American Library Association Conference 2022 Wrap-Up!

by Elise Aiello on Jun 29, 2022

ByWater Solutions, America’s forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, attended the 2022 American Library Association (ALA) 2022 Conference in Washington, D.C. We were thrilled to see so many of our partners, library colleagues, and fellow vendors in attendance!

Several of our partners gave presentations at our booth, and some others won awards at the conference!

Jessica Zairo, Director of Library Sales and Outreach at ByWater Solutions, was a panelist on the Executive Perspectives: A Conversation on the Future of the Library Technology Industry panel.

We were also able to record a special episode of Monday Minutes at our Booth.

You can view our photos from the conference here.

Exhibit Booth Presentations

We were able to provide several presentations at our booth, and partnered with SpringShare and gave a presentation at their booth.

Jessica Zairo, Director of Library Sales and Outreach at ByWater Solutions, presented at the SpringShare booth with Talia Richards, SpringShare's Marketing Director on Aspen Discovery integration with LibCal.

You can watch the livestream recording here.

Kelly McElligott, Library Accounts Coordinator, presented on Streamlining Staff Workflows with Koha. That recording can be viewed here.

Jessica Zairo also presented on Why Aspen Discovery is Right for your Library, and that recording can be viewed here.

Felicity Brown, Manager, Collection Management, at Montgomery County Public Libraries, presented on Montgomery County Public Libraries, Aspen Discovery and Koha.

Thank you all that attended our booth and presentations!

Executive Perspectives: A Conversation on the Future of the Library Technology Industry Panel

Jessica Zairo, Director of Library Sales and Marketing at ByWater Solutions, served on the Executive Perspectives: A Conversation on the Future of the Library Technology Industry Panel.

Marshall Breeding, author of the annual Library Systems Report published in American Libraries, assembled and moderated a panel of CEO or other senior executives representing organizations that produce technology products or services for libraries. This annual CORE Executive Perspectives session provided a unique opportunity to learn about crucial strategies in play in the library technology industry first hand from their top executives. A panel of 4 executives responded to questions posed by the moderator and engaged in a lively discussion.

ByWater Solutions Partners Receive ALA Core PR Xchange Awards

The annual PR Xchange Awards recognize the very best public relations materials produced by libraries in the past year. Entries are evaluated on content, originality, and design by a team of experts in public relations, graphic design, communications, and marketing, who select the winner(s) in each category.

Two ByWater Solutions partners were recognized at the Awards

The Boynton Beach City Library received a PR Xchange Award for best External Communications in the $1-5 million category and the Darien Library received an award in the category of Advocacy/Fundraising/Annual Reports/Strategic Plan in the $1-$5 million range for their 2020-2021 Annual Report.

Congratulations!

Monday Minutes

We were able to record a special ALA edition of Monday Minutes at our Booth!

Watch the episode here, and read the blog post here.