Hi Cheryl, Oof, that’s rough. I have a few questions, if you don’t mind.
1. Can you provide more detail on why EAD export is impossible? I only ask because they claim EAD export on their website pretty prominently, and it would be, I think, much easier than doing a migration from proprietary text format. 2. Are you comfortable with programming in a scripting language (Python, Ruby, Perl, etc.) or do you have access to someone who is? 3. What does the ASCII format actually look like? An example record would be really helpful in giving advice. Assuming that EAD is entirely out of reach, I think this would take either, as you mentioned, manual transfer, or someone writing a script to take the ascii output, turn it into ASpace JSONModel objects, and import it via the API. The hardest part is probably the conversion step – there’s a fair amount of code out there for doing imports of JSONModel objects (or you can just strip the EAD -> JSONModel part out of EAD import scripts), but I don’t know that there’s a way around significant programming effort. Even EAD migrations have in my experience involved a fair amount of programming, though size and scope of collection matters a lot for how important that is. - Dave Mayo ASpace Core Committers Group From: <archivesspace_users_group-boun...@lyralists.lyrasis.org> on behalf of Christine Di Bella <christine.dibe...@lyrasis.org> Reply-To: Archivesspace Users Group <archivesspace_users_group@lyralists.lyrasis.org> Date: Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 8:59 AM To: Archivesspace Users Group <archivesspace_users_group@lyralists.lyrasis.org> Subject: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] FW: [Archivesspace_member_reps] Migrating Data from Eloquent Systems to ArchivesSpace Hi all, I’m forwarding this for Cheryl from the Member Representatives list in case anyone here has made a move from Eloquent and has suggestions or advice. The program team will also reach out with some ideas. Christine Christine Di Bella ArchivesSpace Program Manager christine.dibe...@lyrasis.org<mailto:christine.dibe...@lyrasis.org> 800.999.8558 x2905 678-235-2905 cdibella13 (Skype) [ASpaceOrgHomeMedium] From: archivesspace_member_reps-boun...@lyralists.lyrasis.org <archivesspace_member_reps-boun...@lyralists.lyrasis.org> On Behalf Of Cheryl Ziegler Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 8:58 PM To: archivesspace_member_r...@lyralists.lyrasis.org Subject: [Archivesspace_member_reps] Migrating Data from Eloquent Systems to ArchivesSpace Hello all, I am under significant time constraints to move my data from Eloquent Systems to ArchivesSpace as my contract with Eloquent is over effective April 30. I was led to believe that my data could be exported in EAD format. Unfortunately, that is not true. I can only export my data into ASCII delimited text format. I am flying blind here and I know there is not an easy "fix." If I need to manually input my records, then I need to start doing that right away. If there is a way to convert ASCII into a workable migration format, then I need advise on how to accomplish that conversion. Some background: earlier in the year, my IT Director told me he had figured out how to do this migration. He has resigned taking that information with him although I am not sure that he actually had figured it out. I am willing to do the work. I just need a process. Thank you, Cheryl Cheryl L. Ziegler, MLIS Director of Library & Archives Union League Club of Chicago 65 W. Jackson Blvd. Chicago, IL 60604 P: 312.435.4818 www.ulcc.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.ulcc.org_&d=DwMGaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=_Mv1dY22K7jvT5MD7xjbvGVzRDOUMhx4WYcnPSIzYnE&m=FfoEKVMX-SNARR0r1WoTJMPVqnzmFPNi-cSg54CCRng&s=4_WLxIkIaHLJw32oJFG1bqn6dj9nlfnknpbVW3t7xdQ&e=> [http://eline.ulcc.org/images/ULC_logo_platinum_2014_email.jpg] Find out how the Union League Club of Chicago can help enrich your life and improve the world by contacting members...@ulcc.org<mailto:members...@ulcc.org> or 312.435.4825<tel:312.435.4825>.
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