Grove was founded out of a recognition that libraries need the ability to direct the future development for Aspen. Grove offers development, hosting, support, and more for Aspen Discovery, Aspen LiDA, and other projects related to Aspen. Grove employees also contribute time and expertise to all Aspen Community meetings as well as dedicated Office Hours to help grow and support all libraries and organizations using Aspen.
The name Grove refers to an aspen grove. An aspen tree is not an individual tree; all trees in an aspen grove have common roots and a shared genetic code. Just like an aspen tree, libraries using Aspen have a shared software code base and support one another in their ideas and examples. At Grove, we want to do all that we can to feed these common roots to do our part in nurturing a thriving Aspen community, an Aspen Grove. The name Grove is also a portmanteau of “grow” and “love” which perfectly encapsulates our feelings for our community and our work.
Libraries Using Aspen Discovery
2,500+
Founders Collective Years of Experience in Library Software
30+
About Aspen
Mark Noble created Aspen Discovery in 2019 from previous work on the open-source projects Pika and VuFind Plus dating back to 2009. Aspen is a suite of library software that started with the flagship Discovery and now includes additional modules such as the LiDA mobile app and Web Builder. Aspen is in use by more than 2,500 libraries worldwide and is supported by a community of hundreds of librarians.
Grove Co-Founders
Mark Noble
Mark is the creator of Aspen Discovery, open-source software for library discovery and more. Over the last 15 years, he has contributed more than 10,000 commits to the current code base and thousands more over the life of the project and its parent projects. He has also mentored numerous developers and librarians in contributing code.
Jordan Fields
Jordan has been working on software for libraries since 2009, first as a staff member at both large and small public libraries, and then a mixed-type library consortium. In 2012, Jordan started working with Aspen’s predecessors and joined the project full-time in 2014. In 2017 she continued her work on library software for several other private initiatives, rejoining Aspen in 2021. Jordan has an MSLIS from Syracuse University.
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