ArchivesSpace – Archivematica – DSpace Workflow Integration

Mike ShallcrossBentley Historical Library, University

of Michigan

2014-09-18 MMDP@Central Michigan University

Overview

• Bentley Historical Library– Two departments: Collections and Curation– Document activities of individuals and

organizations in MI and serve as official U-M archives

• April 2014: $355,000 grant from Mellon Foundation

• Partner with U-M Library (administratively separate)

Project Goals

• Facilitate the creation and reuse of descriptive and administrative metadata

• Streamline the ingest and deposit of fully processed materials into a digital preservation repository.– “Ingest”: receipt and validation of digital content

as well as performance of certain actions to prepare the content for long-term preservation and access.

Key Steps

• Create accession records with ASpace.• Ingest material with Archivematica.– Create one or more SIPs/digital objects from transfer

• Create archival description in ASpace; use API to associate with SIPs in Archivematica.

• Prepare Simple Archive Format packages to batch upload content into DSpace.

• Export list of handles to associate with digital objects in ASpace.

Progress Thus Far

• A good developer is hard to find…• Ongoing discussions with Artefactual Systems and

LYRASIS.• ASpace testing:– Legacy EAD and accession records– Conventions for new data entry (upcoming)

• Consolidation and review of physical/digital processing workflows

• Formalization of digital preservation policy• New Position:

http://umjobs.org/job_detail/101282/curation_archivist

Thanks!

shallcro@umich.edu