<div>Dear Koha Community,</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>It is our pleasure to announce that <a href="http://software.coop">software.coop</a> of Somerset, England and ByWater</div><div>Solutions LLC of Santa Barbara CA, USA, are partnering to bring Electronic Data</div>
<div>Exchange (EDI) to Koha.</div><div><br></div><div>EDI will greatly increase the functionality of the acquisitions module of Koha by</div><div>allowing a direct electronic exchange from one entity to another, making processes such</div>
<div>as billing and the transmission of purchase orders seamless. It may optionally accept</div><div>bibliographic records from a vendor, making cataloguing quicker. It was described in the</div><div>journal "Program: electronic library and information systems" Vol. 44 No. 3, 2010.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The EDI code, which was written by <a href="http://software.coop">software.coop</a>, will be rebased by ByWater</div><div>Solutions on the current head of the Koha project. The rebased code will be submitted for</div>
<div>possible inclusion in the 3.4 release of Koha.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>-Ian</div><div><br></div>-- <br>Ian Walls<br>Lead Development Specialist<br>ByWater Solutions<br>
Phone # (888) 900-8944<br><a href="http://bywatersolutions.com">http://bywatersolutions.com</a><br><a href="mailto:ian.walls@bywatersolutions.com">ian.walls@bywatersolutions.com</a><br>Twitter: @sekjal<br>