[Koha] Data Migration, TLC to Koha

[Chris Cormack]

On 1 August 2014 4:16:02 pm NZST, Vinod Kumar Mishra <vinod_librarian at rediffmail.com> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>Yes you can convert your own data into marc format there are various
>methods to do that, If you  can generate reports in Marc/iso/excel
>formats etc. from existing software than it can be converted. 

This is true, but there is far more data than just the bibliographic data. That is always the easiest bit. There is circulation, patrons, fines, acquisitions etc etc. 

It is a non trivial task, however it is certainly possible to do it yourself given enough time. 

>Please
>see the link below, if you don't mind may i know how much they quote
>and your data size/record?

 I imagine the quotes will have been provided as commercial in confidence. And as such sharing them without permission is not a  good look. 

Collection size is actually pretty immaterial to how long a migration will take. Getting the data out in a good format is the hardest but and whether it's 1000 or 100000 it takes about the same time. 

Chris 
>
>http://manual.koha-community.org/3.2/en/marceditexcel.html
>
>On Fri, 01 Aug 2014 01:46:28 +0530 Ronn Raszetnik  wrote
>>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
>
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