On behalf of the ArchivesSpace team, I am pleased to announce that LYRASIS will become the organizational home for the ArchivesSpace open source archives management system. The identification of LYRASIS as the organizational home for ArchivesSpace is an important step toward ensuring a sustainable future for the financial, technical, and governance life of the ArchivesSpace system. In turn, it ensures continuity for the hundreds of archives that now depend on the Archivists' Toolkit (AT) or the Archon systems to support the management of and access to archives.
Engaging the ArchivesSpace user community in a new membership and governance structure will be the central factor in sustaining a vibrant software tool. LYRASIS’ demonstrated ability to foster collaboration among its member libraries and other archival institutions positions it well to support this activity. Development of the ArchivesSpace software system is slated to commence in summer 2012, with release by the end of 2013. For more information about the ArchivesSpace project, please visit http://www.archivesspace.org. About LYRASIS: Created in April 2009 by the merger of the PALINET and SOLINET library services consortia, and joined shortly thereafter by NELINET, LYRASIS is the largest regional membership organization serving libraries and information professionals in the United States. LYRASIS includes more than 1700 member institutions across the US and internationally. Though large in scale, LYRASIS is known for its local touch - fostering collaboration and cooperation among members and facilitating their success through networking and programming, innovative solutions, and significant cost savings through group purchasing for products and services. For more information, please visit http://www.lyrasis.org. For the full press release, please visit: http://forens.es/eo Mark A. Matienzo Technical Architect, ArchivesSpace http://archivesspace.org
