Modelo de migração do PHL para o Koha

Abstract

Full of challenges and complexities, the migration of data from one system to another is not a trivial activity, processes of this nature require a specialized team, with specific technical knowledge and experience in conversions, mining and/or data transformation, in order to prepare them to host a new system. For the end user, for example, having a functional system is not enough if the data he had access to in the old system is not available in this new one. Thus, the migration activity must be strategically planned so that each step serves as input in the execution of the next step. In libraries - both private and public - the Integrated Library Management Systems (SIGB) also need updates, as the evolution of technologies accelerates the processes of searching and retrieving information. In this context, the present work presents the model carried out in the migration of systems from the Graciliano Ramos Library, from the Escola Nacional de Administração Pública (ENAP). In a synthesized and elucidative way, we seek to describe the transition between the then proprietary system: Personal Home Library (PHL) and the new installed system: Koha, as well as the exploration of new data migration alternatives and the description of these two softwares in open source. To facilitate the absorption of content and the replication of the model by other libraries, the work is divided into two sections: "Para Informáticos" and "Para Librarians". In this first step, the steps to prepare the data from the old system to migrate to the new system are presented, at a technological level. Presenting the programming codes, initial system settings, installation process and customization of the Koha software. The second part is aimed at librarians, because in the migration process the participation of librarians is essential for a good performance of the transfer of bibliographic data from one system to the other. Therefore, the second section presents all the functions that are the responsibility of the librarian and how to configure them in the Koha software, adapting the characteristics of the library.