I am planning on moving our library from Follett over to Koha this summer. Follett stores the records as marc21/852. I can output them to a Microlif file, I am not sure if this matters. Can I read the database with a tool and directly convert it? Do I need to output it to a special file to then upload it with a special tool? First off, welcome to the community. Koha can import MARC21 records

Hi Christopher, ----- Christopher L Middleman <cmiddleman@stcames.com> wrote: directly and if your holdings are in the 852 field you can modify your MARC frameworks accordingly. There are details in in the 'Migrating Data' section of the Koha Documentation Project: http://kohadocs.org The process can be fairly complicated to the uninitiated, if you are feeling up a creek without a paddle feel free to shout out on the list for help; there are also several companies that would be happy to help out with the migration process. They provide services such as hosting, installation and configuration, data migration and verification, staff training, and customization: http://koha.org/support/pay.html Best of luck. Cheers, -- Joshua Ferraro SUPPORT FOR OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE President, Technology migration, training, maintenance, support LibLime Featuring Koha Open-Source ILS jmf@liblime.com |Full Demos at http://liblime.com/koha |1(888)KohaILS