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Crowdfunding for LiDA Browse Category Redesign

June 16, 2025 05:45 PM - By Jordan Fields - Comment(s)

The Minuteman Library Network funded the redesign of Browse Categories in LiDA and is looking for additional libraries to contribute to funding the full development.

This development includes a complete redesign of Browse Categories for LiDA that maintains all of the functionality of the current desi...

Grove adds Sideload functionality for consortia, improvements to LiDA Scan and Go, and more than 50 additional updates to the Aspen 25.06 release!

June 11, 2025 12:54 PM - By Jordan Fields - Comment(s)

Sideloads in Aspen give libraries the flexibility to manage eContent and other materials outside of their ILS while still displaying them in Aspen. Previously, any administrator with sideload permissions could access and manage all sideloads system-wide. This posed challenges for consortia aiming to...

Grove Adds Improved User Experience and Performance for the Aspen LiDA App as Part of More Than 50 Grove Updates to Aspen 25.05

May 06, 2025 05:53 AM - By Jordan Fields - Comment(s)

Responding to one of the most requested features from libraries, Grove has introduced a user-friendly interface in Aspen that allows librarians to easily customize LiDA’s loading messages. This enhancement enables libraries to tailor messages to their specific needs or update them regularly, keeping...

Grove announces the release of Aspen 25.04 with 75 improvements and enhancements for libraries!

April 16, 2025 11:14 AM - By Jordan Fields - Comment(s)

The Aspen 25.04 monthly release was truly a community achievement with 75 contributions from 17 developers from six different organizations!

Mark Noble, Aspen Architect, commented, “It’s wonderful to see the community of developers growing. We’ve had a good number of new people start working on Aspen...

What's New in Aspen: Innovations and Updates for Early 2025

April 10, 2025 02:17 PM - By Jordan Fields - Comment(s)

In this webinar, Grove shares their top developments of the first quarter of 2025. Features include: Aspen Events, Series Records, updates to LiDA, creating Local Admins, wpdates to Web Resources, multiple pickup locations for a single branch, and updates to formats to support Tonies, Yoto Players, ...