MemoryBC-tutorial

Please note that ICA-AtoM is no longer actively supported by Artefactual Systems.
Visit https://www.accesstomemory.org for information about AtoM, the currently supported version.

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About the MemoryBC Tutorial

MemoryBC 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: MemoryBC-icaatom-tutorial-20091113.pdf (1.9MB)

Open Office Draw copy: MemoryBC-icaatom-tutorial-20091113.odg (13.4 MB)
- You can edit this copy for your own purpose using the free Open Office suite

MemoryBC Tutorial CD

The MemoryBC Tutorial (2009-11-13) is designed to be used in conjunction with the 1.0.8 beta version of ICA-AtoM and a pre-loaded set of MemoryBC and tutorial data. This is provided on the following CD:

Download: memorybc-tutorial-icaatom-20091113.iso (688 MB)

CD Labels

You can adapt the following Open Office document to print CD labels if you are burning multiple copies for a workshop
- MemoryBC-icaatom-tutorial-CDlabels-20091113.odg

How to burn a CD

The following link explains .iso files: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_image
The following links explains how to burn an .iso file to a CD: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/toolsofthetrade/ht/burnisofile.htm
Here is a free (Windows) application that lets you burn .iso images to CD

Getting Started

Once the .iso file has been burned onto a CD, you should:

insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive.
Turn off your computer.
Turn your computer back on, holding down the F12 key (the 'c' key if using a Mac).
This should then give you an option to boot your computer from the CD.

The CD contains an Ubuntu LiveCD which has been customized to provide all the software necessary to demo the ICA-AtoM web application. Give Ubuntu a few minutes to load up and then a Firefox browser loaded with ICA-AtoM will appear.