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KohaCon23 Wrap-Up
by Elise Aiello on Aug 30, 2023
Members of the ByWater Solutions team attended and presented at the 2023 Perl and Koha Conference in Helsinki, Finland.
Attendees came from all over the world and it was an opportunity to hear what developments and trends are happening in the international open source community.
ByWater Solutions Staff Presentations at KohaCon23
Several ByWater team members gave presentations at KohaCon23.
KohaCon23 presentations can be viewed here and the schedule can be viewed here.
Here are the ByWater staff presentations:
Growing with Koha: How We Evolve and Support Change
Presenters:
- Jessica Zairo
- Kelly McElligott
Community Language Project Panel
Presenter:
- Nick Clemens
Presenters:
- Jordan Fields
- Arthur Suzuki, Biblibre
Jordan commented on the conference:
It was so great to connect in person with the international folks we work with every week and it was great teaming up with colleagues from other support organizations to present together!"
Presenters:
- Mark Noble
- Aude Charillon, PTFS Europe
Jessica Zairo, Director of Library Sales and Outreach, recently commented on KohaCon23:
Andrii and the entire team at the National Library of Finland put on a wonderful, culturally rich experience this year. We had a social event at the National Library Monday night, a sea cruise Tuesday night, and many, many gatherings to catch up on all things.
This conference is a true testament to what OSS means to the community and libraries. Thanks to everyone who works so hard to make this project a success!"
Kelly McElligott, Library Accounts Coordinator at ByWater Solutions, also commented on the conference:
For me attending KohaCon is an opportunity to speak with fellow Koha users, and hear presentations about how libraries are using Koha, the future of Koha, and the communities that Koha creates. It is always a pleasure to discuss Koha in person!
All the presentations were great! I really enjoyed the presentations on GeoSearch, Future Growth of the ERM with Sushi, Making the Most of Koha features to protect citizens' privacy, and Automating Screenshots for Koha Manual. And of course, our own ByWater colleagues had amazing presentations also! Great job, Nick, Jessie, Mark, and Jordan.
Monday Minutes
Kelly and Jessie were able to record an episode of Monday Minutes live in Helsinki where they shared lots of information and fabulous photos from their trip!
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/.
Read more about KohaCon22 at https://koha-us.org/events/conferences/kohacon22/
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.
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Elise Aiello
Partner Engagement Specialist
ByWater Solutions
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Phone:(888)900-8944
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