Announcing Release 3.0 of the Curator's Workbench

[Gregory Jansen]

You can download the latest software here:

http://www.lib.unc.edu/software/

This release included several enhancements to usability and new support for "pre-staged" originals:

Pre-Staged Originals

In normal work flow the workbench carefully copies captured files to a staging location. The "Pre-Staged Originals" feature lets you assert that a set of Originals are already staged, and where. In the Link Originals Wizard you may indicate the location in which the originals are already staged. This feature allows you to prepare materials that are already in a safe staging location without creating redundant copies. Staged locations are now listed in the Properties view for files in the Arrangement.

Improved Originals Wizard

We had a request that we support linking to multiple original folders within the same interface. This request, plus the need for the pre-staging option, led to a rework of the whole "Link Originals" wizard. The new dialog lets you pick a top folder, then browse within it to choose which sub-folder or files to link. Pre-stage locations are entered relative to the top folder.

Interface "Paper Cuts"

A number of minor user interface glitches have been addressed. These fixes are documented in the paper cuts issue in GitHub.

Please give it a try.

[Sutcliffe, Rachel]

I’d give it a try. Can we download it?

[Sutcliffe, Rachel]

Sorry, that was not meant for the group.

 

Rachel