Abstract
The University of Houston Libraries, in partnership and consultation with numerous institutions, was awarded an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership/Project Grant to create the Bridge2Hyku (B2H) Toolkit. Content migration from proprietary systems to open source repositories remains a barrier for many institutions due to lack of tools, tutorials, and documentation. The B2H Toolkit, which includes migration strategies, migration tools, as well as system requirements for transitioning from CONTENTdm to Hyku, acts as a comprehensive resource to facilitate repository migration. Through a phased toolkit development process, the project team solicited inputs and feedback from peer migration practitioners via survey and pilot testing. The analysis of the feedback data was built into use cases which informed the development and enhancement of the migration strategies and tools. Working across institutions with migration practitioners’ needs in mind, the project team was able to successfully release a Toolkit that mitigates migration barriers and fills gaps in the migration process. Providing a path to a community-supported open source digital solution, the Bridge2Hyku Toolkits ensures access and expanded use of digital content and collections of libraries and cultural heritage institutions.
Highlights
Services (IMLS) National Leadership/Project Grant (LG-70-17-0217-17) to support the creation of the Bridge2Hyku (B2H) Toolkit [1] to help to establish a capacity for libraries and cultural heritage institutions in the adoption of a turn-key open source digital system—Hyku [2], formerly known as
Customizing Hyku for consortial needs focused on adapting Hyku to use a local metadata application profile (MAP), such as University of Houston (UH)’s Bayou City Digital Asset Management System (BCDAMS)-MAP [21]
The B2H Toolkit offers the comprehensive migration strategies and essential tooling needed to facilitate a robust migration from CONTENTdm to Hyku
Summary
The University of Houston (UH) Libraries, in partnership and consultation with University of Victoria (UVic), Texas Digital Library, Indiana University at Bloomington (IUB) and Indiana. To help to address these problems, the UH Libraries, in partnership with the institutions mentioned above, has leveraged the IMLS grant funds to build the B2H Toolkit. The project team conducted research through a digital collection survey, and gathering user stories and use cases to collect feedback from practitioners on digital migration needs. Through fulfilling users’ needs, The B2H Toolkit guides institutions and migration practitioners to a better understanding of their digital library systems and how they can prepare for and conduct a digital content migration.
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