<div dir="ltr">Hello Brain Hive, <div><br></div><div>I was curious if any of your library institutions are connected and/or part of "The Palace Project"? E-books for Us and Library Futures? </div><div><br></div><div>The Palace Project is connected with Lyrasis. You can read more about it here. <a href="https://www.lyrasis.org/programs/Pages/palace-project.aspx">https://www.lyrasis.org/programs/Pages/palace-project.aspx</a> </div><div>and </div><div>it appears to be part of the effort regarding<span style="color:rgb(42,42,42);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px"> </span><a href="https://archive.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=38bd6154386f64fcd92204a25&id=c3bda27011&e=4617082bd4" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(11,170,223);font-family:Helvetica">E-Books for Us</a><span style="color:rgb(42,42,42);font-family:Helvetica">, a new campaign from </span><strong style="color:rgb(42,42,42);font-family:Helvetica">Library Futures</strong><span style="color:rgb(42,42,42);font-family:Helvetica"> that's raising awareness about corporate influence on library collections and services. </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(42,42,42);font-family:Helvetica"><br></span></div><div><font color="#2a2a2a" face="Helvetica">I was simply curious to see if anyone was involved and if they had more information about any of this. </font></div><div><font color="#2a2a2a" face="Helvetica"><br></font></div><div><font color="#2a2a2a" face="Helvetica">Have a great week. Thanks for letting me inquire! </font></div><div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1a1a1a">Tracy M. Cole</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1a1a1a"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1a1a1a" face="Georgia, serif"><span style="font-size:18.6667px">Assistant Librarian, Acquisitions</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1a1a1a">USA Libraries Collections</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#103cc0" face="Georgia, serif"><span style="font-size:18.6667px"><a href="mailto:tmcole@southalabama.edu" target="_blank">tmcole@southalabama.edu</a></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1a1a1a">P: (251) 461-1563</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1a1a1a">—</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#02205b">University of South Alabama</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#02205b" face="Georgia, serif"><span style="font-size:18.6667px">Marx Library </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#02205b">5901 USA Drive North</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#02205b">Mobile, AL 36688</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"></span></p><font color="#103cc0" face="Georgia, serif"><span style="font-size:18.6667px"><a href="https://www.southalabama.edu/libraries/" target="_blank">https://www.southalabama.edu/libraries/</a></span></font><br><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="http://southalabama.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(56,110,255)"></span></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt"><img style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:18.6667px" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zrufsgeL5MQZxpG6cZ3sEEITDtAP9_lbJie-zRhF5j9Xt2D_tjR5sPeuNJV01Cxzk9YJLkmq4"><br></p></div></div></div></div>