Horizon → Koha
University of Montevallo — Carmichael Library
Carmichael Library at the University of Montevallo in Alabama migrated from a long-standing SirsiDynix Horizon installation to a supported, hosted instance of open-source Koha. The library evaluated its options carefully before committing, and used the move to escape the rising costs of its proprietary system. Documented in a published account by the library's own staff, it is a clear small-academic example of leaving a legacy commercial ILS for open source — and of the practical realities, including data-migration friction, that such a move involves.
Original source
Migration to Koha: Selection and Implementation at a Small Academic Library
Melcher & Ledbetter, The Alabama Librarian (Montevallo DSpace)
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