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This page captures some of the papers and conference presentations that have been made about ICA-AtoM and AtoM. See something we're missing? Have you giving a presentation about AtoM you'd like to see listed here? Please feel free to sign in and add a link yourself!

Seealso

We've got a lot of other great resources in the Community resources section of the wiki as well, including:

Papers

2013

  • Gueguen, Gretchen, et al. "Toward an International Conceptual Model for Archival Description: A Preliminary Report from the International Council on Archives' Experts Group on Archival Description." American Archivist 76.2 (2013): 567-584. http://archivists.metapress.com/content/p071x02401282qx2/

2012

  • Bushey, Jessica. "International Council on Archives (ICA) Access to Memory’(AtoM): Open-source Software for Archival Description." Archivi & Computer 1 (2012). (File:JBushey-ICA-AtoM-2012.pdf)

2011

  • Caravaca, María Mata, and Anne-Marie Viola. "The costs of a free, open-source software implementation: building ICCROM, a web-based archival catalogue using ICA-AtoM." Comma 2011.2 (2011): 73-86.
  • da Fonseca, Vitor Manoel Marques. "The ICA description standards: the history of their creation and efforts to disseminate them." Comma 2011.2 (2011): 49-58.
  • Moreiro, Jose-Antonio, et al. "Free software evaluation for administrative archives management." PROFESIONAL DE LA INFORMACION 20.2 (2011): 206-213.

2009

  • Spiro, Lisa. Archival management software: a report for the Council on Library and Information Resources. Council on Library and Information Resources, 2009. http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/spiro
  • Van Garderen, Peter. "The ICA-AtoM Project and Technology." Presentation delivered at the Association of Brazilian Archivists' Third Meeting on Archival Information Databases, March 16-17 2009, Rio de Janiero, Brazil. (File:VanGarderen-ICA-AtoM-2009.pdf)

Presentations

Tip

Whenever possible, we always upload our presentation slides to our SlideShare account:

However, SlideShare no longer allows free downloads of slide decks without an account, so downloadable PDF copies of slides will be made available to community users here if and when they are available.

2019

CSV Import in AtoM

  • Originally presented by Dan Gillean as part of the 2019 AtoM Camp, held at the University of Westminster in London, UK, July 15-17, 2019
  • These slides provide users with guidance on how to prepare archival descriptions for import into Access to Memory (AtoM) via CSV import. These slides were prepared against AtoM 2.5, and are accurate for versions 2.3-2.5. Earlier versions may require some minor changes; later releases may introduce changes to the CSV templates not covered here.
  • Relevant as of AtoM release 2.5. Expect changes in later and earlier versions of AtoM
  • File:CSV-import-AtoM.pdf (7MB)
  • SlideShare link

Seealso

AtoM documentation - latest version:


Things I wish I'd known - AtoM tips, tricks, and gotchas

  • Originally presented by Dan Gillean as part of the 2019 AtoM Camp, held at the University of Westminster in London, UK, July 15-17, 2019
  • The slides include tips, tricks, workarounds, warnings, and gotchas about AtoM that can help orient new users - and hopefully even teach experienced users a couple new things!
  • Relevant as of AtoM release 2.5. Expect changes in later and earlier versions of AtoM
  • File:Wish-i-had-known-that-AtoM-tips.pdf (20MB)
  • Slideshare link

2-site replication with AtoM

  • Originally presented by Dan Gillean as part of the 2019 AtoM Camp, held at the University of Westminster in London, UK, July 15-17, 2019
  • The slides explain how an Ansible script created and publicly shared by Artefactual Systems can be used to manage a 2-site AtoM deployment - one public-facing read only site for public users, with content replicated from an internal read/write edit site for staff, which can be kept behind a firewall. Public login can also be fully disabled in the public site. In addition to enhancing security, this 2-site deployment model can also increase performance and scalability, as well as give archivists more control over when new records without a publication status (such as authority records) are made publicly discoverable.
  • Relevant as of AtoM release 2.5. Expect changes in later and earlier versions of AtoM
  • File:2-site-replication.pdf (2.5MB)
  • SlideShare link

