[Koha] III Millennium data migration

[Ruth Bavousett]

Paul,

I've done several of those Millennium->Koha migrations for my work here.
 What I do is get the MARC records, and toss out all the 9xx fields.  Then
add in Koha 952s based on item data from a tab-delimited extract.  You'll
need some matchpoint to know which items go with which bibs; typically,
OCLC # to 001 in the MARC works, with a few strays that need manual
attention later, such as your fast-add items.

I've got some code bits in my toolbox that might be of some use to you;
it's a bit of a cluttery mess, but take a look at my repo, at
https://www.gitorious.org/koha-toolbox/koha-migration-toolbox, and look at
migration/Generic/biblio_masher.pl.  I used that file late last week to
deal with bibs and items from a Millennium system, and it worked
*beautifully*.

*D Ruth Bavousett*
Lead Migration Specialist
ByWater Solutions
Support and Consulting for Open Source Software
Headquarters: Santa Barbara, CA
Office: Lawrence, KS
Phone/Fax (888)900-8944
http://bywatersolutions.com
ruth at bywatersolutions.com



On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 08:49, Paul Orkiszewski <orkiszewskip at appstate.edu>wrote:

> Hi again.  I'm trying to export Marc records from a III Millennium ILS and
> import into Koha.  For those who have gone before me - I've read through
> posts and articles by Ian Wells and Chris Hobbs - can you give me some
> hints?  Particularly, should I try to pre-process marc records files to fit
> in the Koha marc schema? or tell Koha how to understand the III 9xx fields?
>
> Paul
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