CALM → AtoM
Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York
The Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York moved off an on-premise installation of Axiell CALM and undertook a major retroconversion — the 'Genesis' project (2015–2017) — turning paper lists into more than 131,500 catalogue entries in a new AtoM-based catalogue (Borthcat). The migration combined a system change with a large-scale programme of converting legacy finding aids into structured, online-searchable description, and was designed with interoperability in mind so the holdings could be exposed to wider discovery services. A clear UK university example of a large-scale legacy-to-AtoM migration paired with retroconversion.
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History of Collections Information at the Borthwick Institute
University of York (Borthwick Institute)
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