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Jonathan Field – Technical Director
Nick Dimant – Managing Director
Overview of PTFS and ArchivalWare
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The leading provider of digital archiving solutions in North America
Formed in 1995 - Focus on desktop imaging, integrated library systems and building custom search systems
First release of ArchivalWare digital archiving solution - 2000
ArchivalWare 4.3 for release Sept. 2009 Best of breed
Libraries – Public• Whittier Public Library• Independence Township LibraryLibraries - Government• National Library of Medicine• U.S. Geological Survey• Federal Communications Commission
(FCC)• Naval Research Laboratory• Department of Justice• U.S. Marine Corps (16 locations World
Wide)• U.S. Air Force• U.S. Army• U.S. Attorney’s Office• Department of State• Library of Congress• Administrative Office of U.S. Court• U.S. Customs Service• International Trade Commission Library• Army Heritage Education Center (AHEC)• Department of Labor• Utah Government Publications• New Hampshire State Library
Libraries – Academic• Southern Oregon University• National Defense University• George Washington UniversityGovernment Institutions – non-library• National Archives and Records Administration• Department of Interior (Labatt)• Department of Defense (Joint Chiefs)• National Security Agency• National Institutes of Health• Office Secretary of Defense (OSD)• National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA)Museums• Smithsonian Institution• Museum of African American HistorySirsiDynixUSA: Public and Academic Libraries,Government Institutions, CommercialInternational: (Canada, New Zealand, Chile,Greece)Commercial• National Geographic• Chicago TribuneAssociations• International Monetary Fund (IMF)• American Chemical Society
Promoting ArchivalWare digital library system
Promoting open source library management systems – Evergreen and Koha
Local presence Local expertise Local training Local support Focused on European context Backed up by major US presence
York St John University Department for Communities and Local
Government / Department of Transport Planning Inspectorate Council of Europe European Southern Observatory (Koha) Irish Parliament Booz & Company (Koha) UN Food and Agriculture Organization
(Koha) ICCROM (Koha)
Institutional repository Photos, videos, audio, text Local server
Circulars & Departmental Publications Parliamentary and Legislation SaaS (hosted) February 2008
Adopted texts and grey literature Posters Collection of digitised audio-recordings 50,000+ documents Hyperion migration SaaS (hosted) July 2008
Circulars Departmental Publications Further applications being
considered Local server June 2008
Web-based Full text search and retrieval system Build, manage & integrate digital archives High volume capture and production tools Advanced admin features Standards based Outstanding retrieval capability
PhotographsNewspapersManuscriptsTechnical reportsLiterature collectionsFilm clipsTheses Journals
Anything digital!
Benefits of ArchivalWare
Outstanding retrieval capability Wide range of searchable documents:
◦ PDF, DOC, PPT, XLS, TXT, HTML, MHTML etc Thesauri and semantic dictionaries Multilingual and cross lingual searching Wide range of viewable objects:
◦ MOV, FLV, WMV, JPEG, TIFF etc Current Awareness/SDI End user submission of material Integration with library OPAC or other
systems (VLE’s, portals etc.)
Entirely web based Automatic metadata creation:
◦ Using file structure or document properties Automatic thumbnail creation Automatic creation of PDFs:
◦ Word, Excel, PowerPoint, TIFF, JPG, GIF◦ PDF to PDF(A) conversion
Document level security Integration capabilities:
◦ API, OAI-PMH, Z39.50, EAD, METS, MARC21, Dublin Core
Google Analytics
Periodically crawls internet and intranet sites
Harvests:◦documents and metadata◦web pages
Checks if any changes to data have been made – if so, harvests them
Loads into ArchivalWare
Redaction Payment integrationGoogle Earth integration
Software as a Service(SaaS)
We manage the server for you You still manage and control your archive Located at world class data centre in UK
◦ Security◦ Resilience◦ 365 days a year, 24/7
High resolution versions of documents can be held locally◦ Performance◦ Security
Annual fee, no software purchase cost
Integration withother systems
Library Management Systems Virtual Learning Environments Corporate Portals Payment Systems
Partnerships include Talis, SirsiDynix, Civica
Conclusion
“Best of breed” technology Solid customer base Responsive to local needs Integration capabilities Excellent customer support Platform for future growth