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Archon: Facilitating Access to Special Collections. Prepared for PACSCL Conference Something New for Something Old: Innovative Approaches to Managing Archives and Special Collections Chris Prom Assistant University Archivist University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign prom@illinois.edu.

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  1. Archon: Facilitating Access to Special Collections Prepared for PACSCL Conference Something New for Something Old: Innovative Approaches to Managing Archives and Special Collections Chris Prom Assistant University Archivist University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign prom@illinois.edu www.archon.org

  2. Release History and Readings • Version 1.0 Fall 2006 • Version 1.1 Spring 2007 • adds digital library and integrated help system • Version 2.0 Winter 2008 • major rewrite, security improvements, added multilingual support for staff interface • Version 2.1: April 2008 • added accession manager, improved usability (finding aid search), implemented data handling efficiencies • Version 2.2: August 2008 • added digital library improvements (thumbnails), made interface XHTML and web accessibility compliant • 2003: Workflow analysis http://www.library.uiuc.edu/archives/workpap/workflow.pdf • 2004: Internal Research Proposal http://www.archon.org/ICRGrant2004.pdf • 2007:http://www.library.uiuc.edu/archives/workpap/FP090--prom.pdf • 2008: http://www.archon.org/ArchonUpdateApril2008.pdf

  3. Future Plans • Version 3.0 Alpha in January or February 2009 with revised user interface • Annotation features • Preservation assessment module • Enhanced names/creator/functions linking and browsing. • Add OAI data provider and bulk import/export • Connections to repository software (SWORD)‏ • Hosted web services. • Long term — enhance digital library to support complex objects and electronic records

  4. Archon: Facilitating Access to Special Collections Prepared for PACSCL Conference Something New for Something Old: Innovative Approaches to Managing Archives and Special Collections Chris Prom Assistant University Archivist University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign prom@illinois.edu www.archon.org

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