Open Source

March 4, 2010
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CONTACT:
Nathan Curulla
(888) 900-8944
staff@bywatersolutions.com

ByWater Solutions Celebrates One Year of Providing Open Source Services to Libraries

ByWater Solutions, an open source community supporter and official Koha support company, celebrated their one year anniversary for providing quality implementation and support services for open source ILS’s such as Koha and Evergreen.

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Norcross, GA — March 4, 2010
Beacon Falls Public Library and Douglas Library of Hebron are the first members of Connecticut’s Bibliomation consortium to go live with the Evergreen open source ILS. Bibliomation opted to begin the move to Evergreen with a set of five pilot libraries. Slater Public Library, Windham Free Public Library, and Jonathan Trumbull Library will complete the initial group and are expected live at a later date. The entire consortium is expected live on Evergreen in 2011.

March 2, 2010
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CONTACT:
Nathan Curulla
(888) 900-8944
staff@bywatersolutions.com

Acton Public Library Partners with ByWater Solutions for Koha Implementation

ByWater Solutions, an open source community supporter and official Koha support company, announced today that Acton Public Library, of Old Saybrook, CT. has partnered with them for the installation and support of the community version of the Koha integrated library system.

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CONTACT:
Brendan Gallagher
(203)823-5847
info@bywatersolutions.com

ByWater Solutions Partners with the California Institute for Integral Studies for Koha Installation and Support

ByWater Solutions, an open source community supporter and official Koha support company, announced today that the California Institute for Integral Studies of San Francisco, CA. has partnered with them for the implementation of the open source community version of the Koha integrated library system.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Norcross, GA — February 11, 2010
Equinox Software, Inc, announces new hosting and support services for the Koha open source ILS to libraries. Two different packages will be available for libraries to choose from based on their needs and resources.

Koha on Demand is aimed at libraries looking for quick provisioning of new Koha databases. This service provides a modern, full-featured ILS with system administration managed by Equinox.

February 8th, 2010
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CONTACT:
Nathan Curulla
(888) 900-8944
staff@bywatersolutions.com

Solanco School District Partners with ByWater Solutions for Koha Support

ByWater Solutions, an open source community supporter and official Koha support company, announced today that The Solanco School District, covering Southern Lancaster County, PA has partnered with them for support of the community version of the Koha integrated library system.

YourLibrarySite (http://www.yourlibrarysite.com) now provides expanded online technology services for Academic, Special, and Public libraries. A well-established participant and core development contributor in the Drupal open source community; YourLibrarySite (YLS) is also co-maintainer of the SOPAC 2 module (http://thesocialopac.net/), a community-driven online catalog display layer.

Kirtland Community College (Mich.) Goes Live With Evergreen
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Norcross, GA — February 3, 2010
Kirtland Community College has gone live with Evergreen, the consortial, open-source library automation software. Equinox Software, Inc., the support and development company established by the original Evergreen developers, provided migration assistance for the project and will provide ongoing technical support. The server for the new installation is being hosted at the college and members of the Michigan Library Consortium provided staff training.

February 1st, 2010
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CONTACT:
Nathan Curulla
(888) 900-8944
staff@bywatersolutions.com

America's First Public Koha Library Chooses ByWater Solutions

ByWater Solutions, an open source community supporter and official Koha support company, announced today that Nelsonville Public Library, serving Athens County, Ohio since 1935, has partnered with them for the implementation of Koha, the open source integrated library system.

Washington County Public Library (Ky) Selects Evergreen and Equinox
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Norcross, GA — January 28, 2010
Washington County Public Library has selected Evergreen as their next-generation Integrated Library System (ILS). Equinox Software, "The Evergreen Experts," will provide data migration, software configuration, and post-migration technical support. When Washington County Public Library goes live in the spring, it will be the first known library in Kentucky running Evergreen.