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Latest revision as of 15:35, 26 May 2026





ANTS runs on a Windows desktop and is designed to package digital records with contextual metadata and transfer them to an institutional archives.
Homepage:https://github.com/UAlbanyArchives/ants
Output Formats:BagIt
Function:Transfer

Description

Developped by the University of Albany Archives, ANTS was designed for records creators to describe, package, and transfer unstructured files. It uses the BagIt specfication, and has been tested on Windows XP SP2, 7 and 10.

User Experiences

Development Activity

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