When faced with a library system migration, it can be daunting to know where to begin with data cleanup. In many cases, there is a long list of tasks to tackle before switching to a new system and not enough time to perform them all. Therefore, it is important to target your efforts to the most impactful areas. In this presentation, I will provide guidance on deciding where to focus your available time for metadata cleanup. I will present metadata assessment criteria that will help you know what to be looking for in your data that could potentially cause issues during a migration. Finally, I will share analysis techniques and examples to show how to look for those issues in your metadata, drawing on my experience performing this work for our library's recent migration.
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/rebeccafrench/13/
Presentation given at "Moving On: Migrating Library Content and Data" Amigos Library Services online conference.