This platform is part of the Archiv International programme hosted by medienfux gGmbH (see also fwbarchiv.de). Here we provide a home for the digitisation of small and very small archives from African countries, with a special focus on collections documenting the colonial era and community‑based work.
All contributing archivists have completed a one‑year training course consisting of six modules, enabling them to complement existing paper‑based holdings with a structured, searchable digital archive. Step by step, these collections become accessible to researchers, communities and interested people in Germany and around the world, helping to preserve fragile records and to make local perspectives on history visible.
AtoM is a fully web based archival description application that is based on International Council on Archives (ICA) standards. AtoM is an acronymn for Access to Memory.
The ICA and its project collaborators are making this application available as open source software to provide archival institutions with a free and easy to use option for putting their archival collections online. See the about page to learn more about the AtoM project.
See the online documentation to learn more about using the software or press the browse button on the right to view some sample data.