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Data Synchronizer and Yale's Migration to Alma
Event part
Developers Day
Abstract
Yale University Library recently migrated from Voyager to Alma. This was a massive task for Library IT, which maintains many applications and services that the library, patrons, and other organizations at Yale rely on.
One of the biggest challenges is the change in our ability to access our bibliographic metadata and material status. To mitigate those differences, we have developed a system to extract and maintain a copy of all metadata and loan/process information for our collection of over 16 million bibliographic records.
The Data Synchronizer system uses Alma publishing profiles, webhooks, and the API to maintain our database. Our systems use the database to access our data quickly, as they had before our migration.
This presentation will explain what our goals were and how we implemented our synchronization system. Two months post migrations, we will provide an update on what went well, what was most challenging, and what still needs to be resolved.
Track
Migration / Implementation
Practical Applications
Products or Areas of Focus
Alma
Presenters
![[photo]](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b8447006b4687c6ecdff2dbfd656502d.png?d=https://proposalspace.com/images/no_photo.png&r=PG&s=50 "Martin Lovell, Yale University Library, Software Engineer 4")