Building CONTENTdm Projects using the Web Interface

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Building CONTENTdm Projects using the Web
Interface

• Procedures via Pictures

rev. GW 10/05
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Important Caveats

• The web interface doesnt yet
• -- allow you to batch load objects
• -- allow you to view your object while you are
  describing it
• -- allow you to band your objects
• -- autogenerate thumbnails for JP2 files
• -- allow you to use the template creator
• -- allow you to build a compound object

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Opening A Project

• In your web browser
• -- key in the URL for the project you wish to
  work on
• (see next page for complete list)

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Current URLs for UNR Projects

• Anthropology Teaching Collection
• http//contentdm.library.unr.edu/cgi-bin/admin/add
  .exe?CISODB/anthro
• Art and Architecture Image Resources Collection
• http//contentdm.library.unr.edu/cgi-bin/admin/add
  .exe?CISODB/artarch
• Architectural Drawings Collection
• http//contentdm.library.unr.edu/cgi-bin/admin/add
  .exe?CISODB/archdraw
• La Baskonia
• http//contentdm.library.unr.edu/cgi-bin/admin/add
  .exe?CISODB/baskonia
• Basque Posters
• http//contentdm.library.unr.edu/cgi-bin/admin/add
  .exe?CISODB/basqpost
• Basque Tree Carvings
• http//contentdm.library.unr.edu/cgi-bin/admin/
  add.exe?CISODB/basqcarv
• Campus Photos
• http//contentdm.library.unr.edu/cgi-bin/admin/add
  .exe?CISODB/campphotos
• Historic Maps
• http//contentdm.library.unr.edu/cgi-bin/admin/add
  .exe?CISODB/hmaps
• Images of Lake Tahoe
• http//contentdm.library.unr.edu/cgi-bin/admin/add
  .exe?CISODB/tahoe
• Lincoln Highway

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Describing an Object, Step 1

• In your favorite
• image viewer
• -- browse to the object you will be
  describing,
• and open it for viewing

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Describing An Object, Step 2

• In the Add an item box
• -- browse to the file path for the individual
  object you wish to add to the project
• Continue to enter metadata
• in the blanks in the Add
• metadata section of the form
• -- click on add at the bottom of the form when
  you are finished adding metadata

Note this training document does not cover the
specifics of entering metadata
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Approving Objects, Step 1

• On the Item administration screen in the
  CONTENTdm Administration Items tab work area
• -- click on Approve

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Approving Objects, Step 2

• In the Controlled Vocabulary area, if there are
  items to be approved, either edit them or click
  on the approve all link
• If not, then in the Review pending item(s)
  area, either edit them or click on the approve
  all link
• In the File names area, leave the
• Generate unique file name radio box checked

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Approving Objects, Step 3

• You will see a screen telling
• you that the approval process
• has been Completed
• -- click on index on the top blue bar of
  selections.

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Approving Objects, Step 4

• You will see a screen telling
• you that the approval process
• has been Completed
• -- click on index on the top blue bar of
  selections.

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Building the Index

• On the Index screen
• -- click on start index

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Adding Objects, Last Step

• You will see a screen
• telling you that the
• index process has been
• Completed
• -- click on View collection on the top blue bar
  of selections to view the object via the
  CONTENTdm displays.

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Revising the Metadata, Step 1
On the Item administration screen in the
CONTENTdm Administration Items tab work
area -- click on Edit
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Revising Metadata/Deleting Objects, step 2

• Enter a term from the
• metadata for the object for
• which you wish to revise the
• metadata or that you need to
• delete, then
• -- click on search

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Revising Metadata/Deleting Objects, step 3

• -- Click on metadata if you wish to revise the
  metadata
• -- click on delete if you wish to delete the
  object

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Revising Metadata/Deleting Objects, step 4

• -- click on view this item to verify that you
  are editing the metadata for the correct object,
  then
• -- revise the metadata, as necessary, then
• -- click on the save changes button

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Please Dont Forget to Re-Index after any
Metadata Revision or any Object Deletion !!!

• You will see this screen
• telling you that the item has
• been updated and ...
• reminding you to Index the
• collection to activate the changes.
• -- click on index on the top blue bar of
  selections.

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Building the Index

• On the Index screen
• -- click on start index

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And Round and Round We Go ...