The ArchivesSpace Team is pleased to announce the selection of Hudson Molonglo Pty Ltd as the development partner for ArchivesSpace, an open source software application that combines the functional strengths of the two leading American archival collection management systems: Archon and the Archivists’ Toolkit.
Hudson Molonglo is an IT consulting firm for higher education, libraries, and archives with staff located both in the US and Australia. The selection of Hudson Molonglo was conducted through a formal Request For Proposal and rigorous evaluation process. The ArchivesSpace Team is excited to have reached this milestone and looks forward to working with Hudson Molonglo over the next 12 months.
Luc Declerck, University of California, San Diego
David Millman, New York University Beth Sandore, University of Illinois
Katherine Kott, ArchivesSpace Development Manager
Mark Matienzo, ArchivesSpace Technical Architect
Hi, I'm just catching up on this latest news about the ArchivesSpace developer. Great news! Congratulations on this milestone and I'm sure you all are ready to dive in.
I'm curious about the developer Hudson Molonglo, and honestly was a little underwhelmed by their website. Other than peddlersaver, can you share any information on previous clients they've worked with and/or projects they've developed?
Looking forward to SAA and thanks again everyone for your work toward making ArchivesSpace a reality!
On Monday, July 9, 2012 10:48:30 AM UTC-5, Katherine Kott wrote:
> The ArchivesSpace Team is pleased to announce the selection of Hudson > Molonglo Pty Ltd as the development partner for ArchivesSpace, an open > source software application that combines the functional strengths of the > two leading American archival collection management systems: Archon and the > Archivists’ Toolkit.
> Hudson Molonglo is an IT consulting firm for higher education, libraries, > and archives with staff located both in the US and Australia. The selection > of Hudson Molonglo was conducted through a formal Request For Proposal and > rigorous evaluation process. The ArchivesSpace Team is excited to have > reached this milestone and looks forward to working with Hudson Molonglo > over the next 12 months.
> Luc Declerck, University of California, San Diego
> David Millman, New York University > Beth Sandore, University of Illinois
> Katherine Kott, ArchivesSpace Development Manager
> Mark Matienzo, ArchivesSpace Technical Architect
Hudson Molonglo is a young company but we have assembled a very strong team for this project, with many years of experience working on technology for archives and libraries. We are thrilled to have been selected as the development partner for ArchivesSpace.
As you have noticed, developing our website has not been a priority so far.
Cheers,
James
On Aug 3, 2012, at 4:12 AM, lauren.k...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi, I'm just catching up on this latest news about the ArchivesSpace developer. Great news! Congratulations on this milestone and I'm sure you all are ready to dive in.
> I'm curious about the developer Hudson Molonglo, and honestly was a little underwhelmed by their website. Other than peddlersaver, can you share any information on previous clients they've worked with and/or projects they've developed?
> Looking forward to SAA and thanks again everyone for your work toward making ArchivesSpace a reality!
> Lauren
> On Monday, July 9, 2012 10:48:30 AM UTC-5, Katherine Kott wrote:
> The ArchivesSpace Team is pleased to announce the selection of Hudson Molonglo Pty Ltd as the development partner for ArchivesSpace, an open source software application that combines the functional strengths of the two leading American archival collection management systems: Archon and the Archivists’ Toolkit.
> Hudson Molonglo is an IT consulting firm for higher education, libraries, and archives with staff located both in the US and Australia. The selection of Hudson Molonglo was conducted through a formal Request For Proposal and rigorous evaluation process. The ArchivesSpace Team is excited to have reached this milestone and looks forward to working with Hudson Molonglo over the next 12 months.
> Luc Declerck, University of California, San Diego
> David Millman, New York University > Beth Sandore, University of Illinois
> Katherine Kott, ArchivesSpace Development Manager
> Mark Matienzo, ArchivesSpace Technical Architect
On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 2:12 PM, <lauren.k...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm curious about the developer Hudson Molonglo, and honestly was a little
> underwhelmed by their website. Other than peddlersaver, can you share any
> information on previous clients they've worked with and/or projects they've
> developed?
Thanks for bringing this up Lauren. I would also be interested in
hearing what went into the selection of Hudson Molonglo for developing
ArchivesSpace. I'm less concerned with the current state of the Hudson
Molonglo website as I am with understanding why their portofolio was
attractive to the ArchivesSpace team.
