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...
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Funded! Sideloading Permissions for Consortia
June 13, 2025 07:56 AM - Comment(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...
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 - 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 - 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...
Grove Announces Hosting and Implementation Services for Aspen Discovery and Aspen LiDA
December 03, 2024 07:47 AM - Comment(s)
Grove, Aspen's premier development company, is excited to announce that they now offer hosting and implementation services for Aspen Discovery and Aspen LiDA.
Grove’s hosting and support packages are designed to give libraries choices around the services that best meet their needs. Grove offers sever...
Grove Adds Access to Even More Library Resources in Aspen Discovery and LiDA with the 24.11 Release
November 11, 2024 01:46 PM - Comment(s)
One of Aspen's primary goals is to be the single place to discover all of a library's resources and services. Grove furthered this goal in the 24.11 release by providing a way for libraries to offer access to more than one OverDrive collection for a single library, access to search CloudSource OA di...
Grove Collaborates with Libraries to Deliver New Features for Aspen 24.10
October 07, 2024 12:15 PM - Comment(s)
Grove announces several new features coming to Aspen with the 24.10 release, including Cost Savings for Patrons, automated holds for Materials Requests, and updates to allow administrators to manage any combination of library locations.
The County of San Luis Obispo Public Libraries (SLO) uses Aspen ...
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