There are two ways to become a Libresoft Librarian or Librarian+ customer. Schools pay a one-off fee for one of these at the beginning of a subscription, unless a promotion is running.
Migration
If schools have an active subscription to an existing Library Management System (LMS), we can usually export the data that is already in their existing LMS and import it into Librarian. We have successfully migrated across from over a dozen systems, but the most common are Reading Cloud – Junior Librarian, Eclipse, Oliver and AccessIT.
The data we inted to export includes:
- Catalogue data (current and past books)
- User data (current and past users)
- Loan data (current and past loans)
The advantage of a migration is that the library system is up and running once we have completed the migration and all existing loans will still be in place. Unfortunately if the old LMS has incorrect data in it (incorrect book titles or classifications, for example), this data can end up in Librarian.
User Setup
Sometimes a migration from an existing LMS is not possible. This might be because:
- The school does not have an existing LMS
- The school’s subscription to their existing LMS has expired
- The data cannot be exported from the existing LMS
In this case, we complete a user setup for the school, adding only their library users to the system.
A setup is a much shorter procedure but will mean the school will have to add all of their books to the system.
Both kinds of setups are completed by our Migrations/Support Team who send a Welcome Pack on completing a migration/user setup to the school to help them get started.