[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Archon creator records and repositories

[Brian Hoffman]

Hi Matt,

Creators aren’t tied to a repository in ArchivesSpace. Unlike Resources or Accessions they are ‘global’ in scope. I believe all Archon creator records should migrate into ArchivesSpace.

Brian


> On Aug 26, 2015, at 2:38 PM, Matthew J Gorzalski <mGorzalski at lib.siu.edu> wrote:
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> Thanks Brian.  I think you understood my question.  I was wondering what would happen to Archon creator records during the migration if they had no designated repository, and how ArchivesSpace would handle those records as far as public searching and display is concerned.  Archon allows you to specify a repository for a creator record, but repositories in Archon seems to put less emphasis on repositories than ASpace does.  In other words, the selected repository for an Archon creator record makes little to no difference.
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> matt
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> From: archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org [mailto:archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org] On Behalf Of Brian Hoffman
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> Subject: Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Archon creator records and repositories
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> Hi Michael,
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> I’m not sure I fully understand the question, but I can say that Agents in ArchivesSpace are ‘global’ in scope, meaning that they (and other records like Subjects) are essentially shared among all the repositories. I don’t know if creators are associated with a particular repository in Archon, but I am guessing that if they are changing the repository they are associated with would not have any effect on the results, given the current migration tool.
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> If I’m misunderstanding the issue please let me know.
>  
> Brian
> On Aug 25, 2015, at 5:15 PM, Matthew J Gorzalski <mGorzalski at lib.siu.edu <mailto:mGorzalski at lib.siu.edu>> wrote:
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> Can an ASpace developer tell me what role repository designation plays for a Creator record in Archon during migration?  I’m thinking about changing the repository designation to (Select One) for all of our Creator records and seeing if that improves the results we see in ASpace post-migration.
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> Thank you,
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