User manual¶
Below you’ll find an outline of the chapters in the user manual, and a set of links to each chapter’s main sections.
- What is AtoM?
- Technical Requirements
- Entity types
- Descriptive standards
- Getting Started
- Accessions
- Archival Descriptions
- Add a new archival description
- Edit an existing archival description
- Duplicate an existing archival description
- Link related archival descriptions in AtoM to each other
- Change the display standard
- Add alternative identifiers to an archival description
- Rename the title or slug of an archival description
- Move an archival description
- Delete an archival description
- Authority records
- AtoM, Authority records, Biographical histories, and Name access points
- Create a new authority record
- Edit an existing authority record
- Add access points to your authority record
- Link an existing authority record to an archival description
- Link an authority record to a repository as its maintainer
- Create a relationship between two authority records
- Create a relationship between an authority record and a function
- Delete an authority record
- Archival Institutions
- Add a new archival institution
- Edit an existing archival institution
- Add access points to your archival institution
- Link an archival description to an archival institution
- Edit the theme for an existing archival institution
- Set digital object upload limit for an archival institution
- Delete an archival institution
- Deaccession records
- Donor records
- Functions
- Rights
- Control area
- Terms
- Physical storage
- Formatting
- Exit edit mode
- Search
- Advanced search
- Browse
- Navigation in AtoM
- Context menu
- Clipboard
- Multilingual design principles
- Translate Content
- Translate Interface
- Translate static pages
- File and item list reports and printing
- Create physical storage location and Box label reports
- Generate, upload, download, and print finding aids
- Finding aid settings
- Generate or upload a finding aid
- Delete an existing finding aid
- Finding aid layout
- Troubleshooting finding aid issues
- Physical storage information is not included in my finding aid
- I don’t want to display physical storage information in my finding aid
- Draft descriptions are being shown in my finding aid
- There’s no option in the context menu to generate a finding aid
- My scope and content is not included for file and item level descriptions
- Finding aid generation error; the jobs page says that “Exporting EAD has failed”
- Upload and manage digital objects
- Link a single digital object to an archival description
- Upload multiple digital objects
- Upload PDF
- Edit digital objects
- Add dynamic maps to your digital object metadata
- Edit the filename of a linked digital object
- Delete digital objects
- Adding a watermark to reference images
- Digital object storage
- Files formats
- Import XML
- Export XML
- CSV import
- Before you import
- Legacy ID mapping: dealing with hierarchical data in a CSV
- Prepare archival descriptions for CSV import
- Import new archival descriptions via CSV
- Update existing descriptions via CSV import
- Prepare events for CSV import
- Import events via CSV
- Prepare archival institution records for CSV import
- Import new archival institutions via CSV
- Update archival institutions via CSV import
- Prepare authority records for CSV import
- Import new authority records via CSV
- Update authority records via CSV import
- Prepare accession records for CSV import
- Create new accession records via CSV import
- CSV export
- Import and export terms with SKOS
- OAI Repository
- Manage user accounts and user groups
- Manage digital object storage
- Edit permissions
- Manage jobs
- Manage static pages
- Manage Menus
- Manage plugins
- Settings
- Global settings
- Application version
- Check for updates
- Maximum image width (pixels)
- Results per page
- Enable accession mask
- Accession mask
- Accession counter
- Enable identifier mask
- Identifier mask
- Identifier counter
- Reference code separator
- Inherit reference code (information object)
- Escape special characters from searches
- Sort browser (users)
- Sort browser (anonymous)
- Default repository browse view
- Multiple repositories
- Enable institutional scoping
- Default archival institution upload limit (GB)
- Total space available for uploads
- Upload multi-page files as multiple descriptions
- Show tooltips
- Generate description permalinks from
- Default publication status
- Show available drafts notification upon user login
- SWORD deposit directory
- Google Maps Javascript API key setting
- Generate archival description reports as public user
- Cache description XML exports upon creation/modification
- Site information
- Default page elements
- Default templates
- User interface labels
- Add/Remove languages
- OAI repository
- Finding aid
- Security panel
- Permissions
- Inventory
- Digital object derivatives
- DIP upload
- Treeview settings
- Privacy notification
- Global settings
- Themes and theming
- Default language
- Site logo
- Description Updates
- Visible elements
- General International Standard Archival Description (ISAD(G)) data entry and CSV template
- Rules for Archival Description (RAD) data entry and CSV template
- RAD CSV template
- Field descriptions
- Title and statement of responsibility area
- Title proper
- General material designation
- Parallel title
- Other title information
- Title statement of responsibility
- Title notes - Statements of responsibility
- Title notes - Attributions and conjectures
- Title notes - Continuation of title
- Title notes - Source of title proper
- Title notes - Variations in title
- Title notes - Parallel titles and other title information
- Level of description
- Add new child levels
- Repository
- Reference code
- Alternative identifier
- Edition area
- Class of materials specific details area
- Authority record fields
- Dates of creation area
- Physical description area
- Publisher’s series area
- Archival description area
- Notes area
- Physical condition
- Immediate source of acquisition
- Arrangement
- Language of material
- Script of material
- Language and script note
- Location of originals
- Availability of other formats
- Restrictions on access
- Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
- Finding aids
- Associated materials
- Accruals
- Other notes - Accompanying material
- Other notes - Alpha-numeric designations
- Other notes - Cast note
- Other notes - Conservation
- Other notes - Credits note
- Other notes - Edition
- Other notes - Physical description
- Other notes - Publisher’s series
- Other notes- Rights
- Other notes- Signatures note
- Other notes - General note
- Standard number area
- Access points
- Control area
- Rights area
- Administration area
- Title and statement of responsibility area
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS 2013) data entry and CSV template
- Dublin Core Metadata Element Set, Version 1.1 (DC)
- Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS)
- International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families
- International Standard for Describing Institutions with Archival Holdings
- International Standard for Describing Functions (ISDF)
- Preservation Metadata: Implementation Strategies v2.2 (PREMIS)
- Glossary