In the wake of the George Floyd and Breonna Taylor murders, and in the spirit of protest that followed, the ArchivesSpace community began a conversation last spring about what it could do to promote diversity and inclusion while combating systemic racism in our field. That continuing conversation has led to a series of initiatives that … Read More
Author: Christine Di Bella
ArchivesSpace Update – November 2020
Development ArchivesSpace is announcing the availability of v2.8.1. You can download it at https://github.com/archivesspace/archivesspace/releases/tag/v2.8.1. This release includes improvements to the spreadsheet importer, additional settable record type preferences, some bug fixes and small feature improvements, and a number of infrastructure upgrades. Included among these are some performance, indexer, and small backend and staff interface improvements courtesy … Read More
Release Candidate Available – ArchivesSpace v2.8.1-RC1
The ArchivesSpace team is pleased to announce a release candidate, v2.8.0-RC1. You can download it at https://github.com/archivesspace/archivesspace/releases/tag/v2.8.1-RC1 or test it out without downloading at http://test.archivesspace.org/staff (username admin /password admin). This release candidate includes improvements to the spreadsheet importer, additional settable record type preferences, some bug fixes and small feature improvements, additional translations for the public … Read More
Announcing the ArchivesSpace annual report for 2019/2020
The ArchivesSpace team is pleased to share the ArchivesSpace annual report covering the 2019/2020 membership term. This year’s streamlined report highlights some major themes of our activities last year. Thanks to all of our members for all you’ve done and do to sustain and move the application and the community forward, even in especially challenging … Read More
Nominations Requested for ArchivesSpace Governance Board
As chair of the 2019/20 ArchivesSpace Nominating Committee, I seek your nominations of candidates to stand for election for the ArchivesSpace Governance Board representing the Large, Medium and Very Small membership levels. Member engagement is critical to the success of ArchivesSpace, and the Board relies upon your recommendations for strong candidates. You may nominate individuals … Read More
Nominations Requested for ArchivesSpace User Advisory Council
The ArchivesSpace Governance Board is seeking nominations to fill up to seven (7) vacancies on the ArchivesSpace User Advisory Council (UAC). Nominees should be presently employed at an ArchivesSpace member institution (please refer to the member list at: http://archivesspace.org/community/whos-using-archivesspace/). The User Advisory Council (https://archivesspace.org/governance-board-and-councils#UAC) is a critical part of the ArchivesSpace community, serving as a communication … Read More
Nominations Requested for ArchivesSpace Technical Advisory Council
The ArchivesSpace Governance Board is seeking nominations to fill up to five (5) vacancies on the ArchivesSpace Technical Advisory Council (TAC). Nominees will preferably be presently employed at an ArchivesSpace member institution (please refer to the member list at: http://archivesspace.org/community/whos-using-archivesspace/) or employees of a current Registered Service Provider (see: http://archivesspace.org/registered-service-providers/current-rsps/). Nominations from non-member institutions will be considered … Read More
ArchivesSpace Update – December 2019
Development We are working on the next release of ArchivesSpace, projected for early 2020. Some of the new features that are likely to be included are merging top containers, merging container profiles, and additional options for viewing results in the browse and search areas in the staff interface. The release will also have some performance … Read More
Announcing the ArchivesSpace annual report for 2018/2019
The ArchivesSpace team is pleased to share the annual report covering the 2018/2019 membership term. This digital document celebrates our community’s many activities and accomplishments during the past year and provides some information on what’s planned for the future. Thanks to all of our members for all you’ve done and do to sustain and move … Read More
ArchivesSpace Update – June 2019
Development Version 2.6.0 of ArchivesSpace was released last month. We have now turned our attention to some needed infrastructure improvements for the application. We are also doing work on agents and recording language information that will make ArchivesSpace more standards-compliant in these areas. We’re aiming for the next release to come out later this summer. … Read More