A Clean Sweep: The Tools and Processes of a Successful Metadata Migration. Issue 3 (2nd October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Neatrour, Anna; Myntti, Jeremy; Brunsvik, Matt; Maringanti, Harish; McBride, Brian; Witkowski, Alan
• Is Part Of: Journal of web librarianship. Volume 11:Issue 3/4(2017)
• Page Start: 194
• Page End: 208
• Publication Date: 2017-10-02
• Subjects: DAMS -- metadata -- open source software -- systems migration; Libraries and the Internet -- Periodicals; Library science -- Periodicals; World Wide Web -- Periodicals; Internet -- Periodicals; Wikis (Computer science) -- Periodicals; Electronic journals -- Management -- Periodicals; 020.285468
• DOI: 10.1080/19322909.2017.1360167
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1932-2909

Abstract

ABSTRACT: In 2016, the University of Utah's J. Willard Marriott Library migrated digital asset management systems from CONTENTdm, a vendor-provided solution from OCLC, to Solphal, a homegrown system utilizing several open source tools. During the migration, issues with metadata led to a large-scale metadata cleanup and standardization project, enhancing discovery in the new system. This article discusses the method used to determine which system would best meet the library's needs, methods for metadata migration, issues observed during migration, metadata management capabilities of the new system, and future plans for post-migration metadata cleanup and remediation to ensure that the metadata is consistent with best practices.