Friday, Jun 23, 2023 | 9:00 am - 3:45 pm

Open Source Software Success for Libraries

Add to Calendar 2023-06-23 09:00:00 2023-06-23 15:45:00 Open Source Software Success for Libraries DePaul Center Physical address DePaul University 1 E. Jackson Blvd. Chicago, IL 60604 United States Capacity 0 Waitlist Available No Waitlist Capacity 0 (See Body Text) L2 donotreply@librarylearning.org America/Chicago public

About This Event

ByWater Solutions will be co-hosting an Aspen Discovery pre-conference with SWAN Library Services in advance of the American Library Association 2023 Annual Conference on Friday, June 23, 2023 from 9:00 am to 3:45 pm. Attendees will hear from libraries of all sizes about the rewards and challenges of implementing Open Source software including Koha, Aspen Discovery, Evergreen, and the Palace Project. Whether you use Open Source now, want to use Open Source in the future, or just want to hear more about what other institutions are doing, this is a great opportunity to hear first hand about the experiences and successes of various libraries.

Presenters

Daniel Barden, Technical Services Division Director at Cuyahoga County Public Library
Scott Brandwein, Assistant Director at SWAN Library Services
Bob Bennhoff, AspenCat Services Manager at Colorado Library Consortium and koha-US
Vice President
James English, Director of Business Development for The Palace Project
Jordan Fields, Aspen Product Librarian at ByWater Solutions
Maddie Hines, Digital Strategies Manager at Montgomery County Public Libraries
Kathy Lussier, Executive Director at SAILS, Inc.
Keisha Poole, Cataloging and Metadata Librarian at Arlington Public Library
Aaron Skog, Executive Director at SWAN Library Services

Session descriptions

About SWAN Library Services

SWAN Library Services is dedicated to bringing 100 libraries in the Chicagoland areas for the purposes of resource sharing and collaboration. They connect a 1.9 million service population with their community library. To this end, SWAN built a shared online public catalog with nearly 8 million items available to library users. This is a unique collection of materials, e-content, and library events. SWAN’s strength is founded on providing a common platform of services and promoting collaboration among libraries. Over the past 5 years, the membership of SWAN has grown by 25 libraries.

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 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.

Details

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