Editor's Note:  Just a thought, but those interested in being added to the
list of contacts that Susan Andrews has proposed (see below), might wish
to reply directly to Susan [Susan_Andrews@TAMU-COMMERCE.EDU]  -bml

3 messages, 112 lines:

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Date:      Tue, 29 Jan 2002 15:04:16 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Linda P. Russo" <LAWLPR@MAIL1.HOFSTRA.EDU>
Subject:   Re: Migrating from DRA to SIRSI -need contact for questions

I am interested. I am not on Seriallist, but we are a DRA library, and
are currently in the process of entering our periodicals into DRA
Classic. We are unsure what we will do now that SIRSI has bought DRA,
but your discussion and list will be most helpful in our decisions.

 Linda Russo
 Head of Technical Services
 Hofstra Law Library
 122 Hofstra University
 Hempstead, NY 11549
 (516) 463-5904
 lawlpr@hofstra.edu

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Date:         Tue, 29 Jan 2002 12:28:49 -0800
From:         Beverly Butler <butler@LIB.STATE.CA.US>
Subject:      Re: Migrating from DRA to SIRSI -need contact for questions

Please add me to the list of interested parties.

Beverly Butler
butler@lib.state.ca.us
California State Library
Acquisitions/Serials

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Date:         Tue, 29 Jan 2002 14:20:10 -0600
From:         Buddy Pennington <MD_Buddy@KCLIBRARY.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Migrating from DRA to SIRSI -need contact for questions
Comments: cc: Susan Andrews <Susan_Andrews@TAMU-COMMERCE.EDU>

Susan,

I for one am interested in this.  We are currently a DRA library that is
looking at the SIRSI system.  And I do agree with you, there is a fair
number of us out there.

Buddy Pennington
Document Delivery Librarian
Kansas City Public Library
md_buddy@kclibrary.org
816-701-3552

-----Original Message-----
From: Susan Andrews [mailto:Susan_Andrews@TAMU-COMMERCE.EDU]
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 1:38 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: Migrating from DRA to SIRSI -need contact for questions

I'm not sure if this is the way to go about this, but it seems to me that
there are several DRA libraries that, due to DRA selling out to SIRSI,
will be migrating to SIRSI in the very near future.  It seems to me that
it might be helpful to collect a list of us (those who are interested,
anyway), and then we could disseminate whatever helpful information that
we come upon amongst the others.  I would be willing to collect the names
and e-mail addresses of anyone who is interested in such a scheme and then
e-mail the list to all who are on the list so that we can share
information.

At the very least, I would be interested in any replies sent to the e-mail
below.

If you are interested in going with my informal list, send me your name
and e-mail address, and I will start compiling.

Thanks,

Susan Andrews
Head, Serials Librarian
Texas A&M University-Commerce
P.O. Box 3011
Commerce, TX 75429-3011
Susan_Andrews@tamu-commerce.edu
(903)886-5733
"Your Success Is Our Business"

 At 12:34 PM 01/29/2002 -0500, Allison Mays wrote:
>We'll be migrating from DRA to SIRSI, and I want to hook up with someone
>in Acquisitions and Serials who has actually done it and wouldn't mind a
>few questions occasionally; I'm interested in what a librarian has to say
>about the process.  Basically, I want as much information as I can get
>before we migrate. Sample questions are: should we close all open orders
>and standing orders? Should we transfer serial holdings or start from
>scratch? (I think I will anyway because our summary holdings are all
>messed up.) How much database cleanup should we do? What do you wish you
>had known before the migration? I want to avoid anything that could cause
>complications.
>
>I promise not to be a pest and will not give out your name if I summarize
>for the listserv. Please forgive cross postings.
>
>Allison
>
>Allison P. Mays
>Acquisitions Librarian
>Millsaps College
>1701 N. State Street
>Jackson, MS 39210
>601-974-1083
>maysap@millsaps.edu