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
- Plugins extend the software's core functionality to support timelines, visualizations, image licensing and more
- Import frameworks allow for the batch migration and transformation of media and data
- Free online documentation and support
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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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New York Society Library
New York, NY- Showcases the early circulation records of NYC's first library and oldest cultural institution
- Details the reading histories of political figures such as George Washington, John Jay and Aaron Burr
- Includes a network of relationship records that describe social connections and circulation activities
- Features a public website with dynamic information visualization tools
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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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Isamu Noguchi Catalog Raisonné
Queens, NY- Archives 2,000 artworks spanning 80+ years
- Includes 10,000 documentary photographs
- Features a visual and textual artist's chronology
- Supports a dynamic print catalogue automatically generated from digital catalogue data
- Integrates data fed from a legacy commercial software system
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New School Archives & Special Collections
New York, NY- Presents a diverse collection of 2D, 3D and 4D items
- Features classroom tools for sharing, commenting on and creating presentations with archival materials
- Includes finding aids for collection-level research
- Merges VRA Core, PBCore and DACS standards
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Join us for Happy Hour!
March 4, 2016
Please join us at Churchill Tavern and meet the team, as well as other CollectiveAccess users, on Thursday, March 24 from 5:30-7:30. RSVP here.
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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 1.6 is composed of a core cataloguing and data management application called Providence and an optional public web-access application called Pawtucket.
Visit the project wiki for installation instructions or read more about the packages and download here.