<div dir="ltr">Hi Christopher,<div><br></div><div>As long as you're on a somewhat recent release (apologies, I don't recall when this functionality was added, it's at least in 3.3), there's a built-in bulk process that depends on using a download from the collection level of your resource. I'm hoping this screen shot will come through, but it's under the Export menu>Download Container template.</div><div><img src="cid:ii_lnc6zwl80" alt="image.png" width="472" height="129"><br></div><div><br></div><div>It will export every AO on your resource. You add container information to any pertinent rows, delete any others, and as long as you don't fill in the "Top Container ID" column, the system assumes that container is new and builds it. Then you import via the "Load iva Spreadsheet" option on the Resource record, selecting the option for "Link Top Containers" rather than "Import Archival Objects" and viola, you have linked Top Containers. I'm sure there are more detailed directions in ASpace's user manual as well, but this should be enough to get you going.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Lynn Moulton</div><div>John J. Burns Library</div><div>Boston College</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 4, 2023 at 3:58 PM Christopher Shea <<a href="mailto:christopher.shea@gallaudet.edu">christopher.shea@gallaudet.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">We've recently started moving our old finding aids over to ArchivesSpace. I am working on our largest records collection, which contains over 450 boxes.<div><br></div><div>Is there a way I can quickly create top container listings for each box without having to manually go through the Add Container Instance process for every single one? </div><div><br></div><div>I'd appreciate any advice on this. </div><div><br></div><div>Christopher Shea</div><div>Collections Archivist </div></div>
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