Add a new rights record

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Add a new rights record

• In ICA-AtoM Rights records can be linked to accession records, archival descriptions and digital objects. ICA-AtoM Rights metadata elements use PREMIS rights elements. In ICA-AtoM restrictions can be based on Copyright(s), License, Statute(s) and Policy.

Add rights to the Accession record

• Depending upon your workflow, you might add rights during the creation of an accession record.

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  Edit accession screen
  Navigate to the main menu and select "Add" > accession record

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  Rights area in the edit accession record screen
  ICA-AtoM takes you to an edit accession record screen and you can add/edit data. Click on the "arrow" next to the Rights area and it will open. Click on the "Add new" hyperlink.

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  Default rights dialog
  ICA-AtoM opens a default rights dialog for data entry. The "Act" data entry field is a drop-down list that can be edited and expanded by the administrator. The ICA-AtoM default list of acts is: Delete, Discover, Display, Disseminate, Migrate, Modify and Replicate. The "Restriction" data entry field offers two choices: allow or disallow. Users can add a rights holder or select from an existing auto-complete list of rights holders. The "Basis" data entry field offers users a list: Copyright, License, Statute, Policy and Donor. Depending upon the selection, ICA-AtoM rights dialog may contain additional data entry fields.

• If you select Copyright as the Basis, be sure to scroll down and fill-in all data fields.
  

  Rights dialog - copyright
  

  Rights dialog - copyright cont'd