ByWater Solutions to Present at the Wyoming Library Association Annual Conference

by Jessie Zairo on Jul 28, 2021

ByWater Solutions, America’s forefront provider of open-source library technology support, announced today that they will be speaking at the Wyoming Library Association Annual Conference from October 7-8, 2021. The virtual conference platform will be on Whova with Zoom integration.

Open Minded: Finding the Power with Open-Source
This program addresses the pros and cons of open-source solutions for libraries. They will share lessons learned, the migration process, and change management for staff and patrons as well as current trends in the open-source community. This program addresses the pros and cons of open-source software through real-life scenarios.

About Wyoming Library Association

Mission of the Wyoming Library Association

• To provide leadership and to serve as a collective voice and advocate for the advancement of Wyoming libraries.
• To educate the library community and users about contemporary library services, issues, and technology.
• To provide members with a network for interaction on professional and social levels.
• To promote the profession of librarianship and participation of Wyoming libraries in regional, national, and global library arenas.

Read more at https://wyla.org/

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 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 e-content and other 3rd 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 improves relevancy and ease of use, provides native reading recommendations, displays all formats of titles within one result (FRBR), and much more. Aspen was created to give users an improved experience over other Discovery systems with less of an impact on library budgets. For more information about Aspen please visit https://bywatersolutions.com/projects/aspen-discovery.

About Libki

Libki is a cross-platform Open Source computer reservation & time management system and print management. It also features single sign-on integration with the Koha ILS, which is also FOSS.

Libki is ideally suited for use in locations where a controlled computing environment is paramount such as public access systems, libraries, school computer laboratories and more! Visit https://libki.org.

About CORAL

CORAL is an electronic resources management system consisting of interoperable modules designed around the core components of managing electronic resources for libraries and other organizations.

CORAL is available as a free, open-source program that includes five modules for Organizations, Resources, Licensing, Usage Statistics, and Management. Read more at: http://coral-erm.org/.

For More Information

Jessica Zairo
Director of Library Sales & Outreach
ByWater Solutions
bywatersolutions.com
Phone:(888)900-8944