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.
Input Formats:	METS (Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard)
Output Formats:	METS (Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard)
Function:	Access,Metadata Processing
Content type:	Metadata

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

Development Activity

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

Release Feed

Below the last 3 release feeds:

2025-03-28 15:47:06

[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/4989765/v4.0.0 V4.0.0]

by github-actions[bot]

2024-11-26 15:51:40

[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/4989765/v4.0.0-RC1 V4.0.0-RC1]

by github-actions[bot]

2024-07-11 17:23:35

[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/4989765/v3.5.1 V3.5.1]

by github-actions[bot]

Activity Feed

Below the last 5 commits:

2025-04-01 16:27:28

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/fc5587e9ca236e2e02c517e987ab27adf5b233ed Merge pull request #3499 from archivesspace/ANW-2029-missing-translat…]

by brianzelip https://github.com/brianzelip

2025-04-01 10:07:53

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/347d4d723bc81f72b50f31f83a13bac94d703129 Merge pull request #3500 from archivesspace/dev-with-prefix]

by brianzelip https://github.com/brianzelip

2025-03-31 20:35:21

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/189fcfdc27795745b7806a93fe05ec3285c031e9 prefix proxy for development]

by thimios.dimopulos@lyrasis.com

2025-03-31 18:46:53

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/483a957f84ed7a4f44eddbfe3ed03b234922c6aa ANW-2029: Missing translation for date label]

by Vchouliaras https://github.com/Vchouliaras

2025-03-26 21:28:15

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/30410965dd8cf16f741ada9c118935319d87e752 Merge pull request #3487 from quoideneuf/remove-relator-sort-dynamic-…]

by thimios https://github.com/thimios