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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.

ByWater Solutions, America’s forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced today that the DeSoto Public Library in Texas is now live on Koha!

ByWater completed the transition of the library's 71,000 plus records from Polaris and is providing ongoing support services to the library. The library's customized Koha OPAC can be viewed at https://desototx.bywatersolutions.com.

ByWater Solutions, America’s forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced today that the Enfield Public Library in New Hampshire is now live on Koha!

ByWater completed the transition of the library's 27,000 plus holdings from Follett and is providing ongoing support services to the library. The library's customized Koha OPAC can be viewed at enfieldnh.bywatersolutions.com.

ByWater Solutions, America’s forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced today that Santa Clara County Law Library is now live on Koha! ByWater completed the transition of the libraries 55,000 plus holdings from OCLC and is providing ongoing support services for Koha.

"I've truly enjoyed the training that Kelly has done. She's kept things very interesting and fun. It makes me glad that I moved to KOHA and I am glad ByWater Solutions is who's handling the transition."

Aspen Discovery announced this week that the 20.17.00 release is available. This minor release includes 12 updates to the Aspen Discovery system.

Mark Noble, Aspen Discovery Developer, recently commented on the release,"This release makes it easier for large complex consortia to customize Aspen Discovery for their members to highlight each member's unique collections. We're excited to continue to make Aspen Discovery the best option for libraries and consortia of all sizes."

Leiden / Boston / Paderborn / Singapore / Beijing – 11 December 2020

ByWater Solutions, America’s forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced today that CLiC (Colorado Library Consortium) has added Southern Teller Public Library District, Colorado to their consortium. They will be using Koha for their ILS and Aspen Discovery for their catalog.

ByWater completed the transition of the libraries' 38,000 plus holdings from Athena and is providing ongoing support services to the library. The Southern Teller Public Library District catalog can be viewed at

~ Latest FOLIO Platform Update Focuses on User Experience and Accessibility ~

PHILADELPHIA — December 3, 2020 — The FOLIO Open Source Community has issued its latest named release as the platform continues to add features and functionality to the library services platform (LSP). The Honeysuckle Release includes platform updates and integration improvements in addition to user experience (UX) improvements and accessibility features.