Kansas Wesleyan University Memorial Library Goes Live on Koha with ByWater Support

by Jessie Zairo on Oct 1, 2020

ByWater Solutions, America’s forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced today that Kansas Wesleyan University Memorial Library in Salina, Kansas is now live on Koha!

ByWater completed the transition of the library's 70,000 plus holdings from LibLime Koha and is providing ongoing support services to the library. The library's customized Koha OPAC can be viewed at https://kwu.bywatersolutions.com/.

Kelley A. Weber, Director of Library Services, Memorial Library recently commented on the migration.

ByWater Solutions did a great job of migrating our catalog and training our staff on an unexpectedly short timeline. Everyone is knowledgeable, helpful, friendly, and quick to respond to all questions. I look forward to working with them as we settle in to our new business relationship.

About the Kansas Wesleyan University Memorial Library

Memorial Library is the heart of learning on campus, offering informational and recreational materials for research, instruction, and entertainment. Memorial Library furnishes the campus community with access to over 63,000 book volumes and a large periodical collection of journals and magazines. Electronic databases give 24/7 access to thousands of journals and articles. The library provides students with information stored in print, digital, audio, and video formats.

Read more at https://www.kwu.edu/academics/kwu-memorial-library.

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

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