Cornell University Library Voyager Implementation Site
| Voyager
Migration WG, Minutes of meeting 1/4/00 Attending: Susan Currie, Diane Hillmann (chair and recorder), Peter Hoyt, Bill Kara, Jim LeBlanc, Lynne Personius, Linda Westlake Absent: Scott Wicks Diane passed out some printouts from the Voyager Manual website-in-progress. At present this includes the NOTISVoyager location migration tables and Voyager locations tables. It will also include the Special Programming requests (linked from the migration tables) and a template for migration testing. Diane read from a message received from the University of WisconsinMadison (received via Marty Kurth), describing the problems they've been having with their Voyager database, which has resulted in a plan to reload the data and software this coming week. After some discussion there was not agreement about how to proceed. Diane suggested that we should ask Marlene for reassurance that our load can expect to be free of this particular problem, but Lynne disagreed with that course. Diane will follow up with UW and see if there are any "markers" that we could use to determine whether we might be susceptible to similar problems. We discussed the test schedule and planning for the review of the bib/hold/auth load. We determined that even though there was only a week between the delivery of the first test load (Jan. 31) and when the report on the first test load was returned to Endeavor (Feb. 7), we were only required to verify that the load was "good enough" to continue on to the next step, not necessarily perfect or completely tested. The revised mapping file and Data Migration Questionnaire (DMQ) is not due until March 6, giving us time to do the extensive and detailed testing we'd planned on. Other areas of the test schedule were discussed, including the Hold/Recall testing and the Patron File (the first load of data will be delayed until the switch to 99-1 the end of this week). Everyone felt strongly that the current version of the implementation schedule should be added to the website as soon as possible, and all library staff be urged to review it. Lynne said that it would be discussed at the 1/5 meeting of the Steering Committee and she expected that it would be approved. Linda reported that Marlene Harris responded this week on the best place to migrate the vendor payable ID#. There is, however, still some uncertainty regarding potential conflicts with Voyager's EDI requirements and Endeavor suggests we test that function to be absolutely certain. Linda will draft a proposal defining the special migration programming by the end of the week. Susan suggested that there be some planning done (not necessarily by the Migrators!) to publicize the ways the implementation would affect users, for instance when circulation could not be done on either system, or when the patron registration was moving from one system to the other. Lynne said she would follow up on this issue with the Steering Committee. Lynne mentioned that Tom would be attending the meeting at ALA of the now-renamed (but we don't know to what) Safire Group. Diane suggested that she, Scott and Bill might want to make time to talk to him about continuing to push Endeavor to re-do their seriously flawed serials control system. This is particularly necessary in view of efforts happening on the national level to share publication patterns via the CONSER project, which Voyager's closed design cannot handle. dih 1/5/00 |
- Library Management System Implementation Site - Cornell University
Library - Ithaca NY -
last modified on: January 11, 2000