Hi Cheryl, I'll also chime in here - I just got (mostly) through converting a ton of data that were eloquent data exported to tab delimited text/spreadsheet. We had a LARGE collection we purchased, and that was what we got with it: a dump of their eloquent data.
I made use of Stead: https://github.com/jronallo/stead to do the conversion to EAD, and some local scripts to do some stuff to the converted EAD prior to upload to ArchivesSpace. A colleague and I made some local modifications/enhancements Stead to get it to work with our data. I would be more than happy to talk with you offline about how I did this if this is something you're interested in. And I would of course share my code. -- Bria L. Parker Head, Discovery and Metadata Services 2200 McKeldin Library University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742-7011 (301) 405-9067 blpar...@umd.edu On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 9:24 AM, Mayo, Dave <dave_m...@harvard.edu> wrote: > Hi Cheryl, > > Oof, that’s rough. I have a few questions, if you don’t mind. > > 1. Can you provide more detail on why EAD export is impossible? I only > ask because they claim EAD export on their website pretty prominently, and > it would be, I think, much easier than doing a migration from proprietary > text format. > 2. Are you comfortable with programming in a scripting language (Python, > Ruby, Perl, etc.) or do you have access to someone who is? > 3. What does the ASCII format actually look like? An example record would > be really helpful in giving advice. > > Assuming that EAD is entirely out of reach, I think this would take > either, as you mentioned, manual transfer, or someone writing a script to > take the ascii output, turn it into ASpace JSONModel objects, and import it > via the API. The hardest part is probably the conversion step – there’s a > fair amount of code out there for doing imports of JSONModel objects (or > you can just strip the EAD -> JSONModel part out of EAD import scripts), > but I don’t know that there’s a way around significant programming effort. > Even EAD migrations have in my experience involved a fair amount of > programming, though size and scope of collection matters a lot for how > important that is. > > - Dave Mayo > ASpace Core Committers Group > > > > *From: *<archivesspace_users_group-boun...@lyralists.lyrasis.org> on > behalf of Christine Di Bella <christine.dibe...@lyrasis.org> > *Reply-To: *Archivesspace Users Group <archivesspace_users_group@ > lyralists.lyrasis.org> > *Date: *Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 8:59 AM > *To: *Archivesspace Users Group <archivesspace_users_group@ > lyralists.lyrasis.org> > *Subject: *[Archivesspace_Users_Group] FW: [Archivesspace_member_reps] > Migrating Data from Eloquent Systems to ArchivesSpace > > > > Hi all, > > > > I’m forwarding this for Cheryl from the Member Representatives list in > case anyone here has made a move from Eloquent and has suggestions or > advice. The program team will also reach out with some ideas. > > > > Christine > > > > Christine Di Bella > > ArchivesSpace Program Manager > > christine.dibe...@lyrasis.org > > 800.999.8558 x2905 <(800)%20999-8558> > > 678-235-2905 <(678)%20235-2905> > > cdibella13 (Skype) > > > > [image: ASpaceOrgHomeMedium] > > > > > > > > *From:* archivesspace_member_reps-boun...@lyralists.lyrasis.org < > archivesspace_member_reps-boun...@lyralists.lyrasis.org> *On Behalf Of *Cheryl > Ziegler > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 14, 2018 8:58 PM > *To:* archivesspace_member_r...@lyralists.lyrasis.org > *Subject:* [Archivesspace_member_reps] Migrating Data from Eloquent > Systems to ArchivesSpace > > > > Hello all, > > > > I am under significant time constraints to move my data from Eloquent > Systems to ArchivesSpace as my contract with Eloquent is over effective > April 30. I was led to believe that my data could be exported in EAD > format. Unfortunately, that is not true. I can only export my data into > ASCII delimited text format. > > > > I am flying blind here and I know there is not an easy "fix." If I need to > manually input my records, then I need to start doing that right away. If > there is a way to convert ASCII into a workable migration format, then I > need advise on how to accomplish that conversion. > > > > Some background: earlier in the year, my IT Director told me he had > figured out how to do this migration. He has resigned taking that > information with him although I am not sure that he actually *had* > figured it out. > > > > I am willing to do the work. I just need a process. > > > > Thank you, > > Cheryl > > > Cheryl L. Ziegler, MLIS > > Director of Library & Archives > Union League Club of Chicago > > 65 W. 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