Software case studies

Archivematica

This collection brings together 30 source-verified institutional cases involving Archivematica: AEON → AtoM + Archivematica (1), Adopted Archivematica for preservation and AtoM for access (1), Adopted AtoM + Archivematica (Izolo) (1), CALM → AtoM + Archivematica (1), Digitisation with Archivematica preservation and AtoM access (1), Digitisation with preservation in Archivematica and access through AtoM (1), Digitisation → Archivematica + AtoM (1), Disparate units → Archivematica + AtoM + VuFind (1), Dispersed storage → AtoM + Archivematica (1), Documented implementation (1), EPrints → EPrints + Archivematica (1), Fragmented media → Archivematica + AtoM (Arkivum) (1), Implemented Archivematica + AtoM (2), Implemented Archivematica + AtoM in public-cloud infrastructure (1), Implemented RDC-Arq with Archivematica and AtoM (2), Integrated DJe and PJe with Archivematica + AtoM (1), Legacy database → AtoM + Archivematica (1), Legacy records → Archivematica (1), Legacy storage → Archivematica (Arkivum Perpetua) (1), Legacy storage → Archivematica + ArchivesSpace (1), Legacy → Archivematica + AtoM (1), Legacy → ArchivesSpace + Archivematica (1), Local silos → Archivematica + DSpace (1), Manual curation → Archivematica + PURE (1), Network drives → Archivematica + Fedora (1), Server backups → Archivematica (DRMC) (1), Siloed storage → Archivematica (Permafrost) + Dataverse (1), USB / isolated storage → Archivematica + ResourceSpace (1). A migration is identified only when the source documents a predecessor or transfer; other cases are classified as implementations or operational adoptions.

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Legacy → ArchivesSpace + Archivematica

Queensland State Archives

Australia·State / Government archive·2024

Queensland State Archives built an open-source digital archive under the Queensland Government's Digital Archiving Program, delivered by Gaia Resources with…

ArchivesSpaceArchivematicaState / Government archiveAustralia
AEON → AtoM + Archivematica

State Records Office of Western Australia

Australia·State archive·2015

The State Records Office of Western Australia undertook a three-year migration from the proprietary AEON (BOS) system to AtoM, delivered by Australian provider Gaia…

AtoMArchivematicaState archiveAustralia
Local silos → Archivematica + DSpace

University of Melbourne

Australia·University·2019

At the large, highly decentralised University of Melbourne — over 100 research centres across the institution — the challenge was as much cultural as technical,…

ArchivematicaUniversityAustralia
Legacy database → AtoM + Archivematica

University of Tasmania Archives

Australia·University archive·2018

The University of Tasmania Archives adopted AtoM together with Archivematica, with Australian provider Gaia Resources deploying both onto the university's NECTAR…

AtoMArchivematicaUniversity archiveAustralia
Digitisation → Archivematica + AtoM

Prefeitura Municipal de Porto Alegre — Coordenação de Gestão Documental

Brazil·Municipal archive·2023

Porto Alegre's municipal records coordination team developed an integrated preservation and access workflow around Archivematica and AtoM between 2021 and 2023. The…

ArchivematicaAtoMMunicipal archiveBrazil
Digitisation with preservation in Archivematica and access through AtoM

Tribunal Regional Eleitoral de Goiás (TRE-GO)

Brazil·Electoral judicial archive·

The Tribunal Regional Eleitoral de Goiás uses AtoM for description and public access to its permanent and historical archive while digitisation remains in progress.…

ArchivematicaAtoMElectoral judicial archiveBrazil
Digitisation with Archivematica preservation and AtoM access

Tribunal Regional Eleitoral de Mato Grosso do Sul (TRE-MS)

Brazil·Electoral judicial archive·2023

The Tribunal Regional Eleitoral de Mato Grosso do Sul uses Archivematica and AtoM in an operational workflow for historical and permanent records. Its AtoM series…

ArchivematicaAtoMElectoral judicial archiveBrazil
Implemented RDC-Arq with Archivematica and AtoM

Tribunal Regional Eleitoral de Rondônia (TRE-RO)

Brazil·Electoral judicial archive·2023

The Tribunal Regional Eleitoral de Rondônia has operated a trusted digital archival repository using Archivematica and AtoM since 2023. The court's official…

ArchivematicaAtoMElectoral judicial archiveBrazil
Adopted Archivematica for preservation and AtoM for access

Tribunal Regional Eleitoral do Piauí (TRE-PI)

Brazil·Electoral judicial archive·

The Tribunal Regional Eleitoral do Piauí operates an online archival environment for preserving, researching and disseminating records of electoral administration…

ArchivematicaAtoMElectoral judicial archiveBrazil
Implemented RDC-Arq with Archivematica and AtoM

Tribunal Regional Eleitoral do Tocantins (TRE-TO)

Brazil·Electoral judicial archive·2021

The Tribunal Regional Eleitoral do Tocantins implemented Archivematica and AtoM as the complementary preservation and access components of its trusted digital…

ArchivematicaAtoMElectoral judicial archiveBrazil
Integrated DJe and PJe with Archivematica + AtoM

Tribunal de Justiça do Distrito Federal e dos Territórios (TJDFT)

Brazil·Judicial archive·2020–2024

The TJDFT implemented a trusted digital archival repository combining Archivematica for long-term preservation with AtoM for archival description, access and…

ArchivematicaAtoMJudicial archiveBrazil
Implemented Archivematica + AtoM

Tribunal de Justiça do Estado da Bahia (TJBA)

Brazil·Judicial archive·

The Tribunal de Justiça do Estado da Bahia operates AtoM Bahia as the public access component of its archival repository. The court's official AtoM homepage states…

