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Pranav,<br>
<br>
I am currently migrating our district from Millennium Via to Koha,
and would be happy to share what I've done as well. I rolled my own
transformation script in Perl that manipulates the MARC output file
and merges in some data from CSV lists that weren't shipped as part
of via's MARC export. <br>
<br>
Since we do have Data Exchange, my process works with the MARC
output that III generates. I feel sorry for the work Ian had to go
through - ouch! <br>
<br>
Let me know if you would like copies of my scripts.<br>
<br>
Chris<br>
<br>
On 7/14/10 2:24 PM, Ian Walls wrote:
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cite="mid:AANLkTimAKOwuoPPIkXanhoIQnvG3sNmAcFtPrFY3Rz9Y@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Pranav,<br>
<br>
<br>
You may find some of my presentation from Code4Lib 2010 to be
useful. I did the first Millennium to Koha migration (or at least
I was the first to claim credit for it!) when I was at New York
University Health Sciences Libraries.<br>
<br>
Video: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.archive.org/details/BecomingTrulyInnovativeMigratingFromMillenniumToKoha-IanWalls">http://www.archive.org/details/BecomingTrulyInnovativeMigratingFromMillenniumToKoha-IanWalls</a><br>
Slides: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://code4lib.org/files/BecomingTrulyInnovative.ppt">http://code4lib.org/files/BecomingTrulyInnovative.ppt</a><br>
<br>
Generally speaking, you'll want your bibliographic and authority
data out in MARC, and your patron and circulation information in
CSV (exported from Create Lists in Millennium). The methods
outlined in the presentation are a bit roundabout, as we were in a
particularly difficult situation at the time and could not use
more standard export methods (like Data Exchange), but they work,
and serve to outline the process.<br>
<br>
Hope this helps!<br>
<br>
<br>
-Ian<br>
<br>
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Hi,<br>
<br>
I am a part of the group who are currently evaluating
migration from Millennium to Koha and was wondering if there
is a case study which has been done which outlines how has the
experience been, common pitfalls or some other useful
information which can help us in getting to speed in doing a
test evaluation?<br>
<br>
If there are any useful links or information you can point out
from migrating from Millennium to Koha that would be helpful
too with respect to in which format the data should be
exported from Millennium, what format is accepted by Koha, how
the transformation mapping done. <br>
<br>
Thanks and Looking forward to hear from you all.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Pranav<br>
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