[Koha] implementation estimate

[Chadwick, John, DCA]

I would agree with Elaine's assessment. A lot depends on the condition of your data and how complex the profiling is going to be for your library.

I had the opportunity to learn the very basics of configuring a server and installing Koha many times over before we finally embarked on the adventure of going live and in production. I can take a server and install Ubuntu or Debian on it and install Koha in less than 4 hours. That is the easy part. 

The quality of the data and tweaking Zebra parameters changes things when you try to go to production. Creating a profile for your library is not as easy some would make it out to be. Remember, you will be living with this system for sometime. Do it right up front and you will be happy.

John

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From: koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Elaine Bradtke
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 6:17 AM
To: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
Subject: Re: [Koha] implementation estimate

I think it will vary hugely from one installation to another.  We're
in the process now, and from what I can see if you have clean data and
it converts easily to MARC, and your system is fairly simple, it
shouldn't take that long.  The dirtier the data, the more awkward the
conversion, and the more complex your system is, the longer it will
take to set up and test.
Sadly, our collection falls into the messy end of the spectrum and I'm
not anticipating having anything up before June.  But then I only work
here 2 days a week and our IT guru is a volunteer.
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> Our small firm (20 staff and various consultants) is looking at implementing Koha for our document/information management and I've been lurking on the list for a while to gauge what folks are encountering. One question I have - via our CEO - is how much did implementation of Koha cost in hours, tech support, and migration? We would be migrating from FileMaker and have a small IT support team that is very capable and versed in everything I've thrown at them so far. :)
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> Does anyone have a sense of how much time and resources went into their implementation of Koha?
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