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Large Image Content Model Supported File Formats

  • tiff

  • tif

  • jp2

  • jpeg

  • jpg

 

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Adding a Large Image

  • Login to manage.ctdigitalarchive.org.

  • Navigate to the collection to which you want to add your image.

  • Click the "Manage" tab.

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  • Under the "Overview" button, select "Add an object to this Collection".

  • Select "Islandora Large Image Content Model" from the "Select a Content Model to Ingest" dropdown menu and click "Next".

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    If you do not see the content model you are looking for, it may not be a part of your collection policy. You can add a content model to your collection policy by following the steps in this guide.

  • You will be taken to the CTDA MODS form.

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    titleCTDA MODS Form

    The CTDA MODS Form has five required fields that you need to fill out. But you should try to be a thorough as possible and fill out as many fields as you can when describing your object. To learn more about the CTDA MODS Form, see the Describing Your Objects Guide.

  • The first required field you need to populate is the title of your image.

  • The next required field is the "Resource Type", which should be "still image".

  • The third required field in the form is "Digital Origin". You should leave "reformatted digital" in this field if the image you are uploading is a scan of a physical image.

  • The fourth required field is the "Held By" field. Select your institution from the dropdown menu.

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    If your institution does not appear in the dropdown menu under "Held By" please contact CTDA at ctda@uconn.edu to inform us that your institution is missing.

  • The final required field is the "Rights" field. Choose your institution from the dropdown menu. If you do not have a customized rights statement, select "Creative Commons NC-BY".
     

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    The default rights statement is set to the Creative Commons NC-BY 4.0 which states: "This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, CC BY-NC." To learn more about Creative Commons licenses, visit https://creativecommons.org/.

    If you have a custom rights statement, please send the text to us at ctda@uconn.edu.

  • Click "Next" and the next page is where you will upload your object.

  • Click "Choose file" and find the image file you want to ingest.

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  • Once you have chosen your file, click "Upload".

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    Depending on the file size, the upload can take a few moments to a few minutes. Do not click "Back" or "Refresh" while the upload is taking place.

  • Finally click "Ingest".

    Note

    Depending on the file size, ingest can take a few moments to a few minutes. Do not click "Back" or "Refresh" while the ingest is taking place.

  • After your image file has been ingested, you will be taken to the page containing your file. From this page you can manage your object.

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Manage Your Object

To learn how to manage your object, visit the Managing Objects in the Repository Guide.


 Video Guide: Large Image Content Model

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Datastreams for Large Image Objects

ID

Label

RELS-EXT

Default Fedora relationship metadata

MODS

MODS record filled out during ingest

DC

Dublin Core record

OBJ

Original TIFF or JP2 file uploaded

JP2

JPEG 2000 derivative created by ImageMagick or Kakadu

JPG

Medium-sized JPEG created by ImageMagick and used in the standard image viewer

TN

Thumbnail icon created from the image during the ingest process

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Datastreams

To lean more about Datastreams, visit the Datastream Guide.