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
[email protected]
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