December 2018 Newsletter

Support Butte Library Staff affected by Camp Fire

Here at ByWater Solutions, we have a close partnership with our libraries and were devastated when we heard about the Camp Fire and the Butte County Library System - Paradise Library. We wanted to help staff that lost their homes get back on their feet.

All funds collected will go directly to the members of the Butte County Library System who have lost their homes in the fires that ravaged the area this month.

Read more on our GoFundMe site to support our friends and partners.

December 2018 Librarian of the Month

Viccy Kemp, Technical Services Manager at the Flower Mound Public Library is our December 2018 Librarian of the Month! The ByWater team was elated with her commitment to her library, community, and Koha.

Viccy has helped many libraries learn more about adopting an open source ILS and the realities of a migration away from a proprietary system. She is an active member of both the Koha and Koha-US community, and always jumps on our partners list to help. ByWater staff see her as a true advocate!

If you work with someone who goes above & beyond, nominate them for a Librarian of the Month Award.

Updates to the Acquisitions Module in 18.05

Here are just a few enhancements that were added to Koha in version 18.05 that will benefit the Acquisitions department of libraries. Read More.

Town Hall on Koha Sandboxes

This week Kyle Hall and Nick Clemens talked about how to test patches for the Koha System using Sandboxes. If you missed it, watch below.

Link to Additional Resources

Credits and Debits in 18.05

Read more about the changes you will see in credits, debits, and how items are displayed in patron accounts in this blog post.

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