LINKcat News

Collection Code Cleanup and Cutoff Date

If you have been thinking of adding new collection codes or deleting codes that you are no longer using, now is the time to do it. You will not be able to request new collection codes, or have any of your collection codes deleted, after June 1, 2010 because after June 1, we will be finalizing the collection code mapping that will dictate how all of the Dynix collection codes will migrate to Koha. Once this mapping is finalized, it cannot be changed.

To request a new collection code, fill out the New Collection Code Request form. You can request deletes by using the Delete Collection Code Request form. Remember that if there are items attached to a collection code, it cannot be deleted. All items attached to a collection code must either be moved to a new code or deleted from the system before the code itself can be deleted. You can request that the collection code be changed on a batch of items by filling out the Batch Change Collection Code Request form.

Data Migration - doing an Inventory in 2010

If you are planning on doing an inventory in 2010, now is the time to schedule and prepare.  Libraries will not be able to use Dynix to inventory their collections after July of this year and we do not know yet know when the inventory functionality will be available in Koha.  Libraries who regularly do inventory each autumn will need to decide if they will be inventorying this year or not. 

Both Falcon units are currently available, although a few libraries will be scheduling use shortly.  If you are interested in doing an inventory or ready to schedule, please email Heidi Oliversen or fill out a Circulation Support request form.

Koha Data Migration Blitz

The SCLS ILS staff and ILS Migration committee members are in the middle of checking actual data extracted from Dynix that has been migrated to our LIbLime Enterpris Koha installation.  Data includes bibliographic records, items, patron records and circulation transactions.  Also being checked are every one of our 4320 collection codes.  So far things look pretty good.  We need to complete the initial data check by the end of this week!

The acquisitions data for Madison Public Library has been mapped to the new LibLime GetIt Acquisitions module.  This is the first time they have done a migration for GetIt, so it is pretty exciting.  Eventually we will do a test load for all of the LINK libraries using Acquisitions.