How to Add an Item to a Digital Collection

Objects are ingested into the Islandora Repository by being added to a digital collection. This tutorial will run through the steps to creating a new object in Islandora.

1. Navigate to the Islandora Repository

On a standard installation of Islandora 7.x, the Islandora Repository's root page can be accessed through the address http://path.to.your.site/islandora; this will take you to the top-level collection.

If the 'Navigation' block has been placed using your site's /admin/structure/block configuration page, a link to the Islandora Repository will also show up on any page that block has been enabled on.

2. Choose a collection to add the item to

Each item you ingest into the Islandora Repository will need to be added to a collection - represented (by default) by an image of a folder in the repository section of the site - and that digital collection will need to be set up with an appropriate Content Model in the collection's Collection Policy that matches the type of file you would like to ingest. For more information on how to create new collections, check out the section How to Create a New Islandora Collection, or for information on adding or removing Content Models from a collection policy, check out How to Manage Collection Policies.

In the example we're using here, the name of the collection is shown below the folder in the image below, and that folder has already been set up to use the 'Islandora Basic Image Collection' Content Model.

Click on the folder to enter the collection.

3. Click the collection's 'Manage' tab

This will take you to the collection's administrative page.

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