Was there a set of experience with particular technologies or software
development methodologies that informed the decision? What has the
Hudson Molonglo team worked on during its many years of experience?
Can you share their response to the RFP?
The Library of Congress (my employer) isn't a partner institution in
the ArchivesSpace project so I understand if these details can't be
made available. But I think a bit more information about the decision
would reflect well on (and facilitate) the ongoing work.
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 9:20 AM, Ed Summers <e...@pobox.com> wrote:
> Was there a set of experience with particular technologies or
> software development methodologies that informed the decision? What has
> the Hudson Molonglo team worked on during its many years of experience?
> Can you share their response to the RFP?
Building on James' modest message, I'm pleased to provide some additional
information on behalf of the ArchivesSpace Team:
Responses to our RFP contain proprietary information and must remain
confidential.
While Hudson Molonglo is a young company, their staff have a strong
technology background and deep experience with digital library and archival
management systems.
James Bullen has worked in digital libraries and academic computing since
the late 1990s. He has held a number of positions over that time, as a
developer, architect, manager and director. For two years he led the
digital library at New York University (NYU), during which time he directed
NYU’s contribution to the Archivists’ Toolkit project. He also directed the
implementation of the Archivists’ Toolkit at the National Library of
Australia (NLA).
Payten Giles is a software developer with extensive knowledge and a passion
for web technologies and user interface design. As a member of NLA’s
development team, Payten developed and designed a number of web
applications to service library operations and digital collection
management and delivery.
Brian Hoffman is a software developer and analyst with experience designing
web applications, managing enterprise asset management system integration
projects, and managing the development and deployment of software in
academic research environments. He has extensive experience working with
digital archives, archival management workflows, and EAD.
Mark Triggs is a software developer, systems administrator and open source
contributor. While working with NLA, he initiated and led a project to
replace the NLA’s catalog with an extended version of the VuFind Open
Source project. He also designed and implemented a scalable,
fault-tolerant server architecture for the NLA’s Trove service, which
currently contains over 250 million digital objects and receives more than
4 million hits per day.
The selection of HM followed a rigorous process composed of formal criteria
and priorities and, given the NYU connection of some of the HM staff, the
NYU ArchivesSpace team recused themselves from those deliberations.
We are pleased with the progress the development team are making on code
development and invite you to have a look at
https://github.com/hudmol/archivesspace.
Best,
Katherine Kott
ArchivesSpace Development Manager
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 12:47 AM, James Bullen <ja...@hudmol.com> wrote:
> Hi Lauren,
> Hudson Molonglo is a young company but we have assembled a very strong
> team for this project, with many years of experience working on technology
> for archives and libraries. We are thrilled to have been selected as the
> development partner for ArchivesSpace.
> As you have noticed, developing our website has not been a priority so far.
> Cheers,
> James
> On Aug 3, 2012, at 4:12 AM, lauren.k...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi, I'm just catching up on this latest news about the ArchivesSpace
> developer. Great news! Congratulations on this milestone and I'm sure you
> all are ready to dive in.
> I'm curious about the developer Hudson Molonglo, and honestly was a little
> underwhelmed by their website. Other than peddlersaver, can you share any
> information on previous clients they've worked with and/or projects they've
> developed?
> Looking forward to SAA and thanks again everyone for your work toward
> making ArchivesSpace a reality!
> Lauren
> On Monday, July 9, 2012 10:48:30 AM UTC-5, Katherine Kott wrote:
>> The ArchivesSpace Team is pleased to announce the selection of Hudson
>> Molonglo Pty Ltd as the development partner for ArchivesSpace, an open
>> source software application that combines the functional strengths of the
>> two leading American archival collection management systems: Archon and the
>> Archivists’ Toolkit.
>> Hudson Molonglo is an IT consulting firm for higher education, libraries,
>> and archives with staff located both in the US and Australia. The selection
>> of Hudson Molonglo was conducted through a formal Request For Proposal and
>> rigorous evaluation process. The ArchivesSpace Team is excited to have
>> reached this milestone and looks forward to working with Hudson Molonglo
>> over the next 12 months.
>> Luc Declerck, University of California, San Diego
>> David Millman, New York University
>> Beth Sandore, University of Illinois
>> Katherine Kott, ArchivesSpace Development Manager
>> Mark Matienzo, ArchivesSpace Technical Architect
