Lyrasis

It was created in April 2009 from the merger of SOLINET and PALINET, two US-based library networks.

[2] In January 2011, the Bibliographical Center for Research phased out operations and joined Lyrasis.

staffed by more than 50 individuals and the company has three main areas of focus: community supported/open source software; technology hosting services; content creation and acquisition.

[citation needed] Members of Lyrasis include academic, public, special, school, and state libraries, as well as archives and museums.

[10] Since 2013[citation needed][11] Lyrasis has supported a number of open source software efforts, including DSpace.