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Lyrasis
FormationApril 2009; 17 years ago (2009-04)
Merger ofNELINET, PALINET, SOLINET
TypeNonprofit
Tax ID no. 23-1365979
Location
FieldsLibrary and cultural heritage
CEO
John Wilkin
R.O.R. Idror.org/026tem613
RevenueUS$139 million[1] (2025)
Websitelyrasis.org

Lyrasis is a nonprofit membership organization that serves and supports libraries, archives, museums, and cultural heritage and research organizations globally. Formed in 2009 from the merger of library networks, Lyrasis is based in the United States.

Overview

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Lyrasis is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit membership organization headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, and legally incorporated in Pennsylvania.[2][3] According to its mission statement, "Lyrasis empowers libraries, archives and museums through content services, open technologies and community-based solutions that expand access to information, preserve cultural heritage, and advance the shared goals of our members and the communities we serve."[4] The name "Lyrasis" is a portmanteau of the constellation Lyra and the suffix "sis," meaning "a process of change."[5]

As of 2025, Lyrasis has more than 1,000 institutional and group members located throughout the United States and employs about 100 staff.[6][7] The organization has three main areas of focus: content and scholarly communications, hosting and open source software support, and ebooks and community engagement. Lyrasis also offers consulting services and professional development classes.[8] Members of Lyrasis include academic, public, special, school, and state libraries, as well as archives and museums.[9] Lyrasis is governed by a board of directors, which ensures mission alignment, guides strategy, and oversees the CEO. The board consists of 12-15 voting directors, 6-8 of whom are elected by the membership; the other directors are appointed by the board.[3]

Since 2014, Lyrasis has supported open source software programs for the benefit of the library, museum, archives, and research communities.[10] Lyrasis serves as the organizational home for CollectionSpace,[11] ArchivesSpace, Fedora, DSpace, and VIVO, providing fiscal sponsorship and program services.[12] Since 2018, Lyrasis has led the ORCID US community of practice, which Lyrasis established in partnership with the Greater Western Library Alliance, the Big Ten Academic Alliance, and NERL.[13]

History

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Lyrasis was formed in April 2009 from the merger of SOLINET and PALINET, two US-based library networks in the South and Mid-Atlantic regions.[14][15] PALINET's history dated back to 1933 and the launch of an initiative to create a library union catalog across several Philadelphia-area academic libraries.[16] NELINET, a New England library network, also merged into Lyrasis in late 2009.[17] In January 2011, the Bibliographical Center for Research based in Colorado phased out operations and merged into Lyrasis.[18][19]

Kate Nevins served as executive director of Lyrasis from 2009 until her retirement in 2015.[20] Robert Miller assumed the role of chief executive officer in June 2015,[21] serving through June 2022.[22] Erin Tripp, former CEO of DuraSpace, served as interim CEO.[23] John Wilkin, dean of libraries at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, became CEO effective December 1, 2022.[24]

In January 2019 Lyrasis and DuraSpace announced their intention to merge.[25] This was the second time the two organizations had planned a merger.[26] The merger was finalized in July 2019.[27] In 2021, Lyrasis acquired Bibliolabs, which expanded its ebook and community engagement work to include Biblioboard and the Indie Author Project.[28] In 2020, supported with funding from the Knight Foundation, Lyrasis partnered with the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) to pursue the Palace Project. Based on the SimplyE application developed by New York Public Library and its partners, Palace is an ebook and eaudiobook reading application and library marketplace, launched in 2022.[29][30][31] Lyrasis fully acquired Palace from the DPLA in 2025.[32] In 2023, the Westchester Academic Library Directors Organization (WALDO) phased out operations and entrusted Lyrasis with its content licensing portfolio.[33][34]

