Data retrieval for a local Historical Society
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1theretiredlibrarian
So I'm now retired, and immediately got myself involved in the local historical society. They are in possession of a lot of photos and other archival materials, which are in desperate need of sorting and cataloging. I've just written a grant to the Missouri State Genealogical Association to purchase archival quality storage. We want to digitize (down the road; right now we just need to sort and store properly). Does anyone know of a free or very inexpensive cataloging data base suitable for a very small town Historical Society? (One that has 0 budget at this time)
2LascaSartoris
this might be of use if you're thinking about archive cataloguing.
https://www.communityarchives.org.uk/content/resource/cataloguing-guidelines
It's written to support lay people to catalogue using ISAD(G)
https://www.communityarchives.org.uk/content/resource/cataloguing-guidelines
It's written to support lay people to catalogue using ISAD(G)
3Cynfelyn
Is ATOM ('Access to Memory'), https://www.accesstomemory.org, free? It's certainly an open-source, international standards-based, multi-lingual, web-based archive cataloguing package, used by many archives large and small, from national institutions to community organisations.
5librorumamans
A site that may be useful is AlternativeTo. If you find or know of commercial/proprietary software that does what you need, check AlternativeTo to see if there's FOSS that suits you.
6LascaSartoris
ArchivesSpaces is also a very popular free and opensource option. But both ArchivesSpace and ATOM require installation and hosting to be resourced, that may be out of reach to a voluntary local history group.
7theretiredlibrarian
Thanks everyone. We are meeting today and I will let them know about these sources.