[Archivesspace_Users_Group] New version of A plugin to support bulk uploading of Archival Objects via Excel Spreadsheet

[Fox, Bobbi]

Good morning,

This message is for those who are using, or thinking of using, our plugin, aspace-import-excel, that adds and/or inserts a set of Archival Objects  from an Excel Spreadsheet (see original announcement below).

While I've been making incremental bug fixes along the way, the sharp-eyed archivists at Harvard's Baker Library noticed a major flaw: the plugin was not honoring the "Restrictions Apply?" flag if it was set to true.

V1.5 (https://github.com/harvard-library/aspace-import-excel/releases/tag/v1.5 ) addresses that flaw, so if you are using (or planning to use) the "Restrictions Apply?" flag, please download and install this Release.

Cheers,
Bobbi Fox, Maintainer
Library Technology Services
Harvard University




From: archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org [mailto:archivesspace_users_group-bounces at lyralists.lyrasis.org] On Behalf Of Fox, Bobbi
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2017 3:44 PM
To: archivesspace_users_group at lyralists.lyrasis.org
Subject: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] A plugin to support bulk uploading of Archival Objects via Excel Spreadsheet

Library Technology Services, which supports the Harvard Library, is pleased to announce the availability of a new plugin, aspace-import-excel, available on GitHub at https://github.com/harvard-library/aspace-import-excel<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_harvard-2Dlibrary_aspace-2Dimport-2Dexcel&d=DwMFAg&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=5xWUzLrZrVLeTqs3CDoeRpPtLv1fRM04CCu4TDULrSY&m=VDeZTKvOdMA9ZMbFHCvH9yJVV-frn-Gl_Eb-h9cFl7A&s=eYLbYZkxBN-gM8dcth42UN4U2jqif7APsdEMK8NCBPo&e=> .

Using the provided spreadsheet template, users can go to  a Resource, and either add or insert the set of  Archival Objects that have been defined in the spreadsheet.

Please note carefully the following paragraph in the README:

                The intention is not to completely reproduce a Finding Aid as presented in an EAD XML, or to allow for every permutation of Archival Object creation within ArchivesSpace. We are aiming for the "80% rule"; that is, at least 80% of the work that would be done interactively can be replaced by an excel spreadsheet; additional refinements to individual archival objects (such as addition of agents-as-subjects, assignment of locations to top-level containers, etc.) would take place interactively.


Installation information is on the main README file, with User Documentation at https://github.com/harvard-library/aspace-import-excel/blob/master/user_documentation/USER_DOCUMENTATION.md<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_harvard-2Dlibrary_aspace-2Dimport-2Dexcel_blob_master_user-5Fdocumentation_USER-5FDOCUMENTATION.md&d=DwMFAg&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=5xWUzLrZrVLeTqs3CDoeRpPtLv1fRM04CCu4TDULrSY&m=VDeZTKvOdMA9ZMbFHCvH9yJVV-frn-Gl_Eb-h9cFl7A&s=IzC35XyPVdNuLRuJ5da-N43k7lJWm5ThDpGty2MLoP4&e=> , including workflow, step by step usage, and extensive (exhaustive? :-) explanation of the Spreadsheet Template.

This plugin was designed to aid the Harvard Library archival community, but we hope that it may be useful to other archivists in the ArchivesSpace community.

Pull requests welcome.  If you encounter problems, please create an issue on the GitHub repository.

Cheers,
Bobbi Fox, Maintainer



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