[Koha] Data Migration, TLC to Koha

[Ronn Raszetnik]

Hi everyone,

I am new to the list here.  I am an electronic resources librarian at an independent public library in Florida.  We are interested in migrating from our current self-hosted TLC system to Koha.  Quotes we have received from vendors are higher than we had hoped, mainly because of hefty migration fees.  Is it realistic to think we could do the migration ourselves?

I installed Koha on an old server that we have, and it seems simple enough to use.  Honestly, I don't think we need training or ongoing support, but the data migration (bib, patron, fine records) makes me a bit uneasy.  I can work my way around Linux a bit, but I am not a database expert.

Does anyone have experience migrating from TLC to Koha?  What is involved?

Thanks,
Ronn