Toledo Museum of Art Reference Library Goes Live on Koha with ByWater Solutions Support

by Elise Aiello on Jan 25, 2023

ByWater Solutions, America’s forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced that the Toledo Museum of Art Reference Library in Ohio went live on Koha with support from ByWater Solutions.

ByWater completed the migration of over 115,000 bibliographic records and 146,000 item records.

Alison Huftalen, head librarian at the Toledo Museum of Art Reference Library, recently commented on the migration:

We had an excellent experience working with the Bywater team to implement Koha at our library. Our implementation went smoothly due to their professional knowledge, and patience with our small library team. We are excited to be working with our new Koha system, and are happy to have the ongoing support of the Bywater team."

About the Toledo Museum of Art Reference Library

The TMA Art Reference Library welcomes all curious visitors, researchers, art enthusiasts, and students. Reflecting the Museum’s purpose of art education, the library collections focus on the Museum's works of art, exhibitions and history. In addition to serving Museum staff and members, the library serves both the public and the University of Toledo Art Department.

Learn more here: https://www.toledomuseum.org/education/reference-library

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