New Archival Holdings database

Archon is a database system that describes archival holdings held at Boston University School of Theology Library. It allows users to search using keywords, record groups, collection name, subject, creator, and digital content listing. It has the capability to link to digital objects. Users will find helpful information like collection descriptions, biographical notes, subject indexing, and inventories.

The STH Archives began using Archon, an open-source database, to describe the collections it held in its repository in 2009. Record groups, established in 2005, became the backbone of the organizational structure for the physical collections and their description in Archon.

Over the last 6 years, the Archivist and Archives Assistants populated the database with both newly acquired collections and collection inventories that appeared on old versions of the School of Theology Archives website.

In 2015, a team made up of the Digital Projects Librarian, a Simmons College Graduate Student from the School of Library and Information Sciences, and the Archivist, updated the Archon software and moved it to a more stable server space. Now, the beta version database is available for public use and searching.

In the Fall 2016, we hope to make the final updates to the database software. For now, enjoy the ability to search across our collections using Archon.

Please feel free to explore our collections via the Archon website here: http://sth-archon.bu.edu/