LYRASIS and Reveal Digital Expand Open-Access Relationship with Repository Hosting Reveal Digital - Voices

"Reveal Digital has selected LYRASIS Repsository Services for hosting, support and management of its new open-access projects. LYRASIS is currently the exclusive North American slaes and administrative agent for Reveal Digital's Independent Voices, an online collection of alternative press publications sourced from participating libraries. Building on the success of that relationship, Reveal Digital chose to use LYRASIS Repository Services for a long-term hosting solution to further its aims of open access. The partnership is an extension of both organizations' focus on providing eContent to the larger library and cultural heritage organization communities and their users. It aligns seamlessly with the overall LYRASIS Digital focus of working with members to create, access, manage and share information. This agreement also helps Reveal Digital provide open access for important and unique content at a fraction of the cost of traditional publishers. As Reveal Digital develops additional collections using its cost-recovery crowdfunding model, LYRASIS will provide hosting services once a project reaches its cost recovery goal. Content from each new project will become open access immediately after digitization is complete. LYRASIS partnership with SCOAP3 and Knowledge Unlatched and experience with providing open course individual and group repositories make this new partnership with Reveal Digital a natural alliance. The partnership also benefits LYRASIS members, who will receive a 5% discount on Reveal Digital's products ..."