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For years, the Invenio community has been known for powerful open-source repository solutions - especially InvenioRDM. But many institutions need more than a repository: they need a modern, flexible platform that also supports collections, loans, acquisitions, and patron services.

Repositories and libraries: Invenio features InvenioILS!

We are happy to announce InvenioRDM Alpha 10 (August release)! Thank you to our team members for their efforts on this release.

 What's new?

We made some limited changes this month. However, three key areas

 were

tackled. The concurrent Invenio Sprint brought the final Semantic-UI updates across all modules! If something does not show up right in your default RDM instance, then it's a legitimate bug now.

InvenioRDM August Release

We've recently completed a major overhaul of our research data archive, datasafe, which is now built on InvenioRDM. Our team at the University of Münster's University and State Library (ULB) has been working to implement this open-source software, tailoring it to meet the specific needs of our researchers. datasafe is designed as a dark archive, where researchers can deposit their datasets for long-term preservation.

datasafe: Implementing a Dark Archive with InvenioRDM

Last month InvenioRDM project partners convened in Stellenbosch and Cape Town, South Africa for the 18th International Open Repositories Conference (OR2023). We were thrilled to offer our second InvenioRDM workshop on the 12th of June (see our wrap-up of the first workshop: OR2022 workshop). During three eventful hours we spoke with librarians, data managers, administrators, and developers about the basics of joining the InvenioRDM project and

Conference Spotlight: InvenioRDM Workshop Day at Open Repositories 2023

On June 6, 2022 InvenioRDM partners from CERN, Northwestern University, TU Wien, NYU Libraries, and Cottage Labs assembled to present the InvenioRDM Workshop Day at Open Repositories 2022 (OR2022). At this first in-person meet-up in over two years, the team talked InvenioRDM with over 30 workshop attendees.

Conference Spotlight: InvenioRDM Workshop Day at Open Repositories 2022

We are proud to announce the release of Invenio v3.3.0. With this release, Invenio v3.1.x reaches end of life, and will no longer be maintained.

 Python compatibility

Invenio v3.3 supports Python versions 3.6 and 3.7. Python 2 support in Invenio ended on January 1st, 2020 with the official end of life for Python 2 on the same date.

 Getting started

See our quick start guide.

Invenio v3.3 released

We are happy to announce InvenioRDM Alpha 8 (June release). Thank you to our team members for their efforts on this release.

 What's new?

The June release is a major backend development release. We developed three new modules that lay the foundation for the new core data flow of Invenio(RDM). Our work goes far to provide a better developer experience.

InvenioRDM June Release

Summer 2021 is an exciting time in the development of InvenioRDM, as the team works towards the Long-Term Support (LTS) version. Here are just a few updates we have to share about recent work:

 Contributions from the community

InvenioRDM partners are not only local implementers, but frequently contribute their coding expertise to the project.

InvenioRDM Community Spotlight: Summer 2021

We are proud to announce the release of Invenio v3.2.0. With this release, Invenio v3.0.x reaches end of life, and will no longer be maintained.

 Python compatibility

Invenio v3.2 supports Python 2.7 (until 2019-12-31), Python 3.5 and Python 3.6.

 Getting started

See our quick start guide.

 Upgrading

See our upgrade guide.

Invenio v3.2 released

We are pleased to announce the InvenioRDM April release. The Deposit page has been our focus and that meant designing the frontend and the backend based on lessons learned from the beta invenio-deposit python module and from the invenio-records-js and invenio-files-js previous angularjs modules. We will be implementing most of these designs in May. Thank you all for testing the last release and for your many contributions.

InvenioRDM April Release

Two vulnerabilities have been identified in

 supported

Invenio modules.

 Invenio-Records

(security advisory): A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in Invenio-Records in the administration interface.

 Invenio-App

(security advisory): A Host header injection vulnerability has been identified in Invenio-App.

Invenio security releases - XSS and Host header injection

In our latest Invenio sprint from May 13-24 we've been working on making Elasticsearch upgrades, migration and reindexing simpler and with near zero downtime.

Keeping up with Elasticsearch

The InvenioRDM GitHub Archiver (IGA) is a new software tool created by the Caltech Library. InvenioRDM is the basis for many institutional repositories, such as CaltechDATA, that enable users to preserve software and data sets in a long-term archive. The metadata contained in the record of a deposit is critical to making the record widely discoverable by other people.

