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

[Kevin Landers]

On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:25:44 -0400, Edward Corrado <corrado at tcnj.edu> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Kevin Landers said the following on 09/24/2007 4:31 PM:
>> On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:35:20 -0400, "Dan Scott" <denials at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>
>> Dan,
>>
>> I am not sure what export capabilities Spectrum supports. I will try to
> do a bit of research today via the web.
>>
>> I am currently grabbing a database dumb from one of our schools and will
> be grabbing Spectrum install files tonight as well. That will probably
> take a while.
>>
>> I will also attempt to contact Winnebago tomorrow for information
> related to exporting.
>>
>> Also, sorry for the multiple postings. My connection is having issues
> with sending out mail at the moment. My apologies.
>>
>> Thanks again,
>> Kevin L.
>>
>>
> Hi Kevin,
> 
> As Dan said, the big trick would be getting the data out in an easy
> manner. Patron data is often the hardest, and I know libraries that have
> migrated to other (non-OSS) ILS's that just decide it isn't worth it and
> start with a clean patron file, so that might be an option.
> 
> Incidentally, I didn't here anything about Winnebago Spectrum not being
> updated anymore. Was there an official announcement about this? A quick
> internet search didn't find anything. Are they pushing you towards
> Athena, something else, or are they giving up on marketting an ILS
> altogether?
> 
> Edward
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
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Correction. It wasn't Athena that was mentioned to me. It was Destiny.

Sorry, my mistake.

Kevin L.