The Public Law Library of King County Goes Live on ByWater Solutions Koha Support

by Jessie Zairo on Sep 19, 2018

The Public Law Library of King County Goes Live on ByWater Solutions Koha Support

ByWater Solutions, an open source community contributor and America’s forefront provider of Koha support, announced today that the Public Law Library of King County, in Washington is now live on Koha with ByWater Solutions! ByWater completed the transition of the library’s 5,000 plus holdings from EOS ILS earlier this year and is providing ongoing support services to the library. The library’s customized Koha OPAC can be viewed at: https://pllkc.bywatersolutions.com

Barbara Swatt Engstrom, Executive Director of the Public Law Library of King County, commented on their decision to move to Koha with ByWater:

"We are looking forward to the transition to Koha and working with you all. "

About the Public Law Library of King County:
Public Law Library of King County aids all persons with their need for legal information by providing legal materials, training, education, and services in a welcoming and positive environment. For more information please visit: http://www.pllkc.org/wp/

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