PC-0090 · Commons project

DSpace

MIT repository platform developed through library and faculty leadership.

repository software and institutional repositoryinstitutional repository softwareopen-source repository softwareDocumented in the bookChecked 2026-07-28

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About this project

Directory status: Main directory record
How the book uses it: Direct subject, Supporting work
Status in the book: operating at book date
Book citation: Ch. 3, pp. 56, 64, 70 | Ch. 4, pp. 97, 119 | Ch. 6, pp. 153 | Ch. 10, pp. 301 | Ch. 11, pp. 322
Last checked: Active · 2026-07-28

Current status

Active. The open-source repository platform and community remain active.

Current home

www.dspace.org ↗

Responsible organization

DSpace community; organizational support and services provided by LYRASIS

Last checked 2026-07-28 · High confidence

What this record includes

Type of project

repository software and institutional repository, institutional repository software, open-source repository software

Work described in the book

MIT repository platform developed through library and faculty leadership. MIT open-source platform for capture, discovery, distribution, and preservation. MIT platform for organizational and producer archives. FOSS repository scaffolding for open-content collaboration. Library repository service extending stewardship earlier in scholarly communication.

Responsible organization

DSpace community; organizational support and services provided by LYRASIS

Long-term access

The book describes archive, library, repository, or preservation work. A present-day preservation link has not yet been confirmed.

Book source

This section summarizes what the book says and gives its chapter and printed pages. Present-day updates appear separately above.

Chapter 3 · A Framework for Analyzing the Knowledge Commons

MIT repository platform developed through library and faculty leadership.

Printed pages 56, 64, 70 · Direct subject · repository software and institutional repository · described in the main text

Chapter 4 · Countering Enclosure: Reclaiming the Knowledge Commons

MIT open-source platform for capture, discovery, distribution, and preservation.

Printed pages 97, 119 · Direct subject · repository software and institutional repository · described in the main text

Chapter 6 · Preserving the Knowledge Commons

MIT platform for organizational and producer archives.

Printed pages 153 · Direct subject · institutional repository software · described in the main text

Chapter 10 · Free/Open-Source Software as a Framework for Establishing Commons in Science

FOSS repository scaffolding for open-content collaboration.

Printed pages 301 · Supporting work · open-source repository software · described in the main text

Chapter 11 · Scholarly Communication and Libraries Unbound: The Opportunity of the Commons

Library repository service extending stewardship earlier in scholarly communication.

Printed pages 322 · Direct subject · institutional repository software · described in the main text

Sources and links

Charlotte Hess and Elinor Ostrom, eds., Understanding Knowledge as a Commons: From Theory to Practice ↗Book source · Ch. 3, pp. 56, 64, 70 | Ch. 4, pp. 97, 119 | Ch. 6, pp. 153 | Ch. 10, pp. 301 | Ch. 11, pp. 322
www.dspace.org/index.html ↗Link printed in the book.
www.dspace.org ↗Link printed in the book.
www.dspace.org ↗Source for present-day information · checked 2026-07-28
www.lyrasis.org/dspace-direct ↗Source for present-day information · checked 2026-07-28

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