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2024 Iowa Partner Summit
by Jessie Zairo on Nov 29, 2023
Interested in learning more about Koha and Aspen Discovery and what they can do for your library? Then join us at the Iowa Summit on Friday, February 16, 2024 for this FREE event.
Together with our partner library Des Moines Public Library, ByWater Solutions, and members of the Iowa Koha and Aspen Communities, we will discuss how open-source solutions will benefit your library.
Topics will include
- advantages of Koha and Aspen
- customer and staff functionality
- technical services, collection development, 3rd party integrations
- how collaborative developments work in the Koha and Aspen communities
Event Details
Location: Des Moines Public Library, Central Library, 1000 Grand Ave, Des Moines, IA 50309
Date: Friday, February 16, 2024
Time: 9:30am - 4:00pm
Agenda
We will have our library partners throughout Iowa presenting on topics throughout the day pertaining to open source, Koha, Aspen, and more! If you are interested in presenting, please email outreach@bywatersolutions.com
9:30am Networking and Refreshments (catered by ByWater Solutions)
10:00am Welcome and Introductions
10:15am Implementing Koha and Aspen Discovery (Des Moines Public Library)
11:00am Break
11:15 Koha and Aspen Discovery (Dubuque County Library District)
12:00pm Lunch (catered by ByWater Solutions)
1:00pm Library Tour
1:30pm Koha and Aspen Communities
2:00pm A Conversation with Iowa Open Source Users
2:45pm Break
3:00pm Q&A / Trivia
3:30pm Closing
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, Metabase, 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 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, HTML5, 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: http://koha-community.org.
About Aspen
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.
For More Information
Email: outreach@bywatersolutions.com
ByWater Solutions
bywatersolutions.com
Phone:(888)900-8944
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