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:

2024-03-14 15:31:35

[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/4989765/v3.5.0 V3.5.0]

by github-actions[bot]

2024-03-11 14:33:47

[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/4989765/v3.5.0-RC1 V3.5.0-RC1]

by github-actions[bot]

2023-08-24 18:18:21

[tag:github.com,2008:Repository/4989765/v3.4.1 V3.4.1]

by github-actions[bot]

Activity Feed

Below the last 5 commits:

2024-04-16 18:52:46

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/a401642c951ae04411a70929d519a02fa45d7343 Merge pull request #3178 from archivesspace/ANW-1632-Bulk-DO-Import-S…]

by donaldjosephsmith https://github.com/donaldjosephsmith

2024-04-16 17:36:03

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/5dec61649cdda3e512f883a873d198f12583bd70 Merge pull request #3173 from archivesspace/ANW-1846-relabel-group-pe…]

by donaldjosephsmith https://github.com/donaldjosephsmith

2024-04-16 15:44:30

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/43a55618c66a21fdb0d2101ad9b60d58a1527cc3 Merge pull request #3165 from archivesspace/ANW-1931-locations_spec.rb]

by brianzelip https://github.com/brianzelip

2024-04-16 14:40:58

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/35c3f0644eb6e87790111b6f0b8c8f9be183e9cb ANW-1924 Port digital objects spec (#3164)]

by thimios https://github.com/thimios

2024-04-16 14:16:34

[tag:github.com,2008:Grit::Commit/5ed1fc73899d606cae90beb54c885d85d114a053 ANW-1931 locations spec]

by thimios https://github.com/thimios