Moving Mountains: Migrating a Consortium to a New Integrated Library System

Abstract

In the fall of 2013, the Orbis Cascade Alliance, a consortium consisting of 37 Academic Libraries in the Pacific and Inland Northwest, began its move to a new shared Integrated Library System (ILS), as well as a discovery platform both created by ExLibris. The libraries within the Alliance were broken down into four cohorts that would migrate every 6 months consecutively. Portland State University (PSU) and University of Oregon (UO) are in third and current cohort scheduled to go live in mid June. Access Services staff and student assistants are continuously working in the test system. They are also attending regular meetings with library staff and other members of the consortium in order to learn and understand the new ILS and Discovery systems. , , In this session we will offer tips and best practices for migrating to a new ILS:, , Preparing early, , Communicating with colleagues, , Documenting new workflows, , Testing