RE: [ALCTS-acqnet] Migration to Ex Libris Alma/Primo

Hi Alison and Stephanie,

Our library is preparing for the same migration too.  Would you also share with me any information?  Much appreciated.


Rosina Leung MBA MLS CNS Dip.
Technical Services Librarian
Seneca College Libraries
Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology
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Markham Ontario L3R 5Y1
416-491-5050 ext. 77391
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rosina.leung_at_senecacollege.ca

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Stephanie,

Call me next week and we can talk about it. We didn't migrate our acquisitions data and it really hasn't been that bad.

Alison DePollo
ETSU
423_439_6998
depollo_at_etsu.edu

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Subject: [ALCTS-acqnet] Migration to Ex Libris Alma/Primo

Apologies for cross-posting.

Hello,
Our library is currently in the process of migrating from Millennium to Ex Libris Alma/Primo.  We are right at the point of filling out migration forms and planning for a data extract.  I'm only peripherally involved with acquisitions so I am no expert in this area.  It has been suggested to us (not by Ex Libris) that we should not migrate any acquisitions data including order records and vendor data.  We will be creating a new fund structure so we aren't concerned about having to manually add that data.  However, we are very concerned at the potentially unnecessary burden that manually transferring our other acquisitions data will cause on an already over-burdened staff.

Does anyone have experience with this type of migration?  Staff are pretty worried that not migrating this information is going to make this transition much more difficult than it should be .  If anyone can confirm that with some anecdotal evidence, we would greatly appreciate it.  I'm trying to gather information to support our appeal.

Thank you!

Stephanie Adams
Electronic Resources Librarian