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SEKLS Chooses ByWater Solutions’ Koha Support

ByWater Solutions, an open source community contributor and America’s forefront provider of Koha support, announced today that the South East Kansas Library System (SEKLS) is now live on their installation of the Koha integrated library system.

ByWater Solutions completed the migration of 40+ libraries, 700,000+ items, and 70,000+ patrons for SEKLS this fall and will be providing ongoing Koha support and hosting services to them. Their custom mobile friendly OPAC can be viewed at http://www.seknfind.org.

Jason Robb, SEKnFind Coordinator, spoke of their Koha support experience with ByWater Solutions:

“Over the past 5 years, Koha has made it possible for the Southeast Kansas Library System to bring the libraries of our region up to speed with a modern, economical ILS solution that facilitates a powerful and efficient resource sharing environment. Even with the minor bumps along the way, our migration to ByWater is irrefutably the smoothest major transition we’ve undergone to date. Not only was our data expertly handled, we were able to implement major structural changes during the transition that have made the system much more user-friendly for both patrons and staff. Joy truly works wonders and the entire staff at ByWater has been nothing but cooperative. We are excited to be moving forward with a company so heavily ingrained in the very fiber of Koha’s open source initiative.”

About SEKnFind:

SEKnFind is a service of the SEKLS consortium which shares a single automated system (catalog, circulation, etc.). SEKnFind uses the Koha system, which is open source software. The 40+ libraries in the consortium share this system to provide access to over 700,000 items to over 70,000 area residents. For more information about SEKnFind, please visit: http://sekls.org

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–XHTML, 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 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 to support Koha 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: http://bywatersolutions.com/

North Bethesda, MD, January 8, 2014- LibLime, a division of PTFS, will raffle off a Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight Reader and debut the upcoming release of LibLime Koha 4.18 at the 2014 ALA Midwinter Meeting from January 24-27 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Conference attendees are encouraged to visit LibLime at Booth 866 and drop off a business card to enter to win the Nook Simple Touch Reader. The drawing will be held following the conclusion of the show.

LibLime will also be presenting a sneak peek of LibLime Koha 4.18, which is scheduled for production release in February, 2014. The arrival of LibLime Koha 4.18 includes substantial modifications to the application, such as:
• Architectural changes to the fines and fees sub-module
• Enhanced authority control support, including authority merge
• Expanded functionality for SIP2

To find out more about LibLime Koha 4.18, email kohainfo@liblime.com to request a presentation, or visit LibLime at Booth 866 in Philadelphia at the conference.

About LibLime - PTFS
LibLime – PTFS is the global leader in providing support for the Koha open source ILS. Rather than sell software licenses for static, hard-to-customize software products, the PTFS LibLime Division educates libraries about the benefits of open source, enabling them to make choices about how best to provide their communities and staff with better technology services. The PTFS LibLime Division then facilitates deployment of Koha in libraries by providing outstanding consulting, development, implementation, and support/hosting for libraries of all types and sizes. PTFS is also the developer of the world’s leading content management software, ArchivalWare, and specializes in meeting library personnel staffing requirements, digitization, and metadata keying services. For more information, see http://liblime.com or http://ptfs.com or http://archivalware.net.