Quick Disclaimer: Comments are from a purely personal perspective!!With the training completed and the testing now under way, the sheer magnitude of this is finally sinking in. Hopefully the chest pains will calm down.Right, this is a huge system, an
Read more…With the migration policy sheets taking up the last few weeks, today, the first day of training, is perhaps a good point to pick things up.A couple of pointers which may be useful on the data mapping front. As a pre-cursor to this I ran the Marcout s
Read more…As the project progesses, the issue of what exactly Enterprise does to justify the SAAS tag has reared it's head. (In this case) this was sold as a complete OPAC package, in that you need e-library or an equivalent to have the full fuctionality from
Read more…Having looked at the Enterprise (which is e-library with a fuzzy log blot on), it would appear that the SAAS option is slighty fuzzier than the logic appled for search criteria. In short, there is no need for this to a SASS option in the first place;
Read more…Frightening to say the least!Firstly, confusion reigns supreme with regards what we were told we were getting and what SD are offering. Confrimaton that bulk bibliographic changes at item level can not be undertaken without the much touted API has be
Read more…Project Manager in place, although there has been a bit of a lull in things at the SD end.Early tidy up of Collection Codes, some minor SQL tidying of BSTATS, deleting old records, legacy borrowers etc, ahead of a proper remit from SD. Worringly ther
Read more…Having moved a step closer to Symphony, there are a couple of issues which I thought would be worth raising. Firstly, the installation of the software on a server using VMware. Be prepared for some interesting 'sweeteners' over this. It may actually
Read more…I thought I'd start the ball rolling...There are a couple of issues which may I thought may be worth mentioning; firstly the actual migration process in terms of a project plan etc, and some of the more specific technical issues, which unless you are
Read more…Seriously why would anyone make this move. Let it go people the dynix we knew is dead. Their spirit is dead, there concern for the customers is dead. We have options, look around. Why would we give those people anymore of our money. What happens when
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