Open Source ILS

11/22/2011
CONTACT:
Nathan Curulla
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sales@bywatersolutions.com

ByWater Solutions Welcomes Ed Veal as Development Support Specialist

ByWater Solutions, an open source community supporter and official Koha support company is proud to welcome Ed Veal as Development Support Specialist. Ed will be assisting in the support of the 400 plus libraries being supported by ByWater nationwide, as well as taking part in ByWater's OPAC customization projects.

11/16/2011
CONTACT:
Nathan Curulla
(888) 900-8944
sales@bywatersolutions.com

The Shasta Historical Society Goes Live on Koha with ByWater Solutions

ByWater Solutions, an open source community supporter and official Koha support company, announced today that the Shasta Historical Society, of Redding, CA. is now live on their installation of the Koha integrated library system.

The Library's Koha installation went live this week, and ByWater Solutions will be providing ongoing support and hosting services for them.

Santa Cruz Public Library Goes Live on Evergreen

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Norcross, GA —November 16, 2011

The Santa Cruz Public Library has gone live as the first public library in California to use Evergreen. Equinox Software provided data migration and training services and will continue to provide on-going technical support.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Norcross, GA —October 24, 2011

The North Bay Public Library in Ontario has gone live with Evergreen as their next generation library automation software. Equinox Software oversaw installation and data migration and will continue to provide technical support for the new system.

Galen Charlton, Equinox Director of Support and Implementation, says, “We look forward to working with the Blue Sky Consortium and give Kudos to North Bay Public Library for paving the way for the newest Evergreen Consortium”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Norcross, GA —October 20, 2011

The Evergreen Conference Site Selection Committee is pleased to announce that the 2013 Evergreen International Conference will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia April 10- April 13 2013. This marks the first time that the conference will be held outside of the United States. Equinox Software is proud to support the 2013 committee and will serve as a conference sponsor.

10/11/2011
CONTACT:
Nathan Curulla
(888) 900-8944
sales@bywatersolutions.com

Fox Chase Cancer Centers's Talbot Research Library Goes Live on Koha with ByWater Solutions

ByWater Solutions, an open source community supporter and official Koha support company, announced today that Fox Chase Cancer Center's Talbot Research Library is now live on their installation of the Koha integrated library system.

The Library's Koha installation went live in August, and ByWater Solutions will be providing ongoing support and hosting services for them.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Norcross, GA —September 8, 2011

Evergreen, an open-source integrated library system, celebrated its 5th anniversary with the addition of its 1,000th library. NC Cardinal, the newest Evergreen consortium, took the official number of libraries live to 1,006 when the Buncombe County Public Libraries migrated on September 2nd.

8/31/2011
CONTACT:
Nathan Curulla
(888) 900-8944
sales@bywatersolutions.com

ByWater Solutions Welcomes Thatcher Rea as Lead Support Specialist

ByWater Solutions, an open source community supporter and official Koha support company is proud to welcome Thatcher Rea as their Lead Support Specialist. Thatcher will be overseeing the support department for ByWater Solutions and will be in charge of the delegation and escalation of customer support issues.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Norcross, GA —August 25, 2011

Ducks Unlimited Canada has gone live with the open source integrated library system Koha. Equinox Software, Inc. provided services to migrate the library's data from their previous system and provides on-going hosting and support services for the new Koha-powered catalog which can be viewed at http://ducks.kohacatalog.com/.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Norcross, GA —August 17, 2011

The community of Evergreen libraries has had a busy six months (January through June, 2011) owing to the addition of 114 library systems with 140 separate branches and outlets. This six-month experience eclipsed the growth seen in the community in any previous year.

In July, a blog post detailed cumulative summary numbers in the growth of Evergreen since its first libraries were migrated in 2006. See the “State of Evergreen, June 30, 2011” (http://evergreen-ils.org/blog/?p=602).