Vireo Version History
ORIGINS
Development originally funded by an IMLS grant
Metadata working group provided a report in 2005 that provided guidance
Written as part of the Manakin front-end to DSpace
Development led by Scott Phillips and Co. at Texas A&M University
Deployed at Texas A&M in Fall 2008, UT Austin in Spring 2009
Vireo Users Group founded in 2010 by Laura Hammons, Texas A&M University. First meeting at Texas Conference on Digital Libraries.
Vireo 1.2 primarily bug fixes.
http://vireoetd.org/vireo/2011/10/31/vireo-1-2-release-to-include-bug-fixes-troubleshooting-enhancements/
Vireo 1.8 released in October 2012 as an open source producthttp://vireoetd.org/vireo/2012/10/17/vireo-1-8-released/
Vireo 2.0 (but officially Vireo 1.9 )
http://vireoetd.org/vireo/2013/02/01/vireo-1-9-released/
Separation of Vireo from DSpace - an independent tool
Play framework with Spring (Java based)
Some new features were added
Benefits
Quick to deploy
Much easier to uncover & resolve issues (weeks reduced to hours)
Early ProQuest integration began here
Vireo 3
http://vireoetd.org/vireo/2015/03/09/vireo-3-0-released-github/
Completed more than 30 new feature including these major ones
• Finished ProQuest integration of their license, embargo options, and subject codes. Not seamless. Files are exported from Vireo and FTPd to ProQuest
• Emails triggered by change of status
• Needs Correction - tightened up to help students follow correct workflow
Co-developed by TDL and Texas A&M
Vireo 4.0 released Summer 2019
Customizable submission workflows
Controlled vocabularies
Improved metadata based on the TDL Metadata Working Group’s report and updated guidelines for ETDs
Enhanced field control for filtering, flagging, and tracking