ByWater Solutions, an open-source community contributor and America's forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced today that the Anoka County Library System in Minnesota is now live on Aspen Discovery with ByWater Support. ByWater Solutions completed the implementation providing the library with customized implementation and training for their open-source solutions.
Sarah Hawkins, Assistant Director at the Anoka County Library System, recently commented on the implementation:
Anoka County Library launched our new Aspen Discovery catalog on September 22! We're excited for our community to explore features like grouped records, single log-in for multiple accounts, purchase suggestions, ratings, and improved accessibility—including multiple languages, high contrast, and dark mode. Thanks to ByWater Solutions for supporting our strategic goals of ACCESS and EXPERIENCE. Aspen makes it easier to connect with library resources and enjoy a high-quality digital experience."
About the Anoka County Library System
Read more about the Anoka County Library System here.
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, Aspen Discovery, Metabase, and Libki.
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 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. Aspen Discovery also includes a companion APP, Aspen LiDA, that gives your patrons an intuitive, user-friendly way to manage their own library experience. For more information about Aspen please visit https://bywatersolutions.com/projects/aspen-discovery.