An Analysis of the Cushing Memorial Library and Archive’s Collection Management Software

The Cushing Memorial Library and Archives is the rare books, special collections, manuscripts, and archival repository for Texas A&M University. Currently, Cushing uses the collection management software AtoM to curate their collections and administrate the public facing collection viewing page. The Cushing faculty are not satisfied with the performance of AtoM and would like to switch to a different collection management software. This project will assess the ways in which AtoM does not successfully meet Cushing’s needs using a survey of two different teams in the library’s faculty: the collection development team and the public facing team. The project will also use the results of this survey to evaluate alternate collection software and make a formal recommendation as to which of these alternatives would best suit Cushing’s needs.