The Collection Management System Collection

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1	More info: https://ablwr.github.io/blog/2017/08/09/collection-management-system-collection/	Edit access request: ashley.blewer@gmail.com	Loan/request	Multilingual	Permissions	Physical	Reporting	Rights	Tasking	Access	Batch Edit	Data Model & Metadata Schema	Collection mgmt	DAMS	Ingest	Preservation Storage	Open Source	Import/Export	API	IIIF	Support	Community	Notes
2	Feel free to edit values but please do not remove rows/columns!	This is a shared resource. Please copy this resource if you want to make institution-specific modifications.	Can it manage sending stuff out and getting it back?	Can it support multiple languages?	For user permissions within the organization, or for the public.	Stores physical location of assets?	Exports data/spreadsheets/charts/PDFs for your boss.	Copyright stuff	Can you assign tasks? Who is working on what?	Does this come with a public online access portal?	Are there ways to change data in ways more significant than one-at-a-time?	Can it manage different, rich, shared data models/schemas?	Can it perform CRUD operations [Create, Read, Update, Delete]?	Suitable as a digital asset management system?	Suitable for packaging materials for preservation (making AIPs)	Suitable for managing stored materials for long-term digital preservation	Is the software free to use and change?	Getting data in AND getting data out?	Has an API and/or supports integration with other systems?	Is there support for the IIIF core APIs (image and/or presentation)? https://iiif.io/technical-details/	Can you ask or pay an organization to fix things for you?	Is there an ability to get support from a user community (peers, not only vendor/provider)?

3	Access to Memory (AtoM)	https://www.accesstomemory.org	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Ehhh	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Re: batch edits - AtoM 2.4 now supports CSV imports as updates to existing records, and a delete-and-replace option for EAD XML and CSV.
4	ACE		No		Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No				No	Yes	Yes					No
5	Adlib (Axiell)	http://alm.axiell.com/collections-management-solutions/technology/adlib/	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No		Yes	No	Yes
6	Alfresco	https://www.parashift.com.au/alfresco-media-management/			Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes			Yes	Yes	Yes	Ehhhh	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Elements are Open Source, more complex implementations of the system are not.
7	Alm	http://alm.axiell.com/collections-management-solutions/technology/mimsy-xg/	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes		Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Mimsy is java based and has Windows and Mac clients. However, it works better on Windows as its default is to store references to external files using Windows paths. The Windows client supports clicking directly through to files but the Mac client doesn't. It's possible to set up a webserver to translate paths but that's extra work for the institution, or requires additional support. No API out of the box (but one is listed as an add-on in marketing materials), but can query underlying database with SQL tools.
8	Archipelago	http://archipelago.nyc/	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Archipelago is in its first beta release. Drupal 8 based. Easy Dockerized deployment.
9	Archivematica	https://www.archivematica.org/en/	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes		Archivematica is a preservation processing system -- it makes AIPs, DIPs. It is not a CMS, but part of a larger digital preservation ecosystem.
10	ArchivEra (Lucidea)	https://lucidea.com/archivera-archives-collections-management-software/		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes			No	No	Yes	Yes		Yes	No
11	ArchivesSpace	http://archivesspace.org/	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
12	Argus (Lucidea)	https://lucidea.com/argus/	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
13	ArtBase	http://www.artbase.com/	Yes				Yes			No				No	No	No	No			No	Yes
14	Artlogic	https://artlogic.net/artlogic	Ehhhh	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Ehhhh	Ehhhh	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Ehhhh	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Features vary depending on what version of Artlogic you have. This is a fairly new system and the employees are very eager to help solve any issues that arise. This system seems like it was initially created with art galleries or individual artists in mind. A demo of the system is available to test if the system is the correct CMS for your institution.
