ByWater Solutions News
Wednesday May 16, 2012
All 88 Press Releases from ByWater Solutions
20 most recent items:
May 8, 2012. Gerard Cottet Library at Salus University Goes Live on Koha with ByWater Solutions. ByWater Solutions announced that the Gerard Cottet Library at Salus University is now live on their installation of the Koha integrated library system. <<more>>
May 3, 2012. Vermont Organization of Koha Automated Libraries continues to add members. The Vermont Organization of Koha Automated Libraries, is a project of the Green Mountain Library Consortium dedicated to creating a shared catalog and Integrated Library System. The project took flight in late 2007 with the installation of 3 stand-alone Koha instances to replace the libraries’ legacy Follett systems and another 4 libraries automating into Koha through 2009. In 2010, VOKAL launched Vermont’s first union catalog hosted and supported by ByWater Solutions with the majority of the implementations being undertaken in-house by the talented and forward-thinking VOKAL implementation team. VOKAL already has roughly 8 additional libraries slated to be migrated into their Koha union catalog by the end of 2012. <<more>>
April 27, 2012. Lane Library at Ripon College goes live on Koha with ByWater Solutions. ByWater Solutions announced that the Lane Library at Ripon College is now live on their installation of the Koha integrated library system. <<more>>
April 17, 2012. Wilderness Coast Public Libraries goes live on Koha with ByWater Solutions. ByWater Solutions announced that the Wilderness Coast Public Libraries is now live on their installation of the Koha integrated library system. The Wilderness Coast Public Libraries is made up of 4 libraries and houses approximately 100,000 items. <<more>>
April 12, 2012. ByWater Solutions hosts Koha for Rutgers MLS students. ByWater Solution announced that they will be donating hosting for a Koha instance for the students in Library Systems and Software at the Rutgers School of Communication and Information MLS program in the Fall. <<more>>
April 3, 2012. Middletown Township Public Library goes live on Koha with ByWater Solutions. ByWater Solutions announced that the Middletown Township Public Library, of Middletown, NJ. is now live on their installation of the Koha integrated library system. <<more>>
March 27, 2012. Columbia County Rural Library District Goes Live on Koha with ByWater Solutions. ByWater Solutions announced that the Columbia County Rural Library District in Dayton, Washington is now live on their installation of the Koha integrated library system. The Library’s Koha installation went live earlier this month, and ByWater Solutions will be providing ongoing support and hosting services for them. The Columbia County Rural Library District has a collection of over 25,000 items. <<more>>
March 20, 2012. Plum Creek Library System goes live on Koha with ByWater Solutions. ByWater Solutions announced that the Plum Creek Library System is now live on their installation of the Koha integrated library system. The Library’s Koha installation went live earlier this month, and ByWater Solutions will be providing ongoing support and hosting services for them. The Plum Creek Library System is made up of 26 member libraries and has a collection of over 730,000 items. <<more>>
March 16, 2012. Southern NH Library Cooperative Goes Live on Koha with ByWater Solutions. ByWater Solutions announced today the Southern NH Library Cooperative made up of Plaistow Public Library, Sandown Public Library and the Kimball Library in Atkinson is now live on their installation of the Koha integrated library system. The Library’s Koha installation went live in February, and ByWater Solutions will be providing ongoing support and hosting services for them. The Southern NH Library Cooperative has a collection of over 125,000 items. <<more>>
March 6, 2012. Walla Walla Public Library goes live on Koha with ByWater Solutions. ByWater Solutions announced that the Walla Walla Public Library of Walla Walla, WA is now live on their installation of the Koha integrated library system. Walla Walla Public Library has a collection of over 115,000 items and performs over 300,000 circulations annually. The Library’s Koha installation went live in mid January, and ByWater Solutions will be providing ongoing support and hosting services for them. <<more>>
February 28, 2012. Washoe County Library System goes live on Koha with ByWater Solutions. ByWater Solutions announced that Washoe County Library System of Reno, NV is now live on their installation of the Koha integrated library system. The Library’s Koha installation went live in early January, and ByWater Solutions will be providing ongoing support and hosting services for them. The Washoe County Library System has a collection of over 420,000 items. <<more>>
February 15, 2012. Huntington Public Library joins VOKAL and goes live on Koha with ByWater Solutions. ByWater Solutions welcomed Huntington Public Library to Vermont Organization of Koha Automated Libraries. Huntington Public Library is now live on the Koha integrated library system through VOKAL. <<more>>
