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]

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Activity Feed

Below the last 5 commits:

2025-04-18 10:39:31

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/39f3e547869bce945bb7128193814784e0ad965d Merge pull request #3519 from archivesspace/ANW-2355-agent-required-f…]

by thimios https://github.com/thimios

2025-04-17 21:11:15

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/c825b5b868e06a2c9c7eaecb72f6dcbb59d35dd5 ANW-2064 Merge agents in backend retaining relationship roles]

by thimios https://github.com/thimios

2025-04-17 19:07:22

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/b4a181109932c80467b7a715ee1190703a6fa71d ANW-2355 Fix agent required form bugs]

by brianzelip https://github.com/brianzelip

2025-04-17 18:23:33

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/2e88ea6ab785388327d7c4bf6cef9053de0b51b8 re-enable frontend model and controller specs]

by thimios.dimopulos@lyrasis.com

2025-04-17 12:58:47

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/243b341398c79b6eba054f8acdadca1299289251 Merge pull request #3522 from marktriggs/bulk-import-template-404]

by thimios https://github.com/thimios