Grove is pleased to announce contributions to the Aspen 25.07 release, featuring push notifications in Aspen LiDA for Koha and Sierra libraries, along with more than 70 additional enhancements across the Aspen Discovery platform.
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Grove Adds Push Notifications for Account Notices in LiDA for Koha and Sierra Libraries, Plus 70+ Enhancements in Aspen 25.07
July 15, 2025 01:22 PM - Comment(s)
Crowdfunding for Aspen Events Enhancements
June 17, 2025 09:02 AM - Comment(s)
In early 2025, Grove developed and launched Aspen Events, an events platform native to Aspen Discovery. Since then, we've had lots of libraries reach out about enhancements they'd like to make to Aspen Events. We're currently working with libraries on the following:
Event Registration
Room Bookings
Eve...
Funded! While You Wait and You Might Also Like Enhancements
June 17, 2025 08:33 AM - Comment(s)
Background
The While You Wait functionality is very useful for directing patrons to titles that are available to check out while they are waiting for their holds to be filled. However, within a consortium, it can direct patrons to materials that are available in an eContent format, but are not curren...
Crowdfunding for List Enhancements
June 17, 2025 08:15 AM - Comment(s)
Several libraries have reached out to Grove about enhancements they would like to see to Aspen lists. These requests include the following:
Hierarchical List Organization in the Patron Account
When librarians manage hundreds of lists within their account, it becomes difficult and time-consuming to fin...
Crowdfunding for LiDA Browse Category Redesign
June 16, 2025 05:45 PM - 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...
Funded! Sideloading Permissions for Consortia
June 13, 2025 07:56 AM - Comment(s)
Sideloading allows libraries to add MARC records to Aspen without needing to store those records in their ILS. Sideloading permissions are currently all or nothing, either you can administer all sideloads or no sideloads.
With this development, consortium administration can delegate the managing of s...
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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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, ...
Funded! Crowdfunding for Sorting Serials with Newest at the Top
April 09, 2025 07:30 AM - Comment(s)
When viewing popular serials, patrons expect to see the most recent issues at the top. In Aspen, the most recent issues display at the top of the "Copies" section, but issues still sort oldest to newest in the "Title Summary" sections.
This development allows libraries to sort the...
SWAN Library Services Partners with Grove for Hosting Aspen Discovery and Aspen LiDA
March 31, 2025 12:59 PM - Comment(s)
SWAN Library Services, which serves 100 public libraries in the Chicagoland area, is now hosting Aspen Discovery and Aspen LiDA with Grove for Libraries.
With Grove’s founders having over 25 years of collective experience developing and hosting with the Aspen codebase, they are the best positio...
Grove Adds Event Functionality, Series Records, Updates to Web Resources, and more to the Aspen 25.03 Release!
March 10, 2025 08:37 AM - 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...
What's New in Aspen Webinar
March 05, 2025 03:32 PM - Comment(s)
Join us on Thursday, April 10th, at 2:00 pm Eastern/11:00 am Pacific, for the webinar: What's New in Aspen: Innovations & Updates for Early 2025!
During the webinar, we'll be talking about many of the new features and enhancements Grove has added to Aspen in the first quarter of 2025. Some of the...
Grove adds local administrators to Aspen, increasing security options for all libraries using Aspen Discovery and Aspen LiDA.
February 10, 2025 08:36 AM - 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...
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