With RERO ILS, cataloging becomes more user friendly and innovative:
abandonment of MARC in favor of fields with natural language labels, adoption
of RDA, use of a multilingual authority file developed by RERO+ and based on
VIAF.
Monday 12 July 2021 is a date that RERO+ will long remember: 58 libraries made their transition to the new RERO ILS system. Two months later, we take a look at this event and its pitfalls.
It is now official: RERO’s identity is evolving to meet new needs in a new library environment. RERO becomes RERO+, a foundation of private law and public interest formally created on 29 April 2021 by the cantons of Jura, Neuchâtel and Valais, as well as the city of Martigny. This event represents the beginning of a new adventure for the RERO+ team and its partners.
After another intense sprint at RERO+ and UCLouvain, the arrival of version
v1.2.0 brings its share of new features and fixes to stabilize RERO ILS
before the go-live on July 12th. The complete release notes are available on
GitHub. This is an opportunity for us to highlight the
community aspect of RERO ILS with the system’s translation processes.