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Transferring Digital Records to the Archives with ANTS Gregory Wiedeman University Archivist University at Albany, SUNY

ANTS: Archives Network Transfer System • Python desktop tool • Windows only right now • Runs checksums and gathers filesystem metadata before transfer • Including timestamps, potential for more forensic artifacts • Provide more context for record use • Transfer over network shares, FTP, GoogleDrive bit.ly/1p67p1b github.com/UAlbanyArchives/ants

bit.ly/1p67p1b github.com/UAlbanyArchives/ants

Project Status • Works bit.ly/1p67p1b github.com/UAlbanyArchives/ants

Project Status • Works …sort of bit.ly/1p67p1b github.com/UAlbanyArchives/ants

Project Status • Works …sort of • Sustainable? • Proof of concept bit.ly/1p67p1b github.com/UAlbanyArchives/ants

Things I’ve learned • Need consistent packages with metadata bit.ly/1p67p1b github.com/UAlbanyArchives/ants

Things I’ve learned • Need consistent packages with metadata • Process needs to be defined by records creators • Different environments bit.ly/1p67p1b github.com/UAlbanyArchives/ants

Things I’ve learned • Need consistent packages with metadata • Process needs to be defined by records creators • Different environments • This is a Desktop Problem bit.ly/1p67p1b github.com/UAlbanyArchives/ants

Things I’ve learned • Need consistent packages with metadata • Process needs to be defined by records creators • Different environments • This is a Desktop Problem • This is an Authentication Problem bit.ly/1p67p1b github.com/UAlbanyArchives/ants

Things I’ve learned • Need consistent packages with metadata • Process needs to be defined by records creators • Different environments • This is a Desktop Problem • This is an Authentication Problem • Things we avoid doing bit.ly/1p67p1b github.com/UAlbanyArchives/ants

Things I’ve learned • Need consistent packages with metadata • Process needs to be defined by records creators • Different environments • This is a Desktop Problem • This is an Authentication Problem • Things we avoid doing • We can do this bit.ly/1p67p1b github.com/UAlbanyArchives/ants