Digital library objects can be quite complex, with a lot of metadata and data in different digital forms. Currently, most installations of digital library systems need personnel experienced with computers to administer and maintain them We designed and implemented tools to simplify addition, modification and numerous other maintenance actions in a digital library, for use by content contributors (where appropriate) and librarians without special computer training. Our tools provide an easy way to input or modify the metadata describing a submission and also to upload the digital documents, as well as inspect, commit or modify new submissions (and old objects) to a set of collections, even with different metadata fields. The tools are easy to install, while at the same time they are powerful and configurable. The tools are modular and generic, and cover even rare requirements. The configuration choices allow the …