Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Quick Question about Migrating from Archon 3.21

[Brian Harrington]

Hi Rob,

It looks like the manual is out of date.  The latest version of the 
ArchonMigrator tool https://github.com/archivesspace/ArchonMigrator supports 
1.4.2 (the last release before the container management features were added).  
Other than that, I would say you have the right approach.  Archon -> ASpace 
1.4.2 -> the current version of ASpace.  I do this semi-regularly, and it works 
well.

Now for the geeky questions. :-)

Brian


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Migration Specialist
LYRASIS
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> On Jul 7, 2017, at 9:47 AM, Rob Green  wrote:
> 
> Hi!  No difficult geeky questions, I promise!   
> 
> I'm leading my University's effort to bring Archon content into 
> ArchivesSpace, and see that the migration manual is intended for moving from 
> Archon 3.21-rev2  to ArchivesSpace 1.0.4.   I'm thinking the most prudent 
> approach will be to install ASpace 1.0.4 on our servers, do the migration, 
> and then update to ASpace 2.0.x.   
> 
> From your guys' experience, is there anything dumb / misguided / foolhardy / 
> horrifying about that approach?  Just want to cover my bases before 
> committing to this approach...
> 
> Thanks!
> Rob
> 
> a.k.a. The New Guy
> 
> 
> 
> Rob Green   rob.gr...@uni.edu
> Web Developer III
> Chair, Library Organizational Development Committee
> UNI P Council: At-Large Rep & Employee Relations Chair 
> Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa (Room 231)
> Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613-3675   | (319) 273-6273 
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Re: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Quick Question about Migrating from Archon 3.21

[Luers, Christina]

Hi Rob,
  We are migrating from Archon to Archives Space as I type.  It has not been an 
easy endeavor mostly due to inconsistencies in how we entered collections.  For 
instance, if your container lists do not have either a title or a date (they 
just say box 1, for instance), then they will not transfer properly and the 
migration will fail.  We have found that with our +7000 collections, it has 
been best to export the Archon container lists into a spreadsheet.  (we used 
Yale’s set up for that) and then we are all working to fix and fill in the 
missing metadata.  This is just phase I of our migration process.  Essentially, 
what I am saying is that we have found no easy way to move from Archon to 
ASpace and have discovered that if we export our metadata into EAD and 
spreadsheets for container lists, it makes for a much easier time of getting 
our metadata into ASpace.
  Good luck with your migration and please let me know how it is going for you. 
 Maybe we can learn a thing or two from you and also share fixes as you move 
into ASpace from Archon.

Sincerely,
Tina Luers
Archives Collections Specialist
College of William and Mary

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[mailto:archivesspace_users_group-boun...@lyralists.lyrasis.org] On Behalf Of 
Rob Green
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2017 9:47 AM
To: archivesspace_users_group@lyralists.lyrasis.org
Subject: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Quick Question about Migrating from Archon 
3.21

Hi!  No difficult geeky questions, I promise!

I'm leading my University's effort to bring Archon content into ArchivesSpace, 
and see that the migration manual is intended for moving from Archon 3.21-rev2  
to ArchivesSpace 1.0.4.   I'm thinking the most prudent approach will be to 
install ASpace 1.0.4 on our servers, do the migration, and then update to 
ASpace 2.0.x.

From your guys' experience, is there anything dumb / misguided / foolhardy / 
horrifying about that approach?  Just want to cover my bases before committing 
to this approach...

Thanks!
Rob

a.k.a. The New Guy



Rob Green   rob.gr...@uni.edu
Web Developer III
Chair, Library Organizational Development Committee
UNI P Council: At-Large Rep & Employee Relations Chair
Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa (Room 231)
Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613-3675   | (319) 273-6273
about.me/robgreeniowa  | "Campaigner" 
(ENFP)

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