ByWater Solutions, America’s forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced today that Washington State Law Library is now live on Koha!
ByWater completed the transition of the libraries 51,000 plus bibs from Sierra and is providing ongoing support services for Koha.
Leiden / Boston / Paderborn / Singapore / Beijing – 22 January 2021
Brill is delighted to announce that it has concluded Transformative Agreements with Jisc in the UK and Bibsam in Sweden. Brill is one of the leading academic publishers in the Humanities, Social Sciences, International Law and Biology, with a broad Open Access portfolio consisting of more than 450 books and several thousand journal articles.
Aspen Discovery announced this week that the 21.01.00 release, the first release of 2021, is now available. This release includes over 60 enhancements to 16 different functions in the Aspen Discovery system.
Mark Noble, Aspen Discovery Developer, recently commented on the release: "This release includes over 60 different suggestions from our library partners and fine-tunes Aspen Discovery so that it works even more smoothly for their patrons. We are thrilled to work with our partners to continually improve Aspen Discovery."
EBSCO Information Services Announces Submissions Open for the 2021 EBSCO Solar Grant
~ $200,000 in Grants Available for Libraries Worldwide ~
IPSWICH, Mass. — January 20, 2021 — Submissions are now open for the 2021 EBSCO Solar grant program from EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO). For the fifth year, EBSCO is accepting applications for grants that will fund solar installations at libraries around the world. As part of the 2021 EBSCO Solar initiative, EBSCO will be making a total of $200,000 in grants available.
DUBLIN, Ohio, 14 January 2021—OCLC’s CapiraMobile and CapiraCurbside—mobile library services that offer flexibility, choice, and convenience for libraries and their users—have been recognized with LibraryWorks’ 2021 Modern Library Awards.
CapiraMobile, a platinum Modern Library Award (MLA) winner for the second consecutive year, makes it possible for users to interact with their library through their mobile phones, making collections, events, and programs available anywhere, anytime.
ByWater Solutions, America’s forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced that Sacramento County Public Law Library is now live on Koha! The catalog can be viewed here: https://catalog.saclaw.org/.
ByWater completed the transition of the library’s almost 24,000 holdings from SirsiDynix Horizon and continues to provide support services for Koha.
ByWater Solutions, America’s forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced today that they are providing support for the Aspen Discovery Open Source system for Santa Fe Public Library in New Mexico!
The Koha Community, home of the world's first free and open-source library system, announced last month that the Koha 20.11 release is available. This major release includes 9 new features, 354 enhancements, 412 bugfixes. Full release notes are available at https://koha-community.org/koha-20-11-released/.
Aspen Discovery announced this week that the 20.18.00 release is available. This release includes 1 new functionality and 13 other updates to the Aspen Discovery system.
Mark Noble, Aspen Discovery Developer, recently commented on the release, "We're excited to wrap up our 2020 release schedule by bringing our libraries improved statistics and reporting so they can see how Aspen helps to drive usage of their collections in the coming year."
Introducing: Open Source Live! A quarterly conversation about libraries and open source.
Join us for the first session, Thursday, January 21st at 11am EST, as we hear from public, academic, and special libraries. Library staff will discuss challenges in 2020, pivots they’ve had to make, how they’ve utilized open source products, and discuss what’s on the horizon for 2021.
Speakers include Lisette Scheer from Latah County Library District, Keely Ward from Holland and Knight, and Jessica Orozco from St. Thomas University.
