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