[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Did you migrate from III?

[Martha Driscoll]

Hi Glen,
NOBLE migrated from III Millennium in 2012.  For at least a year prior 
to that we did test migrations of data and refined our scripts and 
procedures.  We finally did several full data migrations prior to our 
final migration in May 2012.

I used yaz-marcdump to convert our bib output from marc to marcxml. I'm 
not familiar with xmlOpac but it sounds like that tool will put you a 
step ahead.  I'm sure the tools have changed since I did our migration 
but one thing remains the same: know your data both in terms of how it 
is coming our of III and how you want it to go into Evergreen.

One of the things I am glad I did was use the III bib record number as 
the database id of the bib record in Evergreen.  This allowed me to 
match up items, circulations, and holds much easier and search the III 
system for the bib when trying to troubleshoot a problem.

We migrated bibs, items, patrons, circulations, holds, serials, and 
fines.  We utilized staging tables for much of the data which allowed us 
to query our data and fix problems as well as build mapping tables.

We were very happy with our data migration.  We put a lot of thought 
into data mapping and did lots of cleanup on the III side.

I know there are others on this list who have migrated from III so if 
you have any more specific questions just ask.

Martha Driscoll
Systems Manager
North of Boston Library Exchange
Danvers, Massachusetts
www.noblenet.org

On 1/27/2016 8:53 AM, Glen Modell wrote:
> Hello, this is Glen at the Ann Arbor District Library.  We are not an Evergreen site but are exploring it.  I'd like to hear from anyone who migrated to Evergreen from Innovative Interfaces.  I'm experimenting with bib record migration and I'm curious as to whether anyone was able to use the xmlOpac from III to get pre-packaged marcXML or whether you have have other suggestions.  Thanks.  --  Glen.
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> Glen Modell
> Library Automation Specialist
> Ann Arbor District Library
> 734-327-8322
> modellg at aadl.org
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