This document provides an overview of Archivematica and Access to Memory (AtoM) and how they can be used together for digital preservation and access. Archivematica is an open source digital preservation system that uses standards to create preservation packages (Archival Information Packages or AIPs) while AtoM is a content management system that can be used to describe and provide access to content. The document discusses how content could be described and managed in AtoM, preserved using Archivematica, and then have access copies and metadata handed back to AtoM for access. Integration with other systems like DSpace is also mentioned. Key features of Archivematica like standards compliance, flexibility and handling different types of digital content are

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Introduction to Archivematica
Midwest Archives Conference – May 7,2015 - Lexington, Kentucky
Courtney C. Mumma, MAS/MLIS, US and International Community Development

2. lead developers of Archivematica,
Access to Memory (AtoM) and Binder
archivists, librarians, technologists

3. core values
innovation and smart automation
leverage existing technology
transparency
interoperability and collaboration
grounded in archival practice
open source, including other projects
handshakes / integration

4. bounty model

5. hybrid public access and content management
manage accessions, taxonomies, multiple
repositories, restrictions and rights, authority records
(ISAAR)
access derivatives including streaming video
multi-lingual description & ISAD(G), RAD, DACS,
EAD export, MODS
link to preserved archival packages, sync
metadata and PREMIS rights

7. Archivematica integration

8. A flexible open-source application
for standards-based digital preservation

9. Overall Workflow
describe and manage all hybrid content in AtoM
preserve digital content using Archivematica &
hand off access copies and metadata to AtoM
provide access (digital copies and descriptions)
and links to preserved content in AtoM

10. FOSS digital preservation (AGPLv3)
good practices and standards
no barrier to user groups, community or
documentation
consistent, system independent Archival
Information Packages (AIPs)
Bagit, Dublin Core, METS, PREMIS

12. system synthesis
active integrations:
– DSpace
– CONTENTdm
– Islandora/Fedora
– Archivists' Toolkit
– LOCKSS
– DuraCloud
– OpenStack
– TRIM
on-going integrations:
– ArchivesSpace
● Bentley
● RAC
– Dspace
– Hydra
– Arkivum
– BitCurator
– Dataverse

13. Archivematica makes OAIS (ISO 14721)
Archival Information Packages (AIPs)
– integrity & virus checks, format identification,
characterization & metadata extraction, forensic
activities, validation, arrangement, transcription, etc
– normalization to sustainable formats on ingest +
preservation of the original file
– include or add metadata, including PREMIS rights
and restrictions
– storage agnostic
– bagged AIP with logs and metadata (METS.xml)

14. the AIP:
so much bigger on the inside
value add to storage: metadata, logs, formats and
structure to protect against software
obsolescence

15. the METS.xml file
<dmdSec> (descriptive metadata)
Dublin Core XML
<amdSec> (administrative metadata)
<techMD>
PREMIS: object
<digiProvMD>
PREMIS: events
PREMIS: agents
<rightsMD>
PREMIS: rights
<fileSec> (a list of the files and their roles and relationships)
<structMap> (a representation of the physical structure of the AIP)

16. Let's get knee deep into
computers
(we're going to log in now)

17. identify your test content
✔ What
✔ Where
✔ How much

18. what types of digital content?
• born-digital
― government and university records, student artwork, e-theses and
dissertations
― diverse formats: audiovisual, textual, geospatial, websites, presentations,
images, databases
• digitized
― books, newspapers, images, video from vendors
― pre-made access and preservation copies
• submission documentation & metadata
― permission forms, accession records, pictures of digital media, etc.
― descriptive MD from other systems

19. where is your digital content?
• stored locally
• in other systems
― ie CONTENTdm, Dspace, DuraCloud, Islandora
• on detached media
― floppies, hard drives, cds, dvds, usb sticks, etc.
• packaged
― Bagged using Library of Congress BagIt specification
― Forensic images
― Zipped or tarballed

20. how much is there?
• Size: gigabytes, terabytes, petabytes
― Sum total of all material
― Size of distinct content sets
― Biggest single digital objects
• Quantity
― Sum total of all files
― Number of files in distinct content sets
• Resource capacity
― Space allocated to processing and storage locations
― Consider ideal transfer, SIP and AIP sizes

21. asking questions of your content
• descriptive metadata?
― needs preserved? already existent or need to add? complex or
simple objects?
• submission documentation?
― donor agreements, pictures of physical media, licenses, etc
• access copies?
― already have them? what system to send/store?
• generate preservation copies?
― already have them?
• service masters?

22. asking questions of your content
• directory structure important (Original Order)?
• keep the package AND the content, or just one?
• rights information?
• is content Bagged? in DSpace? a forensic image? (Transfer
type)
• how large should my archival packages be?
• will my archival packages have a 1:1 relationship with my
transferred digital content? will my content be arranged into
multiple packages or combined into one? (Arrangement
workflow)

23. processing in Archivematica
• determine readiness by pilot testing content streams using
the methods just described
• prepare content for transfer:
– put it in a folder in a transfer source directory
– prepare a metadata CSV for simple or complex objects
– prepare submission documentation
– identify pre-made access, preservation and/or service
copies
– select the right workflow: standard, DSpace, forensic
image and pre-configured settings (more on this soon)

24. now let's see it in action and
discuss your own workflows!

25. archivematica.org &
accesstomemory.org
Questions??
Thank you!