Editing a Collection

• Log in to Repository 

• Move the cursor over the pencil symbol at the upper left-hand corner of the screen and left-click 

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• Left click on Collection 

• Search for the Collection you want to edit using the pop-up search bar or scroll the pop-up list 

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• The Edit screen contains multiple tabs to modify different aspects of the Collection. These include:

  • Edit Metadata: edit the collection metadata or create a Template item.

  • Assign Roles: Assign users roles for the Collection, or create workflow steps.

  • Content Source: Use this tab if you are harvesting content from another source via OAI-PMH

  • Curate: Use this tab to execute various workflows for curating items stored in the collection.

  • Authorizations: The Authorizations tab has all the policies defined for the collection. These are in addition to policies created from the “Assign Roles” tab.

  • Item Mapper: The item mapper tab allows users to map items from other collections and manage mapped items.

Method 2 for accessing the Edit Collection screen

• Search for a Collection using the search bar on the DSpace homepage and select the collection you want to edit from the search results 

• From the Collection view, click on the pencil icon in the top right corner of the screen. 

• This will take you to the Edit Collection screen with tabs to allow you to edit different aspects of the collection. 

For more details on editing different collection aspects, refer to the LYRASIS Learning DSpace 7 documentation.