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Alma/Primo VE Migration

Resources and information to help with migration from Sierra ILS to Alma/Primo VE

This is a high level view of the milestone dates for the cutover schedules.

Milestone Date
Sierra technical freeze begins for all libraries. NO new items, orders, checkins, or bib record additions, changes, or deletions can be entered in Alma March 28, 2025

Data extraction from Sierra begins (Innovative team)

March 31, 2025

Final migration and other forms due (project leads)

Data extraction from Sierra ends (Innovative team)

April 25, 2025
Waves 4 and 5
Rapido Training and Go Live Checklist Complete. Waves are ready for implementation.
April 29, 2025
Alma configuration freeze May 2, 2025
Cutover begins - schedules for Alma, Primo VE, and Rapido cutovers are wave specific from this point forward May 5, 2025
INN-Reach lending freeze for SearchOhio and OhioLINK (more information about Resource Sharing freeze and cutover) May 23, 2025 at 5pm
Alma, Primo VE, and Rapido Go Live waves begin May 26, 2025
Alma and Primo VE waves end -- all OhioLINK libraries live with Alma and Primo VE; Alma configuration freeze ends June 25, 2025
Rapido waves end -- all OhioLINK libraries live with Rapido June 27, 2025
INN-Reach clean up begins* July 2025
Library Mobile App implementation begins (optional)*
(there will be 3 one-month setup waves. Waves are TBD)
August 2025
Rialto cohort 1 begins (optional)*
(cohort 1 will be made up of 4-8 volunteer libraries and will be followed up with waves)
September/October 2025
INN-Reach clean up ends* September/October 2025
Rialto go-live for cohort 1* November/December 2025
SearchOhio reconnection* Q3 or Q4 2025
Leganto implementation begins (optional)* January 2026
Leganto implementation ends*

March/April 2026

Alma Digital cohort 2* TBD