2018

Creating your own AtoM demo data set for re-use with Vagrant

  • Presentation by Dan Gillean, for use in a series of training workshops delivered July 9-13, 2018 at the University of the Witswatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa
  • These slides will help users create a re-usable set of data for use in a local AtoM Vagrant environment. Having a set of data that can easily be reloaded will make the AtoM Vagrant box more useful to local testers and developers.
  • Relevant as of AtoM release 2.4. Expect changes in later and earlier versions of AtoM
  • File:Creating-demo-data-AtoM-vagrant.pdf (6.3MB)
  • SlideShare link

Searching in AtoM

  • Presentation by Dan Gillean, for use in a series of training workshops delivered July 9-13, 2018 at the University of the Witswatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Relevant as of AtoM release 2.4. Expect changes in later and earlier versions of AtoM
  • File:Searching-in-AtoM.pdf (6.3MB)
  • SlideShare link

Seealso

AtoM documentation - latest version:


Building the Future Together: AtoM3, Governance, and the Sustainability of Open Source Projects

  • Presentation given by Dan Gillean on June 7th, 2018 at Open Repositories 2018, held in Bozeman, MT
  • Provides an overview of various governance and maintenance models used in open source projects and the cultural heritage community, as a way of considering AtoM's future - and concludes by announcing the recent formation of the independent Access to Memory Foundation
  • File:AtoM3-BuildingFutureTogether-OR2018.pdf (10MB)
  • SlideShare link

2017

AtoM Implementations

  • First presented by Dan Gillean as part of AtoM Camp Cambridge, a three-day boot camp held at St John's College, Cambridge University, May 9-11, 2017
  • In this session, we took a quick tour of some examples of how AtoM is being implemented by our global community of users. We looked specifically at interesting themes, customizations, or the creative use of existing features such as static pages or repository theming as a way of exploring some of the different ways AtoM can be used. Participants were then invited to come up and show off their AtoM site to the attendees as well.
  • File:AtoM-implementations-2017.pdf (25MB)
  • SlideShare link

AtoM Data Migrations

  • First presented by Dan Gillean as part of AtoM Camp Cambridge, a three-day boot camp held at St John's College, Cambridge University, May 9-11, 2017
  • This session covered some of key considerations when preparing to migrate data from a legacy source system into AtoM. The slides cover the steps involved, paying specific attention to AtoM's data model and behaviors that should be considered when preparing your data for import into AtoM.
  • Relevant as of AtoM release 2.4. Expect changes in later and earlier versions of AtoM
  • File:Data-migrations-2017.pdf (6.3MB)
  • SlideShare link

Looking Ahead: AtoM's governance, development, and future

  • First presented by Dan Gillean as part of AtoM Camp Cambridge, a three-day boot camp held at St John's College, Cambridge University, May 9-11, 2017
  • In this session, we looked at the history of the AtoM project, the current governance and maintenance model for AtoM that Artefactual Systems maintains, as well as several other open source business models and stakeholders as we consider ways in which governance and maintenance might look different in the future. Finally, we looked at the state of the application at present with an eye to the future - exploring how changes in international standards and web technologies provide an opportunity to consider what AtoM 3 might look like. The session was followed by open discussion.
  • File:AtoM-Governance-2017.pdf (12.5MB)
  • SlideShare link

Contributing to the AtoM documentation

  • First presented by Dan Gillean as part of AtoM Camp Cambridge, a three-day boot camp held at St John's College, Cambridge University, May 9-11, 2017
  • In 2013, with the introduction of AtoM 2.0, Artefactual began a fresh rewrite of all the Access to Memory documentation, using Sphinx Documentation as the primary platform. These slides provide some context and background for this change, introduce Sphinx and reStructuredText, and go on to outline step by step how AtoM users can contribute to the AtoM documentation.
  • Relevant as of AtoM release 2.4. Expect changes in later and earlier versions of AtoM
  • File:Contribute-AtoM-docs-2017.pdf (3.2MB)
  • SlideShare link

