| Sirsi Unicorn Migration Outline | Other WALS Tasks | |||||||
| Jan-Feb-Mar | ||||||||
| Review contract and pricing | Introduce next version of web catalog | |||||||
| Continue data migration planning | Startup circulation at Poy Sippi | |||||||
| Current WALS databases | Add Fond du Lac to the network | |||||||
| Bibliographic records | Do Syndetics update | |||||||
| Item records | Purge 2002 withdrawals | |||||||
| Acquisitions records | Add new NetLibrary records | |||||||
| Transaction records | Start Kingston barcoding | |||||||
| Patron records | Do Associate 2003 pricing | |||||||
| FdL Database | Start 2004 WALS budget | |||||||
| Item records | Configure and install Gates PCs in 20 libraries | |||||||
| Visit Sirsi site(s) in Illinois | Finish version of Extranet combining WALS and WLS content | |||||||
| Attend Sirsi meeting in St. Louis (March 16-19) | Continue local database work | |||||||
| Continue database cleanup work | Obituary files | |||||||
| Newspaper indexing | ||||||||
| Vital statistics | ||||||||
| Digitized photos | ||||||||
| Put digitized Oshkosh city directories online | ||||||||
| Work on additional details with WCTS ordering | ||||||||
| Finish e-rate application for Internet | ||||||||
| All WALS meeting (February 20) | ||||||||
| Upgrade Pharos at Neenah and Menasha | ||||||||
| Finish SquirrelMail and do documentation | ||||||||
| Install Linux server for services moving off the Alpha | ||||||||
| Migrate users from the T1 libraries to the new file server | ||||||||
| Evaluate Windows 2003 server (formerly known as .NET) | ||||||||
| Install a front-end e-mail server for anti-virus and anti-spam | ||||||||
| Apr-May-Jun | ||||||||
| Meet with Sirsi implementation staff | Startup circulation at Packwaukee | |||||||
| Develop circulation server specifications | All WALS meeting (April 29) | |||||||
| Continue database cleanup work | Install Pharos at Ripon if wanted | |||||||
| Review network and library cabling | Start entering FdL patron records | |||||||
| Finalize data migration planning | Finish migration to Win2k Server from NT Server. | |||||||
| Jul-Aug-Sep | ||||||||
| Do a test data migration | Finish 2004 WALS budget | |||||||
| Train WALS staff | Do WisCat update | |||||||
| Unix training | All WALS meeting (July 29) | |||||||
| Unicorn management training | Set up new firewall/DNS/Internet Cache server | |||||||
| Report writer training | Set up new e-mail package on a new server | |||||||
| Circulation training | ||||||||
| Acquisitions training | ||||||||
| Start writing documentation for Unicorn | ||||||||
| Oct-Nov-Dec | ||||||||
| Finish writing documentation for Unicorn | ||||||||
| Do member-library training on test database (Target date: November 17-21) | ||||||||
| Enter FdL reserves | ||||||||
| Do final data migration | ||||||||
| Startup of the Unicorn system (Target: November 24) | ||||||||
| Run final reports on DRA Classic | ||||||||