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Hello, and welcome to this instructional screencast on the Curator's Workbench. This is Jennifer
Martin from the Carolina Digital Repository.
In this screencast, I will show you how to export projects for submission and how to
close finished projects.
If a project includes a metadata crosswalk, run the crosswalk before exporting the project.
To export a project for submission, right-click on the project name and select "Export".
Choose "Carolina Digital Repository Submission (METS)".
On the next page, you can change where the files saves to, if you want.
To view the generated METS file, check "Open the exported file".
Click finish; the Workbench generates a METS manifest of the project, ready for submission.
The manifest will contain the locations of all the digital objects, their file structure,
arrangement, and checksums, and up-to-date MODS if either individual MODS records or
one or more crosswalks are present.
Once you are finished with a project, you can either close or remove it.
Closing a project reduces the computational load, allowing the Workbench to run more efficiently,
but it does not remove the project from the navigation pane.
Removing a project also reduces the workload, but has the added benefit of helping keep
the navigation pane from becoming too cluttered.
To close a project, right-click on the project and select "Close".
If at some point you want to reopen it, right-click on it and select "Open Project."
To remove a project, right-click on the project and select "Delete".
This only removes the project from the Workbench, unless you check "Delete project contents
on disc" in the confirmation screen.
If you check that option, then your project will be completely and permanently deleted
from your computer.
Removing a project from the Workbench cannot easily be undone, so it is not recommended
if you think you may want to access the project in the Workbench at a later date.
And now you know how to wrap up your completed projects.
For more information about the Workbench and further instructions on how to use it, please
see our other screencasts.
You can also visit the CDR site to see live examples of Workbench-created collections,
the GitHub repository for code, or our blog for release information.
Thank you for listening, and have a nice day!