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Duluth, GA —January 14, 2013

Worch Memorial Public Library has gone live on Evergreen as part of the Consortium of Ohio Libraries (COOL). They are the sixth of nine founding members of the new state wide program bringing 37,000 bibliographic items and almost 9,000 new patrons to the consortium. The final libraries are expected to be live by the summer of 2013. For more information, the COOL combined catalog can be viewed online at http://www.cool-cat.org/.

North Bethesda, MD, January 10, 2013- LibLime, a division of PTFS, and WALDO (Westchester Academic Library Directors Organization) announce the University of Advancing Technology has gone live on LibLime Academic Koha 5.0.

LibLime Academic Koha 5.0 includes several new features:
• global authority control
• initial RDA support for the content, media, and carrier data fields
• more efficient tracking of ‘Lost’ items on patron records
• expansion of partial fines support which lets staff select where the partial payment is applied

1/10/2013
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Nathan Curulla
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Lebanon Public Libraries Choose ByWater Solutions Koha Support

ByWater Solutions, an open source community supporter and the U.S.’ forefront provider of Koha support, announced today that the Lebanon Public Libraries in New Hampshire are now live on their installation of the Koha integrated library system.

Seattle, WA- LibLime, a division of PTFS, will raffle off a Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight Reader and debut the release of LibLime Academic Koha 5.2 at the 2013 ALA Midwinter Meeting from January 25-28 in Seattle, Washington. Conference attendees are encouraged to visit the LibLime at Booth 636 and drop off a business card to enter to win the Nook Simple Touch Reader. The drawing will be held Monday, January 28.

North Bethesda, MD, January 3, 2013- The Northern Saguache County Library District, located in Saguache, Colorado, has joined the Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC) and is now live in the LibLime Koha 4.12 union catalog.

12/28/2012
CONTACT:
Nathan Curulla
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sales@bywatersolutions.com

New England School of Acupuncture Goes Live on Koha with ByWater Solutions

ByWater Solutions, an open source community supporter and the U.S.’ forefront provider of Koha (www.koha-community.org) support, announced today that the Kelly Library at the New England School of Acupuncture (NESA) in Newton, MA is now live on their installation of the Koha integrated library system.

North Bethesda, MD, December 27, 2012- LibLime, a division of PTFS, announces that four new school libraries in the Rocky View School District (Alberta, Canada) have officially gone live on LibLime Koha. WG Murdoch School, Langdon School, Prairie Waters Elementary School, and Chestermere High School are the newest schools to go-live on LibLime Koha.

North Bethesda, MD –December 19, 2012 – LibLime, a division of PTFS, announces that Western Nebraska Community College (WNCC), a member of the Pioneer Library Consortium, has successfully migrated to and gone live on LibLime Koha 4.14.

After joining the Pioneer Consortium and LibLime Koha in May 2012, Western Nebraska Community College staff worked with LibLime project management staff on data migration from its legacy Follett Destiny ILS, system configuration, and training.

12/18/2012
CONTACT:
Nathan Curulla
(888) 900-8944
sales@bywatersolutions.com

Spanish Fork Public Library Goes Live on Koha with ByWater Solutions

ByWater Solutions, an open source community supporter and the U.S.’ forefront provider of Koha (www.koha-community.org) support, announced today that Spanish Fork Public Library in Spanish Fork, UT is now live on their installation of the Koha integrated library system.

12/12/2012
CONTACT:
Nathan Curulla
(888) 900-8944
sales@bywatersolutions.com

Samuel Merritt University Sponsors Hourly Loans and Course Reserves for Koha

ByWater Solutions, an open source community supporter and the U.S.’ forefront provider of Koha (www.koha-community.org) support, is happy to thank the John A. Graziano Library and Samuel Merritt University for their sponsorship of both hourly loans and course reserves features for Koha.