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    May 19th, 2020LISWire aggregatorUncategorized

    ByWater Solutions, America’s forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced today that CLiC (Colorado Library Consortium) has added Lamar Community College Library, Lamar, Colorado to their consortium. They will be using Koha for their ILS and Aspen Discovery for their catalog.

    ByWater completed the transition of the libraries' 10,000 plus holdings from Follett ILS and is providing ongoing support services to the library. The Lamar Community College Library Discovery System can be viewed at https://lamarcc.catalog.aspencat.info/.

    About Lamar Community College Library
    Lamar Community College offers a variety of two-year degrees and certificates through on-site and online courses. Lamar Community College is focused on the educational needs of Prowers, Baca, Kiowa, and Cheyenne Counties.

    Read more at https://www.lamarcc.edu/academics/library/about-the-library/.

    About CLiC (Colorado Library Consortium)
    CLiC is an infrastructure for libraries throughout Colorado. Vision: Helping libraries achieve greatness in their communities. Mission: Connecting. Energizing. Inspiring. Services for libraries throughout Colorado.

    Core Values

    Deliver friendly service
    Seek opportunities for collaboration
    Support growth and discovery
    Celebrate successes
    Save money for libraries
    Blend work & play to create fun
    Read more at https://www.clicweb.org/about-clic/who-we-are/

    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.

    About Aspen Discovery
    Aspen is a full-featured Discovery System that integrates with e-content and other 3rd party providers, giving your patrons comprehensive access to all of your materials in one place. Aspen combines your library catalog with e-content, digital archives, and enrichment from all major third-party providers improves relevancy and ease of use, provides native reading recommendations, displays all formats of titles within one result (FRBR) and much more. Aspen was created to give users an improved experience over other Discovery systems with less of an impact on library budgets. For more information about Aspen please visit: https://bywatersolutions.com/projects/aspen-discovery

    For More Information
    Jessica Zairo
    Marketing & Outreach Coordinator
    ByWater Solutions
    bywatersolutions.com
    Phone:(888)900-8944

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    May 19th, 2020LISWire aggregatorUncategorized

    ByWater Solutions, America’s forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced today that King's College, Leonard Corgan Library in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania is now live on Koha!

    ByWater completed the transition of the libraries' 214,000 plus holdings from Polaris ILS and is providing ongoing support services to the library. The libraries' customized Koha OPAC can be viewed at https://kings.bywatersolutions.com/.

    About Leonard Corgan Library
    The D. Leonard Corgan Library supports the mission of King's College by actively participating in the instructional process and serving as a gateway to global information resources. The Library provides a learner-centered environment, information resources, instruction, and services to meet the curricular and research needs of students, faculty, and staff. The library fosters the development of information skills that are critical to independent intellectual inquiry and lifelong learning.

    Read more at https://www.kings.edu/academics/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
    Jessica Zairo
    Marketing & Outreach Coordinator
    ByWater Solutions
    bywatersolutions.com
    Phone:(888)900-8944

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    May 19th, 2020LISWire aggregatorUncategorized

    FOLIO Launches Fameflower Release
    ~ Open Source Project Release Focuses on App Development and Integration ~

    PHILADELPHIA — May 19, 2020 — FOLIO, a community collaboration to develop an open source Library Services Platform (LSP), has launched the Fameflower Release. The FOLIO Fameflower Release is the sixth in a series of named releases that define the features and functionality of the open source LSP and represents a significant list of workflow features for library staff.

    The release offers integration improvements for VuFind and EBSCO Discovery Service™ customers in addition to user experience (UX) improvements and accessibility features. Platform improvements include:

    • Matching and replacing inventory/MARC records with import along with import of holdings and items
    • Ability to export single and batches of records which includes the creation of record lists with improved filtering. Export of Accounting vouchers.
    • Improved Keyboard navigation & UI improvements
    • Renewal and export of agreements. License term comparisons.
    • Improved searching and filtering of vendors
    • Orders and invoicing in non-default currencies and order cloning. Improved receiving and check-in.
    • Custom fields for user records
    • KBART import Management and display of non-serial resources in agreements
    • Custom labels, acquisition/access status for eHoldings
    • eUsage – improved harvesting management and ability to download stored reports
    • Improved call number support and item record sorting for inventory
    • Course Reserves

    Jesse Koennecke, Chair of the FOLIO Product Council and Director, Acquisitions and E-Resource Licensing Services, Cornell University Libraries from the FOLIO Community says the Fameflower Release demonstrates FOLIO’s commitment to library innovation. “The release gives librarians many features that collectively show a vast amount of development in FOLIO that has occurred during a single quarter. Many of these features, developed by librarians for librarians are not available with traditional ILS vendors and are designed to improve staff workflows.”

    The FOLIO open source project provides libraries of all sizes with choice when selecting an LSP or building library services beyond traditional functionality. Built on a microservices architecture, the FOLIO platform ensures that components can be readily developed or replaced in new releases as technologies and requirements evolve.

    For a full demonstration and roadmap update, visit the Open Library Foundation’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/OpenLibraryFoundation.

