[Koha] Switching from Other Library Software to Koha

[Ben Doughney]

Hi all, 

I had a look through AccessIt the other day. I can export a backup file, but it i saved in a FireBird database format which would require further work to get into a sensible format that could be imported into Koha. 

We may just have to bite the bullet and pay AccessIt to export the data for us, we just need to decide when the best time to change is. 

Cheers, 
Ben Doughney 
ICT Manager 

Mission Heights Schools 
Ph (09) 277 7881, Fx (09) 277 7883 

PO Box 64 448, Botany Town Centre, Auckland 2016 

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "clint.deckard" <clint.deckard at frontiers.co.nz> 
To: "Olugbenga Adara" <gbengaadara at yahoo.com> 
Cc: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz 
Sent: Thursday, 10 October, 2013 11:08:19 AM GMT +12:00 New Zealand 
Subject: Re: [Koha] Switching from Other Library Software to Koha 

Olugbenga, Josef and Ben, 

I had replied to Ben directly but probably should have included the list 
as well. 
I investigated migrating from AccessIt for a small rural school in NZ. 
AccessIt has no export functionality for MARC or CSV. It is possible to 
use the reporting tool to get some data as csv but it was not 
comprehensive enough. If you only want basic info this is a possibility 
but it was not easy/possible to get anything like full marc data this way. 
The AccessIt company will export data as MARC for their customer, for a 
(not insubstantial) fee. In this instance the school could not afford 
the cost and had to stick with AccessIt. 

Best wishes, 
Clint Deckard. 


Olugbenga Adara wrote: 
> Hi Ben, 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> it looks like, there's nobody with experiences with migrating from AccesIt 
>> to Koha. So, in general, the main question is: Are you able, to export data 
>> in MARC format? Which version of MARC do you use in your library? 
>> 
>> Regards, 
>> 
>> 
> 
> In addition to exporting out in MARC as Josef suggested, you may also be able to get by with a csv export. Though you will need to do more work to get it into MARC for import into Koha. 
> 
> But csv will serve you just ok for your patron's data. 
> 
> Olugbenga Adara 
> 
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