Yale University Library is migrating from Voyager to Alma. This is a massive task for Library IT, which maintains many applications and services that the library, patrons, and other organizations at Yale rely on. One of the biggest challenges is the change in our ability to access our bibliographic metadata and material status. To mitigate those differences, we have developed a system to extract and maintain a copy of all bibliographic, holding, and item metadata and loan and process information for our collection of over 16 million bibliographic records. The system uses Alma publishing profiles, webhooks, and the API to maintain a database that our systems use to access our data quickly, as we had before our migration. This allows us to continue to provide the services and applications with the least disruption possible and will enable us to have complete and efficient access to all our data when necessary.
Marquis Ballroom/Salons A,B,C Ex Libris Knowledge Days and ELUNA Conference 2025 eluna-conf-planning@exlibrisusers.orgYale University Library is migrating from Voyager to Alma. This is a massive task for Library IT, which maintains many applications and services that the library, patrons, and other organizations at Yale rely on. One of the biggest challenges is the change in our ability to access our bibliographic metadata and material status. To mitigate those differences, we have developed a system to extract and maintain a copy of all bibliographic, holding, and item metadata and loan and process information for our collection of over 16 million bibliographic records. The system uses Alma publishing profiles, webhooks, and the API to maintain a database that our systems use to access our data quickly, as we had before our migration. This allows us to continue to provide the services and applications with the least disruption possible and will enable us to have complete and efficient access to all our data when necessary.
