William James College Live on Koha with ByWater Support

by Elise Aiello on Jun 14, 2022

ByWater Solutions, America’s forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced that the William James College Library is now live on Koha ILS with ByWater Support. ByWater Solutions completed the migration of over 5,000 items and over 1200 borrowers.

The customized OPAC can be viewed here: https://catalog.williamjames.edu/

Julia Clement, Head Librarian, William James College Library, recently commented on the migration:

Our migration to Koha was an easy process that went incredibly smoothly thanks to the wonderful staff at ByWater. They offer a robust and friendly support system, both during the migration and after go-live. We are excited to work with ByWater and offer our community an excellent catalog system.

About Wlliam James College

From our campus in Greater Boston, William James College educates students for careers that meet the growing demand for access to quality, culturally responsive psychological services for individuals, families, communities, and organizations, locally and around the globe. We offer graduate programs attentive to the needs of vulnerable populations including children of adversity and the needs of specific populations such as Latinos and veterans, as well as organizations and leaders on the forefront of creating social change. Our training provides professionals with hands-on experience at more than 350 field placement sites, preparing them to address the complex problems in an increasingly diverse world.

Learn more here: https://www.williamjames.edu/about/index.html

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
Director of Library Sales & Outreach
ByWater Solutions
bywatersolutions.com
Phone:(888)900-8944