[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Migration to Evergreen from "Library World"

[Rogan Hamby]

As Blake said it depends on what they can give you and in what formats.
For example, if they won't give extracts and all you can do is run reports
on circulation but the reports lack crucial data and can't be connected to
patrons .... it'll be a mess.

When an ILS install is not facilitated by a vendor there are sometimes work
arounds if you have physical access to the database but if I understand how
LW works that's not an option.  I have a long rant about signing agreements
for cloud hosting data without contractual rights to your data but that's
for another day.

Short version,

Step 1) Find out if LW will extract the data in a way that facilitates
migrating it.  Connection points between data (like being able in the
extract to say Circulation X is Patron Y's) is really important here, as
well as completeness of records.

Step 2) If they're not helpful you can start seeing what the library can
pull out via whatever tools they were given.  This gets into finger
crossing and prayers.

Step 3) Beg?  Law suit?  Pay hostage fees to have data freed?  I've seen
all three of these happen.



On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Blake Henderson <
blake at mobiusconsortium.org> wrote:

>  Nancy,
>
> We have migrated many different ILS's. We have not encountered Library
> World. We have migrated data from some strange ILS's. It looks like in this
> case, Library World warehouses the data. It boils down to reports. Will
> this ILS create Excel files of patron data/checkouts/fines? Can you extract
> MARC records? How much stuff can you extract with it's reporting engine in
> general? When we encounter a system that does not give us what we need, we
> have had success speaking with a support representative.
>
> -Blake-
> Conducting Magic
> MOBIUS573-234-4513877-312-3517
>
> On 5/19/2015 8:32 PM, Nancy Grant wrote:
>
>   Is it possible to migrate to Evergreen from Library World (
> www.libraryworld.com)?
>
>  And if so, are there any roadblock to be aware of in doing that
> migration?
>  Our consortium has migrated systems to Evergreen from older Follett and
> Winnebago systems.
>
>  Thanks.
>
>     Nancy B. Grant
>  Maine Balsam Libraries Consortium President
>  Retired LMS, NBCT
>  Dover-Foxcroft, Maine
> 207-564-3098
>  nbgrantme at gmail.com
>
>
>


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Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services,
York County Library System

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me.”
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