ByWater Solutions Partners Sponsor Development in Koha 18.11 Release

by Jessie Zairo on May 7, 2019

ByWater Solutions, an open source community contributor and America’s forefront provider of Koha support, announced today that the following library partners sponsored new features in Koha 18.11 Release.

• Bedford Public Library
  • Allow skipping of patrons with valid emails for Talking Tech (Bug 19620)
• Carnegie Stout Library
  • Create an additional column in the Batch Item Modification Tool (Bug 19490)
  • Add ability to void any credit (Bug 20703)
• CLiC - Colorado Library Consortium
  • Holds - Branch Transfer Limits (Bug 7534 and 7614)
• The Farmington Libraries
  • Print hold slips without confirmation (Bug 19383)
• Fargo Public Library
  • Add a ‘Collection’ column in the patron loans data table (Bug 19719)
  • Block renewals by arbitrary item values (Bug 15494)
  • Allow 'writeoff of selected' (Bug 19617)
  • Holds rerouting dialog improvements (Bug 21346)
• Middletown Public Library (MTPL)
  • Restrict number of holds placed by day (Bug 15486)
• Northeast Kansas Library System (NEKLS)
  • Share patron lists between staff (Bug 19524)
• Portsmouth Public Library
  • Add spans with classes around callnumbers in OPAC for additional styling (Bug 21340)
• Port Orford Public Library
  • Add ability to merge patron records (Bug 9302)
• Round Rock Public Library
  • Set limit on maximum possible holds per patron by category (Bug 15524)
  • MARC modification templates - Add an 'Add' option (Bug 13560)
  • Add collection and language facets to results (Bug 17169 and 18213)

About ByWater Solutions

ByWater Solutions is a full service, high quality Koha support and implementation company dedicated to providing libraries with a lower cost, more advanced level of support for their ILS than a traditional proprietary solution can offer. ByWater Solutions has a proven track record in first rate Koha implementation and support with library systems of all sizes.

Our highly ranked, comprehensive support is what sets our company apart from any other vendor in the industry. Partnering with ByWater Solutions for Koha support not only lowers the cost of implementing and maintaining an ILS, 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/.

For more information

Jessica Zairo
Marketing & Outreach Coordinator
ByWater Solutions
bywatersolutions.com
Phone:(888)900-8944