15	Artwork Archive	https://www.artworkarchive.com/organizations	Ehhhh	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Ehhhh	Ehhhh	Yes	Yes	Yes	Ehhhh	Yes	Ehhhh	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	This system seems better suited to an art gallery setting or for individual artists to use. A free 30 day trial of the system is available, to test if the system meets for your institution's needs out of a CMS. You have to pay for multiple people to access at the same time
16	Avalon	http://www.avalonmediasystem.org/	No		Yes	No	No			Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
17	Calm (Axiell)	http://alm.axiell.com/collections-management-solutions/technology/calm-archive/				Yes	Yes		No	Yes	Yes		No	No		No	No	Yes		No	Yes	Yes
18	Canto Cumulus	https://www.canto.com/en/cumulus/	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes		No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Cumulus is a DAMS
19	CollectionSpace	http://www.collectionspace.org/	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Ehhhh	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
20	CollectiveAccess	http://www.collectiveaccess.org/	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
21	ConedaKOR	https://github.com/coneda/kor	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Web based system (ruby on rails, mysql, elasticsearch), graph based data structure. Hosting and Support by https://de.dariah.eu and https://wendig.io.
22	CONTENTdm	http://www.oclc.org/en/contentdm.html	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Ehhhh	Yes	No	Yes	Ehhhh		Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Ehhhh	Yes	Yes	Yes	New responsive version (for OCLC hosted sites only) will use IIIF API, but loading content still hampered by outdated Project Client software. Batch metadata updates through find/replace or filling through project client, but must use python script called Catcher to do substantial batch updates.
23	CuadraSTAR/SKCA (Lucidea)	https://lucidea.com/cuadrastar-skca/	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes				No	No	Yes		Yes	No
24	DB/TextWorks	https://lucidea.com/inmagic-dbtextworks/					Yes			Yes							No	Yes		No	Yes
25	Digital Commons (BePress)	https://www.bepress.com/products/digital-commons/	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes		Yes	No	No	Ehhhh	No	Ehhhh	Yes		Yes	Yes	Using the bepress Archive option (https://www.bepress.com/reference_guide_dc/getting-started-bepress-archive/) changes the answers to some of the questions about asset management and preservation
26	dLibrary online platform	http://dlibrary.org/	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Ehhhh	Yes	Yes	Yes	Ehhhh		Yes	Yes	Our platform serves two main goals: (1) online publishing of large collections of heterogeneous library and archival materials, and (2) serves as technological framework for experimental online publishing and software tools development for scholars and students. (in humanities and hard sciences)
27	DSpace	http://www.dspace.org/	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	A lot of these are Yes with a programmer, No without. (At least out of the box, not hosted/supported externally.) 2017-08-11 Bram Luyten response: As a 10 year DSpace user, committer and DSpace service provider, I'm obviously biased here with all my hats, but I can't help to think that the above statement is somewhat unfair, especially with the most recent releases of the platform. However, there IS without a doubt an enormous amount of added value that a service provider or a programmer can add to your DSpace, or to ANY platform that at least allows some flexibility: in-depth customization of the look and feel, integration with your custom on-campus systems and SSO, complicated batch ingests from legacy systems ...
28	eHive	https://info.ehive.com/	Ehhhh	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No		Yes	Yes			No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Easy-to-use low cost subscription-based web system for cataloguing and sharing collections. Developed by Vernon Systems, a CMS vendor since 1985. Used by over 800 museums.
29	Eloquent Archives (Lucidea)	https://www.eloquent-systems.com/products/archives/	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No		No
30	EmbARK (Gallery Systems)	https://www.gallerysystems.com/products-and-services/embark/	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes (ODBC)	No	Yes	Yes	Demo download at http://ideas.gallerysystems.com/embark-demo-download. Operates on both Macintosh and Windows.
31	EMu (Axiell)	http://alm.axiell.com/collections-management-solutions/technology/emu-collections-management/	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Ehhhh	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Axiell is in the process of changing the backend to a common database platform with a search layer, moving away from the phenomenally outdated 'Texpress' backend. About time. SQLserver, MongoDB, Cassandra, Oracle will be among storage system choices. Not cheap, but good support staff.
