CollectiveAccess is software for describing all manner of things, and allows you to create catalogues that closely conform to your needs without custom programming.
Access your collection from anywhere
Easily publish your collection to the web
Automatically convert, preview, scale and watermark dozens of image, audio, video, 3D and document file formats for playback in any modern web browser.
CollectiveAccess can handle data from multiple sources and transform as it imports, standardizing terminology and dates, creating hierarchies, converting media formats and more.
CollectiveAccess plugins allow you to visualize your collection data as hierarchies, interactive maps, and timelines.
All CollectiveAccess components are open source, and yours to use, redistribute, and modify to suit your needs.
CollectiveAccess is free open-source software for managing and publishing museum and archival collections.
- Runs on any modern web browser
- Pre-configured with several library standards including Dublin Core, PBCore, VRA Core and more
- Customizable through simple user interfaces — no complex programming required
- Reporting tools easily generate finding aids and exports to PDF or spreadsheet-readable formats
- Supports multilingual cataloging
- Mapping tools allow you to georeference any asset
- Integrated with Library of Congress subject headings, Getty vocabularies, GeoNames, and more
- Support for digital preservation workflows
- Import frameworks allow for the batch migration and transformation of media and data
- Publish an optional public-access collection website
- Free online documentation and support
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Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre
Vancouver, Canada- Provides access for former Indian Residential School students, their families, and communities to records of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- Publishes information resources from partner institutions in support of education, public information, research, and dialogue about the Indian Residential School System and its legacies
- Collects and integrates Survivor stories, records, information, and conversations about the residential school system
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University of Michigan Museum of Art
Ann Arbor, Michigan- Manages an extensive collection of artwork spanning from 5,000 BCE to the present day
- Supports loan tracking, exhibition management, conservation and inventory workflows
- Features a linked-open-data tool kit for record creation and integration from Getty vocabularies
- Feeds content to a Digital Humanities Learning Environment
Image at left: James McNeill Whistler, Sea and Rain, 1865, oil on canvas. Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker. 1955/1.89
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Smithsonian Channel
Washington DC- Supports an ever-growing footage collection for production and broadcast
- Features robust clip-level logging and cataloging
- PB Core-compliant schema tracks Items, supporting materials, plus hierarchies from work to version
- Includes a researchers interface providing controlled access and discovery
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Hunter College, City University of New York
New York, NY- Showcases the history and culture of Puerto Ricans in the diaspora, through the collection of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies Library and Archive
- Provides access to photographs, documents, artifacts, art, maps, oral histories, moving image, audio clips and more
- Integrates collection material with Drupal-based institutional website content
- Supports account-based tools for user engagement
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Jacob’s Pillow
Becket, MA- Documents the history of the oldest internationally acclaimed dance festival in the United States
- Represents one of eight digital archives in the Dance Heritage Coalition, an alliance of the country's major dance collections
- Includes correspondence, photographs, performance programs, board minutes, books, costumes, posters, films, videos, sound recordings, and scrapbooks
- Features online exhibitions, finding aids, robust search tools and more
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CollectiveAccess 1.7.6 released!
April 18, 2018
Versions 1.7.6 of Providence, the CollectiveAccess cataloguing tool, and Pawtucket2, the public access interface are now available. The update includes lots bug fixes and several new features./
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User Group Meeting in NYC
November 27, 2017
NYC-area users please join us on Tuesday, December 5th from 10:00a to 12:00p for a discussion and demo of the new 1.7.5 features. This meeting is hosted by METRO (Metropolitan New York Library Council) at 599 11th Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY.
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Forums
Ask questions, share tips with the CollectiveAccess Community, and read announcements from the development team. -
Wiki
Get detailed information about set-up and configuration, get help with your cataloging, troubleshoot with our cookbook, and more. -
Bug Tracker
Log issues, submit feature requests and see detailed comments about ongoing development work. -
Consulting
Hire the CA development team to assist with systems implementation, data migration, custom site design and more.
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CollectiveAccess is an open-source, community driven resource that benefits from the input of volunteer developers. Volunteers are always welcome to get involved by contributing translations, code, user support, and ideas.
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Download CollectiveAccess to get started
CollectiveAccess version 1.7 is composed of a core cataloguing and data management application called Providence and an optional public web-access application called Pawtucket2.
Visit the project wiki for installation instructions or read more about the packages and download here.