CollectiveAccess is actively developed by Whirl-i-Gig and the user community, keeping the codebase up-to-date and building out new features as needed. A demonstration system showcasing many of the features outlined below is available at https://demo.collectiveaccess.org. Log in with user demo and password demo.

• Pre-loaded with metadata standards including DACS, Dublin Core, VRA Core, and more
• Configurable metadata fields, user interfaces and reports via the user interface or XML profile
• Customizable search and browse displays and advanced search forms
• Data validation and alerts for dates, measurements, currency, URLs, and more
• Integrated information services like Library of Congress, Getty vocabularies, and more
• Support for complex hierarchies for objects, collections, places, and storage locations
• Multilingual cataloguing, display, and search options with alternate naming fields

• Batch cataloguing and editing tools for object and authority items
• Batch importing of data from formats like Excel, CSV, XML, MARC, and more
• Batch import and media derivative processing in multiple formats
• Data export to various OAI-PMH formats including EAD and DublinCore
• Generate finding aids and PDF or spreadsheet reports and exports
• Manage flow of items using library check in/out and location tracking
• Create and share sets of items with project collaborators and allow cross-editing

• Optional front end Pawtucket can be public-access website or behind login
• Style website components easily with the theme library
• Configure navigation tools including browse filtering and advanced search forms
• Highlight items in galleries, on homepage, and with related items
• Generate dynamic timelines and maps from search and browse results
• Solicit and moderate user-generated comments, tags, and ratings
• Accept user submissions of archival content, data, and media

• In-browser viewing and playback for images, video, audio, PDFs, and 3D scans
• Create derivatives of various sizes and watermark on ingest
• Ability to migrate formats and schedule migrations
• Switch on/off searching within PDF documents across site
• Annotation tools for images, documents, video and audio assets
• HTML 5 pan-and-zoom high-resolution image viewer (and other viewer options)
• Support for Microsoft file formats with previews generated via LibreOffice

• Provide access to specific fields or record types by user or group
• Create multi-level access restrictions to published records and metadata
• Create workflows and views for different types of users
• LDAP authentication and support for alternative user authentication methods
• Ability to require users to log in to view front-end website
• Fine-grain control of almost every option through configuration files
• System logs record creation and modification by user with a timestamp documenting edits, additions, and deletions

• Fixity checks on MD5 checksums via convenient email reports
• Automatic creation of access derivatives for preservation media
• Integration with BagIt digital library preservation standard
• Integration with Archivematica and Preservica coming soon!