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Migration Actions and Timeline

The following is a high-level action plan and rough timeline for the Arca migration to Islandora 2. This is a living document that will evolve as the migration progresses; it should only be considered an extremely rough estimate for the project milestones.

Check back here regularly for updates. Last update: 2024-07-31

Pre-Planning Phase (2022 to February 2024) Start Date End Date Partners Status
Acquire funding December 2022 April 2023 Ministry Complete
Establish technical requirements February 2023 April 2024 DGI, SFU Mostly complete
Thorough metadata review and mapping completed June 2023 May 2024 DGI, Members Complete
Initial site configuration standards established April 2023 April 2024 DGI, Members
    - Theming Group recommendations November 2023 Members, Theming Group Complete
    - Collect Use Cases for new sites January 2024 August 2024 Members In Progress
    - Establish default configuration for initial installs April 2024 August 2024 Members, DGI In Progress
Build documentation site February 1, 2024 Ongoing
    - Make use of use cases to determine what documentation is required
    - Collect and compile training materials
Planning Phase (March 2024 to May 2024) Start Date End Date Partners Status
Establish migration schedule September 2024 October 2024 Members In Progress
- Work out configuration tweaks for first migration March 2024 May 2024 Members Complete
    - In-depth metadata amelioration for first migration March 2024 June 2024 Members Complete
Metadata amelioration May 2023 May 2024 Members Complete
Initial meeting with DGI Project Manager January 2024 January 2024 DGI Complete
Discoverygarden kickoff January 2024 DGI Complete
Vendor discovery phase January 2024 May 2024 DGI In progress
Aggregator site design established April 2024 May 2024 DGI In progress
Infrastructure Phase (January 2024 to May 2024) Start Date End Date Partners Status
Demo machine provisioned January 2024 DGI Complete
    - Testing and exploration in demo machine January 2024 September 2024 Members Ongoing
Staging environment built May 2024 July 2024 DGI Copmlete
Base images built and tested January 2024 August 2024 DGI Complete
Virtual machines provisioned May 2023 August 2024 SFU Agreement reached with SFU. Machines will be built as needed
First base image installed April 2024 September 2024 DGI, Members Complete
ARK machine built and configured April 2024 May 2024 DGI In Progress
Migration Phase (May 2024 to June 2025) Start Date End Date Partners Status
Members prepare their sites January 2024 Members
Initial Test Migration September 2024 October 2024
First site migration September 2024 October 2024 DGI, Members Imminent
Site-by-site installation, migration and configurations begun August 2024 December 2024 DGI, Members
    - Identify custom configurations for each site Members
    - In-depth metadata amelioration for each site as their turn comes up Members
    - Ingest freeze for each site when their migration begins Members
    - Basic Training sessions conducted in batches of roughly 3-4 member organizations, post-migration Members
Site-by-site migrations completed January 2025 June 2025 DGI, Members
Site-by-site configurations completed April 2025 June 2025 DGI Members
Aggregator site built and configured April 2025 June 2025 DGI
Launch and Assessment Phase (July 2025 to September 2025) Start Date End Date Partners Status
Wrap-up and launch July 2025 DGI, Members
News release July 2025
BCELN-hosted Islandora Camp? August 2025
Other celebrations?
Islandora Legacy sites decommissioned, full transition to Islandora 2 July 2025 August 2025
Collect feedback from members about migration process and results July 2025 August 2025
Report to Advisory Committee on outcomes September 2025 September 2025
Conference presentations etc. 2026