Skip to main content
OCLC Support

Item administration

Learn how to use the Item Administration to approve items for a collection, build the text index, edit items, and unlock items.
  • Approve items
    Learn how to use the approve section of the CONTENTdm Item administration to approve, edit, or delete items in the pending queue.
  • Build a collection index
    Learn how to use the index section of the CONTENTdm Item administration to build and schedule indexing.
  • Add items
    Learn how to use the add section of the CONTENTdm Item administration to add an item to the pending queue.
  • Edit items
    Learn how to use the edit section of the CONTENTdm Item administration to edit and delete items in a collection.
  • Find and replace
    Learn how to use the find & replace section of the CONTENTdm Item administration to find and replace metadata within one field or all fields or to change metadata content in different fields.
  • Lock administration
    Learn how to use the lock administration section of the CONTENTdm Item administration to view or unlock items.
  • View collection
    Learn how to use the view collection section of the CONTENTdm Item administration to open a new browser window with your current collection.