User Journey of Migrating to FOLIO, Open Athens, and New EBSCO Discovery UI

Authors

John Gage, Emporia State UniversityFollow

Keywords

Library management software, migration, upgrade, proxy, FOLIO, OpenAthens, EZProxy, Sierra, information technology, academic library

Abstract

Emporia State University (ESU) Libraries and Archives made the decision to switch from Sierra and EZProxy to EBSCO hosted FOLIO and OpenAthens. ESU also upgraded to the new EDS UI at the same time. While there were a few challenges with migration ESU Libraries and Archives has seen a great benefit to not only help the efficiency of the library, but in supporting its students and faculty by migrating and upgrading to the new systems.

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Gage, John (2025) "User Journey of Migrating to FOLIO, Open Athens, and New EBSCO Discovery UI," Kansas Library Association College and University Libraries Section Proceedings: Vol. 15: No. 1. https://doi.org/10.4148/2160-942X.1101

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