The partnership for academic library collaboration & innovation (palci) and the private academic library network of indiana (palni) will streamline development and ensure the sustainability of hyku, a…

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a $248,600 National Leadership Grant (CFDA 45.312) to the Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc. (Palci) to streamline the development and ensure the sustainability of Hyku, a digital repository software that provides a robust and flexible platform for institutions to manage, preserve, and provide access to digital content. The project will address Hyku's needs for fiscal and organizational sustainability, efficiency in collaboration, and increased capacity across projects serving small, less-funded institutions. The deliverables will include a financial plan, defined working practices, enhanced collaboration across organizations, and additional human resources to sustain the Hyku platform, ensuring its future availability as an affordable, easy-to-use, multi-tenant digital repository solution for libraries.

The partnership for academic library collaboration & innovation (palci) and the private academic library network of indiana (palni) will streamline development and ensure the sustainability of hyku, a digital repository software that provides a robust and flexible platform for institutions to manage, preserve, and provide access to digital content. With active implementation ranging across four library consortia encompassing more than 30 libraries, the scope of service means that a structured decision-making process and framework have become increasingly critical. This project will address hyku's needs for fiscal and organizational sustainability, efficiency in collaboration, and increased capacity across projects serving small, less-funded institutions. With community input and buy-in, the project's deliverables will provide a firm financial plan, define working practices, build experience in collaboration across organizations, and add human resources to sustain the hyku platform. The project will ensure the hyku software's future, meeting libraries' need for an affordable, easy-to-use, multi-tenant digital repository solution.