Sierra to External Discovery: Traveling from Mountain to Sea Without Losing Data

Sierra to External Discovery: Traveling from Mountain to Sea Without Losing Data

This session will focus on optimal MARC mapping and data transfer/synchronization from Sierra MARC records via Create Lists to output for the Summon KB and its indexing. Topics covered will include methods for prioritizing records to be synchronized for any discovery tool, mapping/coding results, real-time availability options, and tips for using the Scheduler.

Susan Johns-Smith, Systems Librarian, PSU Library Consortia, Pittsburg State University
sjohnssmith@pittstate.edu

Laura Wright, Serials Cataloging Manager, University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries
Laura.Wright@colorado.edu

Siska Humlesjo, Systems Librarian, Chalmers University of Technology
media.lib@chalmers.se

Summon_procedures_mapping_CUBoulder.pdf (402.8 KB)
Sierra-to-Summon-sjohnssmith-IUG-2017.pdf (2.3 MB)
Sierra-to-Summon-Presentation-Notes-sjohnssmith-IUG-2017.pdf (1.7 MB)
Sierra_to_Summon_CUBoulder_slides.pptx (7.0 MB)
IUG2017_Summon_and_Sierra_at_Chalmers.pptx (6.1 MB)