[Koha] [lambert@amigos.org: Webhosting & Koha]

[Ed Sharpe]

if this is doable I can think of  some great good it could do...


ed sharpe
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> I am working on a short-term project for a University Law Library to
> rebuild a book collection that was destroyed in a flood.  In all, there
are
> about 28,000 titles.
>
> We are using Innovative Interfaces (III) as our main acquisitions module,
> but did not buy the OPAC because it was > $100K to purchase.
>
> One of the things we would like to do for the faculty is to have an OPAC
> they can view of the materials we are replacing.  And it looks like Koha
> would do the trick.
>
> We are using HostRocket as our webhosting server (www.hostrocket.com).
> They use Linux servers with Apache, MySQL, PHP, and Perl.  I have @1 GB of
> space.
>
> My questions are as follows:
>
> 1.  Has anyone installed Koha on a webhosted server?
> 2.  Can the MARC records from the current system (III) be exported to
Koha?
> (I saw something about one-at-a-time uploads, but is there a way to batch
> these, or do multiple uploads?)
> 3.  If MARC records can be exported to Koha, can the upload program be
> modified to "overlay" duplicate MARC records?  (This is a unique project
> where we are ordering "replacements" and thus the MARC records are in the
> system, we would just need to import certain fields to update the current
> MARC record.)
> 4.  Can Koha be modified?  The key example is that the Faculty want to be
> able to comment on certain books (e.g., "This book is extremely important
> to our collection," or "This book is worthless, do not order it!")
>
> TIA!!
>
> -Greg
>
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> Greg Lambert, JD, MLIS
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