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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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December 4, 2023. Denver Botanical Library is Live on Koha with ByWater Support. ByWater Solutions announced that the Denver Botanical Gardens, Helen Fowler Library in Colorado is now live on Koha ILS with ByWater Support. ByWater Solutions completed the migration of over 30,000 titles from EOS.Web ILS.

November 29, 2023. ByWater Solutions contributions to Koha Community for November 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.

November 26, 2023. ByWater Solutions announces November 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 November 2023 winner of the ByWater Community Giveback, the Prescott City Library in Kansas.

November 17, 2023. Aspen 23.11 includes email templates for self registration welcome messages, better support for consortium searching in LiDA, and more than 50 additional updates, many specific to particular ILS integrations. Building on the Symphony updates to self-registration in the 23.10 release, Aspen now includes email templates for self-registration for libraries using Koha and Symphony. Libraries can create multiple templates to support different languages or different library systems within a consortium. Tokens are also available so libraries can personalize the email with details such as a person's name and library branch. We've also added a new facet to LiDA to allow patrons to switch between searching different subsets of their collection. This facet is frequently used by consortiums to search an individual library's collection versus all libraries in a consortium.

November 17, 2023. Avalon Free Public Library is live on Koha and Aspen Discovery with ByWater Support. ByWater Solutions announced that the Avalon Free Public Library in New Jersey is now live on the Koha ILS with Aspen Discovery and ByWater Support. ByWater Solutions completed the migration of over 47,000 bibliographic records from the Sierra ILS providing the library with customized implementation and training for their open source solutions.

November 9, 2023. ByWater Solutions announces support of Aspen Discovery for Los Gatos Library. ByWater Solutions announced that they are providing support and hosting services for the Aspen Open Source Discovery system for the Los Gatos Public Library in California. The Los Gatos Public Library is an existing Koha Partner through ByWater Solutions.

November 8, 2023. ByWater Solutions announces support of Aspen Discovery for Minuteman Library Network. ByWater Solutions announced that they are providing support and hosting services for the Aspen Open Source Discovery system for the Minuteman Library Network in Massachusetts. ByWater has created 43 custom catalogs (mix of public and academic) for the network.

November 7, 2023. Lane Memorial Library live on Koha with ByWater Support. ByWater Solutions announced that the Lane Memorial Library in New Hampshire is now live on Koha ILS with ByWater Support. ByWater Solutions completed the migration of over 75,800 bib records and over 86,000 item records.

November 6, 2023. ByWater Solutions announces support of Aspen Discovery for Chattanooga Public Library. ByWater Solutions announced that they are providing support and hosting services for the Aspen Open Source Discovery system for the Chattanooga Public Library in Tennessee.

October 30, 2023. Chickadee Library Consortium live on Koha with ByWater Support. ByWater Solutions announced that Chickadee Library Consortium in Maine is now live on Koha ILS with ByWater Support. The Chickadee Library Consortium consists of the Casco Public Library, Harrison Village Library, Raymond Village Library, Naples Public Library, the Bridgton Public Library, and the Tourmaline Catalog. ByWater Solutions completed the migration of over 84,900 bib records and over 113,900 item records.

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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2022 ByWater Solutions Accomplishments Narrative

2022 was another huge growth year for ByWater, with record breaking new sales of both Koha and Aspen! We are starting to see much larger institutions adopt Koha and Aspen and this momentum is carrying us into 2023. Big wins for ByWater in 2022 included the Cape Libraries Materials Sharing consortium (CLAMS) which represents all of the libraries in the Cape Cod MA area, Ocean State Libraries, which is comprised of all of the public libraries in the State of Rhode Island and Cuyahoga County Public Libraries, which is a very well known large county system in Ohio. We had several Aspen libraries sign on with ByWater as well. In addition to those who purchased Aspen alongside Koha, Like CLAMS, OSL and Cuyahoga, ByWater also partnered with several non-Koha libraries including the Wyoming State Library’s WYLDCat, Ramapo Catskill Library System, the Franklin County Library System, Spokane County Libraries, Mountain View Public Library, and the Westchester Library System. ByWater also brought on a total of 5 new team members and added dozens of new features and improvements to both Koha and Aspen. We continue to improve and upgrade our infrastructure and server environments to stay ahead of the current technology environment as well.