23.04.00
2023-04-19
- If your library has translations available, you will now find those languages in the app.
- You can now search through facet values when filtering search results.
- When prompted for device permissions, you will be given more context for why we're requesting that permission.
- Fines on your library account will display in the Account Drawer.
- If needed, you will now be prompted to confirm a hold before the system will place it.
- General bug fixes and performance enhancements.
23.03.00
2023-03-15
- The app will now remember if you've set dark mode between sessions
- Increased touchable areas for some back/close buttons
- Holds sorting should work as expected
- When starting a new search, previously set filters and sort will be cleared
- General bug fixes and performance enhancements
23.02.00
2023-02-15
- Holds can now be filtered, sorted, and are now separated into pending and ready for pickup.
- Axis 360 checkouts can now be returned early from the Checkouts screne.
- If you login with an expired pin or password, you will now be prompted to reset it.
- Fixed a bug that would prevent Reading History on some devices.
- Fixed a bug that prevented VDX/ILL requests from being created.
- General bug fixes, performance enhancements, and code cleanup.
23.01.00
2023-01-18
- Barcodes for your linked accounts are available on the Cards screen
- Your reading history is available from the Account drawer
- You can now recieve notifications when a user has linked to your account.
- Performance enhancements for browsing and searching
- General bug fixes, performance enhancements, and code cleanup
22.12.01
2022-12-16
New features & improvements
- Overhauled the Manage Browse Categories screen and the backend of showing and hiding browse categories to properly toggle display.
- More consistent updating of lists, holds, checkouts, and browse categories as you complete tasks around them.
- General performance enhancements
- Action buttons on the Checkouts and Holds screens have been moved to the top of the screen to reduce clipping.
Bug fixes
- Fixed a bug that would cause the app to crash when initiating an author search from a Grouped Work.
- General bug fixes and code cleanup
22.12.00
2022-12-14
New features & improvements
- Overhauled the Manage Browse Categories screen and the backend of showing and hiding browse categories to properly toggle display.
- More consistent updating of lists, holds, checkouts, and browse categories as you complete tasks around them.
- General performance enhancements
- Action buttons on the Checkouts and Holds screens have been moved to the top of the screen to reduce clipping.
Bug fixes
- Fixed a bug that would cause the app to crash when initiating an author search from a Grouped Work.
- General bug fixes and code cleanup
22.11.00
2022-11-16
New features & improvements
- On the Search screen, you can now set filters and a sort method to filter and organize their search results.
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue where sometimes the device keyboard would cover the viewing area.
- Fixed an issue that would cause the initial setting for "Allow notifications" to be on and prevent updating other settings.
- General bug fixes and code cleanup
22.10.00
2022-10-19
New features & improvements
- You can now choose to receive custom alerts from your library
Bug fixes
- If an item has a mix of volume and bib level holds, you can now place appropriate type of hold
- General performance enhancements
- General bug fixes and code cleanup
22.09.00
2022-09-14
New features & improvements
- You can now opt-in to receiving notifications about updated saved searches in Preferences.
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue preventing some browse categories from being hidden.
- General bug fixes and code cleanup.
22.08.00
2022-08-10
New features & improvements
- You can now find your saved searches from the account drawer, along with an indicator of new results for each week.
- In effort for better performance, the Discovery screen will load by default only 5 browse categories. You can use the "Load All" at the bottom to show the rest.
- When adding titles to a list, and if other lists exist, pre-select the last used list.
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue that would allow a user to make multiple lists with the same title.
- Fixed an issue where if a user list was hidden as a browse category, it wouldn't display on the lists screen.
- General bug fixes and code cleanup.
22.07.02
2022-07-23
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue that prevented you from searching through the list of libraries for logging in.
22.07.00
2022-07-15
New Features
- You can now cancel and freeze/thaw multiple holds at once.
Improvements & Bug Fixes
- When freezing holds, you will now have a calendar picker to select a reactivation date.
- General performance enhancements and code cleanup.
22.06.00
2022-06-08
New Features
- If your library supports volume-level holds, you can now place them in the app
Improvements & Bug Fixes
- General performance enhancements and code cleanup.
22.05.00
2022-05-12
New Features
- You can now manage holds and checkouts from linked accounts.
- You can now place holds and checkout eContent for linked accounts.
- You can now place ILS holds for linked accounts.
Improvements & Bug Fixes
- Browse categories will now properly hide or show as they are updated.
- Tapping on an item in a list will once again navigate to the item details screen.
-General performance enhancements and code cleanup.
22.04.00
2022-04-13
New Features
- Your lists are now available to manage in the app, including adding and removing items
Improvements & Bug Fixes
- Improved app performance and reduced loading times
- General code cleanup
22.03.00
2022-03-09
New Features
- Manage your linked accounts
Improvements & Bug Fixes
- To allow quicker access anywhere in the app, the account section has been redesigned to become a drawer
- When viewing an item, you can now retrieve copy details to find the shelf locations of all copies in the library system
- Data should fetch more frequently and quietly in the background
- Patrons of single-branch libraries are now able to place holds on ILS items again
- When viewing the Contact screen, you'll now see the name of the library you're logged into
- General code cleanup
22.02.00
2022-02-09
New Features
- Dark mode
- Support for portrait and landscape modes
Improvements & Bug Fixes
- When fetching browse categories, more time has been added before allowing the connection to time out
- After hiding/showing browse categories it will trigger a reload of browse categories
- General code cleanup
21.15.01
2021-12-21
Improvements & Bug Fixes
- You can once again make searches which have more than one term
- General code cleanup
21.15.00
2021-12-08
New Features
- Personalize your Aspen LiDA experience! You can now hide Browse Categories on the Discovery screen that aren't interesting to you, and bring them back if you change your mind later.
- You can now see your personal Lists and Saved Searches on the Discovery screen, if your library has enabled the option to do so.
Improvements & Bug Fixes
- Placing a hold with a pickup location, or updating a hold's pickup location, will now properly send the location to the library.
- Renewing individual items should now give feedback on if the item was renewed and, if not, why.
- As you complete your tasks in Aspen LiDA, it will update the data more frequently in the background so that you always see your latest checkouts and holds.
- The Account screen has been slightly re-designed to accommodate for growth and the addition of user settings.
- If the library branch hasn't set all the ways for how you can contact them (i.e. email, website, or physical address), you'll only see buttons for the options that they've shared on the Contact screen.
- You can now find the installed version number and build of Aspen LiDA on the Login screen, as well as the More screen where it was previously found.
- General code cleanup and bug fixes to enhance the user experience
21.14.01
2021-11-09
- Fixed an issue that prevented items without authors from displaying on the Checkouts screen.
- The library's contact information should now more reliably load on the Contact screen.
21.14.00
2021-11-03
New Features
- Checkout eContent items and access them directly in the app
- Return eContent items
- Freeze/thaw and cancel holds
- Update the pickup location for physical items on hold
Improvements & Bug Fixes
- The keyboard will no longer cover the Password/PIN input when trying to log into the app
- Tapping "Next" in the Username/Barcode input will no longer reset the Login screen
- We've updated the "Home" screen for a better browsing experience
- We've updated "Item Details" screen to make selecting different formats and languages for an item easier
- Actions for checked out items and holds are now accessed by tapping on an item