Add a new authority record

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From the main menu

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   Add a new authority record from the main menu
   In the main menu, hover your cursor over "Add" and select "Authority records". Alternatively, navigate to a authority record view page and click the "Add new" button in the button block. ICA-AtoM takes you to a blank edit page for data entry.
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   Save or cancel the new record
   On loading, the edit page displays the record with all information areas closed; click on an information area to access the fields grouped under it.
3. You can quit the process at any time by clicking the "cancel" button in the button block; no new record will be added.
4. Click the create button in the button block to save the new record.

From a related ISAD(G) archival description (Name of creator field)

In the Name of creator field in the ISAD edit page, type in a new name. The name will be saved as a new authority record when you save the archival description

From a related RAD, Dublin Core or MODS archival description (Actor name field)

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   A new actor name added to the event dialogue box creates a new authority record (RAD, Dublin Core, MODS templates only)
   In an archival description edit page, add a new event. In the Actor name field, type in a new name. When you save the archival description, ICA-AtoM creates a new authority record for the name.

From a related ISAD(G) or RAD archival description (Name access point)

Type a new name into a Name access point field. When you save the archival description record, ICA-AtoM creates a new authority record for the name.

From an authority record view page

Click the Add new button in the button block of an authority record view page. This will open a blank edit page for data entry.