Mass Maritime Academy Library Joins HELM and ByWater Solutions' Koha Support

by Jessie Zairo on Dec 28, 2023

ByWater Solutions, America’s forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced that the Higher Education Libraries of Massachusetts (HELM), an association of Massachusetts college libraries in public higher education has added Mass Maritime Academy Library to their HELM catalog.

ByWater completed the transition of the Academys' 21,000 plus holdings from Horizon and is providing ongoing support services to the library. The HELM Catalog can be viewed at https://catalog.helmlib.org/.

Eliana Lima, Projects Coordinator at the Fenway Library Organization (FLO), recently commented on the implementation.

This is our fifth migration working with ByWater and it's always a comfort to know that we have that extra layer of expertise on our side, especially when it comes to training and data wrangling. FLO is more self-reliant than some of ByWater's other partners, but we're still a very small team, so the extra support on these long projects is appreciated!

About Mass Maritime Academy

Massachusetts Maritime Academy Library provides customer-focused, high quality research support services and resources that bolster the specialized curricula of our programs. We offer library research instruction, online information literacy tutorials, Open Educational Resource assistance, and an equitable space for academic collaboration.

Carey Zigouras recently commented on the implementation.

We are excited to join a dynamic network like HELM and appreciate how the collaboration between ByWater & FLO staff helped make the transition as smooth as possible. We look forward to engaging with other collective libraries with the same dedication to exceptional service!

About the Higher Education Libraries of Massachusetts (HELM)

The Higher Education Libraries of Massachusetts (HELM) is a growing consortium of Massachusetts public higher education libraries that share an integrated library system, allow direct borrowing of materials, and collaborate on professional development opportunities. HELM was formed to develop and sustain cooperative initiatives and to enhance library resources, systems and services for all member libraries.

Read more at: https://libraries.flo.org/HELM-Public/about

About the Fenway Library Organization (FLO)

The Fenway Library Organization (FLO) is a consortium of forty-two academic and special libraries in Massachusetts. Founded in 1987 as Fenway Libraries Online, FLO has been promoting resource sharing, encouraging staff development and providing technical support for over thirty years. The consortium is constantly expanding in membership and all libraries who join benefit from a greater sense of community and statewide recognition.

Read more at https://libraries.flo.org/home

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