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Press Release: ByWater Solutions [August 28, 2023]

Coastal Bend College live on Koha with ByWater Support

ByWater Solutions, America's forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced that Coastal Bend College in Texas is now live on Koha ILS with ByWater Support. ByWater Solutions completed the migration of over 21,000 bib records and over 24,000 item records.

The customized OPAC can be viewed here: https://coastalbend.bywatersol...

Tammy L. Rands, Director of Library Services at Coastal Bend College, recently commented on the migration:

I couldn't ask for better customer service-from my initial inquiry about Koha to the full implementation. The team at ByWater were very thorough in creating our new ILS, asking questions, following up, and creating the product we requested-user friendly for both staff and patrons. We are very pleased!"

About Coastal Bend College

Coastal Bend College is a student-centered community college committed to delivering superb educational and life enriching opportunities to its students and the communities it serves. CBC is committed to providing high-quality academic programs and support services to promote student success and help students achieve their educational and career goals. With four locations in Alice, Beeville, Kingsville, and Pleasanton, CBC is your choice destination!

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.


Summary: ByWater Solutions announced that Coastal Bend College in Texas is now live on Koha ILS with ByWater Support. ByWater Solutions completed the migration of over 21,000 bib records and over 24,000 item records.
Publication Year:2023
Type of Material:Press Release
LanguageEnglish
Date Issued:August 28, 2023
Publisher:ByWater Solutions
Company: ByWater Solutions
Products: Koha
Libraries: Coastal Bend College
Subject: System announcements -- installations
Permalink: https://librarytechnology.org/pr/29190/coastal-bend-college-live-on-koha-with-bywater-support

DocumentID: 29190 views: 999 Created: 2023-08-28 10:12:55 Last Modified: 2024-09-25 22:19:49.