The Archivists' Toolkit Roundtable of the Society of American Archivists will hold its inaugural meeting on Wednesday, Aug 12th, 1-3pm, at the SAA Annual Conference in Austin, Texas.

Established in February 2009, the Archivists’ Toolkit Roundtable (ATRT) provides a forum for archivists from all types of repositories to identify and discuss key issues relevant to the Archivists' Toolkit (AT) software tool.

The inaugural meeting’s theme is centered on COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, and will set in motion the means to achieving the roundtable’s goals through input and activity from within the archival community. This will be an opportunity to share and benefit from the knowledge and expertise within the AT community that will enable us to expand upon and utilize the AT’s features and functions to its full potential.

SAA members and non-members may participate in the SAA Roundtables and Discussion Lists. Join the roundtable (SAA members as members; non-SAA members as participants), and you will automatically be added to the forum: http://archivists.org/saagroups/roundtables.asp ==> Archivists’ Toolkit Roundtable ==> Join/Leave
(If you have any questions or problems with signing up, please contact servicecenter@archivists.org)

Questions/suggestions? Please contact Genie Guerard: gguerard@library.ucla.edu

Visit our Facebook event page at: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=88293592402&ref=nf

The Archivists’ Toolkit team is pleased to announce the availability of version 1.5.9 of the AT application.

New Features (click here for more info):

• Cancel button for progress screen
• Record locking
• New process and message for cancelling from a record
• Customized search result display
• Ability to have multiple database profiles within the AT
• Improved stylesheets
• Improved usability

For users who have implemented a local instance, they can either create a new database instance to run with version 1.5.9 or upgrade their current instance. To do either, they will need to use the Maintenance Program, which is located in the main folder where the AT application is installed on the user’s computer.

Plugin support available beginning with AT version 1.5.9

The AT plugin framework provides a simple and flexible mechanism by which developers can extend the functionality of the AT program. Key functionality that can readily be added using plugins include custom import/export modules and custom record editors (Resources, Accessions, Subjects, Names, and Digital Objects).  Plugins that can be embedded into the existing resource record editor can also be developed (they will appear as additional tabs in the editor).  Essentially, plugins provide a convenient method for tailoring the AT to an institution's workflow. 

Information about plugins, including a brief development guide and examples can be found at:

http://archiviststoolkit.org/forDevelopers/plugins.shtml

If you are interested in learning more, please contact the AT staff at info@archivsitstoolkit.org.

The Archivists’ Toolkit team released version 1.5.0 of the AT application in late 2008.

New Features (click here for more info):

• Improved searching
• Support for multiple users of resource records (merge and transfer function)
• Customizable Rapid Data Entry screen
• Improved drag & drop (rearrangement) tool
• Improved import / export of EADs
• Support for Java 1.6

And more:

• New stylesheets for HTML and EAD to PDF
• Improved import/export logs
• Intermittent 'Save' feature
• Improved Name import process
• Improved feedback throughout application

Requesting support

Please send all inquiries, reports, and requests for support concerning the application to the Archivists’ Toolkit User Group (ATUG-l can be subscribed to at http://mailman.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/atug-l) and / or to info@archiviststoolkit.org. Please do not contact project staff directly via their email addresses or telephone numbers. Sending messages to ATUG-l or to info@archiviststoolkit.org will ensure that your question or report is responded to in a more timely manner.