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VuFind 5.1 Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
VuFind 5.1 Released
Villanova, Pennsylvania - February 4, 2019 - Version 5.1 of the VuFind Open Source discovery software has just been released. This minor release adds several new features and fixes.
Some key additions:
- Configurable user account notifications, making activity (such as fines, available holds, overdues, etc.) more readily visible to the user.
- Dynamic DOI-based linking (currently supporting Third Iron's BrowZine service, but also extensible for other applications).
- A richer, fully customizable user feedback system, allowing the creation of custom forms in the VuFind interface for collecting not just feedback, but also purchase suggestions, survey responses, or anything else the administrator configures.
- Better code generation tools, increasing the ease of creating new VuFind plug-ins.
- An experimental driver for the FOLIO platform, available for early adopters (but subject to change as the platform evolves).
- Full Vietnamese language support.
Additionally, several bug fixes, new configuration options, performance enhancements and minor improvements have been incorporated.
Questions about the new release or VuFind in general can be directed to Demian Katz, the lead developer of the project at Villanova University. The software and its documentation may be found at http://vufind.org.
Contact:
Demian Katz
demian.katz@villanova.edu
Villanova University
Falvey Memorial Library
800 Lancaster Avenue
Villanova, PA 19085
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