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Here we will link some examples of AtoM customization by community members which can be achieved without developer support. Have a resource to add, or one that you know about which is publicly available? Please help us by [[Special:UserLogin|adding it!]] | Here we will link some examples of AtoM customization by community members which can be achieved without developer support. Have a resource to add, or one that you know about which is publicly available? Please help us by [[Special:UserLogin|adding it!]] | ||
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Here we will link some examples of AtoM customization by community members which can be achieved without developer support. Have a resource to add, or one that you know about which is publicly available? Please help us by adding it!
Seealso
Looking for custom development, such as plugins, themes, and code patches? Check out our Community development page:
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Help pages
Below are some examples of ways that AtoM administrators have tried to make their catalogues easier to use for their public users. Many of these examples use AtoM's existing static page and menu modules. Please feel free to add your own resources!
Tip
For details on creating new static pages see our documentation for your current version; specifically see Manage Static Pages and Manage Menus.
Beaton Institutite Project guides
The Beaton Institute at Cape Breton University has used a creative mix of static pages and subject terms to create beautiful user guides to their holdings. See some examples below:
- Projects landing page
- Cape Breton during WWI
- Nova Scotia Historical Newspapers
- Black Nova Scotian Holdings
Mills Archive help pages
The Mills Archive AtoM site includes a number of inter-linked static pages, created to help users understand how to use the catalogue. Here are some direct links to some examples:
City of Vancouver Archives search help
The City of Vancouver Archives created an "About Searching" help page using the static page functionality in AtoM.
Simon Fraser University user guides
At Simon Fraser University, the SFU Archives and SFU Library's Special Collections and Rare Books share an AtoM instance, using AtoM's multi-institutional functionality. To assist their users, they have created an extremely detailed search guide, as well as a User's guide to finding aids, explaining (among other things), how hierarchical description is used in archives, how the reference codes are constructed, and more.
MemoryNS video tutorials
MemoryNS, the Nova Scotian archival union catalogue maintained by the Council of Nova Scotia Archives (CNSA), has created a number of video tutorials on searching, browsing, and much more, and included the playlist of videos in a static page in their AtoM instance. Check it out here:
Dumbarton Oaks' AtoM@DO Help/About page
Rich with both general information and details on how to perform basic public user functions in ICA-AtoM (such as using search, advanced search, printing file reports, exporting, etc.) the AtoM@DO Help page is a useful resource, and a good model for how institutions using AtoM can supply helpful information to support the needs of their users.
Australia National University Archives' Help searching page
With content describing over 20km of material (ca. 1800 collections, over 1200 creators), ANU ensures that their users have a helpful resource nearby. This help page is maintained in HTML outside of AtoM, but is linked in the AtoM database via the Quick links menu, and mentioned on the home page
Institution pages
Here are some examples of users who have taken advantage of the Archival institution theming options in AtoM and implemented them in creative ways!
Guelph Public Library Archeion page
Guelph Public Library has done extensive customizations to their Archeion (union database for the Archives Association of Ontario). For details on editing an institutional page see our documentation for your current version, particularly Archival Institutions.