[spcollig] Database solutions for the Archives

[Chris Prom]

Laurie,

I should also mention that Scott Schwartz and I would be happy to answer any specific questions you have in relationship to Archon.  As you probably know, we developed it at the University of Illinois and are in the process of planning to merge it with Archivists Toolkit, so you should make your decision based on what your current needs are, knowing that we are planning to migrate to a common platform eventually.  The other piece of open source software you should look at, which is mentioned in Lisa's Report, but not to same extent as Archon or AT, is ICA AtoM.  It is a great program as well, and similar to ARchon in some respects.


Thanks,

Chris
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Chris Prom
chris.prom at gmail.com

Asst. Univ. Archivist

University of Illinois

On Oct 1, 2010, at 8:27 AM, Pamela Hackbart-Dean wrote:

Lisa Spiro’s Archival Management Software: A Report for the Council on Library and Information Resources (Council on Library and Information Resources, 2009) outlines the features of major archival management systems currently on the market, and discusses the advantages and tradeoffs of each, available online athttp://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/spiro2009.html.
 
 
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Pam Hackbart-Dean, C. A.
Director, Special Collections Research Center 
Morris Library 
Southern Illinois University Carbondale 
PH:  618-453-1452        FAX:  618-453-3451
 
From: spcollig-bounces at carli.illinois.edu [mailto:spcollig-bounces at carli.illinois.edu] On Behalf Of Laurie Sauer
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 3:32 PM
To: spcollig at carli.illinois.edu
Subject: [spcollig] Database solutions for the Archives
 
Hello,

I am not an Archivist, but I am responsible for implementing technology solutions in the library. In our Archives, we currently do not use a database solution for the ingesting and managing of archives materials, but I am looking at Archon and The Archivists' Toolkit. I would very much appreciate any comments you might have about the pros and cons of each system based on your experience with either implementation and management from a technical point of view and/or with end user experiences with the system, or any comments at all, really. Also, if you are using a commercial product, could you tell me what that is and how you like it? 

I'll summarize responses for the list anyone else thinks it would be useful. Many thanks.


Laurie Sauer
Information Technologies Librarian
Knox College
309-341-7788
lsauer at knox.edu
 

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