1. Ryan Lazar, Systems Specialist Christy Allen, Asst. Dir., Discovery Services

2. − Serves 2,700+ students, 239 faculty, and over 600 staff − Provides access to over 1 million resources − Has 3 physical locations − Employs 28 faculty/staff and 81 students

3. − Implemented in 2005 − Provides access to over 1 million records − Circulates 42,000+ items a year − Catalogs 250,000+ items a year − Supports 55,000+ searches a year through the Library’s website

4. − Running version 2009B 1.5 on a Sun 240V server − Server at risk of failing due to age − Version of Millennium no longer supported Something is rotten…!

5. − Continue with current server and version − Purchase a new server and upgrade to the new version − Move to a hosted server and upgrade to the new version To thine own self be true!

6. We’re going hosted!

7. − Schedule date and time − Work with III migration team − Plan with Furman IT for DNS and firewall changes − Contact third parties − Publicize internally and externally − Assemble testing team − Complete any pre-migration system activities and changes Readiness is all!

8. − Confirm prep is complete − Remain on stand-by during migration − Coordinate post-migration testing − Troubleshoot as needed Get thee to a server farm!

9. Cons − Software upgrades not bundled − System printers − On-campus FTP servers/Datatel − No back-up log − Response time (back-end) Pros − Response time (front-end) − Staff time/resources − Hardware/back-ups − Currency Still better, and worse

10. Give every man thy ear