Introducing the InvenioRDM GitHub Archiver (IGA)

Congratulations! Your team has just joined the InvenioRDM open source project and is eager to contribute as much as possible. With a mixture of dedicated developers, resource curators, subject matter experts, and various leadership stakeholders, your team simply needs to know about the available resources and how to get started.

InvenioRDM Onboarding Resource Roundup

The 19th annual Open Repositories conference took place June 3 - 6, 2024 in Göteborg, Sweden. Attendees benefitted from hundreds of presentations on innovations in the world of digital repositories, all focused around this year's conference themes of Community, Transparency, and Sustainability. In addition, ten workshops were presented on June 3rd, the InvenioRDM Workshop being one of only two to receive a full-day allotment.

Conference Spotlight: InvenioRDM Workshop Day at Open Repositories 2024

From March 18 - 22 the InvenioRDM partner community met in Münster, Germany, to discuss current challenges and plans for the future of the project. While many smaller questions and issues were addressed immediately on-site, e.g. during one of the “merge parties” or in work sessions resulting from and building upon previous discussions, many sessions ended with clear lists of planned actions for the coming weeks and months.

InvenioRDM Partner Meeting / Developer Workshop: Action Items

Caltech Library is pleased to announce that CaltechDATA, our institutional data and software repository, launched a major upgrade on Wednesday September 21, 2022. CaltechDATA has served as critical research infrastructure for campus since 2017, and it hosts over 20,000 records containing datasets and software for a wide variety of disciplines.

New version of CaltechDATA launches on InvenioRDM

We are happy to announce InvenioRDM Alpha 9 (July release)! Thank you to our team members for their efforts on this release.

 What's new?

The July release adds translation support and starts integrating the major backend development of last release into InvenioRDM. In particular, draft functionality has been added at the API level and is used under the hood for deposits.

InvenioRDM July Release

We are happy to announce InvenioRDM Alpha 7 (May release). Thank you to our team members for their efforts on this significant release.

 What's new?

The May release is a major integration release, with a few rough edges that still need polishing. We have integrated a lot of code that was developed in separate branches into the main InvenioRDM code base.

InvenioRDM May Release

We would like to announce the 5th Invenio User Group Workshop, IUGW2019, to be held as part of Open Repositories 2019 (OR2019) on Monday, June 10th from 09:00-17:00 at the University of Hamburg (main building).

 Registration (mandatory)

First register to Open Repositories 2019 conference. Next, register to the Invenio User Group Workshop 2019.

Invenio User Group Workshop 2019, June 10th

CERN has partnered with 10 multidisciplinary institutions and companies to build a turn-key open source research data management platform called InvenioRDM, and grow a diverse community to sustain the platform.

The InvenioRDM project is funded by the CERN Knowledge Transfer Fund, as well as all the participating partners, including: Brookhaven National Laboratory (US) Caltech Library (US) CTSA Program National Center for Data

InvenioRDM: a turn-key open source research data management platform

We are pleased to announce the first Invenio v3 Bootcamp taking place at CERN, 19-21 March 2019. The Bootcamp is intended as an introduction to

 developing

digital repositories with the Invenio v3 framework.

 Website

https://indico.cern.ch/e/invenio-bootcamp/

 Planned topics

Creating your first Invenio instance. Customizing the look and feel. Working with data models. Managing access to records.

Invenio v3 Training Bootcamp

This sprint was focused on: Elasticsearch v5 support Preparing to release the metadata bundle. Removing remaining Invenio-DB warnings. During the sprint 60 developer days were spent, 52 commits were created and 4.3k lines were touched (3.1k additions and 1.2k deletions).

 List of changes:

Cookiecutter-Invenio-Module: Minor various fixes for build issues.

Sprint: Elasticsearch v5 support

This sprint was focused on: Metadata bundle: Finalize Invenio-Records, Invenio-Search, Invenio-JSONSchemas. Fixing new bugs in Base/Auth bundles.

Sprint: JSONB, bugs &amp; bouncing search

Welcome to Invenio 3!  We are proud to announce the release of Invenio v3.0.0. Invenio has been completely rewritten from scratch with a radically  improved architecture and technical implementation. Invenio 3 is now a framework, like a Swiss Army knife, complete with battle-tested, safe and secure modules providing all the features you need to build and run a trusted digital repository.

