The open source communities around AtoM and Archivematica have been gathering a lot this month. To find out more about what they have been talking about, see our latest community update. www.artefactual.com/post/june-co...

June community update

June was a busy month for the community. Each open source project had Contributor Gatherings and community development meetings. There were also some contributions this past month and more work being ...

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This effort is really touching - Artefactual staff stepping up to superpreserve (TM) the world's most exhausted humour. Bring us your tired, your overused,your exhausted (jokes and puns). We have got a place to put them www.artefactual.com/post/joke-ar...

Joke Archive

PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 1, 2026Artefactual Systems Uses SUPERPRESERVATION™ as Public Service to Permanently Archive the World's Tired, Overused, and Otherwise Exhausted JokesSurrey, BC...

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You've got to admit it's getting better - another SUPER PRESERVATION (TM) client to announce www.artefactual.com/post/oais-12...

OAIS 12 Step Program

PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 1, 2026Organization for Acronym and Initialism Safety Announces Strategic Procurement of SUPERPRESERVATION™ from Artefactual SystemsGeneva, Switzerland - April ...

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More good news to share, SUPER PRESERVATION (TM) now expanded to pre-emptive pre-ingest www.artefactual.com/post/pre-emp...

Pre-emptive Pre-Ingest

PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 1, 2026Artefactual Systems Introduces Pre-Emptive Ingest Workflow for Enduro: Preserve Your Content Before It ExistsSurrey, BC - April 1, 2026Artefactual System...

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Even more pleased to announce our first Superpreservation (TM) user www.artefactual.com/post/ipcc-se...

IPCC Selects SUPERPRESERVATION™

PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 1, 2026Intergovernmental Panel on Conceptual Collapse Names SUPERPRESERVATION™ as Preferred Remediation Framework Following Confirmation of Global Metaphorical ...

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Very pleased to announce our newest product release,we think it's super! www.artefactual.com/post/superpr...

SUPERPRESERVATION™

PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 1, 2026Artefactual announces a new quantum computing inspired approach to digital preservation.  Surrey, BC - April 1, 2026We harness the principle of quantum s...

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A great boost for the Open Document Format (ODF) with this news in Germany! We've just launched our ODF Validator with Rigsarkivet, Nationaal Archief, Rahvusarhiiv, and the Swiss Federal Archives, to further boost this format and its uptake in the EU and beyond. itsfoss.com/news/germany...

Big Win for Open Source as Germany Backs Open Document Format

The Deutschland-Stack names ODF and PDF/UA as the only permitted document formats for German public administrations.

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We're keeping the AtoM and Archivematica Community Development Meetings open to ALL contributors and potential contributors. We're keeping the meeting times the same, but changing timezones to Eastern. Find out more in this month's community update: www.artefactual.com/post/march-c...

March Community Update

March has been a busy month for Artefactual and the open source community. We held an extra Archivematica community development meeting and met with some new contributors. It is exciting to welcome mo...

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Curious about our next release of AtoM or Archivematica? Wondering where we are in the release cycle? Want to contribute, but not sure how? The latest community update has resources to answer those questions and more. www.artefactual.com/post/new-yea...

New year, more community

2026 is almost two months gone and the community has been as involved as ever. Both the AtoM and Archivematica projects have been busy with community-reported issues and pull requests. Recently, both ...

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Flight delays couldn’t even stop us from making it to #IDCC2026 ✈️🙌 Thank you to everyone who came to listen to our Head of Customer Success’ lightning talk on AIPS (a Data-Centric Approach to Preservation). It was a wonderful few days connecting at IDCC!

Despite travel chaos we are here in Zagreb with some BIG preservation energy and very pleased to sponsor #IDCC26

🤝Sponsor update! @artefactual.com al.com has agreed to sponsor #IDCC26 @artefactual.com actual.com is a Canadian-based professional services and open source software development company dedicated to the stewardship of open source digital access and preservation software dcc.ac.uk/events/idcc2...

Just a reminder that the next Mnemian workshop is tomorrow! Register and join us to discuss and provide feedback on mappings to help shape a new path from ISAD to RiC! www.eventbrite.com/e/understand...

Understanding AtoM to RiC Mappings in Mnemian

Working with linked data is different. We believe that starting with a simple subset of RiC is a practical way of seeing results quickly.

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Join the next Mnemian workshop on January 29th to join the discussion and provide feedback on mappings to help shape a new path from ISAD to RiC. Register here to come listen or contribute! www.eventbrite.com/e/understand...

Understanding AtoM to RiC Mappings in Mnemian

Working with linked data is different. We believe that starting with a simple subset of RiC is a practical way of seeing results quickly.

