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Selecting Digital Archival Software: A Comparitative Study of DSpace, ArchivesSpace, and AtoM

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  • 1. ROR icon Cochin University of Science and Technology
  • 2. ROR icon Central University of Tamil Nadu

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In this study, the software selection process for creating anarchive has been explored with the helpofa software selectionworkflow. The study compares DSpacev.6.3, ArchivesSpace 30.and AtoM v.2.6, based on a selectedlist of criteria applicable to archives.The evaluation identified that DSpace has significant advantages over ArchivesSpace and AtoM in supporting anchives. The study tries to highlight how using a select list of criteria and workflow, for streamlining the process of software selection,can benefitthe institutions engaged in building archives.

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