Division Records - Digital Curation - Strategies and Procedures - AutoPro Automated Digital Processing Tool User Manual

Abstract

User manual for AutoPro, an automated digital processing tool developed by the Digital Curation Division at the University of Michigan's Bentley Historical Library. AutoPro is comprised of 28 Windows CMD.EXE shell scripts that move content through an 11 step workflow and thereby simplify the operation of more than 20 applications and command line utilities. In addition to providing a framework to guide archivists through the workflow, AutoPro tracks the current processing status, generates log files for all operations, and records PREMIS preservation metadata that will be stored alongside the processed content in a preservation environment. The Windows Command Prompt and Explorer windows function as the main interfaces. Archivists must approve the successful completion of each step and may stop at any point in the workflow and resume their work at a later time.