ILS Migration Migraine: Tips for Prevention and Recovery

Moving to a new ILS is an enormous undertaking that involves stakeholders from across the org chart. The library catalog is one core aspect of an ILS change. What steps can you take to prevent the predictable headaches of your bibliographic data transition? What can you do to optimize your metadata before a move? What problems may pop up during the process? And what remediation might be necessary after you transfer your MARC records? In this webinar, Casey Cheney, vice president of automation services at Backstage Library Works, maps out common issues and opportunities that librarians encounter with their catalog metadata during an ILS migration. In this webinar, Casey Cheney, vice president of automation services at Backstage Library Works, maps out common issues and opportunities that librarians encounter with their catalog metadata during an ILS migration.