[Koha] Switching from Other Library Software to Koha

[Chris Cormack]

On 10 October 2013 11:08, clint.deckard <clint.deckard at frontiers.co.nz> wrote:
> Olugbenga, Josef and Ben,
>
> I had replied to Ben directly but probably should have included the list  as
> well.
> I investigated migrating from AccessIt for a small rural school in NZ.
> AccessIt has no export functionality for MARC or CSV. It is possible to use
> the reporting tool to get some data as csv but it was not comprehensive
> enough. If you only want basic info this is a possibility but it was not
> easy/possible to get anything like full marc data this way.
> The AccessIt company will export data as MARC for their customer, for a (not
> insubstantial) fee. In this instance the school could not afford the cost
> and had to stick with AccessIt.

And that my friends, is why we have a download link to get your whole
database at any time.
And why when you look at a system you have to look at how much it
costs you to leave. The Total Cost of Ownership is about so much more
than the initial migration cost.

Chris