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- | ===== <!-- id:19 -->Creating a New Collection ===== | + | ===== Creating a New Collection ===== |
- | <!-- id:20 --> | + | To create a new collection, open the " |
Several fields need to be filled out -- but you can change their values later | Several fields need to be filled out -- but you can change their values later | ||
if you need to, in the [[format_panel|Format view]]. | if you need to, in the [[format_panel|Format view]]. | ||
- | <!-- id:21 --> | + | " |
" | " | ||
what the collection is about. Use the [Enter] key to break it into paragraphs. This description | what the collection is about. Use the [Enter] key to break it into paragraphs. This description | ||
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**Format** panel after you create the collection. | **Format** panel after you create the collection. | ||
- | <!-- id:23 --> | + | Finally you must specify whether the new collection |
will have the same appearance, indexes, plugins, metadata sets, etc. as an existing collection, | will have the same appearance, indexes, plugins, metadata sets, etc. as an existing collection, | ||
or whether to start a default "New Collection" | or whether to start a default "New Collection" | ||
configuration and use the Dublin Core metadata set. These can be changed later. | configuration and use the Dublin Core metadata set. These can be changed later. | ||
- | <!-- id:24 --> | + | Click " |
- | <!-- id:25 --> | + | Clicking " |
- | ===== <!-- id:26 -->Saving the Collection ===== | + | ===== Saving the Collection ===== |
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section or panel. However, you can also save your work by opening the " | section or panel. However, you can also save your work by opening the " | ||
Saving a collection is not the same as making it ready for use in Greenstone (this is called collection | Saving a collection is not the same as making it ready for use in Greenstone (this is called collection | ||
building). | building). | ||
- | <!-- id:28 --> | + | The Librarian Interface also protects your work by saving it whenever you exit |
the program or load another collection. | the program or load another collection. | ||
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- | <TABAREA tabs="Greenstone3, | + | <tabbox |
- | <TAB> | + | |
installation' | installation' | ||
Documents are saved to the " | Documents are saved to the " | ||
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file within the " | file within the " | ||
for the collection and with file extension " | for the collection and with file extension " | ||
- | </TAB> | + | <tabbox Greenstone2> |
- | <TAB> | + | |
Collections are saved to a folder within your Greenstone | Collections are saved to a folder within your Greenstone | ||
installation' | installation' | ||
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file within the " | file within the " | ||
for the collection and with file extension " | for the collection and with file extension " | ||
- | </TAB> | + | </tabbox> |
- | </ | + | ===== Opening an Existing Collection ===== |
- | ===== <!-- id:30 -->Opening an Existing Collection ===== | + | To open an existing collection, choose " |
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to get the Open Collection prompt. | to get the Open Collection prompt. | ||
Select one to see its description, | Select one to see its description, | ||
- | <!-- id:32 --> | + | In case more than one Greenstone Librarian Interface program is running |
concurrently, | concurrently, | ||
collection, a small temporary lock file is created in its folder. | collection, a small temporary lock file is created in its folder. | ||
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do so unless you think that someone else is currently working on the same collection. | do so unless you think that someone else is currently working on the same collection. | ||
- | <!-- id:33 --> | + | When you open a collection that the Greenstone Librarian Interface did not create, |
the Dublin Core metadata set will be assigned to it, and any existing metadata will be imported | the Dublin Core metadata set will be assigned to it, and any existing metadata will be imported | ||
just as it is when you drag in files with existing metadata. The process is described in the | just as it is when you drag in files with existing metadata. The process is described in the | ||
[[en: | [[en: | ||
- | ===== <!-- id:34 -->Deleting Collections ===== | + | ===== Deleting Collections ===== |
- | <!-- id:35 --> | + | To permanently delete collections from your Greenstone installation, |
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