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DSpace is an open source digital asset management system, institutional repository. It provides a fixity checking through unique ID's, persistent identifiers (available as a separate subscription service), and checksums. Format validation is accomplished on a limited level, although more robust tools can be added. Recent releases (starting with version 1.6) have been adding more preservation tools. Even though open source, DSpace is a more "out of the box" product than something like Fedora, although the development communities have come together in the formation of Duraspace.

Is this a complete system, a service or a tool?: System

Software Type: Freeware / Software as a Service

URL for Resource: https://dspace.lyrasis.org/

Resource Current Version: DSpace 7

Creating body / Developer / Publisher: DuraSpace / Lyrasis

Institutional Implementation: Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives - since 2008. Being used as an institutional repository and access tool for electronic records archives.

Associated SERP Framework Element: Designated Community

Date Resource Added/Modified: October 20, 2015