ByWater Solutions, an open-source community contributor and America's forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced today that team members will be at the Ohio Library Council 2025 Convention & Expo in Cleveland, Ohio. Stop by our booth and say hello! We will be available for product demonstrations, to answer questions, and to take part in discussions regarding the future of Open Source solutions for Libraries.
About the Ohio Library Council
The Ohio Library Council is the statewide professional association which represents the interests of Ohio's public libraries, their trustees, Friends and staffs.
The membership of the OLC is composed of public library systems, library trustees, Friends of the Library groups, library staff members, other library institutions, and library-related commercial vendors.
Board members come from all regions of the state, ensuring that urban, suburban, and rural perspectives are represented. The OLC is governed by a Board of Directors composed of three library employees with an MLS or MLIS degree, three library trustees currently serving on library boards, and seven at-large members. Also involved in the governance of the OLC are the members who volunteer to participate in the activities of the association's Committees and Divisions.
Read more at: https://www.olc.org/about-us/
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, Metabase, 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. 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.
About Metabase
Metabase allows users to explore multiple data sources with simple, intuitive controls that can generate powerful reports and stunning visualizations. Show your library's value to your stakeholders with interactive charts on public dashboards. Subscribe to reports and have them delivered to your inbox on your schedule. Automate actions using the Metabase API.
Metabase makes it easy to turn raw data into clear answers to real questions. Make data-driven decisions and move your library closer to your strategic goals. For more information about Metabase hosted and supported by ByWater Solutions, please visit https://bywatersolutions.com/products/metabase.
About Libki
Libki is a cross-platform PC reservation booking, time, and print management system designed to empower staff to aid patrons with access to computers on a network.
Libki is ideally suited for use in locations where a controlled computing environment is paramount such as public access systems, libraries, school computer laboratories, and more! It consists of two parts, the Libki server, and the Libki client. For more information about Libki, please visit https://libki.org.