This week I’m going to show you how to import MARC records in bulk to Koha 3.2.

If you have an idea for a video, please just let me know and I’ll add it to my list of things to record.

August 30th, 2010
CONTACT:
Nathan Curulla
(888) 900-8944
sales@bywatersolutions.com

The C.G. Jung Institute of San Fransisco Partners with ByWater Solutions for Koha Support and Implementation

ByWater Solutions, an open source community supporter and official Koha support company, announced today that the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, CA. has partnered with them for the implementation and support of their official Koha integrated library system installation.

ByWater Solutions will provide the Virginia Allan Detloff Library with a full Koha Installation, data migration, customization of their staff and public interface, 24/7 comprehensive support, and hosting services.

Marianne Morgan of the Virginia Allan Detloff Library saw Koha as “an attractive option for having an affordable web enabled catalog for our users.” When asked why she chose ByWater for the library’s support needs, Marianne replied: “Several libraries in our local consortium have moved to Koha with ByWater recently, and all have had an excellent experience with them.”

Brendan Gallagher, CEO of ByWater stated: “We are delighted to have the opportunity to partner with the staff of the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco for their Koha migration. By adopting Koha in their library, the C.G. Jung Institute is bringing enhanced functionality and greater support for the staff and patrons.”

The Virginia Allan Detloff Library is targeted to go live by the end of 2010.

About the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco:
Analytical psychology is the theoretical foundation for Jungian analysis, a healing practice that serves the basic human need for psychological consciousness and growth.The C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco was founded to advance a viewpoint vital to the conscious, ethical practice and utilization of analytical psychology and to disseminate knowledge central to that end.

The Institute trains psychotherapists to become Jungian analysts and maintains a collegial society to provide continuing education and ethical review for member analysts. It offers education and information to other professionals and the general public and promotes research about Jungian analysis and psychotherapy. It maintains the Virginia Allan Detloff Library and the Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism as educational resources.

The Institute recognizes that the potential of wholeness and individuation depends on psychological development that in turn is supported or hampered by collective attitudes and laws. With this understanding, the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco supports in principle efforts that promote universal human rights. For more information please visit: www.sfjung.org

About Koha:
Koha is the first open-source Integrated Library System (ILS). In use worldwide, its development is steered by a growing community of libraries collaborating to achieve their technology goals. Koha’s impressive feature set continues to evolve and expand to meet the needs of its user base. It includes modules for circulation, cataloging, acquisitions, serials, reserves, patron management, branch relationships, and more.
 
Koha’s OPAC, circulation, management and self-checkout interfaces are all based on standards-compliant World Wide Web technologies–XHTML, CSS and Javascript–making Koha a truly platform-independent solution. Koha is distributed under the open-source General Public License (GPL). For more information about Koha, please visit
www.koha-community.org

About ByWater Solutions:
With over 10 years of experience, ByWater Solutions offers customized hosting, data migration, configuration, installation, training, support options and development of enterprise class open-source library systems. Offering a 24/7 technical helpline, ByWater Solutions’ clients have the support system they need to make their software work for them. ByWater Solutions pledges to share 100% of all developed code to the Koha community for the strengthening and advancement of the Koha ILS. For more information about ByWater Solutions, please visit: www.bywatersolutions.com

We have done an OPAC demo before, but it was really really brief. Here is a longer OPAC demo video.

If you have an idea for a video, please just let me know and I’ll add it to my list of things to record.

After you finish cataloging in Koha you need to print out your spine labels. Once you have a layout all set, you just need to create a batch and print your labels.

As always, if you have an idea for a video, please just let me know and I’ll add it to my list of things to record.

The label creator in Koha 3.2 has been completely rewritten and improved. This tutorial will walk you through creating a spine label layout in Koha.

As always, if you have an idea for a video, please just let me know and I’ll add it to my list of things to record.

As a library patron I love the idea of being able to place holds, but some libraries don’t have the resources to handle holds and want to disable holds in Koha. This video tutorial will walk you through disabling holds in Koha 3.2.