February 10, 2012. ByWater Solutions welcomes Kyle Hall as Development Support Specialist. ByWater Solutions welcomed Kyle Hall as Development Support Specialist. Kyle will be assisting in the support of the 400 plus libraries being supported by ByWater nationwide, as well as working closely with the Koha community to manage bugs and enhancement requests. <<more>>
February 2, 2012. Six libraries partner to bring DOM biblio indexing to Koha. ByWater Solutions announced that six of their library partners are joining forces to bring DOM Biblio Indexing to Koha. The DOM Biblio Indexing development will greatly improve authority searching in Koha by allowing for fully coordinated subject heading searches. The development will also provide the option to search for an exact title, including subtitle and title parts, as well as indexing the full title with and without initial stop words to allow for more accurate title sorting. <<more>>
January 26, 2012. ByWater Solutions Names Nicole C. Engard VP of Education. ByWater Solutions announced the promotion of Nicole C. Engard to Vice President of Education. Nicole started with ByWater Solutions in September of 2009 and in that time she has educated hundreds of librarians on the use of their new Koha ILS installations. In her new role, Nicole will continue to manage education efforts for the company with a new focus on teaching librarians the nature of open source and how they can participate in community efforts. She will also continue in her role as Documentation Manager for the official Koha ILS project and help with supporting those using Koha in their libraries. <<more>>
January 19, 2012. ByWater Solutions to offer free open source webinars. ByWater Solutions, an open source community supporter and official Koha support company is happy to announce a new open source education initiative. In an effort to educate library staff about the true nature of open source ByWater Solutions will be offering a series of free webinars entitled: Open Source in Libraries: Freedom and Community. <<more>>
January 4, 2012. Bethel University goes live on Koha with ByWater Solutions. ByWater Solutions, an open source community supporter and official Koha support company, announced today that Bethel University of McKenzie, TN. is now live on their installation of the Koha integrated library system. The Library's Koha installation went live in mid December, and ByWater Solutions will be providing ongoing support and hosting services for them. Bethel University's Library at Burroughs Learning Center houses a collection of over 100,000 books, videos, periodicals and electronic resources. <<more>>
November 22, 2011. ByWater Solutions welcomes Ed Veal as Development Support Specialist. ByWater Solutions welcomes 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. <<more>>
November 16, 2011. The Shasta Historical Society goes live on Koha with ByWater Solutions. ByWater Solutions announced that the Shasta Historical Society, of Redding, CA. is now live on their installation of the Koha integrated library system. <<more>>
November 14, 2011. ByWater Solutions Welcomes Albert Oller as Development Support Specialist. ByWater Solutions welcomes Albert Oller as Development Support Specialist. Albert will be assisting in the support of the 300 plus libraries being supported by ByWater nationwide, as well as taking part in ByWater's in-house development projects. <<more>>
November 10, 2011. Hernando County Public Library goes live on Koha with ByWater Solutions. ByWater Solutions announced that the Hernando County Library, of Brooksville FL. is now live on their installation of the Koha integrated library system. The Library’s Koha installation went live in late September 2011, and ByWater Solutions will be providing ongoing support and hosting services for them. The Hernando County Library is made up of one main library and four branches, which house a collection of over 250,000 books, videos, periodicals and electronic resources. <<more>>
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ByWater Solutions
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Executives
- Brendan A. Gallagher -- Co-Owner and Chief Executive Officer
- Nathan A. Curulla -- Co-Owner and Executive Vice President
- Nicole C. Engard -- Vice President of Education
- Melia Meggs -- Chief Operations Officer
Company Ownership
ByWater Solutions is privately owned by its founders Brendan A. Gallagher and Nathan A. Curulla.
Library automation systems
ByWater Solutions offers the following Integrated Library Systems:
- Koha -- ByWater Solutions (278 libraries, 449 facilities in lib-web-cats)
Public libraries: 185
Academic libraries: 28
School libraries: 26
1 libraries have migrated away from this system.
A total of 449 library facilities included in lib-web-cats use an ILS provided by ByWater Solutions.
Corporate Chronology
| Apr 17, 2009 |
ByWater Solutions listed as an official Koha support company. |
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Key Articles from Library Technology Guides
The following are a sample of articles related to the major events in the corporate history of ByWater Solutions, or you can view all articles related to the company from Library Technology Guides.