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Re: [school-discuss] library conversion to open source

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Subject: Re: [school-discuss] library conversion to open source
From: Randy Edwards <redwards@golgotha.net>
Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 09:14:22 -0400
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brad wrote:

Our school district uses commercial library automation software. Our =
technology director would like to convert  to open source software. =
Anyone have success converting a commercial library database to open =
source?

IMHO, the first question is what open source package will you convert to?

The standard for library data is a format called MARC. If your commercial package handles MARC exports an open source package like Koha <http://www.koha.org> can easily import the data.

Regards,
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Randy

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