AtoM Feature Development

  • First presented by Steve Breker as part of AtoM Camp Cambridge, a three-day boot camp held at St John's College, Cambridge University, May 9-11, 2017
  • These slides are intended for programmers interested in developing new features for Access to Memory. They first provide an overview of the feature development proccess, and then look at the different types of development typically pursued (plugins, CLI tasks, Background jobs, and core features), with tips and suggestions for each.
  • Relevant as of AtoM release 2.4. Expect changes in later and earlier versions of AtoM
  • File:Atom-feature-dev-2017-sBreker.pdf (1.6MB)
  • SlideShare link

Constructing SQL queries for AtoM

  • First presented by Steve Breker as part of AtoM Camp Cambridge, a three-day boot camp held at St John's College, Cambridge University, May 9-11, 2017
  • These slides provide advanced users with an overview of AtoM's data model, and demonstrate how a graphical user interface application such as MySQL Workbench can be used to explore the AtoM MySQL database from the back-end. The slides include a number of example queries.
  • Relevant as of AtoM release 2.4. Expect changes in later and earlier versions of AtoM
  • File:Sql-queries-in-atom-sBreker.pdf (700KB)
  • SlideShare link

Creating Custom Themes in AtoM

  • First presented by Steve Breker as part of AtoM Camp Cambridge, a three-day boot camp held at St John's College, Cambridge University, May 9-11, 2017
  • These slides are intended for developers who are interested in modifying the default look and feel of AtoM - known as the Dominion theme - and developing a custom theme plugin. They include some theme examples, how to register a plugin in Symfony, and some ideas of the elements you can modify via theming, with examples.
  • Relevant as of AtoM release 2.4. Expect changes in later and earlier versions of AtoM
  • File:Custom-themes-atom-2017-sBreker.pdf (1.2MB)
  • SlideShare link

Installing and Upgrading AtoM

  • First presented by Steve Breker as part of AtoM Camp Cambridge, a three-day boot camp held at St John's College, Cambridge University, May 9-11, 2017
  • These slides provide developers and system administrators with some suggestions on how to install, maintain, and upgrade Access to Memory. They are intended to supplement the official installation documentation, found in the Atom Administrator's Manual
  • Relevant as of AtoM release 2.4. Expect changes in later and earlier versions of AtoM
  • File:Atom-installation-2017-sBreker.pdf (1MB)
  • SlideShare link

This presentation also included an additional handout: Installing AtoM with Ansible


Get to Know AtoM's Codebase


AtoM's Command Line Tasks - An Introduction

  • First presented by Dan Gillean as part of the 2017 AtoM Camp held at Simon Fraser University, March 20-22, 2017
  • These slides introduced some of the primary Command Line tasks available in Access to Memory (AtoM), which can be used to support site maintenance and troubleshooting
  • File:AtoM-CLI-tasks-intro.pdf (4.6MB)
  • SlideShare link

Warning

The CLI tasks introduced in these slides are based on the 2.4 AtoM release - some tasks or task options may not be available in earlier releases; tasks may be changed in future releases.


Command-line 101

  • First presented by Dan Gillean as part of the 2017 AtoM Camp held at Simon Fraser University, March 20-22, 2017
  • These slides introduce participants to basic commands in the linux/unix command-line interface, for navigation and basic tasks such as reading, creating, deleting, and moving files. The slides were intended as an initial introduction for archivists unfamiliar with using the command-line, prior to teaching them about the command-line tasks available in Access to Memory (AtoM), which can be used for maintenance and troubleshooting.
  • File:CLI-101.pdf (4.2MB)
  • SlideShare link

AtoM and Vagrant

  • First presented by Dan Gillean as part of the 2017 AtoM Camp held at Simon Fraser University, March 20-22, 2017
  • These slides introduce AtoM users to Vagrant, and walk users through the process of installing the the AtoM Vagrant box for local testing and development on a home computer or laptop, regardless of what operating system you use.
  • File:Atom-vagrant-setup.pdf (5.3MB)
  • SlideShare link

Warning

These slides were last updated in May 2017, using the AtoM 2.4 Vagrant box, which is installed using Ubuntu 16.04. and PHP 7.0. Future versions of AtoM may use a different version of Ubuntu and PHP, which might change some of the command-line tasks used to update the box in Part 2. Be sure to check the AtoM documentation for the most up-to-date information:

The AtoM Vagrant box is designed for local testing and development - it is NOT PRODUCTION READY and should not be used for long-term data storage. Please see the AtoM documentation for instructions on how to install AtoM on a server for use in your institution.

