<div dir="ltr">The New School Archives and Special Collections is pleased to announce a fantastic new ArchivesSpace plug-in that allows batch editing of archival objects. Using The New School Bulk Updater, it is now possible to edit, add, or delete datafields in a spreadsheet. Developed by Hudson Molonglo for The New School Archives, The New School Bulk Updater is an easy-to-use tool that can be accessed in the Staff User Interface. Staff can use the Updater to download a spreadsheet version of selected (or all) archival objects from a resource record, to add, manipulate, or delete certain fields in the spreadsheet, and then to import the edited archival objects back into the resource, without losing or altering unedited data in the resource. This easy round-tripping process significantly reduces time-consuming labor. Further documentation is available on GitHib: <a href="https://github.com/hudmol/as_spreadsheet_bulk_updater" target="_blank">https://github.com/hudmol/as_spreadsheet_bulk_updater</a><div><br></div><div>We've only just begun to use this tool and are quickly discovering the many ways we will be incorporating the New School Bulk Updater into our processing workflows. Just a few examples include:</div><div><span id="gmail-m_8206366352013911521gmail-docs-internal-guid-02d581fb-7fff-ffc7-300e-0585803cdb64"><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent">Searching and replacing title text.</span></p></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent">Altering dates and date expressions.</span></p></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Adding Conditions Governing Access notes and restriction dates.</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p></li><li style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Adding and changing instances, including c</span><span style="background-color:transparent">reating serially-numbered folders using Excel's drag-down function.</span></p></li></ul><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></span>We believe this Bulk Updater will be a game-changer for small and medium sized repositories like The New School Archives. <span id="gmail-m_8206366352013911521gmail-docs-internal-guid-02d581fb-7fff-ffc7-300e-0585803cdb64"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">We'd love to hear the uses you find for it!</span></font></span></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">All best,</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Wendy</span></font></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:10px;padding:5px 0px 0px 5px;margin:0px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">____________________________________</span><span style="color:rgb(232,46,33)"><br></span></p><p style="font-family:arial;padding:5px 0px 0px 5px;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:10px;color:rgb(172,147,110);font-weight:bold">WENDY SC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