VIVA Announcements

New ProQuest Migration & blackout date for legacy platform

May 22, 2012 on 9:36 am | In General, Training |

Many of you have already moved to the new ProQuest platform, but for those who haven’t yet — the time is coming SOON. From our standpoint, the ideal time frame is July 1- 7, 2012 (no later than July 15) so that all stats will appear on the new platform for FY13.

IMPORTANT: The old platform will not be available after August 21, 2012.

Here is some info that might help:

• Preview the new platform at http://search.proquest.com.
• Our training and transition manager is:
  Beth A. Reiten
  MLIS, Customer Education & Training Specialist, Eastern Region
  ProQuest | 7500 Old Georgetown Rd. #1400 | Bethesda, MD 20814 USA
  Office: +1 301 941 2509 | Mobile: +1 240 676 6102
  beth.reiten@proquest.com
  




• TRAINING: Beth has scheduled two special webinars for VIVA members:
• Wednesday, May 30 2:00 – 3:00pm EDT
• Monday, June 11 12:00 – 1:00pm EDT




• The webinars can be found in the private VIVA “program” in WebEx at
  https://proquestmeetings.webex.com/proquestmeetings/onstage/g.php?p=43&t=m
  This is the only URL folks need to find and register for these webinars.




• We encourage you to sign up for other training sessions that ProQuest offers, as appropriate. Check out the other training webinars at www.proquest.com/go/webinars and see the YouTube tutorials at www.proquest.com/go/platformvideos.




• Managing Your Migration checklist: http://www.proquest.com/assets/downloads/products/checklist_np.pdf (It’s on the main Training Materials page (http://www.proquest.com/go/training) rather than on the Support Materials page in the Migration Support Center (http://www.proquest.com/go/migrationsupport) because it’s developed for one of the webinars, rather than part of the SwitchedOn packet.)




• See the list of databases available on the new platform at www.proquest.com/go/dbsupported. Many, if not all, of your ProQuest databases may already be on the new platform or will be moving there.




• Review the “Migration Tips and Tricks” article at www.proquest.com/go/migrationtips.