Adding a new cataloguer/member

What's that? You've recruited an extra set of helping hands to your cataloguing team? Congratulations! Cataloguing is a big task, so it is important that you have a strong team of cataloguers who can carry the workload and organisational knowledge.

To create a new user, you will need to invite your new cataloguer to create an account with Victorian Collections. To do this, go to the Organisation menu and select Members. 

Please note: Only users with the Update members permission can access the Members permissions page

In the upper right corner, select Add Member. In the pop up window, enter the email address of the new cataloguer you wish to add to your organisation, and select Next.

Enter their Full Name, a short/preferred name, and create a User name, and set the permissions your new cataloguer will need by using the toggle buttons. Click 'Submit' and your new cataloguer will receive an email to create their account and set a password. 

If your new cataloguer already has an account registered with the email you have entered, the system will let you know. They can use this same log in to also work with your collection. See Managing Multiple Organisations for more information. 

Where you have invitations which have not yet been accepted, an Invitations tab will appear at the top of your member list. This list will show when invites to members will expire. When all invites are accepted, this tab will disappear from view. 

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