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We've recently completed our ArcLight MVP (minimum viable product) work cycle! Please see that page, our GitHub repository, our demo videos, or our demo site to see what we've completed. |
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We began the design process with a few high-level and preliminary objectives for ArcLight:
- Discovery of physical and digital objects (e.g., finding aids described using EAD, full text search for digital archival materials, presentation and delivery of digital materials)
- Compatibility with Hydra and ArchivesSpace
- Developed, enhanced, and maintained by the Hydra/Blacklight community
Process
Our project has been community focused from the beginning. We have undertaken a thorough user-centered design process (2015-2017), with the goal of producing design documentation to guide development. We have also started an eight-week work cycle (April 10-June 2, 2017) to develop a minimum viable product on which to base further development.
Collaboration and Communication
To better support the relevant objectives of other institutions interested in the solutions ArcLight could provide, we've been collaborating with other institutions during the ArcLight Design Process and the ArcLight MVP and ArcLight Phase II work
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cycles. We expect that development of ArcLight will
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continue to involve contributions from multiple institutions. If you're interested in contributing to development or testing ArcLight, please let us know!
Email list: To get updates or communicate with us about ArcLight, please join the ArcLight Google Group (arclight-community@googlegroups.com).
Slack channel: To communicate with us more informally, please join the #arclight
channel on the Code4lib Slack team. If you're not on the Code4lib Slack team, you can request an invitation using this form or by contacting us via the email list.
Related Resources
- A high-level overview of the Stanford Libraries design process
- Examples of design documentation from another Blacklight-based project, Spotlight: conceptual design and wireframes
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Objectives
We began the design process with a few high-level and preliminary objectives for ArcLight:
- Discovery of physical and digital objects (e.g., finding aids described using EAD, full text search for digital archival materials, presentation and delivery of digital materials)
- Compatibility with Samvera and ArchivesSpace
- Developed, enhanced, and maintained by the Samvera/Blacklight community
Process and History
Our project has been community focused from the beginning:
- 2015-2017: a thorough user-centered design process (2015-2017), with the goal of producing design documentation to guide development
- April 10-June 2, 2017: development of a minimum viable product (ArcLight MVP) on which to base further development, between Stanford and University of Michigan. See demo videos from this work cycle.
- August 13-October 11, 2019: continued community-focused development, between Stanford, Duke, Michigan, Indiana, and Princeton
ArcLight in Production
Several institutions now have ArcLight in production: