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Digital collection self-migration at Loyola Marymount University: Assessing platforms and managing implementation
Journal of Digital Media Management,
10
(3),
252-260
(2022)
Abstract
In 2017, the William H. Hannon Library at Loyola Marymount University (LMU) used a locally hosted licence of CONTENTdm for managing its digital collections. Then LMU was informed that CONTENTdm would no longer be supporting locally hosted instances of CONTENTdm. The Systems & Digital Initiatives (S&DI) department took this change as an opportunity to assess a range of digital asset management systems. After an initial assessment period and review of several product options S&DI decided to self-migrate the library’s content to Adam Matthew’s new platform, Quartex. This paper describes LMU’s assessment of digital asset management systems and the process of self-migration, and highlights the challenges associated with self-migration for early adopters of a platform.
Keywords: self-migration; digital asset management system assessment; digital asset management system migration
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Author's Biography
Jessea Young is the Scholarly Communications Librarian at Loyola Marymount University. She earned her BA from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, MLIS from Simmons College, and MA in Asian American studies from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Steph Gritz is the Systems Librarian at Loyola Marymount University where she has worked for six years. She earned her BA from University of California, Davis and her MLIS from San Jose State University.
