Introduction
This section provides summary information on the various collections and file management systems used in the University Archives.
Systems
System | Description | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
Network Attached Storage (NAS) | File management | |
Microsoft Teams | File management Project management Collaboration | |
SharePoint | File management | |
ArchivesSpace | Web application used to create and manage archival accession records. See ArchiveSpace user manual for more information. | |
Access to Memory (AtoM) | Web application used to create and manage archival descriptions and digital collections. Public catalogue available at https://findingaids.library.dal.ca . See AtoM user manual for more information. | Archival description Digital collections |
Archivematica | Digital preservation | |
Dalhousie Libraries' File Transfer Tool | Locally developed desktop application that packages electronic files into zipped Bags that conform to the BagIt File Packaging Format. See the File Transfer Tool user manual for more information. | |
JSCAPE Managed File Transfer (MFT) | File transfer Ingest (digital preservation) | |
Archive-It | Web archiving | |
Forensic Toolkit (FTK) | Data recovery Digital forensics | |
BitCurator | Data recovery Digital forensics | |
DalSpace | Digital collections |