Nigel,
We went from AT to ASpace last year, so I can speak a little bit to your
situation. You might want to try creating a new repository for your University
Archives in ArchivesSpace, exporting all the resources from AT in EAD, and
using ArchivesSpace's EAD import tool to import all the resources into that
repository. I would suggest trying this on a staging or dev instance of
ArchivesSpace first, so you can play around with the imports before making
changes in production.
Some things to note, batch importing EADs into ArchivesSpace is tricky because
you can queue up a lot of imports but if any one of those EADs fails, the whole
background job for importing will fail. The way to get "around" this is to
import one EAD at a time and catch any jobs that fail. If you want to automate
this, using python + the ArchivesSpace API would be perfect for creating a
bunch of background jobs for individual EAD imports. I've thought about making
a script like that, but it's tricky and can hit the ArchivesSpace server hard
if not coded properly.
Another thing to note is other data in AT won't be transferred using EAD
imports. Info like controlled vocabulary lists, users, locations, subjects,
names, and assessments won't be included. You can import Accessions, Digital
Objects, Locations, and Assessments into ArchivesSpace similarly to resources,
but using CSVs, not EADs. Importing subjects and agents (names) into
ArchivesSpace would have to be in MARCXML. How you get those out of AT I'm not
sure off the top of my head.
If you were not trying to import the data into an existing ArchivesSpace
instance, I would recommend the AT --> AS Migrator
Tool<https://github.com/archivesspace/at-migration/releases>, which copies all
the data from AT into an empty ArchivesSpace instance.
If you want to talk about it more, feel free to reach out to me and I can try
to help in whatever way I can.
Sincerely,
Corey
Corey Schmidt
ArchivesSpace Project Manager | University of Georgia Libraries
Email: corey.schm...@uga.edu<mailto:corey.schm...@uga.edu>
Phone: +1-706-542-8151
From: archivesspace_users_group-boun...@lyralists.lyrasis.org
On Behalf Of Nigel
Bond
Sent: Wednesday, July 7, 2021 6:05 PM
To: archivesspace_users_group@lyralists.lyrasis.org
Subject: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Migrating from Archives Toolkit
[EXTERNAL SENDER - PROCEED CAUTIOUSLY]
Hi everyone,
Looking for some assistance if possible.
What is the best way to migrate/import legacy data from Archivist's Toolkit
into an existing and active ArchivesSpace production environment. Our
University Archivist has been using Archivist's toolkit and would like to
upgrade to ArchivesSpace but as the University Special Collections is already
using ArchivesSpace we would like to create a repository within the existing
production environment for the University Archives rather than separate
production environment.
Any suggestions very welcome.
Nga mihi nui..
Dr. Nigel Bond, Team Leader, Cultural Collections (Special Collections)
Cultural Collections | Te Tumu Herenga - Libraries and Learning Services | The
University of Auckland
5 Alfred Street, Auckland 1010
Private Bag 92019 | Auckland 1142 | New Zealand | Telephone (649) 9237168
Blog: http://www.news.library.auckland.ac.nz/tag/special-collections/
___
Archivesspace_Users_Group mailing list
Archivesspace_Users_Group@lyralists.lyrasis.org
http://lyralists.lyrasis.org/mailman/listinfo/archivesspace_users_group
