I think it will vary hugely from one installation to another. We're in the process now, and from what I can see if you have clean data and it converts easily to MARC, and your system is fairly simple, it shouldn't take that long. The dirtier the data, the more awkward the conversion, and the more complex your system is, the longer it will take to set up and test. Sadly, our collection falls into the messy end of the spectrum and I'm not anticipating having anything up before June. But then I only work here 2 days a week and our IT guru is a volunteer.
Message: 2 Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:53:20 -0800 From: Elisebeth VanderWeil <ev@ridolfi.com> Subject: [Koha] implementation estimate To: "koha@lists.katipo.co.nz" <koha@lists.katipo.co.nz> Message-ID: <D8561F6D723C7545A2841BCCF5F6756B3525A08D@STHELENS> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Hello -
Our small firm (20 staff and various consultants) is looking at implementing Koha for our document/information management and I've been lurking on the list for a while to gauge what folks are encountering. One question I have - via our CEO - is how much did implementation of Koha cost in hours, tech support, and migration? We would be migrating from FileMaker and have a small IT support team that is very capable and versed in everything I've thrown at them so far. :)
Does anyone have a sense of how much time and resources went into their implementation of Koha?
In gratitude,
EV VanderWeil, PhD Information Specialist
RIDOLFI science + engineering
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