ByWater Solutions Announces Support of Aspen Discovery for MAIN Libraries

by Jessie Zairo on Jan 7, 2022

ByWater Solutions, America’s forefront provider of open-source library technology support, announced today that they are providing support and hosting services for the MAIN Libraries Aspen Discovery system. MAIN Libraries Discovery is available at https://discover.mainlib.org/.

Phillip Berg, Executive Director recently commented on their Aspen Discovery Implementation:

The new catalog was designed to blend the online shopping experience we've become accustomed to with discovering all the different services that a library offers, rather than only focusing on traditional physical library materials and perhaps eBooks. Each library will also have far more customization options when it comes to highlighting the unique services they provide to their local communities.

Nate Curulla, CRO at ByWater Solutions, recently commented on the partnership and implementation of Aspen Discovery for MAIN Libraries.

We are thrilled to have the opportunity to partner with MAIN and its member libraries to bring Aspen Discovery to their patrons and staff! The functionality within Aspen is fantastic for complex multi-site consortiums and MAIN’s involvement in the Aspen Community will only make that functionality stronger.

About MAIN Libraries

MAIN is a consortium of 49 public libraries located in Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, and Warren Counties. MAIN’s mission is to lead and encourage collaboration, resource sharing, staff development, and innovation by providing high-quality, cost-effective shared services to member libraries for their communities. MAIN aspires to help member libraries and the communities they serve to readily access a rich spectrum of resources.

Read more about MAIN Libraries at https://mainlib.org/about-us/.

You can view the following MAIN Libraries and their library Discovery URL below:

• Bernards Township
• Bernardsville
• Boonton
• Butler
• Chathams
• Chester
• Denville
• Dover
• East Hanover
• Florham Park
• Hackettstown
• Hunterdon County
• Jefferson Township
• Kemmerer
• Kinnelon
• Lincoln Park
• Long Hill
• Madison
• Mendham Borough
• Mendham Township
• Montville Township
• Morris County
• Morris Plains
• Morristown-Morris Township
• Mountain Lakes
• Mount Arlington
• Mount Olive
• Parsippany Troy Hills
• Pequannock
• Randolph Township
• Riverdale
• Rockaway Borough
• Rockaway Township
• Roxbury
• Washington Township
• Wharton
• Whippanong

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, 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 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

Jessica Zairo

Director of Library Sales & Outreach

ByWater Solutions

bywatersolutions.com

Phone:(888)900-8944