The Kent School Library Goes Live on ByWater Solutions Koha Support

by Jessie Zairo on Nov 30, 2018

John Gray Park '28 Library

ByWater Solutions, an open source community contributor and America’s forefront provider of Koha support, announced today that the Kent School Library, in Connecticut is now live on Koha with ByWater Solutions! ByWater completed the transition of the library’s 41,000 plus holdings from TLC ILS and is providing ongoing support services to the library. The library’s customized Koha OPAC can be viewed at: https://catalog.kent-school.edu/.

After training, staff said

I will be better able to champion library use with such an intuitive interface for patrons.

About the John Gray Park '28 Library

Centrally located between dorms and academic buildings, the John Gray Park '28 Library is the place to find resources: not just books and digital research materials, but approachable, knowledgeable people who are always available to help you. We’re dedicated to your success and take pride in working in a place where your love of learning is supported and encouraged. Read more online.

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/.

About ByWater Solutions

ByWater Solutions is a full service, high quality Koha support and implementation company dedicated to providing libraries with a lower cost, more advanced level of support for their ILS than a traditional proprietary solution can offer. ByWater Solutions has a proven track record in first rate Koha implementation and support with library systems of all sizes. Our highly ranked, comprehensive support is what sets our company apart from any other vendor in the industry. Partnering with ByWater Solutions for Koha support not only lowers the cost of implementing and maintaining an ILS, but more importantly empowers libraries by giving them the flexibility and freedom they deserve. For more information please visit: https:bywatersolutions.com.