Library Technology Guides

Moraine Valley Community College live on Koha with ByWater Support. ByWater Solutions, America's forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced that the Moraine Valley Community College Library is now live on Koha ILS with ByWater Support. ByWater Solutions completed the migration of over 292,000 bib records and over 305,000 item records. [Full Announcement].

ByWater Solutions Announces May 2023 Community Giveback Winner. Each month, ByWater Solutions selects one library to be awarded $500. These funds are meant to support libraries and their communities and fill gaps in funding to further library goals. The Forest Hill Public Library, part of the MetroShare Consortium in Texas is the May 2023 winner of the ByWater Community Giveback. [Full Announcement].

Event Registration comes to Aspen Discovery with the 23.05 Aspen Discovery release. The Aspen Discovery 23.05 release extends event integration functionality to include support for event registration. From both search results and event pages, it is easy to see whether or not an event requires registration. When an event requires registration, patrons are given the option to “Add to Your Events and Register” which saves the event to the patron's account and sends them to the library's event platform to register. Once registered, patrons who have used their barcodes to register for the event can see registration status in their accounts and when viewing that event in search results and from the event page. Note that this functionality works for our LibCal from Springshare and Communico Attend integrations. [Full Announcement].

ByWater Solutions and SWAN Library Services announce sessions for ALA Preconference on Open Source Software Success for Libraries. ByWater Solutions and SWAN Library Services announce session descriptions for the Open Source Software Success for Libraries pre-conference they are hosting in advance the American Library Association Annual Conference on Friday, June 23, 2023 from 9:00 am to 3:45 pm at DePaul University. Attendees will hear from libraries of all sizes about the rewards and challenges of implementing Open Source software including Koha, Aspen Discovery, Evergreen, and the Palace Project. Whether you use Open Source now, want to use Open Source in the future, or just want to hear more about what other institutions are doing, this is a great opportunity to hear first hand about the experiences and successes of various libraries. [Full Announcement].

ByWater Solutions announces support of Aspen Discovery for Spokane County Library District. ByWater Solutions announced that they are providing support and hosting services for the Aspen Open Source Discovery system for Spokane County Library District in Washington. [Full Announcement].

ByWater Solutions at the California Library Association Annual Conference 2023. 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 California Library Association Annual Conference 2023 from June 1-3 in Sacramento, California. Come see us at booth 202 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 and SWAN Library Services to host ALA Preconference on Open Source Software Success for Libraries. ByWater Solutions, an open-source community contributor and America's forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced today that they will be co-hosting an Aspen Discovery pre-conference with SWAN Library Services in advance of the American Library Association 2023 Annual Conference on Friday, June 23, 2023 from 9:00 am to 3:45 pm. The pre-conference will take place at DePaul University and will conclude before exhibits open. [Full Announcement].

ByWater Solutions announces support of Aspen Discovery for Hernando County Public Library. ByWater Solutions announced that they are providing support and hosting services for the Aspen Open Source Discovery system for Hernando County Public Library in Florida. Hernando County Public Library has also launched branded Aspen LiDA. [Full Announcement].

Orange County Public Law Library Live on Koha with ByWater Support. ByWater Solutions, America's forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced that the Orange County Public Law Library is now live on Koha ILS with ByWater Support. ByWater Solutions completed the migration of over 129,000 bib records and over 244,400 item records. [Full Announcement].

Searchable facets and full translation support available with the 23.04 release of the Aspen LiDA library app. ByWater Solutions announce several new features for Aspen LiDA with our 22.04 including language and translation support as well as searchable facets. Aspen partners can now enable any languages they have configured in Aspen Discovery for LiDA. The language options in LiDA are built off of the existing Aspen Discovery language and translation framework, so any translations made in Discovery will automatically apply to LiDA. With this release we also introduced languages in the Aspen Community Content Server, which means that libraries with support from ByWater Solutions can also automatically share translations with each other. [Full Announcement].

ByWater Solutions at the American Library Association Annual Conference 2023. 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 ALA Annual Conference 2023 from June 22 - 27 in Chicago, Illinois. Come see us at 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 announces support of Aspen Discovery for Capital Area District Libraries. ByWater Solutions announced that they are providing support and hosting services for the Aspen Open Source Discovery system for Capital Area District Libraries in Michigan. CADL utilized the customization features of Aspen to create a catalog that seamlessly integrated with their website [Full Announcement].

ByWater Solutions Contributions to Koha - April 2023. ByWater Solutions, America's forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced the contributions to the Koha Community code from the ByWater Development team. At ByWater, we believe transparency is the key to success. We submit all developments, plugins, tools, and documentation we create back to the Koha Community. [Full Announcement].

The Aspen Discovery 23.04 release introduces community sharing for languages and themes as well as lots of updates to our events functionality including Communico integration. With the introduction of our Community Content Server, libraries have the option to share any theme with the Aspen Community. Libraries will also be able to offer patrons more than one theme, providing options to help with specific accessibility needs as well as patron preferences. The Community Content Server has several new built-in themes including a dark mode as well as both light and dark contrast modes that libraries can download and enable. Themes imported from the Community Content Server can of course also be modified locally to meet branding needs and preferences. This release also introduces new event functionality including the ability to save events to the patron account as well as patron lists with support for Browse Categories. The same list or Browse Category can highlight content from both events as well as the catalog, further enhancing the library's ability to promote content on a specific topic. [Full Announcement].

ByWater Solutions at the Rhode Island Library Association Annual Conference 2023. ByWater Solutions, an open-source community contributor and America's forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced that team members will be at the Rhode Island Library Association Annual Conference 2023 from May 24-25 in Providence, Rhode Island. Come see us at 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 Contributions to Koha - March 2023. ByWater Solutions, America's forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced the contributions to the Koha Community code from the ByWater Development team. At ByWater, we believe transparency is the key to success. We submit all developments, plugins, tools, and documentation we create back to the Koha Community. [Full Announcement].

ByWater Solutions at the Florida Library Association 2023 Annual Conference. ByWater Solutions, an open-source community contributor and America's forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced that team members will be at the Florida Library Association 2023 Annual Conference from May 17-19 in Daytona Beach, Florida. [Full Announcement].

ByWater Solutions at the Utah Library Association 2023 Annual. 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 Utah Library Association 2023 Annual Conference from May 17-19 in Layton, Utah. Come see us at 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 at the MLA/DLA 2023 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 MLA/DLA 2023 Conference from May 10-12 in Cambridge, Maryland. [Full Announcement].

Park Cities Presbyterian Church live on Koha with ByWater Support. ByWater Solutions announced that the Park Cities Presbyterian Church in Dallas, Texas is now live on Koha ILS with ByWater Support. ByWater Solutions completed the migration of over 28,000 bib records and over 28,000 item records. [Full Announcement].