General Data Cleanup Questions for Migration – First Pass
FCLA Joint Meeting
12/12/2001
This list will change as we learn more about Aleph and about existing NOTIS data.
Deleted records: migrate or not?
Bibliographic records without orders, items or mhlds
Bibliographic records with orders, items or mhlds
Copies
Patrons
Acquisitions data
Historical records: migrate or not?
Suppressed bibs
Withdrawn copies
Withdrawn items
Circulation history
Expired patrons
Old funds and invoices
Closed orders
Migration challenges (may require cleanup, decision not to migrate, or special consideration during conversion)
Unlinked items
Received orders that weren’t closed
Certain bib data such as invalid characters and illegal or badly formatted standard numbers
Inconsistent formatting of call numbers in HLDG records
Unused or obsolete locations
Timing for the cleanup
Before migration
After migration
During data conversion, e.g., certain records not extracted for conversion Note: FCLA plans to minimize amount of cleanup done as part of conversion so as not to complicate conversion more than necessary