CONTENTdm 6: Adding Textual Materials

CONTENTdm 6: Adding Textual Materials covers the basics of importing textual materials. Specifically, we will customize a collection for textual material, create a project, and import PDFs and compound objects.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of the course, the participant should be able to:

• Customize a collection for textual materials
• Import, edit, upload, and make PDF documents publicly accessible and searchable
• Import a document with a transcript and make the object publicly accessible and searchable
• Import a monograph with a transcript and make the object publicly accessible and searchable

Target Audience
Library staff who use or will be using CONTENTdm

Prerequisites
None

Homework Expectations and Completion Requirements
Approximately one hour of homework will be required each day.

It is designed for individual participation; each individual must register.

Technical Requirements
Live Online System Requirements
Additional requirements for participants:

• Install Project Client (available on the course website if not already available; it must be uninstalled at the end of course)
• Current browser

Schedule
This course consists of two 2-hour sessions.