Multi-level Description in ArchivesSpace

You will likely create more detailed description for a collection. This can be a simple inventory or series outline all the way to a very detailed file or item level listing. In DACS this is referred to as multilevel description. Each unit of description below the resource record or collection level record is referred to as an archival object in ArchivesSpace. 

There are two supported ways to create multilevel description for collections. 

• Manually adding each archival object record
• Importing spreadsheet data
• Required data for Series Description
• Required data for File/Item Description
• Linking locations to top containers in ArchivesSpace
• Other options for importing data not in use at Houghton Library