ArchivematicaAtoMJudicial archiveBrazil
Documented implementation

Tribunal de Justiça do Estado de Minas Gerais (TJMG)

Brazil·Judicial archive·None

The Tribunal de Justiça do Estado de Minas Gerais (TJMG) launched Acervo Minas Justiça, its AtoM-based descriptive access service, in 2022. In 2026 it began a…

AtoMArchivematicaJudicial archiveBrazil
Implemented Archivematica + AtoM in public-cloud infrastructure

Tribunal de Justiça do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (TJRJ)

Brazil·Judicial archive·2022

The Tribunal de Justiça do Estado do Rio de Janeiro implemented Archivematica and AtoM in public-cloud infrastructure between October 2021 and August 2022. Its…

ArchivematicaAtoMJudicial archiveBrazil
Implemented Archivematica + AtoM

Universidade Federal do Pará — Arquivo Central

Brazil·University archive·2026

The Central Archive of the Universidade Federal do Pará operates an integrated digital-preservation and access workflow maintained by its technical-support…

ArchivematicaAtoMUniversity archiveBrazil
Legacy → Archivematica + AtoM

City of Vancouver Archives

Canada·Municipal / Government archive·2012

The City of Vancouver Archives is where Archivematica began. Facing a growing volume of born-digital municipal records — more than 25 terabytes of mostly digital…

ArchivematicaAtoMMunicipal / Government archiveCanada
Siloed storage → Archivematica (Permafrost) + Dataverse

Scholars Portal (Ontario Council of University Libraries)

Canada·Consortial research-data service·2018

Scholars Portal, the technology service for the 21-member Ontario Council of University Libraries, launched 'Permafrost' — a hosted, multi-tenant…

ArchivematicaConsortial research-data serviceCanada
Disparate units → Archivematica + AtoM + VuFind

University of Thessaly

Greece·University·2020

To manage and open up its historical collections, the University of Thessaly in Greece built an integrated, entirely open-source stack. Archivematica handles…

ArchivematicaAtoMUniversityGreece
Fragmented media → Archivematica + AtoM (Arkivum)

Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA)

Ireland·Independent / Specialist archive·2020

The Irish Traditional Music Archive holds an immense audiovisual collection — over 97 terabytes of born-digital and digitised heritage — but has no large internal…

ArchivematicaAtoMIndependent / Specialist archiveIreland
Dispersed storage → AtoM + Archivematica

Nelson Mandela Foundation

South Africa·Foundation archive·

The Nelson Mandela Foundation centralised its digital archival holdings on an integrated AtoM and Archivematica platform after years of difficult audiovisual…

AtoMArchivematicaFoundation archiveSouth Africa
Adopted AtoM + Archivematica (Izolo)

University of Cape Town Libraries (Izolo)

South Africa·University library·2019

University of Cape Town Libraries developed Izolo as a digital-preservation environment using Arkivum Perpetua's usability and preservation modules, based…

AtoMArchivematicaUniversity librarySouth Africa
Network drives → Archivematica + Fedora

Archives and Records Council Wales / National Library of Wales

United Kingdom·Consortial / Government archive·2017

Digital preservation is often out of reach for small local authorities. To address this across Wales, the Archives and Records Council Wales — led by the National…

ArchivematicaConsortial / Government archiveUnited Kingdom
CALM → AtoM + Archivematica

Royal Society of Arts (RSA)

United Kingdom·Learned society·2021

The Royal Society of Arts moved its archive collection out of a CALM database and into AtoM, pairing the open-source access catalogue with Archivematica for…

AtoMArchivematicaLearned societyUnited Kingdom
Legacy storage → Archivematica + ArchivesSpace

University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom·University·2024

The University of Edinburgh built a comprehensive Digital Archive service on a strictly open-source, modular architecture. Enforcing a 'golden copy' standard,…

ArchivematicaArchivesSpaceUniversityUnited Kingdom
Manual curation → Archivematica + PURE

University of St Andrews

United Kingdom·University·2019

As part of the Jisc Research Data Shared Service pilot, the University of St Andrews worked to automate preservation of its research data and e-theses using…

ArchivematicaUniversityUnited Kingdom
EPrints → EPrints + Archivematica

University of Strathclyde & Concordia University

United Kingdom·Universities·2021

Recognising that storing research outputs in an institutional repository is not the same as actively preserving them, Concordia University in Canada and the…

ArchivematicaUniversitiesUnited Kingdom
Legacy records → Archivematica

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

United States·International governmental body·2012

Working in parallel with the City of Vancouver, the International Monetary Fund was one of the earliest proving grounds for Archivematica. Around 2009 the IMF…

ArchivematicaInternational governmental bodyUnited States
Legacy storage → Archivematica (Arkivum Perpetua)

The Frick Collection

United States·Museum / Art reference library·2021

The Frick Collection set out to preserve its Photoarchive — over 1.2 million digital reproductions built up over two decades — adopting Arkivum's managed 'Perpetua'…

ArchivematicaMuseum / Art reference libraryUnited States
Server backups → Archivematica (DRMC)

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

United States·Art museum·2014

The Museum of Modern Art faced a serious and growing risk to its digital and time-based media art — the Film department alone holding an enormous volume of complex…

ArchivematicaArt museumUnited States
USB / isolated storage → Archivematica + ResourceSpace

Whitney Museum of American Art

United States·Art museum·2020

Through its Media Preservation Initiative, the Whitney Museum of American Art confronted the fragility of time-based media artworks that had entered the collection…

ArchivematicaArt museumUnited States

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