32	Epexio	http://epexio.com/								Yes	Yes	Ehhhh		No	No	No	No			No	Yes		Company providing it is metadatis. Browser based system but can import from CSVs and ArchiveMatica. See an example of a user at: Warwick University Modern Records Centre, http://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/
33	Extensis	http://www.extensis.com/	No	No	Yes	Ehhhh	Ehhhh	Ehhhh	No		Yes	Ehhhh	Yes	Ehhhh	No	Ehhhh	No		Yes	No
34	Fedora	http://fedorarepository.org/														Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		No	Yes	You can get community support via mailing lists and Slack. Though this is more focused on Fedora 4 - 6 and not Fedora <= 3 anymore. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/fedora-community http://slack.fcrepo.org/
35	Flora (Decalog)	http://www.decalog.net/fr/flora-musees/	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Decalog Flora is used by more than 250 museums in France and Belgium to manage their collections, libraries and archives. The interface is full-web and uses the standards set by the French Ministry of Culture to acquire the label "Musée de France". Flora is compliant with the UNIMARC and ISAD(G) standards for books and archives. These modules are also used by large organization and public networks. Flora has been chosen to equip the central database of all the French national museums.
36	Hyrax	http://hyr.ax/	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Ehhhh	Yes	Ehhhh	Yes	Yes	Ehhhh	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Ehhhh	Ehhhh	Yes	Yes	Yes	Hyrax is a community maintained Samvera package supporting self-deposit repository systems/DAMS. Hyku is an application targeted at service providers supporting the basic Hyrax feature sets, with a generic content type model and multitenency support.
37	Imagen	https://imagenevp.com/		Yes	Yes			Yes		Yes				Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes		Media based platform can deal with scheduling and limited-run playback permissions. Has integrated with/used Front Porch Digital, Oracle, Adlib
38	Invenio	http://inveniosoftware.org/															Yes			Yes	Yes
39	IO Integration	http://www.iointegration.com/		Yes	No		Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes			Yes			No		Yes	No	Yes		One of the first DAMs to be using Relational Metadata/ Semantic Database model
40	Islandora	https://islandora.ca/	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Ehhhh	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	A lot of functionality is provided by optional modules. A list of Islandora modules and solution packs is at https://github.com/Islandora-Labs/islandora_awesome. Other functionality can be provided by the 13,329 Drupal subsystems and modules at https://www.drupal.org/project/project_module.
41	JSTOR Forum	http://forum.jstor.org/login.html	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Offers the ability to publish content to Artstor (library.artstor.org) alongside the Artstor Digital Library formerly known as Shared Shelf http://artstor.org/jstorforum
42	Knowvation	http://www.ptfs.com/knowvation	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		No	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes			No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Built on JBOSS with SOLR indexing. Digital object can still be found in file shares (not folded into SQL). Formerly ArchivalWare.
43	LOCKSS	https://www.lockss.org			Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No				No	Yes	Yes	Yes			Yes	Yes
44	Look at me	http://www.lookatmedam.com.au/
45	Lucidea	https://lucidea.com/inmagic/dbtextworks/	No	Yes	Yes*	No	No		No	Yes	Yes		Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes			Yes	No	* You need to buy another module, WebPublisher Pro, which provide Web access.
46	Mimsy (Axiell)	https://www.axiell.com/solutions/product/mimsy-xg/	No	Ehhhh	Yes	No	Ehhhh	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Ehhhh	Yes	No	Yes		Not very sophistocated when you get past the basic DAMs functions (search, store, discover). Integration with other platforms is managed entirely by the supplier so not very flexible. Storage of video is rudimentary. [I'd add that enhancement, above and beyond, remains necessary to suit GLAMS sector requirements.]
