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Adding new collections to Credo is a multiple step process and each step is necessary to ensure that the collection is properly represented in Credo's collection hierarchy and that our collections play well with Digital Commonwealth and the DPLA.
1. Add <relatedItem> to MODS records
For an individual item in Credo to be part of a collection, it needs to have a MODS <relatedItem> element pointing to that collection. You can find more information about <relatedItem> use in SCUA's Best Practices for MODS. Here's an example:
<mods:relatedItem type="host"> <mods:titleInfo> <mods:title>W. E. B. Du Bois Papers</mods:title> </mods:titleInfo> <mods:typeOfResource>mixed material</mods:typeOfResource> <mods:identifier type="local">MS 312</mods:identifier> <mods:identifier type="uri">mums312</mods:identifier> </mods:relatedItem>
The three requirements for the item to be properly attached to its collection are 1) the @type=“host” in <mods:relatedItem>, 2) the unique ID for the collection in <mods:identifier type=“uri”>, and 3) the title of the collection in <mods:title>. The title must be consistent across all records.
2. Create collection-level record in Credo
