Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Pueblo joins CLiC with Koha Support from ByWater Solutions

by Elise Aiello on Jan 9, 2023

ByWater Solutions, America’s forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced that the Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Pueblo joined CLiC with Koha support from ByWater Solutions.

Over 10,000 bibliographic records and 11,000 item records were migrated over.

Bob Bennhoff, AspenCat Services Manager at CLiC, recently commented on the migration:

We are very excited to add the Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Pueblo to our membership. They have never had a highly functional library system in their history and we know moving them to Koha will provide their patrons a far better experience accessing the information they seek."

About the Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Pueblo

The Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Pueblo (CMHHIP) is a 516-bed acute care psychiatric hospital that provides inpatient behavioral health services for adults, adolescents and geriatric patients. CMHHIP is a forensic hospital that serves individuals with pending criminal charges who require evaluations of competency, individuals who have been found to be incompetent to proceed (restoration treatment) and individuals found to be not guilty by reason of insanity by Colorado's criminal courts. Patients' families, friends and loved ones are encouraged to visit and maintain relationships with patients while hospitalized.

Learn more about the CMHHIP here: https://cdhs.colorado.gov/CMHI...

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.

For More Information

Elise Aiello
Partner Engagement Specialist
ByWater Solutions
bywatersolutions.com
Phone:(888)900-8944