[Koha] [EXTERNAL] Manual system to koha

[kolvir73]

There isn't even a card catalog.  Just the checkout cards. There is a binder with a list of all books with an ascension number.  

The library started 30 years ago with boxes of books that were shared before there was a room for it, before the church had a permanent location.  We have had one volunteer librarian the whole time, but she has no formal training . Also quite computer illiterate. 

On Aug 12, 2022, 2:48 PM, at 2:48 PM, "King, Fred" <fred.king at medstar.net> wrote:
>How are your data stored now? Catalog cards? Ledger? Spreadsheet? A
>colleague and I are doing a presentation on CSV to MARC at next month's
>KohaCon, so if you're using a spreadsheet you're in luck. If you're
>using paper records, what kind of data are you collecting?
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>I'm in charge of converting our small church library (about 6,000
>items) from a manual system to a computerized one; volunteered
>actually.  I've got koha installed and have worked through most of  the
>implementation checklist. 
>Most documents I can find are about converting from one computerized
>system to another,  for example the koha wiki section on data
>migration.  What I could use is some kind of guideline or article on
>the best way to go digital.  It is a pretty big project and I  have
>limited time, and would like to be as efficient as possible and avoid
>duplicate work.
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>Does anyone know of any resources?
>Besides setting up koha, all that has been done  is to apply some
>preprinted barcode labels to a small part of the collection. 
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