[Archivesspace_Users_Group] ArchivesSpace or Islandora?

[Kari R Smith]

Hi, Phil.  I'll give you a brief answer and others will no doubt chime in.
Managing archival collections is much more than just the EAD finding aid.  There is accession information, rights information, location (of digital and physical material), and the need to add notes that are not public about content or processing, conservation, and other activities that are done on or about the archival materials.  ArchivesSpace is a system that allows for the building of this collections management data over time.  Displaying the findings aids to the public is only one function for archival collections management and making those collections available and understandable.

So, using both systems does make sense.  They both do things that the other doesn't do and there is a little bit of overlap also.  Your archivists will be able to fill you in on how they manage their collections and collections information and why they believe they need both systems.

Kari

Kari R. Smith, Digital Archivist
MIT Libraries, Institute Archives and Special Collections
617-258-5568  |   smithkr (at) mit.edu
http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/



From: archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org [mailto:archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org] On Behalf Of Suda, Phillip J
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 4:59 PM
To: Archivesspace Users Group
Subject: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] ArchivesSpace or Islandora?

Good afternoon all,

                It is my understanding that Islandora and Hydra allow for the ingest & display of EAD records in their systems. Finding Aids could then be displayed via this systems. Are there libraries out there that are using both systems, Islandora/Hydra and ASpace? I do not currently see the benefit of having both systems as they both accomplish similar tasks (creation, ingest, display, maintenance of EAD).

If you have both: what workflows are you using to get content from ASpace to Islandora or Hydra?

If you decided one over the other: why?

I am trying to see what I am missing.

Thanks for any help with these questions.

Thanks,

Phil

Phillip Suda
Systems Librarian
Howard-Tilton Memorial Library
Tulane University
psuda1 at tulane.edu<mailto:psuda1 at tulane.edu>
504-865-5607

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