Invenio v3.0.0 Released

This sprint (May 14-25) was focused on preparing Invenio for the final v3.0.0 release so it is ready for launch at the Open Repositories 2018 Conference, June 4th-7th in Bozeman, Montana.

 Overview

Result of the sprint (45 developer days, 107 commits, 8.5k lines touched): inveniosoftware.org now has shiny new blog and roadmap. inveniosoftware.org was moved to Lektor static CMS and is now also hosted on GitHub Pages.

Sprint: v3.0.0RC2 + updated website

This sprint was focused on: Data model issues (in Invenio-Access and Invenio-OAIServer). Security issues (permanent sessions, "remember me", content security policy). Working demo site (remove annoying warnings, fixed docs, SSL problems, bugs, admin interfaces, ...).  As a result of 89 developer days, 126 commits and 6.6k lines touched (4.7k additions and 1.8k deletions) auth bundle has been stabilized and released in beta version (Accounts,

Sprint: Security and annoying warnings

With mandates and directives such as the European Union’s Plan S, the recently-introduced National Institutes of Health Policy for Data Management and Sharing in the United States, and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Memo requiring free and immediate access to federally funded research in the U.S. by the end of 2025, increased emphasis is being placed on curation, validation, and preservation of research output.

How does InvenioRDM support proper resource curation and validation?

We are proud to announce the release of Invenio v3.4.0. Head over to our Getting started to see it in action. Read the full release notes.

 What's new in Invenio v3.4?


 New UI Framework: Semantic UI

The largest new feature in Invenio v3.4 is the release of Semantic UI as the new UI framework. This works has been under way since we released version 3.0 with a deprecation notice on AngularJS 2.5 years ago.

Invenio v3.4.0 released

We’re excited to announce the InvenioRDM Alpha 13 (November release)!

 What’s new?


 Files support

It is now possible to upload files on the draft form and publish them.

 File uploader

When creating a new draft, you can now also upload files that will be included in the published record.

InvenioRDM November Release

The InvenioRDM partner community met in Münster, Germany from March 18 - 22, 2024, for our first in-person annual meeting in over four years. Forty-six attendees from over fifteen institutions spent the five days making connections, planning, and diligently working on all things InvenioRDM.

InvenioRDM Partner Meeting Summary, March 2024

Front Matter

Image by Sandra Meyndt/University of Freiburg  When InvenioRDM launched on 27th of October 2023 at the University of Freiburg under the label FreiData, campus storage options which minted DOIs for publications already existed. For over a decade, Freiburg has hosted an institutional repository called "FreiDok“, which is also used as a documentation system for the university's publication activity.

FreiData: InvenioRDM at the University of Freiburg

We're very happy to announce that InvenioRDM v6.0 LTS has been released!!!


 Try It

Want to try InvenioRDM?

InvenioRDM reaches major milestone - v6.0 released

In today’s rapidly digitizing research landscape, the ability to preserve and share knowledge openly is not just a technological challenge, it’s a matter of equity and innovation. Yet, across much of West and Central Africa, many institutions still struggle with inadequate infrastructure for digital preservation.

Ensuring the Future of Digital Repositories in West and Central Africa: A Case Study on BAOBAB and Sustainable Repository Development

2020 didn't stop us from shipping new releases. 2021 won't either. We’re excited to announce the InvenioRDM Alpha 15 (January release)! Thank you to our team members for their efforts on this release.

 What’s new?

This month was primarily dedicated to improving the user experience of the deposit form. We have made significant improvements to the overall user experience of the deposit form.

InvenioRDM Alpha 15 (January Release)

Merchandise Mart, River North, Chicago, IL by w_lemay, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons  On September 19-20, 2024, members from the seven participating repositories in the Generalist Repository Ecosystem Initiative (GREI) met in Chicago for the GREI Year 3 Annual Meeting to celebrate the achievements of Year 3 of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded, data sharing and open science-focused, four-year initiative.

Zenodo/InvenioRDM participation at GREI Annual Meeting, Chicago

The Prism institutional repository has launched at Northwestern University. Prism preserves and makes available articles, conference presentations, preprints, datasets, and other items created by faculty, staff, and students. Prism helps openness, maximizes reproducibility, and enhances research connections within Feinberg School of Medicine and across the globe.

