Migration, step by step

Like Mary mentioned, we’re in! Migration was a five-week process that involved a lot of on-the-fly problem solving and the chance to really engage with how ArchivesSpace works. It also required setting alarms to check on scripts at 2:00 am. Thank goodness we’re done.

We work in a large, complex organization with a lot of local requirements. We also monkeyed around with AT quite a bit, and are moving into an ArchivesSpace environment with a lot of plug-ins. For most folks, it will be a lot easier than this. Here’s my documentation of what we’ve done and what I would think about doing differently if I were to do this again. Continue reading Migration, step by step