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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Congrats to Columbus Metro Library!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Janet Carleton | Digital Initiatives Coordinator | Preservation &amp; Digital Initiatives | University Libraries | 1 Ohio University | Alden 333 | Athens, Ohio |
 740.597.2527&nbsp;| <a href="mailto:carleton@ohio.edu"><span style="color:#1F497D">carleton@ohio.edu</span></a> |
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<u><a href="@jcarletonoh"><span style="color:#1F497D">@jcarletonoh</span></a></u> |
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"> LYRASIS &lt;lyrasis@lyrasis.ccsend.com&gt;
<b>On Behalf Of </b>LYRASIS<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 18, 2019 1:32 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Carleton, Janet &lt;carleton@ohio.edu&gt;<br>
<b>Subject:</b> LYRASIS Press Release: LYRASIS Announces the 2019 Catalyst Fund Recipients and Their Projects<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Atlanta, GA - July 18, 2019 - LYRASIS, one of the largest services and technologies non-profit member organizations serving the global landscape of academic and public libraries,
 scholarly research, archives, museums, and galleries, is pleased to announce the 2019 recipients of the LYRASIS Catalyst Fund. The Catalyst Fund is designed to foster innovation leading to new services and programs among members and knowledge communities worldwide.
 This year, five programs will be seed funded for the benefit of the community at large. Four projects were chosen by participants in the LYRASIS Leaders Circle and one was chosen by LYRASIS's CEO. A total of $126,370 will be awarded. &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Capital for the Catalyst Fund comes from the $1.2 million member focused research, development and innovation budget that was approved by the LYRASIS Board of Trustees following the
 completion of the merger of DuraSpace into LYRASIS. Through the Catalyst Fund, now in its third year, LYRASIS has directly inves<span class="maintext">ted more than $500,000 into its members to support and promote scalable innovation across academic and public
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<strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Columbus Metropolitan Library</span></strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">, &quot;My Upload: Engaging Library Users in Digital Collections&quot;. My Upload aims to make it easy for library users to
 contribute to digital collections through an online, open-source upload tool that corresponds to a metadata template for simple ingestion in to any digital collection database. CML will document the process in a white paper and release the software under an
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<strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">King County Library System (WA)</span></strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">, &quot;Conversational Artificial Intelligence: Bringing the Library to Your Living Room&quot;. This project will explore
 community demand for and research the feasibility of implementing a library application to interface with common conversational artificial intelligence systems (e.g., Alexa, Siri, Cortana, etc.), with the goal of empowering the public to benefit from library
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<strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Florida International University</span></strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">, &quot;AI for Archives: Using Facial Recognition to Enhance Metadata&quot;. The goal of this research project is to determine
 the most effective facial recognition application for use with digitized archive images from cultural heritage institutions and provide opportunities for future development. FIU computer scientists and librarians will conduct qualitative assessments of facial
 recognition application models. This project addresses the issue of incomplete metadata within digital repositories and decreases the time involved in locating and matching images of people. $25,000.<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library</span></strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">, &quot;Using Linked Open Data for Georgia's Natural, Cultural and Historic Organizations' Disaster
 Response&quot;. This project will create a publicly editable directory of Georgia's Natural, Cultural and Historical Organizations (NCHs), allowing for quick retrieval of location and contact information for disaster response. Directory information will be uploaded
 to Wikidata, the linked open data database from the Wikimedia Foundation. Directory information will be delivered via a website, allowing emergency responders to quickly search for NCHs in disaster areas. $16,190.<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">University of Michigan</span></strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">, &quot;Open Data Toolkit Based on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Access Principles&quot;. The University of Michigan (U-M) Library
 and the National Center for Institutional Diversity (NCID) will develop a toolkit for diversity scholars to provide guidance on best practices in the research data lifecycle--collecting, managing, utilizing, sharing and curating research data for the public
 good. We will incorporate Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Access (DEI and A) principles, including responsibilities to communities being studied, and draw on the emerging field of critical data studies. $25,380.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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 and increasingly has the potential to be generalizable across other communities as well. The seed funded ideas allow for low risk development and testing. The broader community benefits and is a part of establishing governance, standards, and fair pricing.
 The secret sauce here is engagement with the LYRASIS'&nbsp;Leaders Circle, which provides first phase vetting. All members are welcome to become part of this process.&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Catalyst Fund</span></a> work together to identify, evaluate, test and implement the best programs and services for the benefit of all LYRASIS members. The Leaders Circle which is comprised of 241 institutions, brings together a diverse
 group of knowledgeable professionals to discuss, concept and vote on real-world solutions to challenges within the community. The Leaders Forums are focused, regional in-person meetings where thought leaders and practitioners identify the shared needs, challenges
 and opportunities faced by libraries, archives and museums. Since 2016, LYRASIS has held 29 Leaders Forums in cities across the United States meeting with over 400 leaders representing 300&#43; organizations. The Catalyst Fund, has funded 18 projects selected
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