ByWater Solutions is privately owned by its founders Brendan A. Gallagher and Nathan A. Curulla.

Breeding, Marshall. ByWater Expands Support Offerings to Include Aspen Discovery. December 2019. Smart Libraries Newsletter. ByWater Solutions, a company involved in providing services surrounding open source software, has recently expanded its portfolio to include Aspen Discovery. This open source discovery interface based on VuFind was originally developed by Mark Noble. His business, Turning Leaf Technologies, has been acquired by ByWater solutions and Noble now serves as Aspen Discovery Team Lead.

Breeding, Marshall. Virginia Tech Libraries to Implement Koha. March 2018. Smart Libraries Newsletter. The libraries of Virginia Tech University have begun the implementation of the open source Koha integrated library system and the Coral electronic resource management application. Virginia Tech selected ByWater Solutions as its technology partner, not only to provide support services for Koha and Coral, but also to enhance these systems to meet the library's specific needs while offering substantial savings relative to its current environment. The library will migrate from Sierra ILS from Innovative Interfaces, which was implemented in 2011.

Breeding, Marshall. ByWater Solutions to Offer FOLIO Services. March 2018. Smart Libraries Newsletter. ByWater Solutions has become well established as a support services firm for open source library software, primarily for the open source Koha integrated library system. The company announced that it will also offer support for the open source FOLIO library services platform in partnership with EBSCO Information Services. ByWater Solutions will provide services to libraries to implement and support FOLIO hosted on EBSCO's technology infrastructure. EBSCO will also provide data services, such as access to its knowledge base and to EBSCO Discovery Service. ByWater Solutions will also explore using FOLIO microservices and apps to enhance services for its current clients using Koha and other open source components.

Breeding, Marshall. ByWater and Donohue Group To Develop New Advanced Cataloging Module for Koha. April 2014. Smart Libraries Newsletter. A collaborative project between ByWater Solutions, one of the major providers of support services for the open source Koha integrated library system, and Donohue Group Inc. proposes to develop new MARC record editing and management capabilities to support the needs of complex cataloging operations. The Donohue Group will partially fund the development of the new cataloging module, which will be supplemented by funding contributed from ByWater Solutions

Breeding, Marshall. Open Source ILS Continues to Expand. April 2011. Smart Libraries Newsletter. The movement toward open source library automation continues. Recent months have seen many announcements of libraries selecting both Koha and Evergreen to replace proprietary systems. Keeping in mind that proprietary ILS products continue to dominate, both in new selections and in the overall base of installed systems, open source library automation has gained a strong footing in the industry and has become a common option for most types of libraries.

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May 5, 2026. ByWater Solutions at the Rhode Island Library Association Annual Conference 2026. 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 Rhode Island Library Association Annual Conference 2026 from May 20-21 in Kingston, Rhode Island.

April 30, 2026. April 2026 Librarian of the Month. Every month ByWater Solutions recognizes a librarian that has made an impact on their library and community. We are happy to announce the April 2026 Librarian of the Month is Maribel Carrillo, Manager of Support Services at Monterey County Free Libraries in California.

April 28, 2026. ByWater Solutions announces April 2026 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 April 2026 winner of the ByWater Community Giveback, the Salina Public Library in Kansas! The funds will be used to support the purchase of public-use technology for the new Youth Services department.

April 27, 2026. ByWater Solutions at the 2026 Utah Library Association Annual 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 2026 Utah Library Association Annual Conference from May 18-20 in Provo.

April 24, 2026. ByWater Solutions at the 2026 Florida Library Association Annual 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 Florida Library Association Annual Conference.

April 22, 2026. ByWater Solutions awards three libraries Community Giveback Grants for National Library Outreach Day. In honor of National Library Outreach Day, and in addition to the monthly Community Giveback winner, ByWater Solutions has awarded three libraries with $500 grants for summer reading programming initiatives.

April 14, 2026. Call for koha-US 2026 Annual Conference presentation proposals. Join fellow Koha users at the 2026 koha-US Annual Conference. This year, the conference will be held from August 18-20th at the Fayetteville Public Library in downtown Fayetteville, Arkansas.

April 10, 2026. ByWater Solutions at the Oregon Library Association/Pacific Northwest Library Association Joint Annual 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 Oregon Library Association/Pacific Northwest Library Association Joint Annual Conference 2026 in Portland, Oregon.

April 10, 2026. ByWater Solutions welcomes Cassidy Miller. ByWater Solutions, an open-source community contributor and America's forefront provider of Open-Source library technology support announced that Cassidy Miller has joined the ByWater Solutions team as an Educator.

April 9, 2026. ByWater Solutions welcomes Kellie Stephens. ByWater Solutions, an open-source community contributor and America's forefront provider of Open-Source library technology support announced today that Kellie Stephens has joined the ByWater Solutions team as a Sales Development Coordinator.

Nov 07, 2019 ByWater Solutions expands services to include Aspen Discovery
ByWater Solutions, America's forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced today that they have acquired Turning Leaf Technologies and will be providing implementation, support, hosting and development services to the Aspen Open Source Discovery system. Mark Noble the founder of both the Pika and Aspen Discovery systems, has joined the ByWater family as the Aspen Discovery Team Lead and users will benefit from his 10 plus years of experience in developing, managing and supporting Discovery systems for Public, Academic and School Libraries.

Apr 17, 2009 ByWater Solutions listed as an official Koha support company
ByWater Solutions has been recognized for providing expert open source ILS support by the Koha free library software developer and user community. As a result the newly formed company has been listed as an official pay-for support vendor on Koha.org.

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2025 ByWater Solutions Accomplishments Narrative

2025 was another fantastic year for ByWater Solutions! We achieved significant growth and progress, as our team met all of our goals for the year and successfully brought on several new library contracts representing more than one hundred twenty locations. Both Koha and Aspen continued to grow alongside our libraries through strong community growth and restructuring as well as meaningful advances in software functionality, while dozens of new team members joined ByWater to ensure we could meet the evolving needs of our customers. We also made major leaps forward in terms of scalability and long term sustainability, strengthening our infrastructure, security, and onboarding processes in ways that will benefit our libraries well into the future. These improvements proved critical during an extremely challenging year for the entire library automation industry, as aggressive bot attacks created widespread disruption. ByWater was proud to be one of the first companies to communicate and mitigate these attacks using our transparent and honest support processes. Additionally, the loss of funding from the IMLS created serious challenges for many of our library customers, and we were proud to provide financial support in numerous cases to help libraries navigate that difficult period. We closed the year inspired by the amazing KohaCon conference in New Zealand, which several of our team members were able to attend and which reinforced the sense of community, participation, and sharing that brought us into this community in the first place.