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# [[Image:addMenu.png|500px|right|thumb|Add a new authority record from the main menu]]In the [[Glossary#Main menu|main menu]], hover your cursor over "Add" and select "Authority records". Alternatively, navigate to an [[Glossary#Authority record|authority record]] [[Glossary#View page|view page]] and click the [[Glossary#Add new button|"Add new" button]] in the [[Glossary#Button block|button block]]. ICA-AtoM takes you to a blank [[Glossary#Edit page|edit page]] for data entry.
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*[[Image:addMenu.png|500px|right|thumb|Add a new authority record from the main menu]]In the [[Glossary#Main menu|main menu]], hover your cursor over "Add" and select "Authority records". Alternatively, navigate to an [[Glossary#Authority record|authority record]] [[Glossary#View page|view page]] and click the [[Glossary#Add new button|"Add new" button]] in the [[Glossary#Button block|button block]]. ICA-AtoM takes you to a blank [[Glossary#Edit page|edit page]] for data entry.
  
 
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# [[Image:editIsaar.png|500px|right|thumb|Save or cancel the new record]]On loading, the [[Glossary#Edit page|edit page]] displays the record with all [[Glossary#Information area|information areas]] closed; click on an [[Glossary#Information area|information area]] to access the [[Glossary#Field|fields]] grouped under it.
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*[[Image:editIsaar.png|500px|right|thumb|Save or cancel the new record]]On loading, the [[Glossary#Edit page|edit page]] displays the record with all [[Glossary#Information area|information areas]] closed; click on an [[Glossary#Information area|information area]] to access the [[Glossary#Field|fields]] grouped under it.
  
 
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# [[Image:AuthorityRecordDescription.png|500px|right|thumb|Description Area in Authority Record edit template]] In the ISAAR authority record edit template there is a "Descriptive Area" that holds a number of data entry fields. The "History" field contains information in a narrative form about the main events of the person, organization or corporate entity.
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*[[Image:AuthorityRecordDescription.png|500px|right|thumb|Description Area in Authority Record edit template]] In the ISAAR authority record edit template there is a "Descriptive Area" that holds a number of data entry fields. The "History" field contains information in a narrative form about the main events of the person, organization or corporate entity.
  
 
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# You can quit the process at any time by clicking the "cancel" button in the [[Glossary#Button block|button block]]; no new record will be added.
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*You can quit the process at any time by clicking the "cancel" button in the [[Glossary#Button block|button block]]; no new record will be added.
# Click the [[Glossary#Create button|create button]] in the [[Glossary#Button block|button block]] to save the new record.
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*Click the [[Glossary#Create button|create button]] in the [[Glossary#Button block|button block]] to save the new record.
  
 
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From the main menu

  • Description Area in Authority Record edit template
    In the ISAAR authority record edit template there is a "Descriptive Area" that holds a number of data entry fields. The "History" field contains information in a narrative form about the main events of the person, organization or corporate entity.
  • You can quit the process at any time by clicking the "cancel" button in the button block; no new record will be added.
  • 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)

  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, 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.