Library Automation
Amherst County Public Library is Live on Koha and Aspen Discovery with ByWater Solutions
by Elise Aiello on Mar 16, 2023
ByWater Solutions, America’s forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced that the The Amherst County Public Library in Virginia is now live on Koha and Aspen Discovery with ByWater support and hosting services.
ByWater completed the migration of over 71,000 bibliographic records and 96,000 item records.
The Discovery Catalog, Aspen, may be seen here: https://acpl.us/?browseCategor...
Jacob Etter, Library Director at Amherst County Public Library, commented:
The Amherst County Public Library needed a solution to make managing and accessing library records easier for staff and cardholders. ByWater Solution's Koha and Aspen products are exactly what we needed to transform our library catalog experience from futile frustration into an effective, sleek, and intuitive tool. The ByWater team has been great to work with, they are both knowledgeable and quick to respond to requests for help. I cannot overstate how pleased I am with Koha, Aspen, and the ByWater team. I would recommend their services without reservation to any library."
About Amherst County Public library
MISSION
The mission of the Amherst County Public Library is to enrich the county and its residents principally through advocating reading, literacy, and lifelong learning. To accomplish this, we provide the community with physical & digital collections of shared resourcesincluding books, audiobooks, movies, music, library staff, the internet, public spaces, and library programs.
VISION
Our vision is to spread the joy and benefits of reading to every person in the county.
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 the first-rate implementation and support services with library systems of all sizes for the Koha ILS, Aspen Discovery, Folio LSP, Coral ERM, 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 Discovery
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
Elise Aiello
Partner Engagement Specialist
ByWater Solutions
bywatersolutions.com
Phone:(888)900-8944
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