References

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  1. ↑ "Lyrasis - Nonprofit Explorer". ProPublica. 2026.
  2. ↑ "Lyrasis, Full Filing, Form 990". ProPublica. 2024. Retrieved 2026-06-30.
  3. 1 2 "Lyrasis, A Pennsylvania Nonprofit Corporation (Membership): AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS AS OF NOVEMBER 8, 2024" (PDF). Lyrasis. 2024-11-08. Retrieved 2026-06-30.
  4. ↑ Lyrasis. "About". Lyrasis. Retrieved 2026-06-30.
  5. ↑ "Lyrasis". Open Repositories 2013. 2013. Retrieved 2026-06-30.
  6. ↑ Lyrasis. "Our Members". Lyrasis. Retrieved 2026-06-30.
  7. ↑ Lyrasis. "Staff Directory". Lyrasis. Retrieved 2026-06-30.
  8. ↑ Wilkin, John (2023-05-30). "Lyrasis in a Landscape of Radical Interdependence". Lyrasis. Retrieved 2026-06-30.
  9. ↑ "Lyrasis". ICOLC. Retrieved 2026-06-30.
  10. ↑ "LYRASIS Press Release: LYRASIS Receives $100,000 IMLS Grant for Open Source Sustainability Forum". myemail.constantcontact.com. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
  11. ↑ Griffith, Arran (2014-01-07). "LYRASIS to Establish CollectionSpace Organizational Home". CollectionSpace. Retrieved 2026-06-30.
  12. ↑ Lyrasis. "Org Home Now". Lyrasis. Retrieved 2026-06-30.
  13. ↑ Meadows, Alice (2023-06-21). "The ORCID US Consortium at Five: What's Worked, What Hasn't, and Why?". The Scholarly Kitchen. Retrieved 2026-06-30.
  14. ↑ Today, Information (2009-04-09). "Lyrasis Launches, Formed From Merger of PALINET and SOLINET". newsbreaks.infotoday.com. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
  15. ↑ Anderson, Kathy (2010-01-01). "LYRASIS: A Collaborative Success Story". Collaborative Librarianship. 2 (2). doi:10.29087/2010.2.2.09. ISSN 1943-7528.
  16. ↑ Klettlinger, Katy (November 2025). "The History of Lyrasis: Nearing A Century of Collaboration & Advancement". Lyrasis Research. doi:10.48609/qdc2-ch93. Retrieved 2026-06-30.
  17. ↑ Oder, Norman. "Newly Created Lyrasis Now Set To Add NELINET". Library Journal. Retrieved 2026-06-30.
  18. ↑ McCook, Kathleen de la Peña (2011). Introduction to Public Librarianship, p. 303.
  19. ↑ BCR (2010). "BCR Closed."
  20. ↑ Price, Gary. "Kate Nevins, LYRASIS Executive Director, Will Retire at the End of June 2015". LJ infoDOCKET. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
  21. ↑ Price, Gary (2015-05-08). "Robert Miller Leaves Internet Archive to Become New CEO of LYRASIS". LJ InfoDocket. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
  22. ↑ Lyrasis (2022-02-22). "Celebrating 7 years of service, LYRASIS CEO to Transition at End of June 2022". Lyrasis. Retrieved 2026-06-29.
  23. ↑ Lyrasis (2022-05-12). "Press Release: LYRASIS Announces Interim CEO Erin Tripp". Lyrasis. Retrieved 2026-06-30.
  24. ↑ Albanese, Andrew. "Lyrasis Names U. of Illinois Librarian John Wilkin CEO". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2026-06-29.
  25. ↑ "Amplifying Impact: LYRASIS and DuraSpace Announce Intent to Merge". Duraspace.org. 2019-01-24. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
  26. ↑ Enis, Matt. "LYRASIS, DuraSpace Leaders Discuss Dissolved Merger". The Library Journal. Retrieved 2019-01-25.
  27. ↑ "About". DSpace. Retrieved 2025-10-29.
  28. ↑ Albanese, Andrew. "LYRASIS Acquires BiblioLabs". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2026-06-30.
  29. ↑ Albanese, Andrew. "Knight Foundation Invests $5 Million in 'Library-Centered' Digital Platform". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2026-06-29.
  30. ↑ "About – Library Simplified". Retrieved 2026-06-30.
  31. ↑ Albanese, Andrew. "The Palace Project Officially Launches its New Library E-book App". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2026-06-30.
  32. ↑ "Library-driven App Changes Ownership, Expanding Access to Ebooks". Digital Public Library of America. 2025-06-24. Retrieved 2026-06-30.
  33. ↑ Maureen, Clements; Markgren, Susanne (2022). "Upending the Consortial Narrative: Our Story of Affecting Change Through Board Volunteerism". NASIG Proceedings. Retrieved 2026-06-30.
  34. ↑ Lyrasis (2022-08-25). "WALDO To Cease Operations for Group Licensing". Lyrasis. Retrieved 2026-06-30.
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