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Bert, Looks really interesting. What license are you releasing this application under? Also, the Github repo https://github.com/avpreserve/uk-exactly doesn't exist (at least to the public) - it's linked to in the User Guide. Mark ----- Original Message ----- > AVPreserve and the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University > of Kentucky Libraries are excited to announce the release of a new tool for > born-digital acquisition and delivery. > Building on work originally begun by colleagues at the Gates Archive, > AVPreserve and the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University > of Kentucky Libraries developed Exactly to meet the growing need for > archives to acquire born digital content directly from donors and to begin > the activities of establishing provenance and fixity early in the process > of acquisition. Read more about how the Nunn Center is using Exactly here > <http://digitalomnium.com/exactly-a-new-tool-to-safely-transfer-born-digital-materials-to-the-archive/> > . > Exactly is a simple and easy to use application for remotely and safely > transferring any born-digital material from a sender to a recipient. > Exactly utilizes the BagIt File Packaging Format (an Internet Engineering > Task-Force standard, developed by the Library of Congress and the > California Digital Library, with current support from George Washington > University and the University of Maryland), supports FTP transfer, as well > as standard network transfers, and integrates into desktop-based file > sharing workflows such as Dropbox or Google Drive. Additionally, Exactly > allows the recipient to create customized metadata templates for the sender > to fill out before submission. Exactly can send email notifications with > transfer data and manifests when files have been delivered to the archive. > Read more about Exactly’s features in the Users Guide and the Exactly > Quickstart tutorial at our Exactly webpage > <https://www.avpreserve.com/news/exactly-a-new-tool-for-digital-file-acquisitions/>. > Downloads for the Exactly application are also available there (Windows > executable, Mac OS Build, or Java Package). > ____________________ > Bertram Lyons, CA > AVPreserve | www.avpreserve.com > International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives | > www.iasa-web.org