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Plugging the gaps: Linking Arkivum with Archivematica

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In September this year, Arkivum and Artefactual Systems (who develop and support the Open Source software  Archivematica ) announced that they were collaborating on a digital preservation system. This is a piece of work that myself and colleagues at the University of York were very pleased to be able to fund. We don't currently have a digital archive for the University of York but we are in the process of planning how we can best implement one. Myself and colleagues have been thinking about requirements and assessing systems and in particular looking at ways we might create a digital archive that interfaces with existing systems, automates as much of the digital preservation process as possible ....and is affordable. My first point of call is normally the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) reference model. I regularly wheel out the image below in presentations and meetings because I always think it helps in focusing the mind and summarising what we are trying to achieve. OA