[Koha] data import; where to start?

[Scott Scriven]

Hello.

I'm hoping to import quite a bit of book/author data into Koha,
and I'm not sure quite how to go about it.  I had started writing
a script to pull records from one database, reorganize them, and
put them into Koha's database...  but I don't know which part(s)
of Koha's database to dump them in (or if this is even a good way
to do it).  It seems that some parts of the db are generated from
other parts, but I can't tell which are which.

So, any idea where to start?  Should I use an existing tool?
Learn all about MARC?  Submit data through the web interface
instead of directly to the db?  I don't mind writing a tool to do
this, but I'm not sure what direction to proceed in.


-- Scott