MicroLinx to Innovative migration survey W Ted Rogers 21 Apr 1995 14:07 UTC
Please reply to Ted Rogers, not to SERIALST. Thanks. -ed. ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I am addressing myself to the small audience of librarians out there who have made the migration from Faxon's MicroLinx serials system to the Innovative Interfaces Inc. integrated library system (hereafter III). Old Dominion University Library is in the process of planning a migration from MicroLinx 5.0/Route 3.0 to the III system. I am seeking information about others' experiences with such a migration who would be willing to respond to the following survey. Please respond to me directly; I will summarize for the list. W Ted Rogers <wtr100f@shakespeare.lib.odu.edu Serials Librarian <wtr100f@oduvm.cc.odu.edu Old Dominion University Library Norfolk, VA 23529-0256 Ph.: 804 683-4144 or -4152 Fax: 804 683-5035 1. What version of MicroLinx were you using when you migrated to III? 2. Did Innovative provide a loader program to load the MicroLinx extract into the III serials/acquisitions modules? 3. If your answer to 2 is yes, how well did the pattern records from MicroLinx load into III? In other words, was there a lot of manual "clean-up" work required to set up the pattern records in III? 4. If your answer to 3 is that there was a lot of manual work involved, do you feel in hind-sight that it would have been easier to have just manually set up the pattern records in III rather than using the MicroLinx extract? In other words, did the extract increase or decrease the work load? 5. If your answer to 2 is yes, how well did the invoice information load into III? In other words, was there a lot of manual "clean-up" work required to make the invoice information intelligible and usable in III? 6. If your answer to 5 is that there was a lot of manual work involved, do you feel in hind-sight that it would have been easier to have just manually entered the invoice information into III rather than using the MicroLinx extract? In other words, did the extract increase or decrease the work load? 7. If your MicroLinx had the optional routing module, did the routing information transfer to III? 8. If your answer to 7 is yes, how well did the transfer go? In other words, was there a lot of manual "clean-up" work required to make the routing information usable for III? 9. If your answer to 8 is that there was a lot of manual work involved, do you feel in hind-sight that it would have been easier to have just manually enter the routing information into III rather than using the MicroLinx extract? In other words, did the extract increase or decrease the work load? 10. How well did the Title and Copy screen fields from MicroLinx transfer, e.g. the CURR SHELF, PERM SHELF, COMPRESS, NOTES, etc.? In other words, was the information contained in these fields transferred to III in a usable manner? 11. Finally, did the migration result in any substantial workflow changes from the way workflow was with MicroLinx? 12. Any additional comments are welcomed. Thank you for your time and trouble. Ted _______________________________________________________ W Ted Rogers, Serials Librarian Old Dominion University Library, Norfolk, VA 23529-0256 Ph.: 804 683-4144 Fax: 804 683-5035 Internet: <wtr100f@shakespeare.lib.odu.edu or: <wtr100f@oduvm.cc.odu.edu ------------------------------------------------------- "Il n'est pas question de rejeter la technique. Nous ne pouvons pas regresser, nous sommes obliges de passer a travers la technique. Et pour cela nous devons combattre l'objet technique, nous mesurer avec lui." -- Paul Virilio, in "Esclaves de la vitesse [interview]", POLITIS-MAGAZINE, no.19 (1994:July/Aug.), p.75. ************************** EOF**************************