About the University of Twente
The University of Twente is a research university with a focus on technical developments and their significance for people and society. This is reflected in the bachelors and masters degree programmes.
Migration to a new Research Information System
With a view to the rationalisation of the IT landscape, the University of Twente has decided to replace the existing Research Information Systems (RIS) with a single new RIS. As part of this replacement, all historical data from these systems was migrated to the new RIS.
The University of Twente is included in several renowned rankings and is among the top 1% of universities across the globe.
Main aspects of this migration
318.000
files migrated
Phased roll-out
data migration strategy per source system
Pure
from Metis, E-Prints and Ad-Lib to Pure of Elsevier
Result
DX has migrated the data from four different source systems to the new implementation of Pure (from Elsevier, the supplier).