[9] This second attempt was successful, and in July 2019 DuraSpace became a division of Lyrasis with responsibility for community developed software programs.

[6] The DuraSpace portfolio of open source technologies is developed by librarians, archivists, technologists and researchers.

Open source is developed through free sharing and the transparent exchange of ideas and resources among peers.

DSpace and Fedora communities have used this process to build software platforms for repositories in more than 1,500 institutions in over 100 countries.

[14] DuraSpace in turn provides the user community with tools, services, and leadership in support of the ongoing development of open source technologies[15][16] news and information,[17] publications,[18][19] education and professional development services,[20] and community mailing lists/forums.