Lyrasis is the U.S. home supporting global research infrastructure and open access through the following communities:
The ORCID US Community is a national consortium and community of practice for nonprofit organizations that are members of ORCID (Open Researcher & Contributor Identifier).
The Lyrasis DataCite US Community is a national consortium and community of practice for nonprofit organizations assigning DataCite DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers) to their local research and scholarly materials.
The IRUS (Institutional Repository Usage Statistics) US Community allows participating organizations to gather open, COUNTER-compliant usage statistics for materials in repositories.
RAiD (Research Activity Identifier) is a persistent identifier and global registry for identifying, tracking and sharing research projects.