Add a new authority record

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Main Page > User manual > Add/edit content > Add/edit authority records > Create a new authority record


From authority record list page

  1. Add a new authority record
    In the main menu, click "Add/edit > Authority record"; 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)

  1. 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, click "Add new event". In the Actor name field, type in a new name. When you save the archival description record, ICA-AtoM creates a new authority record for name.