ByWater Solutions, an open source community contributor and America’s forefront provider of Koha support, announced today that Frontier Nursing University Library, in Kentucky is now live on Koha! ByWater completed the transition of the library’s 3000 plus holdings from LibraryWorld ILS and is providing ongoing support services to the library. The library’s customized Koha OPAC can be viewed at: https://frontier.bywatersolutions.com/.
ByWater Solutions will be at the 2019 American Library Association Annual Conference and we excited to see several of our partners presenting at this years conference.
The Conference will be held from June 20-25 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, in Washington DC. Stop by booth 2540 in the Exhibit Hall and say hello! The ByWater team will be available for product demonstrations, to answer questions, and to take part in discussions regarding the future of Open Source solutions for Libraries.
ByWater Solutions, an open source community contributor and America’s forefront provider of Koha support, announced today that North Richland Hills Library, in Texas is now live on Koha! ByWater completed the transition of the library’s 195,000 plus holdings from Evergreen ILS and is providing ongoing support services to the library. The library’s customized Koha OPAC can be viewed at: https://nrhtx.bywatersolutions.com/.
Nate Curulla, CRO at ByWater Solutions, recently commented on their migration:
EBSCO Information Services and Children’s Book Council Announce 2019 SEE-IT™ Award Winner
~ Farrar, Straus and Giroux Novel Selected for Outstanding Achievement in Youth Graphic Novels ~
IPSWICH, Mass. — June 5, 2019 — EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and the Graphic Novel Committee of the Children’s Book Council announced Speak: The Graphic Novel, written by Laurie Halse Anderson and illustrated by Emily Carroll, as the 2019 recipient of the SEE-IT™ Award.
UBLIN, Ohio, 31 May 2019. OCLC and Springshare have signed an agreement to transfer the QuestionPoint 24/7 Reference Cooperative and all active QuestionPoint subscriptions to Springshare, a recognized leader in the development of reference software for libraries worldwide.
The Koha Community, home of the world's first free and open source library system, announced this week that the Koha 19.05 release is available. This major release includes 15 new features, 246 enhancements, and 437 bugfixes. Full release notes are available at: https://koha-community.org/koha-19-05-release/.
Nick Clemens, 19.05 Release Manager and ByWater Solutions Developer, recently commented on the release:
Publisher Promotion & Fulfillment Announces Agreement to Transition Publisher Fulfillment Services to Turpin Distribution Services, Ltd.
~ Company to Continue Offering Promotional and Marketing Services to Publishers ~
IPSWICH, Mass. — May 29, 2019 — Changes are coming for Publisher Promotion & Fulfillment (PPF). The fulfillment side of the company has been acquired by Turpin Distribution Services, Ltd, an international, UK-based provider of publisher services. Turpin has a long-standing, established client services team based in New Milford, Connecticut.
Duluth, Ga., May 28, 2019: Equinox is pleased to welcome Bucyrus Public Library to Evergreen with their successful migration to the Consortium of Ohio Libraries (COOL) with partnership from OhioNET.
