CALM → AtoM
Shetland Museum and Archives
Shetland Museum and Archives stopped entering records into Axiell CALM in 2019, citing the system's limitations, and launched a new AtoM catalogue in 2023 holding around 120,000 descriptions and some 700 digitised media files. A particular win was access to the archive's rich oral-history collections: decades of audio recordings from the 1980s became publicly playable in the browser through AtoM's native HTML5 media support, with no proprietary plugins required. It is a good example of a regional UK museum-and-archive service using an open-source migration to unlock hard-to-reach audiovisual heritage for the public.
Original source
AtoM Community Success Stories — Shetland Museum and Archives
AtoM Wiki
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