Blog categorized as Aspen Releases

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...

Grove Adds Event Functionality, Series Records, Updates to Web Resources, and more to the Aspen 25.03 Release!

March 10, 2025 08:37 AM - By Jordan Fields - Comment(s)

Aspen has always been about providing choice to libraries, and the 25.03 release includes multiple features that give libraries more options on what technologies they use and how information is presented to patrons. Grove will be presenting on all of these enhancements at the upcoming April 10th web...

Grove adds local administrators to Aspen, increasing security options for all libraries using Aspen Discovery and Aspen LiDA.

February 10, 2025 08:36 AM - By Jordan Fields - Comment(s)

Grove for Libraries, Aspen’s premier development, support, and hosting organization, is pleased to announce the Aspen 25.02 release, which includes nearly 100 updates for Aspen libraries!

Traditionally, Aspen users have all authenticated against accounts in the connected ILS, in much the same w...

Grove Adds New Formats, Support for Multiple Pickup Locations at a Branch, LiDA Updates, and more to the Aspen 25.01 Release

January 06, 2025 04:14 PM - By Jordan Fields - Comment(s)

Libraries are constantly evolving in both the materials and services they offer to patrons, and it is crucial that library discovery software keeps up with these changes. Grove was pleased to partner with Aspen libraries to add several new formats to Aspen Discovery as well as support for Polaris Pi...

Grove adds a Year-In-Review feature (Spotify Wrapped for the Library!) and nearly 50 enhancements to the Aspen 24.12 Release

December 09, 2024 03:28 PM - By Jordan Fields - Comment(s)

With the growing popularity of Year-In-Review features such as Spotify Wrapped, Grove organized a volunteer community initiative to develop Aspen’s own Year-In-Review feature for libraries called 2024 Shelved! This year’s stats include a patron’s total number of checkouts, the money they saved by us...