Introduction to the University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library's "ArchivesSpace, Archivematica - Dspace Workflow Integration" project (funded by a generous grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation). The project seeks to integrate these platforms into an end-to-end digital archives workflow that will facilitate the deposit of content into a digital repository and enable the reuse of descriptive and administrative metadata across platforms. This presentation was made to the September 18, 2014 meeting of the Mid-Michigan Digital Practitioners at Central Michigan University.

1. ArchivesSpace – Archivematica –
DSpace Workflow Integration
Mike Shallcross
Bentley Historical Library, University
of Michigan
2014-09-18 MMDP@Central Michigan University

2. 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)

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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_a
rchivist

6. Thanks!
shallcro@umich.edu