[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Winnebago Spectrum to Open-ILS - How?

[Dan Scott]

On 24/09/2007, Kevin Landers <support at bezaleel.net> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
>  I have several schools in South Carolina that are currently utilizing
> Winnebago Spectrum for their library administration system. After performing
> the latest 5.X update, I was informed that there would be no more updates to
> Spectrum. As an option, I would like to offer them the opportunity to move
> toward Open-ILS.
>
>  Has anyone ever attempted such a migration? Does anyone have any advice,
> direction, etc?
>
>  I am planning to grab a copy of the latest data and install of Spectrum and
> Open-ILS and attempt the migration. I just have no clue where to really
> begin.
>
>  Thanks in advance,
>  Kevin L.
>

Hi Kevin:

Does Winnebago Spectrum support the export of MARC bibliographic
records, holdings, and patron data in some format? That would be a
very good place to begin. From there, you could start working towards
importing that data into Evergreen (aka Open-ILS).

-- 
Dan Scott
Laurentian University