebooks, the MyLibraryNYC partnership with NYC schools, and the open source SimplyE reading app, among others
David Wilcox is the Product Manager for The Palace Project. He has more than ten years’ experience managing open source projects, teams, and communities. Previously, David served as the Program Leader for Fedora at Lyrasis, where he worked together with the Technical Lead to oversee key project processes, and led international engagement through public speaking, developing and delivering workshops, facilitating user group meetings, and pursuing partnerships and grant funding.
Intended Audience
- State library and/or archives agency
- Network/consortia
- Public library
- Academic library: 4 year and graduate
- Special Library
- Academic library: 2 year
Lyrasis Learning events are delivered using the Zoom videoconferencing platform and will have AI-generated captions available. American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation is available upon request. If you need ASL or other accommodations to support your participation in the course, please contact us at es@lyrasis.org at least 2 weeks in advance of the event or as soon as possible.