<s>
Archon	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
platform	I-Application
created	O
by	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Illinois	O
at	O
Urbana	O
–	O
Champaign	O
which	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
allow	O
archival	O
repositories	O
to	O
more	O
easily	O
create	O
and	O
publish	O
finding	O
aids	O
to	O
their	O
collections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
staff	O
at	O
Archon	B-Application
included	O
Assistant	O
University	O
Archivist	O
and	O
Associate	O
Professor	O
of	O
Library	O
Administration	O
-	O
Chris	O
Prom	O
,	O
Director	O
and	O
Archivist	O
-	O
Scott	O
Schwartz	O
,	O
Lead	O
Developers	O
-	O
Paul	O
Sorensen	O
and	O
Chris	O
Rishel	O
and	O
Developers	O
-	O
Kyle	O
Fox	O
and	O
Mamta	O
Singh	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
Archon	B-Application
was	O
honoured	O
with	O
the	O
Andrew	O
Mellon	O
Foundation	O
Award	O
for	O
Technology	O
Collaboration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beginning	O
in	O
2009	O
,	O
Archon	B-Application
and	O
(	O
a	O
similar	O
tool	O
)	O
began	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
merging	O
the	O
two	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
January	O
2014	O
,	O
Archon	B-Application
became	O
unsupported	O
software	O
and	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
merged	O
with	O
ArchivesSpace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
March	O
2017	O
,	O
Archon	B-Application
continues	O
to	O
have	O
an	O
active	O
user	O
base	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LibraryHost	O
continues	O
to	O
provide	O
hosting	O
services	O
for	O
the	O
software	O
and	O
has	O
taken	O
a	O
leadership	O
role	O
in	O
updating	O
the	O
underlying	O
PHP	B-Application
for	O
existing	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
