University of Illinois develops free, easy-to-use web tool kit for archivists
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Archivists at the University of Illinois Library believe they have built a better tool kit.
Their new online collections management program called Archon has more than a few attractive features – not the least of which is that it was developed for “lone archivists with limited technological resources and knowledge,” said Scott Schwartz, one of the developers of the software program and the archivist for music and fine arts at Illinois.
The state-of-the-art tool also is free, adaptable to any institutional setting and is easy to download and use.
“We wanted our application to be particularly useful to small, one-person repositories that have been unable to take full advantage of current tools under development,” Schwartz said.
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“But what really makes it special is that it makes an archives’ holdings much more accessible to its users,” Prom said. “The program automatically creates its own searchable Web site. It’s based on extensive research about how people search for and use archival materials.”
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