Difference between revisions of "ArchivesSpace"

	ArchivesSpace is the next-generation web-based archives information management system, designed by archivists and supported by diverse archival repositories.
Homepage:	http://www.archivesspace.org/
License:	Educational Community License, version 2.0.
Function:	Access,Metadata Processing
Content type:	METS

Revision as of 13:46, 20 April 2021

Description

ArchivesSpace is an open source, web application for managing archives information. The application is designed to support core functions in archives administration such as accessioning; description and arrangement of processed materials including analog, hybrid, and born-digital content; management of authorities (agents and subjects) and rights; and reference service. The application supports collection management through collection management records, tracking of events, and a growing number of administrative reports. The application also functions as a metadata authoring tool, enabling the generation of EAD, MARCXML, MODS, Dublin Core, and METS formatted data.

ArchivesSpace dates from June 2009 when representatives of New York University, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the University of California San Diego, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation agreed to integrate the Archivists' Toolkit and Archon into a single application in order to increase overall functionality within a single application and to optimize sustainability of the application. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation provided generous funding for the first two phases of the ArchivesSpace program. A planning phase ran from January 2010 to June 2011, during which functional specifications were drafted, a business plan was formulated, and an organizational home was secured. A development phase ran from July 2011 to September 2013, culminating in the release of ArchivesSpace 1.0 on September 30, 2013. There have been nine releases of ArchivesSpace since the 1.0 release, all of which have served to both advance the integration of the Archivists' Toolkit and Archon and to introduce new functionality not present in either of those precursor applications. Source: http://archivesspace.org/overview

User Experiences

Development Activity

All development activity is visible on GitHub: http://github.com/archivesspace/archivesspace/commits

Release Feed

Below the last 3 release feeds:

2026-03-16 19:35:39: [tag:github.com,2008:Repository/4989765/v4.2.0-RC1 V4.2.0-RC1]; by github-actions[bot]
2026-02-27 19:12:14: [tag:github.com,2008:Repository/4989765/v4.2.0-test v4.2.0-test]; by thimios
2025-07-02 14:58:27: [tag:github.com,2008:Repository/4989765/v4.1.1 V4.1.1]; by github-actions[bot]

Activity Feed

Below the last 5 commits:

2026-03-19 20:39:13: [tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/7e4a33ff1c5ec8814f1cab54ccd6c5f5c6a1cfa0 Rename CONTRIBUTING as a markdown file]; by brianzelip https://github.com/brianzelip
2026-03-19 10:29:47: [tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/cd3385c6acf420cc51298b0e71ada3fcceae914d AND-2648 Align browse table headers in staff app (#3993)]; by Zeff https://github.com/Zeff
2026-03-18 15:14:58: [tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/11eab89322ebfcdf903a1e71041a3fcee5e990cc ANW-2654: Bump CI dependencies for Node v24 support (#3992)]; by brianzelip https://github.com/brianzelip
2026-03-17 19:04:11: [tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/18a176d3ccac8d887518530d5152b1ea6b70ad7e ANW-2640 Improve error text for container profile stacking limit fiel…]; by MarthaTenney https://github.com/MarthaTenney
2026-03-16 09:43:31: [tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/f05427eabb80ac6039d38f693f72695701b25205 Merge pull request #3983 from archivesspace/ANW-1732-csv-add-resource-id]; by thimios https://github.com/thimios

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