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