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Press Release: ByWater Solutions [November 9, 2023]

ByWater Solutions announces support of Aspen Discovery for Los Gatos Library

ByWater Solutions announced that they are providing support and hosting services for the Aspen Open Source Discovery system for the Los Gatos Public Library in California. The Los Gatos Public Library is an existing Koha Partner through ByWater Solutions.

The catalog features integrations with cloudLibrary, LibCal Events, Kanopy, LinkedIn Learning, Flipster, CreativeBug.

The library's custom catalog can be viewed here: https://losgatos.aspendiscover...

Ryan Baker, Library Director at the Los Gatos Library, recently commented on the implementation:

The Aspen interface has completely rejuvenated our on-line presence and made our catalog far more helpful and useful to our library users. Our only mistake was that we didn't implement it sooner."

About Los Gatos Public Library

Los Gatos Public Library, located in Los Gatos, CA., serves a population of over 30,000 residents and houses a collection of more than 100,000 volumes. The library sponsors many community activities aimed at connecting people to the world of information. Programming is offered as a library resource that provides information, education, recreation and enrichment to all.

For more information please visit https://www.losgatosca.gov/202...

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 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 Aspen Discovery

Aspen is a full-featured Discovery System that integrates with eContent and other third-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. It also improves relevancy and ease of use, provides native reading recommendations, displays all formats of titles within one result (record grouping), and much more. With included features like web builder and mobile app (Aspen LiDA), Aspen was created to give users an improved experience over other Discovery systems, with less impact on library budgets.


Summary: ByWater Solutions announced that they are providing support and hosting services for the Aspen Open Source Discovery system for the Los Gatos Public Library in California. The Los Gatos Public Library is an existing Koha Partner through ByWater Solutions.
Publication Year:2023
Type of Material:Press Release
LanguageEnglish
Date Issued:November 9, 2023
Publisher:ByWater Solutions
Company: ByWater Solutions
Products: Aspen Discovery
Libraries: Los Gatos Public Library
Subject: System announcements -- installations
Permalink: https://librarytechnology.org/pr/29491/bywater-solutions-announces-support-of-aspen-discovery-for-los-gatos-library

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