Beta testing
Please note that ICA-AtoM is no longer actively supported by Artefactual Systems.
Visit https://www.accesstomemory.org for information about AtoM, the currently supported version.
Main Page > Beta Testing
When?
- We formally began the beta testing phase of the ICA-AtoM project during the week of October 6, 2008.
- Participating institutions were not expected to begin data entry during that week but are asked to start by November at the latest.
- Please note that we released ICA-AtoM version 1.0.3 on October 9 and are using this version as the baseline release for beta testing.
Participation Requirements
- The only requirement to participate in beta testing is to have one or more representatives from your institution enter some of your archival description data into ICA-AtoM and provide feedback to the ICA-AtoM development team on how to improve the software.
- You can determine for yourself how much time and how much data to contribute to this process.
- Please note that you can either have your institution host its own version of the software or we can host it on our server at no cost during the beta testing phase. **Note** If you host it on your own server, we do ask that you make the site publicly available, since we are hoping that beta testers will learn from each other's work.
Become a Beta Tester
If you are considering having your institution participate in ICA-AtoM beta testing please contact Evelyn McLellan, ICA-AtoM Community Manager, for more information.
Discussion List
Questions and comments about using ICA-AtoM should be posted to the ICA-AtoM discussion group so that other users can add their responses and suggestions and learn from each other during this process. **Important** note for non-English and multilingual beta-testers posted Monday October 20: please go to http://groups.google.ca/group/ica-atom-users/browse_thread/thread/500d173fa7659374
Participating Institutions
The following institutions have completed the beta-testing preparation as of November 17. Please note that URLs to their ICA-AtoM sites will be provided once testing has begun.
| Institution | URL | Type | Country | Languages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archiefschool, Netherlands Institute for Archival Education and Research (Archiefschool, Nederlands Instituut voor Archiefonderwijs en -onderzoek) | www.ica-atom.org/archiefschool | Educational | Netherlands | Dutch |
| Australian National University Archives/Noel Butlin Archives Centre | www.ica-atom.org/anu | University/National | Australia | English |
| British Columbia Archival Union List (BCAUL) | TBA | Union list | Canada | English |
| City of Vancouver Archives | TBA | Municipal | Canada | English |
| HumanRightsArchives.org (ICA Task Force on Human Rights) | TBA | Union list | International | English, Spanish |
| International Council on Archives Section on Archival Education and Training | TBA | Educational | International | English |
| Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery | TBA | Cultural, university | Canada | English |
| National Archives of Iran | http://217.218.78.251:8080/icaatom-ir | National | Iran | Farsi |
| National Archives of Iceland (Þjóðskjalasafn Íslands) | www.ica-atom.org/skjalasafn | National | Iceland | Icelandic |
| The National Archives of Scotland | www.ica-atom.org/nas | National | Scotland | English |
| Oswalso Cruz Foundation (Fundação Oswaldo Cruz) | TBA | Research | Brazil | Portuguese |
| Prime Minister’s Office Archives (Archivio della Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri) | www.ica-atom.org/archpcm | Government | Italy | Italian |
| Queen's University Archives | TBA | University | Canada | English |
| Reference and Information Center of Arts, Entertainment and Brazilian Culture (CRIAR - Centro de Referência e Informação em Artes, Entretenimento e Cultura Brasileira) | TBA | Union list | Brazil | Portuguese |
| Regional Archives of Maribor (Pokrajinski arhiv Maribor) | www.ica-atom.org/mar | Provincial | Slovenia | Slovenian |
| Rui Barbosa´s House Foundation (Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa) | TBA | Research, cultural | Brazil | Portuguese |
| Ministry of Education (وزارة التربية والتعليم) | www.ica-atom.org/moe | Educational | United Arab Emirates | Arabic, English |
| United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) | TBA | International | France | English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Russian. |
| University Archives, Vienna University of Technology (Universitätsarchiv der Technischen Universität Wien) | www.ica-atom.org/tuwa | University | Austria | German |
| University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology | TBA | University, cultural | Canada | English |
| World Bank Group Archives | www.ica-atom.org/wbga | International | USA | English |