Gathering Titles 
			 You can gather a site immediately and you can also set a schedule
				to gather a site either at regular intervals (e.g. monthly, quarterly, annual)
				or on dates that you specify.  
			 Before gathering a title you should ensure that the basic
				management details for the title are up-to-date. For example, if you are about
				to gather a title its Status should be set at "National Preservation"
				and the Standing should be set at "current".  
			 Procedures covered in this section include:  
			  
				 
				   
					  
						     
			 Basic Gathering Procedures 
			  
				- Search for the title you wish to gather
  
				- Click on the title to go to the Title View screen.
  
				- Take ownership of the title via the Advanced dropdown
				  menu if you do not already own it.
  
				- Click on Gather Details from the Menu Bar. You will be
				  taken to the Edit Gather Settings screen, Basic tab
				  window.
 
    
				- On the Basic tab window specify the URL in the URL to
				  gather field. This is the starting URL for the gather process. This will
				  default from the publisher's URL you have already entered when creating the
				  title record (and which provides the link to the publisher's site on the title
				  entry page). The gathering URL, however, may be different from the publisher's
				  URL (if for example you want to gather only one specific section of the
				  publisher's site). Changing the gathering URL will not change the original
				  publisher's URL as entered in the Title record on the
				  screen.
 
   
				- Select the gather Method from the drop-down list.
				  Options are:
  
				  Gathered (For gathering from the publishers
					 website.) Publisher Supplied - normal (For titles that the publisher
					 supplies by FTP, CD or ZIP disk.) Publisher Supplied - email (For
					 titles that the publisher supplies by email.)   
				- Select the gather Schedule from the drop-down list. If
				  the title is only to be gathered once, select the option Never (i.e.
				  meaning that it will not be scheduled to be regathered.)
  
				- If you want to request the title to be gathered on specific
				  dates (either instead of or in addition to a gather schedule) enter the date in
				  the Non-Scheduled Dates box and click the Add button. Repeat to
				  set more than one date. These gather dates can be removed by highlighting the
				  date in the list and clicking the Remove button.
  
				- Enter a start date for the gather schedule in the boxes
				  labelled Start Date. In this section of the screen you will also find
				  when the title was last gathered and the next scheduled gather date. 
  
				- If the title you wish to gather does not require filters or
				  other functions click on the Save button. If you need to set
				  gather filters to include or exclude directories and/or files from the gather,
				  see the section on gather filters below.
  
				- If you want to gather the title straight away (whether it is
				  for a one off gather or if you have set a schedule) click the Gather on
				  save check box then click Save. This will initiate the gather
				  process.
  
			   
			 Gather Filters 
			 For many of the gathers you undertake you will not need to specify
				URL gather filters as the default settings will
				be sufficient. Default settings include gathering all html files in the
				starting directory and all sub-directories of the starting directory. Also, all
				media files such as images and sound files will be gathered wherever they are
				located. If you need to gather files not included by the default settings or if
				you need to exclude certain files or directories, you will need to set gather
				filters.   
			 To specify gather filters click on the Filters tab on the
				Edit Gather Detailsscreen. This will display an edit window in which you
				can set your URL gather filter rules.  
			    
			 To create a gather filter: 
			  
				- Select a rule from the Rule drop-down box. The rules
				  generally indicate that a file, folder or link will contain a character string
				  that you specifiy; or it may indicate files with an extension that you
				  specify
  
				- Specify the character string that you want included in your URL
				  rule (e.g. a word, file extension, or just a string of letters or numbers)
				  
  
				- Click the Inc. Link(s) button if you want the the filter
				  to include the links you have specified in the gathering; or click the Exc.
				  Link(s) button if you want the filter to exclude the links you have
				  specified from the gathering
  
				- Repeat 1 to 3 to add more filters
  
				- The filter rules will appear in the Filter List
				  box.
  
				- Click the Save button to save the gather settings
				  (except if you want to gather the title immediately then you'll need to go back
				  to the Basic tab window and click on the Gather on save check
				  box, and then click the Save button 
  
			   
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			 Additonal and Advanced Gather
				Settings 
			 The Settings tab window on the Edit Gather Details
				screen allows you set additional gathering specifications. 
 
   Settings
				options include:  
			  
				- Changing the Directory travel from the default "Can go
				  down" (i.e. will gather sub-directories of the starting directory) to other
				  options inlcuding staying on the same directory, going up, or going up and
				  down.
  
				- Changing the Host travel setting from the default "Stay on the
				  same address".
  
				- Specifiying a maximum depth. Enter a number in the Maximum
				  depth box. This is useful if you are unable to specify URL filters to
				  adequately limit your archiving. For example if you have a starting page and
				  only want to gather files linked directly from that page but not go any further
				  (i.e. following links from the subsequent pages even though they may be
				  allowable within filter rules) you could specify a maximum gather depth of 2 (a
				  depth of 2 means one click from the starting page; a depth of 3 means 2 clicks
				  from the starting page etc.).
  
				- If the site you are archiving requires a login and password,
				  enter them in the boxes provided and click on the Password Settings
				  check box.
  
				- You can add additional URLs to gather in addition to the
				  starting URL you have specified.
  
				- You can add free text notes to explain the gather settings you
				  have made for future reference.
  
			   
			 Advanced Settings 
			 For expert users there is an Advanced tab window available
				which includes advanced gather settings. To activate this window click on the
				Advanced Settings check box on the Basic tab. Click on the
				Advance tab to edit the advanced settings (PANDORA IT support staff can
				help with this level of gathering if required).
 
    
			  
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