On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:35:20 -0400, "Dan Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 24/09/2007, Kevin Landers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hello everyone, >> >> I have several schools in South Carolina that are currently utilizing >> Winnebago Spectrum for their library administration system. After > performing >> the latest 5.X update, I was informed that there would be no more > updates to >> Spectrum. As an option, I would like to offer them the opportunity to > move >> toward Open-ILS. >> >> Has anyone ever attempted such a migration? Does anyone have any > advice, >> direction, etc? >> >> I am planning to grab a copy of the latest data and install of Spectrum > and >> Open-ILS and attempt the migration. I just have no clue where to really >> begin. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Kevin L. >> > > Hi Kevin: > > Does Winnebago Spectrum support the export of MARC bibliographic > records, holdings, and patron data in some format? That would be a > very good place to begin. From there, you could start working towards > importing that data into Evergreen (aka Open-ILS). > > -- > Dan Scott > Laurentian University
Dan, I have been able to export a list of all materials in MARC file order. It is exported in "USMARC/852 Holdings Data" format. The other option I am given is "1987 MicroLIF" format. I am assuming this information is the "holdings" data that you mentioned above. I am not sure that it includes bibliographic information as well. I have also been able to export a list of all patrons in CSV format. I can email you the data files directly if this would help. Where do we go from here, oh wise one? :) Thanks, Kevin L.
