ByWater Solutions

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ByWater Solutions LLC
Company typePrivate
Industry Computer software
Founded2009
Headquarters
Santa Barbara, CA
New Haven, CT
,
USA
Products Koha (Support)
Website www.bywatersolutions.com

ByWater Solutions is a privately owned and funded company founded in California [1] in March 2009 by CEO Brendan A. Gallagher and CRO Nathan A. Curulla, [2] [3] which provides implementation, hosting, support, consultation, and development services for open source services including the Koha Integrated Library System. [4] [5] [6]

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History

After the founding of ByWater Solutions in 2009, Gallagher began contributing to the Koha community by way of small developmental fixes. ByWater signed their first contract in June 2009. [7] [8] Since that time, ByWater has grown to a Koha dedicated staff of 25, [9] and supports over 1,100 [10] library sites (including publics, [11] schools, academic, [12] small non profits [13] and special libraries [14] [15] ) within North America. Since its founding, ByWater has also partnered with other open source software companies worldwide to work on improving the Koha project both with documentation and developments. [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]

Origin of the company name

ByWater Solutions is named after a village in J. R. R. Tolkien's epic trilogy The Lord of the Rings. Bywater is a village which is situated in close proximity to the Shire, the home of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, who are the two main characters in the story. Bywater was known primarily for the Inn of the Green Dragon, a central meeting place for travelers and adventurers in the story. The Inn was a hub for the collaboration and exchange of news and ideas in the world of Middle Earth, and thus resembles the environment found in Koha and Open Source Software in general. Because of the company's primary dealings with libraries worldwide, the founders thought that it was important to incorporate a literary reference to the name of the company, and being lifelong childhood friends, this literary work has personal value to them both. [21]

Partnerships

In March 2015, EBSCO Information Services and ByWater Solutions partnered together to allow libraries that use Koha ILS to easily integrate EBSCO Discovery Service. [22] Since then ByWater has expressed their commitment to support the FOLIO Library Services Platform project in partnership with Ebsco. [23]

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