ISDIAH contact area

Archival institution: Contact area

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Archival institution: contact area

The contact area contains fields conveying information "on how to contact the institution with archival holdings" (ISDIAH 4.4).

1. Contact information

• This is a multi-value field for registering and displaying the institution's contact information.

• Enter the data (see steps 2-4 below); when you save the record the contact address will be registered and will now appear in the list above the data entry fields.

• There is no limit to the number of contacts you can add, but as of the current version of ICA-AtoM (v1.0 beta) you can only register them one at a time, i.e. enter the data, click the save button, repeat for each additional contact.

• For rules and examples, see ISDIAH 5.2.1 and 5.2.2.

2. Contact type

• Enter the type of contact / address.

3. Primary contact

• Check box field; click to flag an entry as the primary address for contacting the institution.

4. Address

• Enter information as applicable.

5. Edit existing contact information

• To edit existing contact information, click the edit icon to the right of the contact.

6. Delete a contact

• To delete a contact, click the delete icon to the right of the contact.