Open Source ILS

ByWater Solutions, America’s forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced that Sacramento County Public Law Library is now live on Koha! The catalog can be viewed here: https://catalog.saclaw.org/.

ByWater completed the transition of the library’s almost 24,000 holdings from SirsiDynix Horizon and continues to provide support services for Koha.

ByWater Solutions, America’s forefront provider of Open Source library technology support, announced today that the DeSoto Public Library in Texas is now live on Koha!

ByWater completed the transition of the library's 71,000 plus records from Polaris and is providing ongoing support services to the library. The library's customized Koha OPAC can be viewed at https://desototx.bywatersolutions.com.

Duluth, Ga., October 12, 2020: Equinox is pleased to welcome Brookfield Public Library to the Evergreen ILS with their successful migration to the Missouri Evergreen Consortium.

The Brookfield Public Library’s move will support 1,116 patrons and encompass a total of 2,1307 bibliographic records. Services provided by Equinox included project management and Evergreen software configuration. Data extraction and bibliographic deduplication were completed as part of their migration encompassing item, patron, and transaction records. Remote training was also provided by Equinox.

Duluth, Ga., September 10, 2020: Equinox is pleased to announce the successful migration of the Saint Peter School District to Evergreen ILS as part of the Traverse de Sioux Library Cooperative in Mankato, Minnesota.

APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED: SEPTEMBER 8 - NOVEMBER 1, 2020
APPLICATION WEBSITE: http://bit.ly/EOSG2021

Duluth, Ga., September 3, 2020: Equinox Open Library Initiative announces the availability of Curbside Pickup for libraries using Evergreen ILS. The latest feature was designed and developed by Equinox team members Sally Fortin, Andrea Buntz Neiman, Galen Charlton, and Mike Rylander. Development funding was provided by the Pennsylvania Integrated Library System (PaILS), which oversees SPARK, an Evergreen consortium in the state of Pennsylvania.

Duluth, Ga., August 31, 2020: Equinox Open Library Initiative is pleased to announce the successful migrations of four new libraries to Evergreen ILS.

Duluth, Ga., August 28, 2020: Equinox Open Library Initiative is pleased to announce completion of the latest update to the Curbside Pickup plugin for libraries using Koha ILS. This improvement will allow Koha libraries to immediately make use of the plugin without having to pay for additional development services or wait for a technical change to the core Koha ILS.

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Duluth, Ga., July 29, 2020: Equinox Open Library Initiative is honored to announce the successful migration of the Biblioteca Nacional de Puerto Rico, a division of the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña in San Juan, Puerto Rico to the Koha Integrated Library System. They were one of two 2019 Equinox Open Source Grant recipients.