    About FOLIO
    FOLIO is a collaborative effort among libraries, vendors, developers and consortia that leverages open source technology and a community-based effort to redefine library services and innovate based on library futures. By building on what libraries need and by leveraging library expertise as well as vendor capacity and velocity, FOLIO is designed to move libraries forward, build on the services they provide and redefine the role libraries play within their institution. FOLIO also levels the playing field and makes open source technology available to all institutions regardless of size or staffing. FOLIO brings vendors together to innovate and host services for customers and introduces open source as a service to libraries. To sign up to participate or receive more information go to www.folio.org.

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    For more information, please contact:
    Kathleen McEvoy
    Media Relations, FOLIO
    978-223-0438
    kathleen@folio.org

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    May 18th, 2020LISWire aggregatorUncategorized

    The complete archive and all new issues of Mekong Review, an English-language magazine of Asian literature, arts, culture and society, is now available for individual and institutional subscriptions in collaboration with digital publishing experts Exact Editions.

    Founded in 2015, the quarterly magazine provides a distinctly Asian view and a fresh perspective that covers Asian histories, lives and cultures through regional voices that write insightful reports and articles from all over the continent. Indonesian director and novelist, Richard Oh, said, “Mekong Review is a beacon for this region and its writers.” While author and journalist Emma Larkin said Mekong Review “avoids the easy clichés through which the West views Southeast Asia and offers instead a rich, in-depth and nuanced portrait of the region.”

    As well as cross-platform compatibility on web, iOS and Android devices, the brand new archive offers a comprehensive search function that cements its status as an ideal tool for academics, students and everyone interested in a publication putting this area of this world in the spotlight.

    Mekong Review is available in the Exact Editions individual and institutional shops here:

    Individuals: https://shop.exacteditions.com/mekong-review

    Institutions: https://institutions.exacteditions.com/mekong-review

    Browse the complete archive for 7 days: https://bit.ly/2zNfX8i

    Publisher and editor Minh Bui Jones said: “We’re delighted to have given our back issues new life digitally on the Exact Editions platform! Our readers will adore the search function that allows them to navigate the whole archive at the click of a button.”

    Managing Director of Exact Editions, Daryl Rayner, commented: “The Mekong Review archive has transferred wonderfully to a digital format; the striking front covers and fully-searchable back catalogue of content will attract new subscribers from all over the world.”

    About Mekong Review:

    Mekong Review is a quarterly English-language magazine of arts, literature, culture, politics, the environment and society in Asia, written by people from the region or those who know it well. From its founding in 2015, its aim has been to provide a fresh perspective on Asian histories, lives and cultures through emerging regional voices. Its approach is close to that of publications like the New York Review of Books and the London Review of Books - that is, basing its writing around new publications of interest - but its view is distinctly Asian. 

    About Exact Editions:

    Exact Editions is a digital publishing company based in London. It is a team of producers, developers and designers that turns periodicals with archives into dynamic, user-friendly digital editions. Exact Editions specialises in digitising content, selling subscriptions and providing streaming solutions across web, iOS and Android platforms. Exact Editions are also the innovators of ‘Reading Rooms’ technology, so publishers can provide streaming, time-limited, access to digital editions.

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    May 18th, 2020LISWire aggregatorUncategorized

    In an effort to assist schools during the COVID-19 pandemic, digital archiving experts Exact Editions have partnered with 8 publishers to offer schools free access to the digital archives of their magazines until 1st October 2020. 1000 schools worldwide have already signed up to the ‘Remote Resources’ package to use the extensive archives as part of their teaching.

    The participating magazines, whose subject matters span science, geography, politics amongst others, are Chemistry World, New Internationalist, Geographical, Prospect, The Biologist, Resurgence & Ecologist, BBC History Magazine, BBC Music Magazine, BBC Science Focus Magazine & The World Today.

    The free access includes remote access options for students and staff working at home during the crisis, as well as IP-authenticated access for seamless campus use. Every page of each title is incorporated into Exact Editions’ comprehensive search facility, meaning that users can instantly look up a specific topic at the touch of a button.

    Schools can sign up here:

    https://institutions.exacteditions.com/schoolsoffer

    The publishers have put together curriculum-based content guides for teachers here:

    https://institutions.exacteditions.com/guides

    Ciara O’Shea, Deputy Principal at Scoil Muire Agus Padrig secondary school in Ireland said: “Thank you so much for setting our school up […] It will be a wonderful addition and the materials are so rich in information for our students. I can’t thank you enough. It is a wonderful resource for our students and an unexpected treat in these unusual times.”

    Managing Director of Exact Editions, Daryl Rayner, commented: “The prestigious publishers participating in the ‘Remote Resources’ initiative have shown great generosity with their content during these unprecedented and difficult times. We’re delighted that so many schools have signed up already, and hope to continue extending it to all four corners of the globe.”

    If you are a publisher who would like to be part of the initiative, please contact us at publisher@exacteditions.com.

    About Exact Editions:

    Exact Editions is a digital publishing company based in London. It is a team of producers, developers and designers that turns periodicals with archives into dynamic, user-friendly digital editions. Exact Editions specialises in digitising content and selling subscriptions across web, iOS and Android platforms, for individuals and institutions.

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