New River Public Library Cooperative Live on Koha with ByWater Support

by Elise Aiello on Aug 2, 2023

ByWater Solutions, America’s forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced that the New River Public Library Cooperative is now live on Koha ILS with ByWater Support. ByWater Solutions completed the migration of over 179,000 bib records and over 153,000 item records.

The customized OPAC can be viewed here: https://nrplc.bywatersolutions.com/

Tricia Wylie, Director at the New River Public Library Cooperative, recently commented on the migration:

It was a pleasure working with the ByWater Solutions team throughout the migration process. They provided the training and technical support we needed to customize Koha to suit our libraries’ needs. We look forward to our continued partnership with ByWater and Koha!"

About the New River Public Library Cooperative

The libraries will be a gateway to lifelong learning and discovery by providing quality materials, information, and resources in a comfortable environment that encourages community and individual growth.

New River Public Library Cooperative provides supporting library service in Baker County, Bradford County and Union County in Florida.

Learn more here: https://www.newriverlibrary.or...

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