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About the MemoryBC Tutorial

MemoryBC.ca provides access to descriptions of archival materials held in repositories throughout the province of British Columbia, Canada. The site is run using ICA-AtoM and managed by the Archives Association of British Columbia (AABC). The AABC allows its institutional members to add and edit their archival descriptions in the MemoryBC portal. This tutorial is used in workshops held throughout the province to prepare users for data-entry.

Anyone is free to download the workshop material and complete the tutorial on their own or adapt it for use in other projects.

MemoryBC Tutorial booklet

• PDF copy:File:AABC ICA-AtoM 1.1 tutorial.pdf(3.5 MB)

• Open Office Draw copy:File:AABC ICA-AtoM 1.1 tutorial.odg (6.1 MB)
  • You can edit this copy for your own purpose using the free Open Office suite

About the CARBICA Tutorial

In August 2011 a two-day workshop on ICA-AtoM 1.1 was presented in Curaçao. In preparation for the workshop a demo version of ICA-AtoM was created using copies of archival records held by the Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC), at the University of British Columbia Library. To encourage learning and support new users in their discovery of ICA-AtoM open-source software for archival description a CARBICA Tutorial booklet was created. The ten tutorials in the booklet allow users to interact with the data in the CARBICA demo version of ICA-AtoM.

Anyone is free to download the workshop materials and complete the tutorial on their own or adapt it for use in other projects.

CARBICA Tutorial booklet

• PDF copy:File:CARBICA ICA-AtoM 1.1 tutorial.pdf (4.7 MB)

• Open Office Draw copy: http://ica-atom.org/download/CARBICA%20ICA-AtoM%201.1%20tutorial.odg (10 MB)
  • You can edit this copy for your own purpose using the free Open Office suite

CARBICA demo version of ICA-AtoM

• Step One - Download Disk Image/ISO file: http://ica-atom.org/download/ica-atom-20110818.iso (850 MB)

• Step Two - Burn ISO file to DVD. Instructions for burning an ISO file to disk for Mac, Windows and Ubuntu platforms can be found here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto

• Step Three - Restart your computer with the DVD inserted. Computers running Mac platform require the user to hold "C" key during boot.

• Step Four - Follow instructions in CARBICA Training Manual.

CARBICA LiveDVD Demo Troubleshooting

During data entry into ICA-AtoM, if you encounter a white screen after clicking the EDIT button:

• Change section of URL from "index.php" to "qubit_dev.php" and hit return. This should fix the white screen and allow you to continue data entry.
  • It may be necessary to make this switch from time to time. Not all users will encounter this problem.