Migrating Library Data

Most librarians and staff participate in at least one data migration during their careers. And since the new systems inevitably work differently than the old ones and require different data to function, its always a challenge to plan smooth migrations that position libraries to immediately leverage new system capabilities. Using step-by-step instructions and checklists, this book offers expert advice to help library staff without programming knowledge address common conceptual and technical issues encountered in migrations.

Kyle Banerjee has twenty years' library experience, extensive systems knowledge, and has planned and written software to support ILS, digital collections, and resource-sharing system migrations since 1996. He coauthored two other textbooks about digital libraries and has written numerous articles on library automation.

Bonnie Parks has fifteen years' library experience and extensive metadata management experience. She served as institutional lead for consortial migration in 2014 and has taught Cataloging and Metadata Management for the University of Arizona's School of Information since 2009. Bonnie has authored several book chapters on cataloging topics, served as column editor for the Serials Conversations column in Serials Review, and received the 2016 Ulrich's Serials Librarianship award.