Archon^™
The Simple Archival Information System

Archon is a web-based tool for archivists and manuscript curators. It automatically publishes archival descriptive information and digital archival objects to a user-friendly website. With Archon, there is no need to encode a finding aid, input a catalog record, or program a sytlesheet. Archon's powerful scripts will automatically make everything in the system searchable and browseable on your repository's website!

Archon will simplify your workflow and save you time. Once you've input or edited information using some simple web forms, Archon automatically uploads the files, publishes the website, and generates EAD and MARC records.

[7/17/2008] Breaking News: Version 2.20 released under open source license. Download it here.

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^*The term "collection" is used in Archon simply as shorthand, to mean any group of archival records or personal papers managed as a discrete unit by a repository or manuscript library. Archon is flexible enough to be used for organically-related records, manuscript collections, or both. The display of "collection" labels in the public interface can be tailored to reflect specific repository needs.