Library Technology Guides

ByWater Solutions announces support of Aspen Discovery for the Alachua County Library District. ByWater Solutions announced that they are providing support and hosting services for the Aspen Open Source Discovery system for the Alachua County Library District in Florida. Some highlights of their customization include hoopla, Libby, sideloading O'Reilly and Flipster, Events, EBSCOhost and Archives integrations, and css on menus and for format icons. [Full Announcement].

ByWater Solutions is hiring a Project Coordinator. ByWater Solutions was created with the express goal of changing the way libraries interact with their software and the vendors who support them. We believe that libraries deserve to have access to a personalized, comprehensive support system at a reasonable cost. Our company is made up of a small and close-knit group of librarians, book lovers, technology and data geeks, Tolkien fans, space nerds, knitters, marathon runners, animal lovers, and most importantly, library lovers and open-source fanatics. [Full Announcement].

El Dorado County Library is live on Koha and Aspen Discovery with ByWater support. ByWater Solutions, America's forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced that the El Dorado County Library in California is now live on the Koha ILS with Aspen Discovery and ByWater Support. ByWater Solutions completed the migration of over 191,700 bibliographic records and 329,200 item records providing the library with customized implementation and training for their open source solutions. [Full Announcement].

ByWater Solutions at the ArLA 2024 Conference. ByWater Solutions, an open-source community contributor and America's forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced today that team members will be at the Arkansas Library Association Annual Conference from October 4-6 in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Come visit our booth to chat and explore what Open Source can do for your library. We will be available to answer questions, demonstrate products, and take part in discussions regarding the future of Open Source solutions for Libraries. [Full Announcement].

ByWater Solutions is hiring a Senior Developer. ByWater Solutions is currently seeking a Senior Developer to join its Development Team. The Senior Developer is responsible for updating and maintaining BWS supported products as well as interacting with various teams in order to reduce support needs through product improvement. [Full Announcement].

We are hiring a Senior Systems Engineer!. ByWater Solutions is currently seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to join our Systems Team. The Senior Systems Engineer is tasked with ensuring the smooth operation of Linux (Debian/Ubuntu) systems, maintenance and modification to networking, helping to spec and scope any necessary changes to our infrastructure. [Full Announcement].

ByWater Solutions' Jessica Zairo to present at international workshop on Koha Integrated Library Management System. ByWater Solutions, America's forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced that Jessica Zairo, Director of Library Sales and Outreach, will present at the International Workshop on Koha Integrated Library Management System. [Full Announcement].

2024 Tennessee Summit. Interested in learning more about Koha and Aspen Discovery and what they can do for your library? Then join us at the Tennessee Summit on Friday, November 6, 2024, for this FREE event. Together with our partner library Williamson County Public Library System, ByWater Solutions, and members of the Tennessee Koha and Aspen Communities, we will discuss how open-source solutions will benefit your library. [Full Announcement].

Last week to enter the AspenCon2025 logo contest. Don't miss the chance to submit your logo designs for AspenCon's second edition, taking place in Nashville, TN, October 8-10, 2025. The winning design will be selected through a public vote in September and featured on the conference website, social media sites, posters, printed materials, gifts, and more. [Full Announcement].

August 2024 Librarian of the Month. ByWater Solutions announce its August 2024 Librarian(s) of the Month are Shane Spears and Beth Cason of the Public Library of Anniston-Calhoun County in Alabama. Every month ByWater Solutions recognizes a librarian that has made an impact on their library and community. [Full Announcement].

ByWater Solutions announces August 2024 Community Giveback winner. ByWater Solutions announced its August 2024 winner of the ByWater Community Giveback, the Henry Carter Hull library in Connecticut. The funds will be used to support the purchase of a new laptop for the library's Tech Guide. [Full Announcement].

ByWater Solutions announces support of Aspen Discovery for the Peterborough Town Library. ByWater Solutions announced that they are providing support and hosting services for the Aspen Open Source Discovery system for the Peterborough Town Library in New Hampshire. The Peterborough Town Library is an existing ByWater partner using Koha. [Full Announcement].

Fort Scott Community College and Eureka Public Library join SEKLS and are live on Koha with ByWater Solutions support. ByWater Solutions, America's forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced that the Fort Scott Community College and the Eureka Public Library in Kansas have joined the Southeast Kansas Library System (SEKLS) with Koha support from ByWater Solutions. [Full Announcement].

The Aspen 24.08 release contains dozens of enhancements and lays the groundwork for exciting future feature. This month's Aspen Discovery release contains dozens of bug fixes and enhancements in areas of accessibility, integrations and API connections, searching and more. One of the enhancements that libraries have been asking for is the way to always show hold and copy counts on records within the grouped work display. Libraries that catalog Express/Lucky Day and holdable items on one bib record, and consortiums with more complex cataloging records, will especially benefit from this. [Full Announcement].

Join us at kohacon24: Learning and Building Together. kohacon24 will be held from September 23-27 in Montreal, Canada. kohacon24 is free to attend. Although the event itself is free to attend, it is recommended that you register so we can prepare your name badge in advance, have an idea of the number of people attending each day of the event, and determine how many headphones are needed for live translation. [Full Announcement].

Grove City College Henry Buhl Library is live on Koha with ByWater support. ByWater Solutions, America's forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced that the Grove City College Henry Buhl Library in Pennsylvania is now live on Koha ILS with ByWater Support. ByWater Solutions completed the migration of over 142,900 item records and 155,000 bibliographic records. [Full Announcement].

AspenCon 2025: Logo Contest. The second edition of the annual Aspen Discovery conference, AspenCon2025, is coming to Nashville, TN, October 8- 10, 2025. The conference is looking for an original logo design that will be used on the conference website, social media sites, posters, printed materials, gifts, or anywhere else conference organizers choose. [Full Announcement].

July 2024 Librarian of the Month. Every month ByWater Solutions recognizes a librarian that has made an impact on their library and community. The July 2024 Librarian of the Month is Brendan Lawlor of CLAMS, Inc. in Massachusetts. Brendan was nominated by Andrew Fuerste-Henry, Assistant Director at the Dubuque County Library. [Full Announcement].

SELA Conference 2024 wrap-up. Bill Kessler of ByWater Solutions attended the Southeastern Library Association Annual Conference 2024 at the University of Alabama Huntsville. There were about 100 attendees at this year's conference and Bill was able to talk to library professionals from across the Southeast including Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, Louisiana, Alabama, and Georgia. [Full Announcement].

ByWater Solutions announces support of Aspen Discovery for the Milwaukee County Federated Library System. ByWater Solutions announced that they are providing support and hosting services for the Aspen Open Source Discovery system for the Milwaukee County Federated Library System in Wisconsin. MCFLS is a consortium in Wisconsin that supports 15 member libraries with their own catalogs representing 28 locations. They are using the Sierra ILS. [Full Announcement].