In 2021, with the ebook and ebook marketplace challenges in full view, Lyrasis started The Palace Project, in partnership with DPLA and a generous grant from the Knight Foundation. Later that same year, Lyrasis acquired BiblioLabs and its community engagement platform and services. The synergy of services, technologies and solutions for the two groups’ library communities came together a little over a year ago with the formal creation of the Ebooks and Community Engagement division — a team focused on providing libraries with solutions and alternatives in this space via a multifaceted approach to ebooks and econtent. Read the latest essay from Michael Atwood, Senior Director of Ebooks and Engagement: https://lnkd.in/efVcmzXG