Massive Newspaper Migration — Moving 22 Million Records from CONTENTdm to Solphal

Keywords

Utah Digital Newspapers, Migrating Digital Content, Solphal, Bash Scripting, CONTENTdm

Abstract

Utah Digital Newspapers is a pioneering digital newspapers program at the University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library. Recently, a small project team completed a successful migration away from CONTENTdm onto a home-grown system called Solphal, built using open-source applications. The migration process is detailed along with examples of scripts used to prepare and enhance metadata. Transitioning away from a limiting vendor-based solution to a home-grown system has enabled the Utah Digital Newspapers program to be more responsive to user requests as well as realizing greater efficiencies in hardware and software. The platform has opened up new possibilities for the future as the collection continues to grow.

Original Publication Citation

Witkowski, A., Neatrour, A., Myntti, J., and McBride, B. (2017) Massive Newspaper Migration — Moving 22 Million Records from CONTENTdm to Solphal. D-Lib Magazine, 23(7/8). doi.org/10.1045/july2017-witkowski Preprint: https://collections.lib.utah.edu/file?id=1293936

Document Type

Peer-Reviewed Article

Publication Date

2017

Publisher

Corporation for National Research Initiatives

Language

English

College

Harold B. Lee Library

University Standing at Time of Publication

Associate Professor

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