February saw significant progress on preparing the VuFind® 9.0 release, with several long-standing improvements seeing completion and further updates made to most outstanding work. It still seems to be on track for a spring release, and a release date may be announced very soon.
In addition to the already-scheduled 9.0 preparation and some minor bug fixes, several new contributions and improvements were incorporated, including a better “staff view” for non-MARC data, improvements to VuFind®'s internal tracking of the user's search context, and enhancements to the FOLIO and SierraRest ILS drivers.
The Documentation Survey wrapped up early in the month and provided some helpful feedback. The Project Management Committee devoted a significant portion of the February meeting to discussing the survey results and planning to make improvements based on them. The March Community Call will also include some documentation-related discussions, so please consider participating if this topic interests you.
The PMC also engaged in a goal-setting exercise and now has a set of specific goals for 2023. Details can be found in the minutes from the February 13, 2023 PMC meeting.
VuFind® also welcomed its fourth Registered Service Provider in February: HealthNet Nepal.
The following items were completed in the past month and will be included in release 9.0:
The following items were reported / begun in the past month, but are not yet completed:
The following items saw significant progress / activity during the past month: