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{{#pagetitle:ArchivesCanada upgrade}}
[[Main Page]] > [[Development]] > [[Development/Projects]] > '''Development/Projects/ArchivesCanada'''

This page documents the development project that lead to the creation of the AtoM [[Releases/Release announcements/Release 2.0.0|2.0 release]], via work undertaken with the Canadian Council of Archives ([http://www.cdncouncilarchives.ca/ CCA]) to launch a second-generation version of ArchivesCanada, the Canadian national portal for discovering archival resources. Currently, the initial release of the new ArchivesCanada portal, using AtoM, is expected to launch in late 2015.

==Project Background==

[http://www.archivescanada.ca ARCHIVESCANADA.ca] is the national gateway to archival resources found in over 800 repositories across Canada. ARCHIVESCANADA.ca is maintained by the Canadian Council of Archives ([http://www.cdncouncilarchives.ca CCA]) using the technical assistance and database provided by Library Archives Canada ([http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/ LAC]). In late 2015, an upgraded ARCHIVESCANADA.CA site will be launched using [https://www.accesstomemory.org/ AtoM] 2.3 and [http://artefactual.com Artefactual Systems] hosting services.

===MemoryBC and after===
Beginning in 2007, the CCA and LAC began exploring requirements and options for a second generation technical platform to run ARCHIVESCANADA.ca. In 2009, the Archives Association of British Columbia [[Development/Projects/BCAUL_Pilot|migrated its BCAUL portal to ICA-AtoM]] and rebranded it as [http://memorybc.ca MemoryBC.ca].

Other provincial and territorial associations have since migrated their portals to [https://www.accesstomemory.org/ AtoM] including:

* Ontario ([http://archeion.ca Archeion]) (2011)
* Saskatchewan [http://sain.scaa.sk.ca/collections/index.php/ SAIN] (2011)
* Manitoba [ MAIN] (2012)
* Alberta [ Alberta on Record] (2012)
* Newfoundland and Labrador [http://arc.anla.nf.ca/ ARC] (2013)
* Nova Scotia [https://memoryns.ca/ MemoryNS] (2014)
* New Brunswick [http://search.canbarchives.ca/ ArchivesCANB] (2014)

===Artefactual Systems===
AtoM software development is led by Vancouver-based [http://artefactual.com Artefactual Systems] on behalf of the International Council on Archives and a growing community of international implementers (see our [[Community/Users|Users list]] for examples). There are no license fees to install and customize the AGPLv3 licensed software. Artefactual believes strongly in sharing practical techniques and the responsibilities/benefits of ongoing maintenance and development of a common technical platform (see for example [[Development/Projects/BCAUL_Pilot|AABC Data Migration Toolkit]]).

===AtoM for ArchivesCanada.ca===
Over the past few years, LAC and CCA continued to collaborate and fund AtoM feasibility projects with the intention to evalute ICA-AtoM's suitability for use in a multi-level, RAD-compliant, highly-scalable new ARCHIVESCANADA.ca database release. An independent technical audit commissioned by the National Archives of France (2011) concluded that ICA-AtoM is a "high-quality" archival web application that is suitable for the small to medium-sized deployments for which it was [http://ica-atom.org/about.html#purpose originally designed] (i.e., 100,000 records, 10 concurrent users).

In early 2011, LAC contracted Artefactual Systems to perform scalability testing on ICA-AtoM using data from the LAC catalogue (see [[Development/Projects/LAC_Scalability_testing|LAC ICA-AtoM Scalability Testing project]]). As expected, this project revealed performance limitations in the ICA-AtoM [[Releases/Release_announcements/Release_1.1|v1.1]] search index and data model abstraction layer when managing millions of records.

Additional analysis provided Artefactual Systems with a roadmap for upgrades to be implemented over iterative ICA-AtoM and AtoM releases, the first of which (optimizing the data model abstraction layer) was addressed in the ICA-AtoM [[Releases/Release_announcements/Release_1.2|v1.2]] release in November 2011.

The ArchivesCanada upgrade project, via support from the Canadian Council of Archives ([http://www.cdncouncilarchives.ca/ CCA]), is funding the next phase of scalability improvements, including an upgrade to the search index for better scalability, and a new look and feel via the "Dominion" theme included in the [[Releases/Release_announcements/Release_2.0.0|AtoM 2.0 release]]. The primary goal is to support scalability to millions of records, via an improved index discovery layer, search and browse enhancement including faceted search results, and a mobile-friendly interface.

Development improvements related to this project began in the ICA-AtoM [[Releases/Release_announcements/Release 1.3|1.3 release]], with a significant amount of the changes introduced in the [[Releases/Release_announcements/Release_2.0.0|AtoM 2.0.0 release]], based on some of the discoveries made during the [[Development/Projects/LAC_Scalability_testing|LAC ICA-AtoM Scalability Testing project]]. Based on encountered technical challenges, evolving project requirements, and new feature requests from the CCA, further enhancements related to the ArchivesCanada development project have also been included in:

* [[Releases/Release_announcements/Release_2.1|Release 2.1]] (multilingual usability enhancements)
* [[Releases/Release_announcements/Release_2.3|Release 2.3]] (Archival institution search and browse enhancements)

<admonition type="seealso">
* [[Development/Projects/LAC_Scalability_testing|LAC ICA-AtoM Scalability Testing project]] (2011 development project)
* [[Releases/Release_announcements/Release_2.0.0|AtoM 2.0.0 release announcment]]
</admonition>

==[[Development/Projects/ArchivesCanada/Planning|Initial project planning]]==

This section includes documentation from 2011-2012, which describes the initial project goals and planning process, including a review of search and advanced functionality on other related sites, usability research, and early 2011 wireframes for the initial design.

* [[Development/Projects/ArchivesCanada/Planning]]

==[[Development/Projects/ArchivesCanada/Wireframes|2012 Wireframes]]==

This section includes a gallery of wireframes prepared in 2012 as part of the project analysis and planning phase - many of which lead to the redesign of features included in the [[Releases/Release_announcements/Release_2.0.0|v2.0.0]] and subsequent AtoM releases.

* [[Development/Projects/ArchivesCanada/Wireframes|2012 Wireframes]]

==[[Development/Projects/ArchivesCanada/Timeline|Project timeline]]==

This section includes an outline of the project as it has evolved over the course of its development and implementation.

* [[Development/Projects/ArchivesCanada/Timeline|Project timeline]]

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		+	==[[Development/Projects/ArchivesCanada/Communications\|Public communications]]==
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		+	This section includes links or transcriptions of user forum discussions, announcements, and other public communications related to the ArchivesCanada project.
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		+	==[[Development/Projects/ArchivesCanada/Outcomes\|Project outcomes and reflections]]==
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		+	This section offers a summary of the outcomes of the project, reflections on successes and challenges encountered, and issues for future consideration.
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 * Ontario ([http://archeion.ca Archeion]) (2011)
 * Saskatchewan [http://sain.scaa.sk.ca/collections/index.php/ SAIN] (2011)
 * Alberta [http://albertaonrecord.ca/ Alberta on Record] (2012)
 * Newfoundland and Labrador [http://arc.anla.nf.ca/ ARC] (2013)
 * Nova Scotia [https://memoryns.ca/ MemoryNS] (2014)