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Reminder, the Project Mnemian introduction and update is Tomorrow, January 13th, at 9:00AM GMT or 5:00PM GMT. Registration is still open here: www.eventbrite.com/e/mnemian-pr...

Mnemian Project Update

An update on Mnemian's development

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Are you curious about Project Mnemian? Join Artefactual and Imagiz on January 13, 2026 (9:00AM GMT or 5:00PM GMT) for a 1-hour introduction and update on the Project Mnemian. Register to join us and learn more! www.eventbrite.com/e/mnemian-pr...

The last community update of the year is here! Read about the latest contributor gatherings and check out our updated project roadmaps. And We'll be opening our community development meetings to any contributor from January - March in 2026. www.artefactual.com/post/end-of-...

End of year community update

Winter has arrived and with it holidays and reflections. As we prepare for 2026, we look back at 2025 and take the lessons we have learned with us. We already knew that people were passionate about th...

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We've been updating our project community pages to reflect the current resources and activities available for AtoM and Archivematica. Check them out and learn more: www.artefactual.com/post/novembe...

November Community Update

This is not quite the last community post of the year, but 2025 is nearly to a close and preparations are underway for next year already. Both the AtoM and the Archivematica roadmaps have been updated...

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Happy World Digital Preservation Day! Head over to our site to check out our post about #WDPD2025 Seize the means of preservation! www.artefactual.com/post/happy-w...

Happy World Digital Preservation Day!

Today, and everyday, we celebrate digital preservation and digital sovereignty. This years theme of “Why Preserve” could not feel more fitting. Our Chief Archivist had the opportunity to share a few w...

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Thank you to everyone who came out to our lightning talk at #ICABarcelona2025! We also have a workshop in Room 123 at 17:00 on AI and RiC. Hope to see you soon! We are having such a great time and have loved connecting with so many amazing people 💫 #ICA

From the Rogers Centre to #ICABarcelona2025. Our booth's got some major league energy (😉) - supporting the Jays all the way from Barcelona! 💙🇨🇦🇪🇸 #ICA2025 #BlueJays

Just 1 week to go until the ICA Congress in Barcelona where we are Bronze Sponsors! 🇪🇸 We’re excited to connect, collaborate and explore! We have with two presentations and a workshop on AI and RiC for Working Archivists #ICA2025 #ICABarcelona2025

I am speaking at an online conference next week. Oct 15 9:30 CEST. IFLA Preservation and Conservation Center​, National Library of Poland​: Digital libraries: Tools for(ever) Digital Preservation Open Source Tools supporting long term digital preservation polona.pl/static/polon... free and online

ICYMI: on Friday we managed a double release! 🎉 Archivematica 1.18.0 (SS 0.24.0) & AtoM 2.10.0 are now both available! Please see release notes below for further information on dependency upgrades & enhancements. AtoM: github.com/artefactual/... Archivematica: wiki.archivematica.org/Archivematic...

As Autumn makes itself known, we're edging closer towards releases for AtoM and Archivematica. Thank you to our community contributors for their work on these! August was busy with pull requests and bulk issue closures. Check out the latest contributor blog for more details.

A busy farewell to summer: Updates from the contributor community

The mornings grow cool and the days grow short as Autumn has arrived in the Northern Hemisphere. The contributor community had a busy end of summer, submitting pull requests and commenting on issues i...

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In July, the contributor community celebrated first-time contributions to Archivematica and more contributions to AtoM. We have also announced plans to close a number of inactive Archivematica issues at the end of August. Read more about this & our current release work in our recent post.

More news from the Contributor Community: July update

Up in the Northern Hemisphere we are well into summer; the time of year where things start to slow down a bit. But not for the contributor communities from the AtoM and Archivematica projects! July wa...

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Back in June, we took the stage at the Archiving 2025 Conference! If you’re interested in learning more about Artefactual, we invite you to watch our short presentation on our blog for an insightful look into what we do!

June was a busy month for the AtoM and Archivematica contributor communities. Open source software is only as strong as the communities that support it; the future of both projects is looking bright.

Helping the Contributor Community Succeed: June update

June has been a busy month for the AtoM and Archivematica contributor communities! We hosted a Contributor Gathering and continued with Community Development Meetings for each open source project. Con...

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We're on the move again! This week we are exhibiting at the Archiving 2025 Conference. If you are in Granada we would love to meet you. #digipres #archives #culturalheritage #archiving2025

Minutes from our first community development meetings are now available online #digipres #archives www.artefactual.com/post/introdu...

Introducing community development meetings

Contributors are an integral part of any open source project. For the last six months we have been building ways to increase contributions and foster relationships between contributors and our project...

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