2016

National Archives of Norway - AtoM and Archivematica intro workshop

  • Workshop presented by Sara Allain at the National Archives of Norway, November 8th, 2016
  • Provides an overview of Artefactual, AtoM, and Archivematica, as well some example community use cases for each application
  • File:Norway-intro-wkshp-2016.pdf (2.8MB)
  • SlideShare link

AtoM, Authenticity, and the Chain of Custody

  • Presentation by Dan Gillean delivered at the VII Congresso Nacional de Arquivologia in Fortaleza, Brazil, on October 19th, 2016
  • The slides provide an overview of the AtoM project's history, its maintenance by Artefactual, and its development philosophy, before proceeding to examine the application as a component used in a digital preservation ecosystem. Aspects of ISO 16363:2012, the Audit and Certification of Trustworthy Digital Repositories standard, are used to evaluate how AtoM can support description, management, administration, and access functions when used to maintain a chain of custody in a trustworthy digital repository ecosystem.
  • File:AtoM-chain-custody-Brazil-2016.pdf (5.8MB)
  • SlideShare link

AtoM and Archivematica Use Cases

  • Slides accompanying a day-long AtoM and Archivematica workshop, delivered by Dan Gillean and Sara Allain, October 17, 2016 at the VII Congresso Nacional de Arquivologia in Fortaleza, Brazil
  • These slides provide some prompts for discussion about different ways that our users have used AtoM and Archivematica to support their needs, or ways in which Artefactual's clients have found creative methods to sponsor community resources.
  • File:AtoM-Archivematica-Use-Cases.pdf (3MB)
  • SlideShare link

Introducing Access to Memory

  • Slides accompanying a day-long AtoM and Archivematica workshop, delivered by Dan Gillean and Sara Allain, October 17, 2016 at the VII Congresso Nacional de Arquivologia in Fortaleza, Brazil
  • File:What-is-AtoM-2016.pdf (5.9MB)
  • SlideShare link

Artefactual and Open Source Development

  • Slides accompanying a day-long AtoM and Archivematica workshop, delivered by Dan Gillean and Sara Allain, October 17, 2016 at the VII Congresso Nacional de Arquivologia in Fortaleza, Brazil
  • These slides introduce Open Source and Free Software definitions, and proceed to outline Artefactual's approach to open source development and maintenance of the AtoM and Archivematica projects.
  • File:BRAZIL-wkshp-artefactual-and-OSS-2016.pdf (1MB)
  • SlideShare link

Technologie Proche: Imagining the Archival Systems of Tomorrow With the Tools of Today

  • Presentation made by Dan Gillean of Artefactual Systems at the Association of Canadian Archivists' 2016 Conference in Montreal, QC, Canada, June 4th, 2016
  • The session was part of an attempt by the ACA to create interactive "working sessions" at its conferences. Accompanying session notes can be found at:
  • http://bit.ly/tech-Proche
  • File:ACA-2016-techProche.pdf (10MB)
  • SlideShare link

AtoM Community Update 2016

2015

Digital Curation using Archivematica and AtoM.


Project Documentation with Sphinx (or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love reStructuredText)

2014

EAD + XSLT = PDF: Generating full PDF finding aids from Encoded Archival Description XML in AtoM

  • Lightning talk delivered by Dan Gillean and Mike Gale at Code4Lib BC 2014, Vancouver, BC, November 27, 2014.
  • This talk introduced the PDF finding aid generation feature first included in the AtoM 2.2 release - AtoM 2.2 feature documentation here
  • File:Code4libBC-2014-XSLT.pdf (2.5MB)
  • Slideshare link.

Online Discovery of Digitized Holdings - BCDC and AtoM

  • Presentation by Jessica Bushey and Michael Conroy, delivered at the Conference of the British Columbia Library Association (2014)
  • No slides available

2011

Open-source software for archives: Archivematica and ICA-AtoM


Open source solutions for archival collections : report from the field at Rare Books and Special Collections

2008

The ICA-AtoM Project and Open Source Software for Archives