Description

The Migration Sub-team generally provides support for migrating data to ArchivesSpace from other systems and support for importing and exporting data such as EAD, MARCXML, CSV.

Work of the sub-team falls into three broad categories:

1. Assisting organizations with migrating data from Archivists Toolkit, Archon, and sometimes other legacy systems and from formatted data objects such as EAD, MARCXML, and CSV documents:

   • providing guidance on planning for data migration and possible data migration strategies;

   • creating and maintaining migration-related documentation such as FAQs and screencasts;

   • identifying and reporting on issues with existing migration tools; and

   • modifying migration scripts (if expertise is available) or drafting feature requests for modifying scripts.

2. Assisting with maintenance of importers and exporters for EAD, MARCXML, CSV, EAC by:

   • testing import/export functionality;

   • reporting bugs or drafting feature requests in Jira;

   • updating import/export mapping documents as needed; and

   • exploring other potential import/export pathways (e.g. EAD3).

3. Serving as a resource to the ArchivesSpace community by:

   • responding to migration and import/export related questions on the user list;

   • drafting new feature requests for new or improved import/export functionality; and

   • helping organizations troubleshoot migration and import/export issues.

Please note that the Migration Sub-team typically CANNOT perform database migrations on behalf of members and WILL NOT perform extensive data cleanup on behalf of members or rewrite migration scripts to accommodate institution-specific practices. For institutions seeking more in-depth assistance with your ArchivesSpace migration we recommend reviewing the migration services offered by Registered Service Providers.

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