Hi, On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 5:02 AM, Lucy Pearson <lucy.r.pearson@googlemail.com> wrote:
My Koha question: Is it possible to import data to Koha in CSV or tab-delimited format? Unfortunately, none of my existing data has MARC records - I can export into those tewo formats, so I need a database which can accept those.
Koha cannot load CSV or text files of bib records directly. However, you could use a tool such as MarcEdit (http://oregonstate.edu/~reeset/marcedit/html/index.php) to convert a CSV file to MARC format, then load the results into Koha.
I strongly suspect the answer is no, but I wanted to be absolutely sure before I abandoned Koha completely. In addition, I'm hoping that if this isn't possible, this list of tech-savvy librarians might have good advice on alternatives. At this stage, I don't actually need a full-scale LMS - I just want a web app I can import my data to and which will allow users to seacrch by title, author, etc. (I've already explored LibraryThing, but for various reasons it's not really suitable.) It needs to be free software or very cheap, because we're so low on funds and this is an interim project.If I could get my data into Koha,a it would be perfect, because the full-scale LMS features are there if we need them, and the organisation would be able to buy in support if they found themseves without enough tech-savvy in house.
Would you be running Koha on a Windows box or a Linux box? Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton Koha Application Developer LibLime galen.charlton@liblime.com p: 1-888-564-2457 x709