Dealing consistently and practically with data of all kinds is a required skill set now for every librarian. This book is written for all librarians and requires no specific technical skills or programing knowledge for understandability or usage. It tackles the technical challenges encountered when migrating specific records, services, and types of data with existing staff, as well as commonly available technical resources. Although migrating data is emphasized in the title, the book also deals with understanding the relationships between the system itself, the configuration, and the data as a whole. The book also addresses issues such as extraction, analyzation, and modification of data in a new system. Containing 13 chapters incorporating a number of detailed sub-chapters, along with numerous figures, tables, and examples, this manual is a gem for every library contemplating an integrated library system migration or dealing with movement of data from one platform to another. Chapter one describes the planning and migration process in general, from preparing staff, system, and data to knowledge regarding skill sets and vendors. Chapter two examines formats used in migration, their technical challenges, and the processes for correcting, cleaning, and modifying exported data in a new system. Chapter three provides information on tools which staff without programing skills can use for migrating data along with practical examples. Chapter four discusses the MARC format, specifically in relation to the MarcEdit tool which many libraries use to clean, restructure, and reclaim data in a new system. Chapter five details issues relating to migrating bibliographic and item data, and chapter six describes the challenges of migrating acquisitions data. Chapter seven deals with authentication and patron data migration, and chapter eight focuses on the challenges of serials data. Chapter nine examines electronic resources management migration topics, and Chapter 10 looks at digital collections and institutional repositories migrations. One topic with which many libraries often deal is migrating from an individual to a shared system and vice versa, which is detailed in chapter 11. Chapter 12 describes the many issues around dealing with vendors, from what work should be delegated to whom, to what vendors can realistically accomplish. Finally, chapter 13 focuses on testing and putting the final system into full production. Moving data from one system to another is one of the scariest and most misunderstood functions which happens in today’s libraries, yet it is also one of the most essential due to constant technological and organizational realities. This book is highly recommended as a “... for dummies” type of volume on the topic.

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迁移图书馆数据：实用指南，Banerjee, K. & Parks, B.（主编）。

一致而实际地处理各种数据是现在每个图书馆员都必须具备的技能。本书是为所有图书馆员编写的，无需特定的技术技能或编程知识即可理解或使用。它解决了在使用现有员工以及常用技术资源迁移特定记录、服务和数据类型时遇到的技术挑战。尽管标题中强调了迁移数据，但本书还涉及对系统本身、配置和数据整体之间关系的理解。本书还解决了在新系统中提取、分析和修改数据等问题。包含 13 章，包含许多详细的子章，以及大量的图、表和示例，本手册是每个考虑集成图书馆系统迁移或处理数据从一个平台到另一个平台移动的图书馆的瑰宝。第一章描述了一般的规划和迁移过程，从准备人员、系统和数据到有关技能集和供应商的知识。第二章检查迁移中使用的格式、它们的技术挑战以及在新系统中更正、清理和修改导出数据的过程。第三章提供了有关工具的信息，没有编程技能的人员可以使用这些工具以及实际示例来迁移数据。第四章讨论了 MARC 格式，特别是关于 MarcEdit 工具，许多图书馆使用它来清理、重组和回收新系统中的数据。第五章详细介绍了与迁移书目和单册数据相关的问题，第六章描述了迁移购置数据的挑战。第七章涉及身份验证和读者数据迁移，第八章重点介绍连续出版物数据的挑战。第 9 章探讨电子资源管理迁移主题，第 10 章着眼于数字馆藏和机构知识库迁移。许多图书馆经常处理的一个主题是从个人迁移到共享系统，反之亦然，这在第 11 章中有详细介绍。 第 12 章描述了与供应商打交道的许多问题，从哪些工作应该委托给谁，到什么供应商可以实事求是地完成。最后，第 13 章侧重于测试和将最终系统投入全面生产。将数据从一个系统移动到另一个系统是当今图书馆中发生的最可怕和最容易被误解的功能之一，但由于不断的技术和组织现实，它也是最重要的功能之一。强烈推荐这本书作为有关该主题的“...傻瓜”类型的卷。