Setting up the Internet Archive (IA) Book Viewer

• Log in to manage.ctdigitalarchive.org.
  
  

• Navigate to your collection on the CTDA Manage site.
  
  

• Click the "Manage" tab.

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• Click "Add an object to this collection".

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• Select "Islandora Internet Archive Book Content Model" from the "Select a Content Model to Ingest" dropdown menu and click "Next".
  

   

   

• Select the MODS form you wish to use.
  

   

• You will be taken to the CTDA MODS form. 
  
  
  

   

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

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

• The third required field in the form is "Digital Origin". You should leave "reformatted digital" in this field.

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

• 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".
  
  
  

   

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

• You now have the option to upload PDF pages, but we recommend that you do not upload your pages at this point (see Adding Page procedures below).
  
  

• Scroll down to the bottom of the page select the language of the book and click "Ingest".

   

• Once ingest is completed, you will be taken to the Book viewer. From the Book viewer, you can add pages into the book and manage the book object.

Adding Pages

• Once your Book Object has been ingested click the "Manage" tab on the page containing the book viewer.

   

• Click "Book".

   

• Select "Add Page".

   

• Select the MODS form you wish to use.

• Fill out the MODS form and click "Next".
  
  

• Click "Choose file" and find the page image file you want to add to the book.

   

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

   

   

• Finally choose the language of the text in the page image click "Ingest".

   

• After your page image file has been ingested, you will be taken to the page displaying your file.

Adding Pages Using Zip Files

• Once your Book Object has been ingested click the "Manage" tab on the page containing the book viewer.

   

• Click "Book".

   

• Click "Add Zipped Pages".

   

• Click "Choose File" and find the zip file you wish to add. Click "Upload".

   

• Choose the language of the book from the dropdown menu.

   

• Click "Add files".

   

   

• A status bar will appear while your pages are added to the book. This status bar shows the progress of each individual page file being added to the book.
  
  
  

   

• When completed, your pages should appear in the IA Book viewer.

Adding Multiple Zip Files to a Book

Since the maximum file size of a zip file that can be uploaded to a book is 2GB, you may need to upload large books in multiple zip files.

• After you upload your first zip file (see above) to your book, return to the book viewer and click the "Manage".

   

• Select "Book".

   

• Click "Add Zipped Pages".

   

• Choose the language of the book from the "Language" dropdown menu.

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• The "Last Sequence Number" will display the number of pages currently in the book. We recommend that you do not change the number in the "Last Sequence Number" field.
  
  
  

   

• Next click "Choose file" and locate the zip file you want to add.

   

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

   

• Once the zip file has finished uploading, click "Add files".

   

• A status bar will appear while your pages are added to the book. This status bar shows the progress of each individual page file being added to the book.
  
  
  

   

• When completed, your pages should appear in the IA Book viewer.

Adding Books Using the Spreadsheet Ingest Module

Users can now add newspapers to the repository by using the spreadsheet ingest module.

Please review the steps you need to take to connect to the CTDA network and servers prior to using the module.

Book objects can be added using the Standard Template or the Linked Data Template.

Spreadsheet Specifications for Book Pages

In the "isPageOf" and the "parent_object" columns, enter the PID of the book to which you are adding the book pages.

In the "parent_predicate" column, select "isMemberOf" from the dropdown list.

In the "isPageNumber" and "isSequenceNumber" columns, enter the page number of each page image in the order you want them to appear in the book.

In the "cmodel" column, select "islandora:pageCModel" from the dropdown list.

After you have filled out the appropriate columns in your spreadsheet, return to the Ingest Workflow guide to continue the spreadsheet ingest process.

Managing Your Book

Reordering Pages

• Log in to manage.ctdigitalarchive.org.
  
  

• Navigate to your book and click the "Manage" tab.

   

• Click "Book".

   

• Select "Reorder Pages".

   

• The pages will appear in two columns, side-by-side, and display 10 pages per column by default. You can drop and drag pages in the same column and in between columns.

   

• Scroll down to the bottom of the columns and you will be able to view more pages by clicking on the number list at the bottom of the columns.

   

• The pages you move will show yellow check marks next to the page image.

   

• Once you have reordered the pages in the correct order, scroll down and click "Save Changes".
  
  
  

   

• A status bar will appear while your pages are added to the book.

   

• When completed, you will recieve a "Sequenced Book" confirmation message.

Examples