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Press Release: ByWater Solutions [July 29, 2024]

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 (MCFLS) 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.

Some highlights of their customization include:

  • Featuring their large Library of Things collection with browse categories, lists, and a custom search facet
  • World Languages browse category
  • Accessibility widget from UserWay in the bottom-left corner
  • Digital archives from MPL and Recollection Wisconsin
  • Consortial branding on all page headers and footers, and standardized menu links
  • Several Help/FAQ pages created with web builder (click "Help" on the menu)
  • Several more web builder pages under "E-Resources," including an embedded search of their databases, information about Libby and language learning, and more

The library's custom catalog can be viewed at https://countycat.mcfls.org/?b...

Milwaukee County Federated Library System
Milwaukee County Federated Library System

About the Milwaukee County Federated Library System

MCFLS provides collaborative leadership, advocacy, and support for high-quality resources and services to empower the capabilities and capacities of member libraries to deliver responsive and innovative library services to all residents of Milwaukee County.

Read more: https://www.mcfls.org/

About ByWater Solutions

ByWater Solutions is a full service, high quality Open Source support and implementation company dedicated to providing libraries with a lower cost, more advanced level of support for their systems than a traditional proprietary solution can offer. ByWater Solutions has a proven track record in first rate implementation and support services with library systems of all sizes for the Koha ILS, Aspen Discovery, Folio LSP, Coral ERM, and Libki PC Management.

Our highly ranked, comprehensive support is what sets our company apart from any other vendor in the industry. Partnering with ByWater Solutions not only lowers the cost of implementation and maintenance of OSS, but more importantly empowers libraries by giving them the flexibility and freedom they deserve. For more information please visit: https://bywatersolutions.com.

About Aspen Discovery

Aspen is a full-featured Discovery System that integrates with eContent and other third-party providers, giving your patrons comprehensive access to all of your materials in one place. Aspen combines your library catalog with e-content, digital archives, and enrichment from all major third-party providers. It also improves relevancy and ease of use, provides native reading recommendations, displays all formats of titles within one result (record grouping), and much more. With included features like web builder and mobile app (Aspen LiDA), Aspen was created to give users an improved experience over other Discovery systems, with less impact on library budgets.

For more information about Aspen please visit: https://bywatersolutions.com/projects/aspen-discovery


Summary: 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.
Publication Year:2024
Type of Material:Press Release
LanguageEnglish
Date Issued:July 29, 2024
Publisher:ByWater Solutions
Company: ByWater Solutions
Products: Aspen Discovery
Libraries: Milwaukee County Federated Library System
Subject: System announcements -- selection
Permalink: https://librarytechnology.org/pr/30374/bywater-solutions-announces-support-of-aspen-discovery-for-the-milwaukee-county-federated-library-system

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