Getting Started with AtoM and Archivematica for Digital Preservation and Access

Getting Started with AtoM and Archivematica for Digital Preservation and

Access

Sarah Romkey, Systems Archivist, Artefactual SystemsPresentation to Toronto Area Archivists Group, Sept. 11 2015

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#archiFAQ

What is AtoM and how do I get started using it?• AtoM is a free and open source tool for archival

description and management• It is built using archival standards (RAD, ISAAR,

ISDIAH, Dublin Core, ISAD(G), PREMIS)• It can be used as a solo institutional instance or in a

multi-repository environment• It is the choice of almost every provincial archives

association in Canada (including Archeion).

How do I download/install AtoM? Do I have to install it to use it?

I already use Archeion. Why might I consider my own installation of AtoM?

We already have data in another system. Can it be migrated to AtoM?

Nothing personal, but I’m not fond of how AtoM looks. Can I change that?

I like AtoM but not how feature X, Y or Z works. Can that be changed?

What’s new in the latest version of AtoM?

What’s new in the -next- version of AtoM? When can we expect it to come out?

Questions/Discussion

What is Archivematica and how do I get started using it?• Archivematica is a digital preservation platform that runs

a variety of digital preservation tools to package digital content for long term preservation.

• It is open source and freely available, like AtoM.• It follows the OAIS (Open Archival Information System)

reference model very closely.• It is compliant with archival/digital preservation

standards (OAIS, PREMIS, METS, Dublin Core)

How do I download/install Archivematica?

Uh, that sounds hard. Can Archivematica be hosted for me?

Why do I care about “digital preservation micro-services?” Why wouldn’t I just

upload digital objects to a repository?

Does Archivematica store my digital objects? Where will be digital objects

“live”?

How do I provide access to digital objects that I’ve preserved through Archivematica?

How automated is Archivematica? Am I going to sit at a computer for the rest of my

career?

I… don’t.. even.. know where to start. Help?

Questions/Discussions

Thanks! Let’s stay in touch.sromkey@artefactual.comhttps://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/archivematicahttps://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/ica-atom-users