AtoM: Online archival description and access system

AtoM stands for Access to Memory. It is a web-based, open source application for standards-based archival description and access in a multilingual, multi-repository environment. All user interactions with the system (add, view, search, edit, and delete actions) take place through a web browser, so you can access your AtoM installation from anywhere you have an internet connection.

AtoM is designed to:

★ Provide templates for standards-based description and cataloguing

★ Manage accessions, authority records physical storage locations and taxonomies

★ Make analogue and digital cultural heritage holdings available and discoverable online

★ Provide robust browse and search capabilities for professionals and the general public

★ Handle multilingual content, including languages in non-Latin scripts Use AtoM if your organization needs to:

★ Access easy-to-use, web-based edit templates that conform to a wide variety of international and national standards

★ Make your cultural assets available to a world-wide audience via a visually appealing and intuitive interface

★ Ensure that content can be easily migrated or exported using widely-accepted metadata exchange formats, with no vendor lock-in or proprietary restrictions restrictions.

AtoM is free and open-source software:

★ You can download and use it for free. All of the software is free and open-source - there is no proprietary, expensive “enterprise” or enhanced version

★ The development process is highly transparent and all technical and end-user documentation is freely available online

★ The AtoM public user forum is a great place to ask questions and connect with other users.