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AtoM<https://www.accesstomemory.org/en/> allows digital objects to be embedded in hierarchical finding aids. For example:

http://findingaids.library.dal.ca/index.php/photograph-of-crew-of-bluenose-ii

This description doesn’t have an “associated materials” note or a “related groups of records” note, but it would be very easy to edit the description and add one if necessary. AtoM also supports relationships between authority terms. You could, for example, create a term for “Doe House” and link it as a creator or subject to any archival description in the database. For example, Thomas McCulloch:

http://findingaids.library.dal.ca/index.php/mcculloch-thomas-1776-1843

McCulloch has an associative relationship to the Office of the President and a familial relationship to Thomas McCulloch, Jr. His EAC record shows that he is the creator of the Thomas McCulloch fonds and the subject of other fonds. All hyperlinked together.

The application lacks many of the standard tools found in repository software like dSpace or Islandora, but it is excellent for making relationships between archival descriptions (with or without digital objects) and creator records.

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