[Archon-L] Digital library major problems

[Scott Schwartz]

John and John,
Thank you for both of your thoughtful notes. I talked with our lead 
programmer this afternoon and he said that he will look into the bug 
that you mentioned. He should be able to identify a correction to the 
coding by Friday or next Monday. Regarding the other workflow issues, 
there are some things that can be done to help improve things related to 
your last three points. As always, we appreciate hearing about what does 
and does not work well for the entire Archon community. More to follow. 
Have a great evening. scott

Lyles, John wrote:
>
> Ditto. I found the workflow for 1.11 more focused whereby you could 
> add digital content directly from the content manager.
>
> John Lyles
> Archivist
> Columbus Public Library
> 3000 Macon Road
> Columbus, GA 31906
> 706-243-2681
> jlyles at cvrls.net
>
> *From:* archon-bounces at archon.org [mailto:archon-bounces at archon.org] 
> *On Behalf Of *Thiesen, John
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 06, 2008 3:15 PM
> *To:* archon at archon.org
> *Subject:* [Archon-L] Digital library major problems
> *Importance:* High
>
> I just upgraded to version 2.10 and have been trying again to figure 
> out how to use the digital library manager. I found some significant 
> bugs. After entering 7 scanned photos (a few with the backs also 
> scanned), I found that the digital library lost the “detailed 
> description” field on most of them. On the last one I entered, it 
> would only let me upload one scan; the second uploaded file just 
> disappeared whenever I clicked update, as did the detailed description.
>
> Has anyone else encountered these bugs?
>
> In addition, I find the workflow of the digital library manager 
> incredibly confusing and counter-intuitive:
>
> - why can’t you go to the Digital Library Manager directly from the 
> Content Manager?
>
> - why is it necessary to select the collection, folder, etc. for each 
> digital item entered (instead of having it remain the same when you’re 
> entering a whole series of digital items)?
>
> - Why is it necessary to click update for each individual file linked 
> to a digital item? Why not allow uploading/linking multiple files, say 
> a folder of files?
>
> - Why do you need to click update after each file name before entering 
> other information? (If you fill in the file name field and then go 
> enter the detailed description with first clicking update, the file 
> name field is blanked out.)
>
> - Why is it necessary to enter a title twice? Why have a title at all? 
> Why not just default to the uploaded file name, for example?
>
> - Why is it necessary to click “add” before you can enter the URL or 
> file name, detailed description, and other fields? Why not have these 
> all on one screen with one add/update click?
>
> -
>
> I’m just totally mystified by the workflow here. Does someone have a 
> useful workflow for using the digital library? The official 
> documentation is too sketchy so far to answer any of these questions.
>
> John D. Thiesen
>
> Archivist and Co-director of Libraries
>
> Mennonite Library and Archives
>
> Mennonite Church USA Archives
>
> Bethel College
>
> http://people.bethelks.edu/jthiesen
>
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Scott W. Schwartz
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