I'm not sure what input formats ContentDM accepts (or even if there is a bulk
load tool), but it always requires scripting some data manipulation when
migrating out of DSpace.
You may try a metadata export into csv and then try to match each record to
it's appropriate bitstream.
-Original Message-
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Joshua
Welker
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2016 6:22 AM
To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: [CODE4LIB] Migrating from DSpace to ContentDM
We are migrating our IR from DSpace to ContentDM, and I am having a difficult
time finding any way to batch import our records. I tried exporting a
collection to DSpace's Simple Archive Format, but ContentDM doesn't seem to
have any way to ingest that format, either through the various clients or web
interface. OCLC's support staff said it would probably involve a bunch of
manual re-entry.
Does anyone have a technique they can recommend? I do have scripting experience
if it will help.
Joshua Welker
Information Technology Librarian
James C. Kirkpatrick Library
University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, MO 64093
JCKL 2260
660.543.8022
