I think there is an easier way. Solicit quotes from the various vendors and determine whether that is a cost your willing to spend. If not and your still sold on Koha you have a monetary sum to divide your staff cost per hour into. On Jan 21, 2010, at 11:04 AM, Chadwick, John, DCA wrote:
I would agree with Elaine's assessment. A lot depends on the condition of your data and how complex the profiling is going to be for your library.
I had the opportunity to learn the very basics of configuring a server and installing Koha many times over before we finally embarked on the adventure of going live and in production. I can take a server and install Ubuntu or Debian on it and install Koha in less than 4 hours. That is the easy part.
The quality of the data and tweaking Zebra parameters changes things when you try to go to production. Creating a profile for your library is not as easy some would make it out to be. Remember, you will be living with this system for sometime. Do it right up front and you will be happy.
John
-----Original Message----- From: koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Elaine Bradtke Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 6:17 AM To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: Re: [Koha] implementation estimate
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.
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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
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