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<p class="MsoNormal">Megan,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It’s likely, depending on exactly what form you have this old data in, and what talent you have on your team, that the ArchivesSpace REST API is the best way to address your needs. I’ve included some useful resources below.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Main documentation<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://archivesspace.github.io/archivesspace/api/?python#archivesspace-rest-api">https://archivesspace.github.io/archivesspace/api/?python#archivesspace-rest-api</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">list of JSON schemas for the API<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://archivesspace.github.io/archivesspace/doc/schema_list.html">https://archivesspace.github.io/archivesspace/doc/schema_list.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ArchivesSnake (a python library for working with the ArchivesSpace API)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://github.com/archivesspace-labs/ArchivesSnake">https://github.com/archivesspace-labs/ArchivesSnake</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Example script repositories from a few different institutions<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://github.com/jhu-library-applications/archivesspace-api">https://github.com/jhu-library-applications/archivesspace-api</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://github.com/duke-libraries/archivesspace-duke-scripts/tree/master">https://github.com/duke-libraries/archivesspace-duke-scripts/tree/master</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://github.com/MITLibraries/archivesspace-api-python-scripts">https://github.com/MITLibraries/archivesspace-api-python-scripts</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Channing Norton (He/Him/They/Them)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Senior Programmer Analyst<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Digital Initiatives<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Rochester<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> archivesspace_users_group-bounces@lyralists.lyrasis.org <archivesspace_users_group-bounces@lyralists.lyrasis.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Megan Brett<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 11, 2023 9:39 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> archivesspace_users_group@lyralists.lyrasis.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXT] [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Bulk transform subjects into agents?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Hello all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Does anyone have experience updating old data in ASpace in batch? We have information which came over from Archon into an older version of ASpace. As a result, we have a large number of subjects which should be
agents. Correcting all of this manually would take a lot of time; has anyone done similar remediation with a script of some sort? Or have another solution? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thanks very much,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Megan Brett<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Jefferson Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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