Projects Administration

Welcome to the help page for performing administrative updates on projects within this digital library.

This page explains the overall concept and some of the terms used.

General Concept

Projects are basically default metadata that can be selected by an authorized user for online submittal. The project-level data is stored in a project-level METS (PMETS) file that can be edited using the standard full online metadata form. When a user begins to add a new digital resource, the project-level data is loaded into the digital resource, before the user views the item in the online submittal form. The project-level data usually includes the item aggregation information linked to the project, as well as common default data.

New Project

This section allows an administrator to add a new project. Each of the elements are described below:

• Project Code

  This is the code that users can select within their preferences, and is also the name of the final project METS file on the web server.

• Base Project Code

  This data is used when creating a new project, but is not retained in the database. Rather than starting with a blank project METS file, the project file for the 'base' project is copied.

• Project Name

  Name of this project, to help differentiate it from other projects and explain the need.

Existing Projects

This section allows the user to perform some tasks on existing projects:

• edit

  The administrator can edit the metadata linked to an project. Selecting this link will open the PMETS file in the online metadata editing form.

• rename

  This brings up the pop-up form to allow the user to change the name associated with the project.

Example

Below is an example screenshot for adding new projects and managing existing projects:

Below is the image of the pop-up form used for renaming an existing project: