DSpace is an open source software package which provides the tools for management of digital assets, and is commonly used as the basis for an institutional repository. It is also intended as a platform for Digital preservation activities. Since its release in 2002, as a product of the HP-MIT Alliance, it has been installed and is in production at over 100 institutions around the globe http://wiki.dspace.org/DspaceInstances, from large universities to small higher education colleges and research centres.