Access

Function definition: Tools that facilitate access to digital data by users.

Lifecycle stage: Access, Use and Reuse

Tools for this function

Tool	Purpose
ADIGRES	ADIGRES is a powerful cross-platform Document Management System written in Java.
ArchivesSpace	ArchivesSpace is the next-generation web-based archives information management system, designed by archivists and supported by diverse archival repositories.
Archon	Archon automatically publishes archival descriptive information and digital archival objects in a user-friendly website.
CollectiveAccess	CollectiveAccess is web-based software to catalogue, manage, and publish museum and archival collections.
DArcMail	Processing and access to email accounts
DFG Viewer	Browser-based viewer for digital objects
DIMAG	A software suite supporting archives with preservation of digital information for eternity
DSpace	DSpace is an institutional repository system which enables easy deposit, preservation, and access for all types of digital content.
DbDIPview	Database Representation Information packaged and used for quick and user-friendly access to information stored in databases. Different combinations of Content Data Objects are supported by automated deployment mechanism.
Djatoka	djatoka is open source Java software that builds upon a rich set of APIs and libraries to provide a service framework for the dynamic dissemination of JPEG 2000 image files.
EPADD	ePADD is a software package developed by Stanford University's Special Collections & University Archives that supports archival processes around the appraisal, ingest, processing, discovery, and delivery of email archives.
EPrints	EPrints is an open access digital repository software, which is intended to create a highly configurable web-based repository.
Greenstone	A suite of software for building and distributing digital library collections
IIIF (International Image Interoperability Framework)	A set of APIs, tools and protocols for manipulating and providing interoperable access to digital images
IIPImage	IIPImage is an advanced high-performance imaging server and client for web-based streamed remote visualization of ultra resolution scientific imagery.
IN-SPIRE Visual Document Analysis	IN-SPIRE Visual Document Analysis is powerful information visualization software developed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
InBoxer	InBoxer is a next generation email archiving, IM archiving, e-discovery, and policy management system.
LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe)	LOCKSS software allows libraries to create preserved digital collections out of materials that would otherwise be accessible only through a licensed academic subscription.
Levels of Born-Digital Access	A tiered set of recommendations that help guide organizations in the planning and implementation of born-digital access provisions.
Library of Congress Newspaper Viewer	The Library of Congress Newspaper Viewer is a web application used to ingest and view digitized newspaper pages meeting the National Digital Newspaper Program specification.
METSFlask	A web application for human-friendly exploration of Archivematica METS files
MPP Viewer	MPP Viewer is a viewer for Microsoft Project files
Mink	Chrome extension that uses Memento to indicate that a page a user is viewing on the live web has an archived copy and to give the user access to the copy
Oldweb.today	An open source tool for accessing and exploring web archives through emulated legacy browsers.
Omeka	Omeka is a free open source web-publishing platform for the display of library, museum, archives, and scholarly collections and exhibitions.
Recollection	Recollections is a free open source platform for generating and customizing views (interactive maps, timelines, facets, tag clouds) that allow scholars, librarians, and curators to explore digital collection.
Rescarta	The ResCarta Tools software empowers users to create non-proprietary digital objects with LOC standard METS, MODS, MIX and AudioMD metadata from existing TIFF, JPEG, PDF and WAV data through user-friendly interfaces.
Rosetta	Ex Libris Rosetta enables institutions to preserve and provide access to the collections in their care.
SIARDexcerpt	SIARDexcerpt is a Java-based application that searches and extracts individual records of SIARD files.
Simile Exhibit	Exhibit lets you easily create web pages with advanced text search and filtering functionalities, with interactive maps, timelines, and other visualizations.
SobekCM	SobekCM is a digital repository and digital scholarship/publishing system which enables easy deposit, preservation, and access for all types of digital content, tailored to the needs of galleries, libraries, archives, museums, scholars, and researchers.
TweetSets	TweetSets provides a web interface that allows users to (1) select from existing datasets; (2) limit the dataset by querying on keywords, hashtags, and other parameters; (3) generate and download dataset derivatives such as the list of tweet ids and mention nodes/edges.
Voyeur	Voyeur is a web-based text analysis environment that can use texts in a variety of formats, from different locations to perform lexical analysis, export data to other tools, and embed live tools into remote websites.
WERA (Web ARchive Access)	WERA (Web ARchive Access) is a freely available solution for searching and navigating archived web document collections.
Wayback Machine	The Wayback Machine is a powerful search and discovery tool for use with collections of Web site "snapshots" collected through Web harvesting, usually with Heritrix (ARC or WARC files).
Web Recorder Player	A tool that replays WARC files on your local computer.
WordHoard	WordHoard is an application for the close reading and scholarly analysis of deeply tagged texts.