Add a new authority record

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From authority record list page

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   Add a new authority record
   In the main menu, click the "Add/edit > Authority record" tab; ICA-AtoM takes you to the list page showing all existing authority records
2. Click the "add new" text that appears in the "name" column header; ICA-AtoM takes you to a blank edit page for data entry
3. 

   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
4. You can quit the process at any time by clicking the "cancel" button in the button block; no new record will be added
5. Click the create button in the button block to save the new record

From a related archival description (RAD, Dublin Core, and MODS)

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   Create an authority record for a new creator name (RAD, Dublin Core, MODS)
   In an archival description "add new event" edit page, select event type and add a new name. When you save the archival description record, ICA-AtoM creates both a new authority record for the creator as well as the creation event