The Pennsylvania Koha Consortium Goes Live on Koha with ByWater Support

by Jessie Zairo on Jul 21, 2020

ByWater Solutions, America’s forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced today that the Pennsylvania Koha Consortium is now live on Koha! Nine Libraries throughout the state of Pennsylvania form the PKC Group! The member libraries were formerly known as Pennsylvania Millennium Users Group (PAMUG).

ByWater completed the transition of the libraries' 287,000 plus holdings from Millennium ILS and is providing ongoing support services to the library. The member libraries' and their customized Koha OPAC can be viewed below.

• Butler County Community College
  • OPAC: bc3library-pkc.bywatersolutions.com
• Upper Chichester Library
  • OPAC: UpperChiL-pkc.bywatersolutions.com
• Pennsylvania College of Art & Design
  • OPAC: library.pcad.edu/
• Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology
  • OPAC: stevensonpa-pkc.bywatersolutions.com
• Central Penn College
  • OPAC: librarycatalog.centralpenn.edu
• Waynesburg University
  • OPAC: waynesburg-pkc.bywatersolutions.com
• Pittsburgh Technical College
  • OPAC: ptcollege-pkc.bywatersolutions.com
• Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
  • OPAC: pafa-pkc.bywatersolutions.com

John Thompson, Systems Librarian at the Eberly Library, Waynesburg University, recently commented on the migration and training.

Kelly did a really thorough job for us. We have nothing but praise for her. We are so much happier with Koha and with the support of ByWater. We are leagues ahead of where we were.

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