1. ArchivesSpace-Archivematica-Dspace Workflow Integration
Mike Shallcross A2
March 27, 2015

2. Background
$355,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation ( )
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
Review current procedures and collections
Define use cases
Analyze existing functionality of platforms, identify development needs
ASpace 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
3/27/2015