While sprint 29 is over and sprint 30 is already well underway, version v0.8.0 of rero ils is published (complete release notes). Below is a brief summary of what’s new.

At RERO, we’re witnessing an acceleration of space-time, especially in the RERO ILS project, and in this haste, we “forgot” to inform you that two new releases have been published!

Below, a summary of the added features of these releases is proposed, but the detailed notes can be accessed through the following links:

• v0.6.0
• v0.7.0

The RERO network will be split into two groups of libraries by 2020-2021, one integrating the Swiss Library Services Platform (SLSP) and the other adopting the RERO ILS solution. In order to avoid a situation leading to the creation of two divergent copies of its current French-language authority file, RERO decided to discontinue this file in favour of a solution that is more widely recognized and firmly rooted in a wider community, and that can be equally used by both SLSP and RERO ILS.

RERO launches a first phase of tests on RERO ILS in this month of March.

After having tested its software with the Swiss professional community during a first cycle of workshops, the central was able to collect a good number of feedbacks on the use and usability of the system. RERO now wishes to continue this improvement process in a formal way, by opening a test phase with some pilot libraries.