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) | Network share drive for storing and accessing departmental records. Restricted to permanent staff. | File management |
Microsoft Teams | Online workspace for team meetings, file sharing, project, management, etc. | File management Project management Collaboration |
SharePoint | Online workspace for file sharing. | File management |
ArchivesSpace | Web application used to create and manage archival accession records. See ArchiveSpace user manual for more information. | Accessioning Archival storage management |
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 Archival storage management |
Archivematica | Web application used to support digital preservation activities. See the Archivematica user manual for more information. | 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. | File transfer Digital preservation |
JSCAPE Managed File Transfer (MFT) | Web application that provides secure access to digital files | File transfer Ingest (digital preservation) |
Archive-It | Web application that allows the Dal Libraries to crawl and preserve websites selected for long-term preservation. See the Web Archiving Handbook for more information. | Web archiving |
Forensic Toolkit (FTK) | Desktop application for analyzing data recovered from obsolete digital storage devices. See the FTK user manual and FTK Imager user manual for more information. | Data recovery Digital forensics |
BitCurator | Open-source digital forensics environment. Not currently in production, primarily used for research and testing in the Digital Forensics Lab. | Data recovery Digital forensics |
DalSpace | Web application that serves as the institutional repository for Dalhousie. | Digital collections |