Duluth, Ga., June 20, 2018: Equinox is pleased to announce the successful migration of Emmaus Public Library to Evergreen within the Pennsylvania Integrated Library System, (PaILS) SPARK Consortium.

The migration added 80,109 bibliographic records and 13,585 patrons to PaILS SPARK. Equinox provided project management and configuration services in addition to data extraction and bibliographic deduplication including patron and circulation records. Remote and onsite training were also provided by Equinox.

“Libraries are not just about books, they are inspiring places for our patrons to learn and grow,” said Amy Resh, library director at Emmaus Public Library. “We are absolutely thrilled with the level of training and care shown for our patrons during migration and the go-live process; giving us a more user-friendly approach to borrowing materials and the opportunity to show how much more there is to our modern library.”

PaILS was founded in June 2011 as a non-profit organization to provide a open source integrated library system. It oversees SPARK, a consortium of Evergreen libraries across Pennsylvania. Equinox and PaILS have been collaborating on the SPARK consortium since 2013. Moving to SPARK, Emmaus Public Library is able to share the consortium’s over 80,000 items.

“It was a pleasure to work with the Emmaus Public Library as they migrate to Evergreen,” said Angela Kilsdonk, Product Training and Consultation Manager at Equinox. “They were a great group to work with and our training had the added excitement of the construction of their new Children's Wing Expansion slated to open late 2018! I have enjoyed watching the SPARK consortium grow over the years and Emmaus is going to be a wonderful addition to the consortium and the Evergreen community.”

To learn more about Evergreen and the expert services Equinox has to offer please visit https://www.equinoxinitiative.org/ .

About Equinox Open Library Initiative
Equinox Open Library Initiative Inc. is a nonprofit company engaging in literary, charitable, and educational endeavors serving cultural and knowledge institutions. As the successor to Equinox Software, Inc., the Initiative carries forward a decade of service and experience with Evergreen and other open source library software. At Equinox OLI we help you empower your library with open source technologies.

About Evergreen
Evergreen is an award-winning ILS developed to provide an open source product able to meet the diverse needs of consortia and high transaction public libraries. However, it has proven to be equally successful in smaller installations including special and academic libraries. Today, over 1500 libraries around the world are using Evergreen including NC Cardinal, SC Lends, and B.C. Sitka. For more information about Evergreen, including a list of all known Evergreen installations, see http://evergreen-ils.org.

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The University Libraries at Virginia Tech are live on Koha with ByWater Solutions

ByWater Solutions, an open source community contributor and America's forefront provider of Koha
support, announced today that the University Libraries at Virginia Tech are now live on Koha with ByWater
Solutions. ByWater completed the transition of the library's 1.5 million plus holdings from Sierra earlier
this month and will be providing ongoing support and hosting services to the library. The University
Libraries have also be implemented the Coral ERM through ByWater and the Ebsco Discovery Service to
work alongside Koha for a unified Library Management System that allows students to easily find all of the
resources needed in one interface. The University Libraries at Virginia Tech are the first R1 research
libraries to adopt Koha as their LMS and marks a turning point for the Koha project in terms of large scale
academic library adoption.

Brendan Gallagher, CEO of ByWater stated:
"We are extremely excited to have the opportunity to work with the dedicated team at Virginia Tech! The
flexibility and control that is inherent in the open source model is a perfect match for the needs of Virginia
Tech; an institution that continues to be at the forefront of innovation and technology. They are a true
market leader and we are thrilled that they are up and running on Koha!"

About the University Libraries at Virginia Tech

The University Libraries plays an essential role in furthering Virginia Tech’s mission as a global land-grant
university by providing access to a plethora of resources in varying disciplines. It strives to share
information and knowledge regardless of geographic, institutional, or financial barriers, through our
growing open data and research repositories. Overall, the University Libraries’ goal is to foster innovation,
discovery, creativity, and collaboration through our spaces, technology, services, and people. For more
information please visit: https://lib.vt.edu

About Koha

Koha is the first open-source Library Management System (LMS). 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 LMS 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 LMS, but more importantly
empowers libraries by giving them the flexibility and freedom they deserve. For more information please
visit: http://bywatersolutions.com

Duluth, Ga., June 19, 2018: Equinox is pleased to announce the successful transition of Branch District Library to their Evergreen Sequoia hosted environment.

The migration encompassed 192,000 bibliographic records and 20,000 patrons to their instance of Evergreen Sequoia. The project also included hosting, support, and auxiliary services provided by Equinox in addition to project management and software configuration. Data extraction and transfer were also completed by Equinox.

“Coming from almost ten years as an Evergreen library as part of a consortium, we already knew how capable and powerful the Evergreen ILS is,” said Assistant Director and Director of Technology at Branch District Library, John Rucker. “What took our experience to the next level was the speed, professionalism, and accuracy of the Equinox team during our migration to a solo Evergreen instance. We were very happy with how smooth our migration went, and we’re looking forward to another decade with Evergreen and Equinox.”

Branch District Library was founded in 1991 and serves Michigan’s nearly 40,000 Branch County and Allen Township residents through its six branch libraries.

"Thanks to the Branch District Library’s preparation and engagement in the process we were able to make this a smooth upgrade and transition onto their new Evergreen Sequoia hosted environment,” said Rogan Hamby, Data and Project Analyst for Equinox. “I always enjoy knowing that work we do in the ILS services translates into improvements for staff and patrons so it has been a pleasure working with Branch District Library who have been diligent in pursuing all the details that make such a difference in the experience. It has been a pleasure making those things happen for them."

About Equinox Open Library Initiative
Equinox Open Library Initiative Inc. is a nonprofit company engaging in literary, charitable, and educational endeavors serving cultural and knowledge institutions. As the successor to Equinox Software, Inc., the Initiative carries forward a decade of service and experience with Evergreen and other open source library software. At Equinox OLI we help you empower your library with open source technologies. To learn more, please visit https://www.equinoxinitiative.org/.

About Evergreen
Evergreen is an award-winning ILS developed to provide an open source product able to meet the diverse needs of consortia and high transaction public libraries. However, it has proven to be equally successful in smaller installations including special and academic libraries. Today, over 1500 libraries around the world are using Evergreen including NC Cardinal, SC Lends, and B.C. Sitka. For more information about Evergreen, including a list of all known Evergreen installations, see http://evergreen-ils.org.

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