Upload digital objects

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Archival description view page showing reference display copy of the uploaded image

ICA-AtoM allows the user to upload digital objects, such as scanned images, sound and moving image files, and other scanned or born-digital items. Every digital object must be associated with an archival description, typically at the file or item level.

For every file uploaded, ICA-AtoM creates two derivative images:

• thumbnail
• reference display copy

At higher levels of description, the context menu includes thumbnails of all files registered at lower levels.

The thumbnails are displayed using a cover-flow viewer so you can easily easily scroll through the set using your keyboard's arrow keys.

To upload a file,

1. Open an archival description in view mode
2. Click on the "Upload digital object" button in the button block
3. Click the "Browse" button to navigate to and select a file. Click the "Open" button.
4. Click the "Save" button in the button block. When you return to the view page, the reference display copy will be displayed in the digital object field. Clicking on the image opens up the master digital object (accessible to authenticated users only).

You can upload any file format, but only supported formats can be viewed or played directly in ICA-AtoM. For a list of formats, see file formats. Formats that are not supported can still be uploaded: clicking the object will download it to the user's desktop where (assuming the user has the required software) it can be viewed or played.

To upload multi-page digital objects, see multi-page files

Upload multiple files

A user can upload multiple files at once, attaching them all to the same archival description.

1. 

   Import digital objects screen
   Go to "Import > Digital objects"

2. Enter a title. The title you enter will appear in the title field of all the files that are uploaded.

3. Select a parent level to which to attach the files

4. Enter a level of description. For example, if you are uploading multiple files to a single file-level description, you may wish to to make all your uploaded files items.

5. Click "Select files"

6. Navigate to the files to be uploaded

7. Click "OK"

8. 

   List of objects with thumbnail representations
   A list of files to be uploaded, along with a thumbnail representation of each, will appear on the page. You can choose to delete some if desired.

   If one object is an exact duplicate of another, or if an object exceeds the maximum upload size, you will see a warning next to the thumbnail.

9. To select more files, click "Select files" again

10. Click the "Import" button at the bottom of the page

11. ICA-AtoM takes you to the parent level archival description to which you have attached the files