As always, if you have an idea for a video, please just let me know and I’ll add it to my list of things to record.

For the second in our series of training videos, here’s a brief OPAC overview.

As always, if you have an idea for a video, please just let me know and I’ll add it to my list of things to record.

Lately I have been recording a series of tutorial videos on Koha. I’m going to be sharing them here, one per week – and here’s the first in the series:

If you have an idea for a video, please just let me know and I’ll add it to my list of things to record.

May 10th, 2010
CONTACT:
Nathan Curulla
(888) 900-8944
sales@bywatersolutions.com

ByWater Solutions to Exhibit at This Year’s Annual ALA Conference in Washington DC

ByWater Solutions, an open source community supporter and official Koha support company, announced today that they will be exhibiting at this year’s annual American Library Association Conference in Washington DC at booth number 817.

Since its creation in March of 2009, ByWater Solutions has grown by leaps and bounds. They currently support over 65 libraries nationwide and cater to all types of libraries including public, private, academic, medical and law.

“This is our first exhibition at a major annual conference and we could not be more excited to take part in this years ALA conference” stated Brendan Gallagher, CEO of ByWater. He continued; “Our taking part in the show signifies a major step in the progress of our company and offers an excellent forum for us to offer our services to the library world.”

ByWater Solutions’ Booth 817 will have live demos and information for those who are curious about open source software and Koha. It will also be a great opportunity to speak with a ByWater representative about your library’s needs.

About ByWater Solutions:
With over 10 years of experience, ByWater Solutions offers customized hosting, data migration, configuration, installation, training, support options and development of enterprise class open-source library systems. Offering a 24/7 technical helpline, ByWater Solutions’ clients have the support system they need to make their software work for them. ByWater Solutions pledges to share 100% of all developed code to the Koha community for the strengthening and advancement of the Koha ILS. For more information about ByWater Solutions, please visit: www.bywatersolutions.com.

About the American Library Association:
Founded on October 6, 1876 during the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, the American Library Association was created to provide leadership for the development, promotion, and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all. Our current strategic plan, ALA Ahead to 2010, calls for continued work in the areas of Advocacy and Value of the Profession, Education, Public Policy and Standards, Building the Profession, Membership and Organizational Excellence. For more information please visit: www.ala.org/

About Koha:
Koha is the first open-source Integrated Library System (ILS). In use worldwide, its development is steered by a growing community of libraries collaborating to achieve their technology goals. Koha’s impressive feature set continues to evolve and expand to meet the needs of its user base. It includes modules for circulation, cataloging, acquisitions, serials, reserves, patron management, branch relationships, and more.

Koha’s OPAC, circ, management and self-checkout interfaces are all based on standards-compliant World Wide Web technologies–XHTML, CSS and Javascript–making Koha a truly platform-independent solution. Koha is distributed under the open-source General Public License (GPL). For more information about Koha, please visit
www.koha-community.org

I have been asked to teach fellow librarians all about Koha. Not all of the webinars below are free of cost, but that hasn’t stopped people from attending in the past.

• Fri May 28 10am – 12pm Lyrasis – Koha Circulation and Patron Management
• Tue Jun 8 10am – 11am Lyrasis – Intro to Koha
• Thu Jul 8 10am – 12pm Lyrasis – Koha Technical Services Management
• Tue Jul 13 10am – 12pm NEFLIN – Koha Circulation and Patron Management
• Tue Aug 10 10am – 12pm NEFLIN – Koha Technical Services Management
• Wed Aug 18 10am – 12pm Lyrasis -Koha Advanced Functions
• Tue Sep 7 10am – 12pm NEFLIN – Koha Advanced Functions
• Thu Sep 9 10am – 12pm Lyrasis – Koha Circulation and Patron Management
• Thu Oct 7 10am – 12pm Lyrasis – Koha Technical Services Management
• Thu Nov 18 10am – 12pm Lyrasis – Koha Advanced Functions

All times are in Eastern Standard Time, hope to see some of you there.

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