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 ====== VuFind® Newsletter: June, 2023 ======
-:!: This document is a draft and still subject to change.
 ===== Highlights / Executive Summary =====
+==== New Release ====
+June saw the release of VuFind® 9.0.2, which incorporates all of the minor bug fixes made during May and June.
+==== Development Progress ====
+Additionally, significant amounts of development effort were put into features to be included in VuFind® 9.1, and a separate development branch was established to begin work on larger changes for VuFind® 10.0. Highlights of the month's development include the addition of two new search backends (one for the LibGuides databases A-Z list, another for EBSCO's Publication Finder), code to increase the flexibility of item status messages, accessibility improvements, and a variety of ILS driver and dependency updates.
+Development will likely slow down for the next two months as summer vacations reduce the number of available developers, but work will proceed nonetheless.
+==== Project Management Committee Report ====
+At the June Project Management Committee meeting, the group discussed strategies for offering training to the community. They also continued ongoing work on documentation, conference planning and more.
+The PMC also voted to add Maccabee Levine, the contributor of the two new search backends added this month, as a project committer. (Also note that if you or a developer you know is interested in gaining committer status, you can talk to an existing committer -- including any current PMC member -- about receiving a nomination).
+==== VuFind® Summit 2023 / WOLFcon ====
+The call for papers for the [[community:conferences:summit_2023|2023 VuFind® Summit]] has closed, and enough submissions were received to prepare a full program. The talks will be held as part of [[https://openlibraryfoundation.org/about/wolfcon/upcoming/|WOLFcon 2023]], for which registration is still open (for both in-person participation and free virtual participation). Please plan to join us one way or another for the event, to be held on August 22-24 (with most VuFind® sessions likely taking place on the 23rd and 24th). A more detailed schedule will be forthcoming.
 ===== Recently Completed / Resolved Issues =====
-The following items were completed in the past month and will be included in release 9.0.2:
+The following items were completed in the past month and were included in release 9.0.2:
   * Fix a mistake in doc comment for patron parameter: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2913|#2913]]
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   * Add config setting for custom Solr highlighting params: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2927|#2927]]
-  * Add EBSCO Publication Finder data source: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2944|#2944]]
+  * Add EBSCO Publication Finder data source: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2944|#2944]], [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2953|#2953]]
   * Add LibGuidesAZ backend for Databases A-Z list: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2860|#2860]]
   * Add support for "uncertain" item availability status: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2857|#2857]]
+  * Add third cache server for obalkyknih.cz: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2956|#2956]]
   * Alma: make item status mapping to uncertain work with getStatus call: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2923|#2923]]
   * Clean up coverage tmp files after coverage reports are done: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2919|#2919]]
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   * Convert translation maps to UTF-8: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2942|#2942]]
   * Corrects SCSS compile extend error: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2922|#2922]]
+  * EDS: Fix copy-and-paste errors in comments: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2954|#2954]]
   * Exclude FOLIO reserves that have been suppressed from discovery: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2935|#2935]]
   * Fix page param out of range at search results: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2940|#2940]], [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2945|#2945]]
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   * Moving ExplodeSettingTrait to Feature Subdir: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2951|#2951]]
   * Proxy laminas-recaptcha instead of extending it: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2911|#2911]]
+  * Remove EDS.ini facet_limit setting, as it has no effect: [[https://openlibraryfoundation.atlassian.net/browse/VUFIND-1620|VUFIND-1620]] / [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2955|#2955]]
   * Semantics for saved search table: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2697|#2697]]
   * SierraRest: Add more configuration options for hold availability: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2915|#2915]], [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2918|#2918]], [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2921|#2921]]
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 ==== Code in Progress ====
-  * EPF: Test record driver and changes to EDS Backend: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2953|#2953]]
+  * Adding optional virtual keyboard to searchbox: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2952|#2952]]
   * Inheritance of local dirs for configuration files: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2947|#2947]]
   * Language labels matching MARC standard: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2933|#2933]]
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 The following items saw significant progress / activity during the past month:
+  * Add header and h2 for title and author: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2852|#2852]]
   * Add support for loading results with JS: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2804|#2804]], [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2929|#2929]]
   * Change route type for Help/Home from Static to Segment: [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/2850|#2850]]