ByWater Solutions, America’s forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced that Concordia University Texas Library in Austin, TX is now live on Koha!
ByWater completed the transition of the library's 43,500 plus bibs from Voyager and is providing ongoing support services to the library. The library's customized Koha OPAC can be viewed at https://ctxlibrary.bywatersolutions.com/
ByWater Solutions, America’s forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced that HELM (Higher Education Libraries of Massachusetts), an association of Massachusetts college libraries in public higher education has added Worcester State University Library to their HELM catalog.
ByWater completed the transition of the libraries' 130,000 plus holdings from Horizon and is providing ongoing support services to the library. The HELM Catalog can be viewed at https://catalog.helmlib.org/.
ByWater Solutions, America’s forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced today that the Koha Open Source ILS now has integration with Patron Point, the leading community engagement platform for public libraries. This partnership opens the Koha Community to drive their digital marketing and their community engagement. Patron Point works to connect Koha to a wide range of third-party services such as eBook platforms, databases, events, and many others.
EBSCO Information Services Releases the EBSCO eBooks™ Open Access Monograph Collection
~ Growing Selection of Thousands of Open Access, DRM-Free E-Books ~
IPSWICH, Mass. – June 17, 2021 – EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is releasing a new e-book collection containing thousands of high-quality open access (OA) e-books from the world’s most trusted university presses and scholarly publishers. The EBSCO eBooks™ Open Access Monograph Collection is DRM-free and available at no cost on the EBSCOhost® platform and easily discoverable via EBSCO Discovery Service.
Duluth, Ga., June 15, 2021: Equinox Open Library Initiative announces the launch of SubjectsPlus, a user-friendly, open source, content management system for sharing information. From subject guides, research guides, course materials, and course reserves, to classroom and curriculum content, digital and multimedia resources, online learning centers, and library websites, SubjectsPlus may be designed to support the information needs of your audience.
Individual and institutional digital subscriptions to the complete and fully-searchable archive of The Jewish Quarterly are now available following the publication’s relaunch in 2021. Accessible across web, iOS and Android devices, the digital edition is supported by the Exact Editions platform’s streamlined archiving technology, which provides a seamless and interactive browsing experience.
ByWater Solutions, America’s forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced today that their partnership with koha-US raised over $1,800.00 for the Koha Community. 69 Community members participated in the month-long challenge logging over 2,140 miles for the month of May!
By partnering with koha-us for the Spring into Fitness: Koha Community Challenge, we were able to create a way for the open-source community to come together, move, and raise money for a good cause!
We are so thankful for all our partners that have sponsored developments in the Koha Community 21.05 release.
Thank You to our Library Partners for the Sponsorship of New Features
Altadena Public Library (CA)
Bug 22773 - Bulk close invoices and filter invoice view (open/closed)
Arlington Public Library (VA)
Bug 24469 - Record biblionumber in import_biblio when adding to basket via file
Bug 26181 - Holds placed via the REST API should not be forced by default even if AllowHoldPolicyOverride is enabled
The Koha Community, home of the world's first free and open-source library system, announced last month that the Koha 21.05 release is available. This major release includes 6 new features, 248 enhancements, 449 bugfixes. Full release notes are available at https://koha-community.org/koha-21-05-released/.
Release Manager, Jonathan Druart, recently commented on the release!
"Thanks to those who are working every day to make Koha better day after day.