47	MINISIS	https://www.minisisinc.com/index.html																		No
48	Mukurtu	http://mukurtu.org/	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No		No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No		Ehhhh	Yes
49	MuseumPlus	http://www.zetcom.com	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Browser-based (HTML5), Saas (hosted solution) possible, Open Source Database and Application Server
50	NetX	http://netx.net/	No	No	Yes	Ehhhh	Yes	Ehhhh	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Ehhhh	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Regarding access: Brand Portals module is now included in standard setup and can be configured for public access. See here: https://kb.netx.net/display/KB/Public+User+Access+to+Brand+Portals
51	Nuxeo	https://www.nuxeo.com/	No	Yes	Yes	No	Ehhhh	Yes		No	Ehhhh	Yes	Yes	Yes			No	Ehhhh	Yes			No	Primarily used in business/private sector, main user in GLAM/cultural heritage world I'm aware of is California Digital Library (see CDL docs here: https://help.oac.cdlib.org/support/solutions/folders/9000174412)
52	Omeka	http://omeka.org/	No	No	Yes		No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No		Yes	No	No	No	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
53	OrangeLogic	https://www.orangelogic.com/	No		Yes	Ehhhh	Yes	Yes	Ehhhh		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes		Yes
54	PastPerfect	http://www.museumsoftware.com/	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes			Yes	Yes			No	No	No	No	Yes			Yes	Yes
55	Piction	http://www.piction.com/site/	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Ehhhh	Yes	Ehhhh		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No		Yes		Yes	Yes
56	Picturae/Memorix	https://picturae.com/en/dsh#collection-management		Yes		Yes				Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes		Yes	No		Yes	No	Yes		See an example in action: http://hetutrechtsarchief.nl/english
57	Preservica	https://preservica.com/	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Preservica provides all elements of the ISO 27001 OAIS model including active preservation to migrate to the latest file formats during and post ingest. Collections can be re-organized on demand and integrated with various catalogs and can incorporate user defined external metadata e.g. DC, MODS, EAD. Access capabilites include multiple security levels for open and unauthenticated access as well as fast AV streaming. Preservica is available in the cloud or on-premise.
58	Qi	http://www.keepthinking.it/qi	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		No				Yes
59	Recollect	http://www.micrographics.co.nz/recollect/								Yes
60	Rediscovery Proficio	https://rediscoverysoftware.com/	No			Yes	Yes				Yes		Yes				No	Yes
61	ResourceSpace	https://www.resourcespace.com/	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Open source, the full version is free - no paid extras. A DAM not a CMS, has some CMS functions and integrates fully (two way) with CMS systems including TMS, MuseumsPlus and k-EMU.
62	RODA	https://www.keep.pt/en/produtos/roda/													Yes	Yes	Yes
63	Rosetta	http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/category/RosettaOverview	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Designed as a preservation platform, not discovery. Must be paired with Ex Libris Primo or another system for discovery. Reporting is primitive (BIRT templates), and monitors only one storage location (not three).
64	Samvera (Hydra)	http://samvera.org/	No	Yes	Yes	Yes				Yes				Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes						Samvera is a software community and suite of tools for building repository applications with Fedora, Solr, and Blacklight. See also Hyrax/Hyku
65	scopeArchiv	https://www.scope.ch/en/products/system-concept.html			Yes		Yes			No	Yes	Yes		Yes		Yes	No				Yes		More suitable for records management or as an AMS
66	SobekCM	https://sobekdigital.com/	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes			Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Hosted solution offered by Sobek Digital
67	Soutron Archive	https://www.soutron.com/products/soutron-archive/		Yes	Yes				Yes	Yes							No		Yes		Yes		Limited information available; commerical solution based in Europe with little information available unless you talk with a salesperson
68	TIND	https://tind.io/
69	TMD Mediaflex	http://www.tmd.tv/mediaflex-ums												Yes			No			No	Yes	Yes	Mostly used by Audiovisual Archives and Broadcasters to manage AV collections
70	TMS	http://www.gallerysystems.com/products-and-services/tms-suite/tms/	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes		Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Ehhhh	Ehhhh	Yes	Yes	This product is in widespread use in the museum community. Does not natively support any archival content/descriptive standards.
71	Veevart	http://www.veevart.com/museums					Yes						Yes	No	No	No	No
72	Vernon CMS	http://vernonsystems.com/products/vernon-cms/	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes			No	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Windows-based CMS with browser-based public access module. Built by Vernon Systems. The most widely used CMS for medium to large museums in Australian and New Zealand. 200 sites worldwide.
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74			Non-applicable (requires too many variables such as customized development work)
75			Blacklight/Rails
76			FileMaker Pro
77			Wordpress
78			Non-applicable (no longer supported/legacy)
79			Archivist's Toolkit
80			Archon
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