Hi Robin, Thanks for that, Im researching on a migration from Spydus if any anyone has done this please could you let me know or direct me where I could get help on this. Thanks again!
Cheers! On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Robin Sheat <[email protected]> wrote: > Richard Maileseni schreef op do 24-10-2013 om 12:28 [+1300]: > > Im working on how to migrate to Koha from another ILS. Ive finished > > installing Koha but just wondering if anyone could help me on ways of > > migrating to koha. what are things that i might need to do or know > > before > > continuing from this point. > > That's not really an easy question to give a simple answer, there's a > lot involved. > > However, in a nutshell: > * Get the biblio and item data out of the existing system in a usable > format. Preferably MARC, but if you can only do CSV, then use that. > * Poke at the data (I use Perl scripts for this[0]) until it fits what > Koha needs, in MARC format. > * Load the data into Koha, find mistakes, repeat. > * Do the same for the borrower and circulation data. > > It's also worth asking here if anyone has expertise in the particular > system that you're migrating from. > > I should really write a wiki page on this. > > [0] The tools I use are here: > https://gitorious.org/koha-toolbox/catalyst-koha-migration-toolbox > > -- > Robin Sheat > Catalyst IT Ltd. > ✆ +64 4 803 2204 > GPG: 5FA7 4B49 1E4D CAA4 4C38 8505 77F5 B724 F871 3BDF > > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > [email protected] > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > -- Richard W. Maileseni Mob: 027-934-2039 PH: 042367222 Email: [email protected] facebook: www.facebook.com/rmaileseni scype: ma_richie ~\\~ _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org [email protected] http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
