BCR Welcomes New Digital Initiatives Trainer
BCR News Release
For Immediate Release
Contact: Brandie Baumann – bcrpress@bcr.org or 303.751.6277 x110
October 6, 2008
AURORA, Colo. — Anne Marie Lyons has joined BCR as digital initiatives trainer, filling a newly created position in BCR Training & OCLC Services. She also will be working with BCR’s new Digital & Preservation Services division, expanding the digitization training opportunities available to BCR members and others throughout the cultural heritage and library communities.
Of her new position, Lyons says, “Digital projects present different challenges to different organizations. I’m very much looking forward to working with archives, libraries, museums and cultural heritage organizations, and exploring how digitization practices can be adapted to each organization’s individual needs so they have new opportunities to share their wonderful collections with the rest of world.”
Before joining BCR, Lyons worked for National Public Radio and the National Security Archive, Washington, D.C. Her library experience includes work at the Van Deusen Post Library, the Picatinny Arsenal and Rutgers University, all in New Jersey. She earned her MLIS at Rutgers and her BA in English at the College of Saint Elizabeth.
As digital initiatives trainer, Lyons will be conducting online and in-person training in digital project planning, digital capture, metadata schemas and digital preservation. She has extensive experience in training and digital practices, and as BCR’s newest staff member, is a valuable addition to both the expanding digitization and training program and the BCR team.
About BCR
BCR brings libraries together for greater success by expanding their knowledge, reach and power. They offer a broad range of solutions and their hands-on, personal attention to each member enables them to deliver effective and timely solutions that help libraries keep pace with new developments in technology and services. BCR is the nation’s oldest and most established multistate library cooperative. Since 1935, the BCR team has helped libraries learn new skills, reach patrons, increase productivity and save money. BCR (Bibliographical Center for Research) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit headquartered in Aurora, Colorado. For more information, visit www.BCR.org or email info@BCR.org.
