Archives systems

Introduction


This page provides summary information on the various collections and file management systems used in the University Archives.

Systems


System

Description

Purpose

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