Re: Migrating Acquisitions Data

Hello,

Thanks to the librarians that responded off-list to my request for information about migrating acquisitions data! I was asked to summarize the data that I received for the list.

I heard from three schools. One school chose not to migrate their acquisitions data when they did their last migration. They opted instead to print out much of the data. If they were to do another migration, they would choose to export the data into a format that could be read by Excel. The other two  libraries chose to migrate their data. One library was able to migrate all of their acquisitions data although some data did not migrate as well as they had hoped. For the other library, "orders that were already paid or paid invoices" could not be migrated. So, they are lacking the historical data.

Thanks,

Amy Butler
Acquisitions & Collection Development Librarian
University of North Alabama
Box 5028
Florence, AL 35632-0001
Office: (256) 765-4266
Fax: (256) 765-4326
abgordon_at_una.edu<mailto:abgordon_at_una.edu>




From: Butler, Amy G.
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 11:49 AM
To: 'acqnet-l_at_lists.ibiblio.org'
Subject: Migrating Acquisitions Data

Hello,

Does anyone have experience extracting their acquisitions data for migration to a new ILS? We are planning a migration to Sierra and have received a preliminary quote for extracting our acquisitions data from Voyager. Unfortunately, the quote was higher than I had anticipated. I would be very interested in hearing about any experiences list members have had with transitioning their acquisitions data from one ILS to another. I want to make sure others have successfully migrated their data before we commit to the extract fee.

Thanks!

Amy Butler
Acquisitions & Collection Development Librarian
University of North Alabama
Box 5028
Florence, AL 35632-0001
Office: (256) 765-4266
Fax: (256) 765-4326
abgordon_at_una.edu<mailto:abgordon_at_una.edu>




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