[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Help suppressing a finding aid section

Dyson-Smith, Bridger bdysonsm at utk.edu
Tue Mar 2 09:22:43 EST 2021


Hi Andrew - 

Thank you for that link - that is very helpful!

Best,
Bridger

On Tue, 2021-03-02 at 08:24 +0000, Andrew Morrison wrote:
> Note that not every field in the finding aid data section in the
> staff 
> interface is displayed in the public user interface. There is a
> summary 
> here:
> 
> https://archivesspace.atlassian.net/browse/ANW-1055
> 
> Although the purpose of that ticket is to ask whether those choices 
> should be changed in future releases.
> 
> Also note the differences between the PUI, PDFs, and EAD export 
> (including in the OAI-PMH service.) Each is controlled by separate
> code. 
> Customizing what is included in PDFs and EAD is possible, but there
> are 
> fewer examples out there to follow.
> 
> Andrew.
> 
> 
> On 02/03/2021 01:18, Dyson-Smith, Bridger wrote:
> > Hi Mark -
> > 
> > On Mon, 2021-03-01 at 17:11 +0000, Custer, Mark wrote:
> > > Hi Bridger,
> > > 
> > > Just a very quick reply, as I haven't had time to look at the
> > > newest
> > > release of ArchiveSpace, but...
> > >     1. Yes, I think you'd need to use a plugin or other mechanism
> > > to
> > > do this (lots of plugin examples out there, but if you have any
> > > questions about that, there are lots of people in the ASpace
> > > community that could help out).
> > That's great - we can integrate this change into our local plugin.
> >   
> > >     2. I don't like the accordion approach overall, so maybe that
> > > will
> > > be updated at some point, but that still doesn't help you right
> > > now,
> > > of course.
> > >     3. Most importantly, if you do remove this section, I'd
> > > encourage
> > > you to think about not moving some of the data elsewhere,
> > > particularly thefinding aid author, sponsor info (if applicable),
> > > etc.  I also wish that the finding author info could be managed
> > > as
> > > linked agents, rather than just text, but even as text it's very
> > > useful data!  Also, it provides credit as well as some visibility
> > > to
> > > archival labor (that's another reason I don't like the
> > > accordions,
> > > since it hides that info by default).
> > > I hope that helps.  And I'm curious to hear more about whatever
> > > direction you wind up taking!
> > > 
> > That's an enormous help - I really appreciate your time and
> > response!
> > 
> > > All my best
> > > 
> > > Mark
> > > 
> > > 
> > Best,
> > Bridger
> > 
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