ByWater Solutions is privately owned by its founders Brendan A. Gallagher and Nathan A. Curulla.

Breeding, Marshall. ByWater Expands Support Offerings to Include Aspen Discovery. December 2019. Smart Libraries Newsletter. ByWater Solutions, a company involved in providing services surrounding open source software, has recently expanded its portfolio to include Aspen Discovery. This open source discovery interface based on VuFind was originally developed by Mark Noble. His business, Turning Leaf Technologies, has been acquired by ByWater solutions and Noble now serves as Aspen Discovery Team Lead.

Breeding, Marshall. Virginia Tech Libraries to Implement Koha. March 2018. Smart Libraries Newsletter. The libraries of Virginia Tech University have begun the implementation of the open source Koha integrated library system and the Coral electronic resource management application. Virginia Tech selected ByWater Solutions as its technology partner, not only to provide support services for Koha and Coral, but also to enhance these systems to meet the library's specific needs while offering substantial savings relative to its current environment. The library will migrate from Sierra ILS from Innovative Interfaces, which was implemented in 2011.

Breeding, Marshall. ByWater Solutions to Offer FOLIO Services. March 2018. Smart Libraries Newsletter. ByWater Solutions has become well established as a support services firm for open source library software, primarily for the open source Koha integrated library system. The company announced that it will also offer support for the open source FOLIO library services platform in partnership with EBSCO Information Services. ByWater Solutions will provide services to libraries to implement and support FOLIO hosted on EBSCO's technology infrastructure. EBSCO will also provide data services, such as access to its knowledge base and to EBSCO Discovery Service. ByWater Solutions will also explore using FOLIO microservices and apps to enhance services for its current clients using Koha and other open source components.

Breeding, Marshall. ByWater and Donohue Group To Develop New Advanced Cataloging Module for Koha. April 2014. Smart Libraries Newsletter. A collaborative project between ByWater Solutions, one of the major providers of support services for the open source Koha integrated library system, and Donohue Group Inc. proposes to develop new MARC record editing and management capabilities to support the needs of complex cataloging operations. The Donohue Group will partially fund the development of the new cataloging module, which will be supplemented by funding contributed from ByWater Solutions

Breeding, Marshall. Open Source ILS Continues to Expand. April 2011. Smart Libraries Newsletter. The movement toward open source library automation continues. Recent months have seen many announcements of libraries selecting both Koha and Evergreen to replace proprietary systems. Keeping in mind that proprietary ILS products continue to dominate, both in new selections and in the overall base of installed systems, open source library automation has gained a strong footing in the industry and has become a common option for most types of libraries.

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January 22, 2025. ByWater Solutions announces January 2025 Community Giveback Winner. ByWater Solutions announced the January 2025 winner of the ByWater Community Giveback is the Piedmont Valley Library library in South Dakota. The funds will be used to support technology updates at the library.

January 22, 2025. January 2025 Librarian of the Month. ByWater Solutions announced that the January 2025 Librarian of the Month is Sierra Chastain-Rittue, Web Support Specialist, at C/W MARS, Inc.

January 18, 2025. ByWater Solutions 2024 Year in Review: Koha Community. 2024 was an exciting year for the Koha Community! In Part 2 of our Year in Review, we take a look at enhancements with the new upgrades, community events, and more.

January 17, 2025. ByWater Solutions welcomes Michael Adamyk. ByWater Solutions, an open-source community contributor and America's forefront provider of Open-Source library technology support announced that Michael Adamyk has joined the ByWater Solutions team.

January 16, 2025. Discovery Integration with Koha and TDNet Webinar. Have you been looking for a way to search across your library's entire collection, including both physical and digital resources, through a single search interface? Then join PTFS-Europe and ByWater Solutions for a 1-hour webinar to learn more about the integration between Koha and TDNet.

January 13, 2025. 2025 New Hampshire Summit. Then join ByWater Solutions at the New Hampshire Summit on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, 10:00 am-3:00 pm to learn more more about Koha and Aspen Discovery. The Summit will be held at Mill Falls in Meredith, NH. ByWater Solutions and members of the Koha and Aspen Communities in New Hampshire, Vermont, and other regions, will discuss how open-source solutions can benefit your library.

January 9, 2025. ByWater Solutions a sponsor at the IHLS Member Day 2025. ByWater Solutions, an open-source community contributor and America's forefront provider of Open Source library technology support announced that our team will be at the 11th Annual Illinois Heartland Library System Member Day on Feb. 12, 2025. Representatives will be available in the Virtual Exhibit Hall all day starting at 8:30 a.m. and closing at 4:30 p.m.

January 9, 2025. ByWater Solutions 2024 Year in Review: Company and Outreach. 2024 was another fantastic year for ByWater Solutions, Koha and Aspen! Although industry experts predicted that interest in new ILS adoption was down by 30% for 2024, ByWater still partnered with 196 new libraries made up of over 45 new contracts for Koha, Aspen, Metabase and Libki. We continue to see a huge interest in Open Source Software within the library technology industry, with more libraries than ever before interested in learning why we do what we do. ByWater has seen a lot of growth internally as well as externally. We have brought on over a dozen new team members during 2024, are in the process of upgrading our internal tools for more efficient project and support management, have promoted several internal team members to strengthen our already impressive Administration Team, and much more. All this while still setting a new bar in the library world regarding implementation and support satisfaction.

January 3, 2025. ByWater Solutions attending the 2025 OLA Annual Super Conference. ByWater Solutions, an Open Source community contributor and America's forefront provider of Open Source library technology support announced that team members will attend the OLA SuperConference Conference from January 29 - February 1, 2025, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

December 19, 2024. ByWater Solutions promotes Catrina Berka to Lead Educator and Enica Davis to Lead Data Migration Specialist. ByWater Solutions, America's forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced the promotion of Catrina Berka to Lead Educator and Enica Davis to Lead Data Migration Specialist.

Nov 07, 2019 ByWater Solutions expands services to include Aspen Discovery
ByWater Solutions, America's forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced today that they have acquired Turning Leaf Technologies and will be providing implementation, support, hosting and development services to the Aspen Open Source Discovery system. Mark Noble the founder of both the Pika and Aspen Discovery systems, has joined the ByWater family as the Aspen Discovery Team Lead and users will benefit from his 10 plus years of experience in developing, managing and supporting Discovery systems for Public, Academic and School Libraries.

Apr 17, 2009 ByWater Solutions listed as an official Koha support company
ByWater Solutions has been recognized for providing expert open source ILS support by the Koha free library software developer and user community. As a result the newly formed company has been listed as an official pay-for support vendor on Koha.org.

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2024 ByWater Solutions Accomplishments Narrative

2024 was another fantastic year for ByWater Solutions, Koha and Aspen! ByWater partnered with 196 new libraries made up of over 45 new contracts for Koha, Aspen, Metabase and Libki. We continue to see a huge interest in Open Source Software within the library technology industry, with more libraries than ever before interested in learning why we do what we do. ByWater has seen substantial growth internally as well as externally. We have brought on over a dozen new team members during 2024, are in the process of upgrading our internal tools for more efficient project and support management, have promoted several internal team members to strengthen our already impressive Administration Team, and much more. All this while still setting a new bar in the library world regarding implementation and support satisfaction. We thank all of our wonderful partners for your ongoing support during this exciting and challenging year and we look forward to continuing to "keep it Live in 2025"!!