The document outlines a project funded by a $355,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to integrate Archivesspace, Archivematica, and DSpace into a seamless workflow. Key goals include improving metadata creation, content ingest, and adaptability to diverse institutional needs, alongside updates on project progress, features, and challenges faced. Future plans involve initiating agile development cycles and engaging with the community for feedback.

1. ArchivesSpace-Archivematica-
Dspace Workflow Integration
Mike Shallcross
(shallcro@umich.edu)
MMDP @ A2
March 27, 2015

2. Background
• $355,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation (2014-2016)
– Partnership with U-M Library IT
– Integrate functionality of ArchivesSpace,
Archivematica, DSpace in an end-to-end workflow
• 2014 BHL reorganization: combined
paper/digital processing operations
• BHL currently hosts 1+ TB of digital archives in
Deep Blue
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3. Project Goals
• Facilitate creation/reuse of metadata
• Streamline the ingest and deposit of content
in repository
• Find solutions that meet BHL needs but are
flexible and extensible to suit wide varieties of
practice among libraries and archives
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4. Challenges/Opportunities
• Loss of Associate Director Nancy Deromedi
• Unsuccessful developer search (April-July
2014)
• Meet BHL requirements as well as the unique
needs of different institutions
• MLibrary moving to Hydra repository
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5. Progress!
• Budget reallocation: contract with Artefactual
Systems
• New staff: Archivist for Digital Curation Max
Eckard & Project Archivist Dallas Pillen
• Artefactual Systems site visit: Jan. 13-15
– Review current procedures and collections
– Define use cases
– Analyze existing functionality of platforms, identify
development needs
• ASpace workshops @ U-M
• Workflow diagrams and development roadmap
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6. Features
• AM: updates AS accession record in transfer
• New AM ‘Appraisal and Arrangement’ tab
– Review and appraise content (deaccession
unnecessary material as needed)
– Create AS archival objects; drag and drop content to
associate with description and create
• AM: create/update resource component and
digital object records in AS
• Automate deposit of AIPs in DSpace; update AS
with handles
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7. Acquisition and Transfer
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8. Arrangement and Appraisal Tab
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9. Appraisal
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10. Arrangement and Description
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11. SIP Creation and PREMIS Rights
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12. AIPs (AM) = Digital Objects (AS) = Items
(DSpace)
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13. Managing Content
• ASpace: administrative, descriptive, and rights
metadata
• AM: track ingest/processing status
• Repository: manage content and associated
technical/preservation metadata
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14. On Deck…
• Initiate agile development cycles.
• Solicit feedback and user stories from
community via ASpace Jira project.
• Share workflow and concepts at SAA and
iPRES.
• Project blog.
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15. Development Features
• AM: updates AS accession record in transfer
• New AM ‘Appraisal and Arrangement’ tab
– Review and appraise content (deaccession
unnecessary material as needed)
– Create AS archival objects; drag and drop content to
associate with description and create
• AM: create/update resource component and
digital object records in AS
• Automate deposit of AIPs in DSpace; update AS
with handles
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