This is a recording of the AAO's PDC March 8, 2024 workshop "Getting Started With Archeion". Archeion is Ontario’s Archival Information Network - it is both a directory of Ontario archives institutions as well as a discovery portal for researchers to search across participating institutions’ archival descriptions. You can read more about Archeion at www.archeion.ca/about
Archeion makes use of the Access to Memory (AtoM) archival description platform. AAO institutional members have access to free editor accounts in Archeion to begin adding their institution and archival descriptions to the shared, multi-repository Archeion AtoM instance. Using Archeion can be a very cost effective way for archives to gain access to AtoM to better manage archival descriptions and make holdings available for discovery.
Kelli Babcock, the AAO’s Archeion Coordinator, presented this two hour “Getting Started with Archeion” virtual workshop based on the freely available Getting Started With Archeion training slide deck. The workshop covers all the basics of planning on how to use Archeion, setting up your institution, and different contexts and methods for adding descriptions into AtoM, along with tips for creating authority records and subject, genre, and name access points. The session will conclude with a question and answer period and advice about how to find Archeion and AtoM additional information and asynchronous training.
The session is appropriate for anyone new to AtoM as well as institutional members who want an Archeion refresh or advice and tips about using Archeion. All active Archeion institutions are encouraged to connect with the Archeion Coordinator for support if needed.
About the Instructor: Kelli Babcock (she/her) has been the Digital Initiatives Librarian with the University of Toronto Libraries since 2013. At UTL she manages U of T's multi-repository AtoM instance, Discover Archives, in collaboration with archivist and IT colleagues. Kelli also works part time as the AAO's Archeion Coordinator, since 2023, and served on the AAO Board as President over a decade ago. She was a member of the AtoM Foundation Roadmap Committee and currently participates as a member of the Joint US Canada AtoM User Group. Kelli graduated from McGill University with an MLIS, specialization in Archival Studies, in 2011. Her current research interests include sustainability issues in library and archives technology and simple discoverability best practices for connecting users to online digital collections and finding aids.