Abstract

A statewide communication plan is the essential foundation to successfully analyze Florida’s college, university, and joint use libraries’ catalog data integration as the data migrates to a new integrated library system platform. Librarians, library professionals, staff, and authorized community members are preparing the new library catalog and discovery interface, scheduled to go live in July 2018, and are currently testing Florida’s academic libraries’ data in Sierra/Encore Duet’s online catalog. December 2017 marks the 20th month of review, and Florida’s collective library expertise and input is advancing the quality of the transfer of data and discovery configuration. Two library staff in the department of Collection Development and Technical Services at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg have working group assignments in Acquisitions/Serials and Cataloging/Authorities validating functionality of task completion and providing recommendations for improvements. Each data extract increases the usable data, alongside the interaction and recommendations of statewide library staff who report their findings. Ultimately, the new catalog will support 40 libraries, sharing a single bibliographic record environment of approximately 13 million bibliographic records.

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Report on Data Review and Communication During Florida Academic Libraries’ Catalog Migration

A statewide communication plan is the essential foundation to successfully analyze Florida’s college, university, and joint use libraries’ catalog data integration as the data migrates to a new integrated library system platform. Librarians, library professionals, staff, and authorized community members are preparing the new library catalog and discovery interface, scheduled to go live in July 2018, and are currently testing Florida’s academic libraries’ data in Sierra/Encore Duet’s online catalog. December 2017 marks the 20th month of review, and Florida’s collective library expertise and input is advancing the quality of the transfer of data and discovery configuration. Two library staff in the department of Collection Development and Technical Services at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg have working group assignments in Acquisitions/Serials and Cataloging/Authorities validating functionality of task completion and providing recommendations for improvements. Each data extract increases the usable data, alongside the interaction and recommendations of statewide library staff who report their findings. Ultimately, the new catalog will support 40 libraries, sharing a single bibliographic record environment of approximately 13 million bibliographic records.