Records & archives management by APPX
Designed By And For Archivists
Bring physical holdings, records center operations, retention, and archival description together. Serve your agencies, your researchers, and the future.
Archives & records center software. Built around your work.

Connect the whole story.
Physical holdings & records centers
Know what you hold.
Know where it belongs.
From a box on a shelf to the series and agency behind it, AXAEM connects the physical record to the information that makes it manageable.
Bring locations, retention, transfers, and records center operations into the same system as archival description and researcher services.
THE PHYSICAL RECORD, IN CONTEXT
Location and archival context, connected.
From agency to archive
A complete view of
your records’ journey.
Archives work doesn’t begin at accessioning. AXAEM brings records management, archival description, preservation, and public service into one adaptable environment.
- 01Manage
Agencies & retention
- 02Collect
Transfers & holdings
- 03Preserve
Context & care
- 04Connect
Discovery & service
Connected capabilities
Every record has a story.
Keep it connected.
01 / RECORDS MANAGEMENT
A clear path from retention to disposition.
Connect retention schedules, records officers, training, and records center boxes. Give agencies and archives a shared foundation for day-to-day records work.
02 / ARCHIVES MANAGEMENT
The context that makes collections meaningful.
Bring together arrangement and description, authority records, finding aids, preservation activities, and patron requests.
03 / PHYSICAL HOLDINGS
Practical control of your records center.
Connect boxes with locations, accessions, agencies, and record series. Bring retention and disposition into the everyday work of physical holdings.
Designed by and for archivists
Built around your mission.
Ready to evolve with it.
AXAEM grew from the daily work of a state archives. That practical foundation matters: records lifecycle management, institutional context, and service to the public belong together.
An adaptable foundation
Your archives.
Your way of working.
Built on the APPX application platform, AXAEM can be tailored with fields, screens, reports, business rules, and integrations as your requirements change.
Speak the language of archives
Description that travels. Context that lasts.
Work with established archival description and exchange standards, including DACS, EAD, EAC, MARC, and OAI-PMH. Plan the outputs and integrations your institution needs.
Extend your archives program
Your email has a history, too.
Meet QEPS, the APPX Email Processing System and the newest addition to our archives solutions. Collect, appraise, process, and publish email with archivist review. Explore QEPS alongside your AXAEM program.
Why AXAEM
Depth for today.
Flexibility for what comes next.
Your institution needs more than a place to describe a collection. It needs a system that understands how records move through a public records program.
The whole records program
Start with agency relationships, records officers, and retention schedules. Carry that context into records center operations, archival description, preservation work, and patron services.
Institutional fit, built in
The APPX foundation lets you tailor fields, screens, reports, and business logic. Shape the system around your requirements as your records program evolves.
Email in its wider context
Use QEPS alongside AXAEM for specialized email processing, archivist review, and approved public access.
Software and expertise, together
Work with the team behind the platform on planning, migration, customization, training, and support. Build a considered path from evaluation to everyday use.
A partner in the work
Good software.
A thoughtful implementation.
APPX works with your team to plan the installation, migrate data, tailor workflows, train staff, and provide ongoing support.
01
Plan together
Start with your records program, institutional requirements, and priorities.
02
Make it yours
Map your data, configure workflows, and address the integrations you need.
03
Move forward
Prepare your team with training and a support arrangement that fits.
Take a closer look
Explore before we talk.
PRODUCT OVERVIEW
Explore AXAEM solutions
A closer look at records management, physical holdings, archival description, and the APPX foundation.
ARCHIVIST CONVERSATION
Managing archival holdings
Watch the APPX presentation recorded for the Council of State Archivists Shop Talk webinar series.
EVALUATE AXAEM
A demonstration with your priorities
Explore the parts of AXAEM that matter to your institution with the APPX team.
Your next chapter
Your mission deserves
software that understands it.
Bring your priorities, your workflows, and your questions. We’ll show you how AXAEM can support the work ahead.