Prism: The New Feinberg Repository for Global Dissemination of Research

We are glad to announce InvenioRDM Alpha 11 (September release)!

 What's new?

We now have support for drafts, meaning you can now start a deposit, save it, and come back many days later to publish it. This simple change marks a very big milestone for the backend of InvenioRDM. During the past months we have been revamping the entire data and control flow of the backend.

InvenioRDM September Release

On 17 and 24 November 2020 the InvenioRDM project partners met in two telecons to discuss the Metadata Reference document. These conversations were a follow-up to the community's review of the document. Feedback and questions were collected in a Google Doc prior to the conversations.

Metadata: Schema Reference Document and Future Work

We're happy to announce the InvenioRDM October release. Thank you to our team members for their efforts on this release. In early October we held a virtual project workshop. As part of the workshop we have updated the roadmap. The roadmap is now publicly available in two versions, one simplified and one for project tracking.

InvenioRDM October Release

InvenioRDM v2.0

We're happy to announce InvenioRDM v2.0!

 Try it

Want to try the new features in v2.0 - just head over to our demo site: https://inveniordm.web.cern.ch/ If you want to install it, follow the installation instructions on https://inveniordm.docs.cern.ch/install/

 Release notes

See the full release notes and upgrade instructions.

InvenioRDM v2.0

We are proud to announce the release of Invenio v3.1.0. Head over to our Getting started to see it in action.

 Python compatibility

Invenio v3.1 supports Python 2.7 (until 2019-12-31), Python 3.5 and Python 3.6. We expect to add support for Python 3.7 in the near-term future once Celery v4.3 has been released.

Invenio v3.1.0 released

We are excited to announce the release of InvenioRDM v13.0 on July 23, 2025! This new version brings a host of new features and improvements, building upon the strong foundation of previous releases.

 Try it

Want to try the new features in v13.0? Just head over to the demo site. If you want to install it, you can follow the installation instructions.

InvenioRDM v13.0 released

KTH Data Repository - we added user guides and updated the KTH web-pages on research data management when the new repository was launched. On the 29th of January 2025, the KTH Data Repository was launched through a team effort supported by management and policies at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, and by partnering up with the InvenioRDM community.

KTH Data Repository: Launching an InvenioRDM-based Institutional Repository

This sprint was focused on releasing the Invenio v3.0.0 Release Candidate 1. As a result of 95 developer days, 485 commits and 88k lines touched (33k additions and 55k deletions):

 Invenio v3.0.0 Release Candidate 1

was released. License has been changed from GPL to MIT for ~30 repositories (part of v3RC1). Documentation for API authentication in Invenio was added (in OAuth2Server). Elasticsearch v6 support was added.

Sprint: v3.0.0RC1, Elasticsearch v6 and MIT license

On September 28-29 the InvenioRDM project team gathered again (though sadly, again, without fondue) for the Virtual Project meeting. Over 50 partners and team members were present and a great deal of helpful feedback was shared as we worked to develop the roadmap for the next stage of the project. Thanks to everyone for your contributions to the discussion, they are much appreciated!

InvenioRDM Partner Contributions: Virtual Project Meeting, 2021

We are happy to announce the release of InvenioRDM v12.0! Released on August 1, 2024, it is the first InvenioRDM release since v11.0 was released on January 23, 2023, and it includes not only many bug fixes and small improvements but also several major new features listed below. Since the v11.0 release several InvenioRDM partners have launched InvenioRDM instances in production, including Zenodo, which migrated to InvenioRDM in October 2023.

InvenioRDM v12.0 released

We're happy to announce a major overhaul of inveniosoftware.org.

Introducing RDM, ILS and Framework

The Invenio v3 Bootcamp was held from the 19th to the 21st of March, 2019 at CERN. The event reached the maximum number of 30 participants with attendees from all over the world (Czech Republic, Danmark, Germany, Finland, France, Japan, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, UK and USA). The bootcamp was targeting developers wanting to learn more about Invenio and to understand how to create or customize an Invenio repository.

Invenio Training Bootcamp 2019

We're happy to announce InvenioRDM v1.0! VERY IMPORTANT, read the full release notes before you install and run the system! The v1.0 label

 does not

mean the system is suitable for

 production

use!

 FAQ (do not skip!)


 Can I use v1.0 in production?

No. Do not even try, or think it might work out!

InvenioRDM v1.0 (February release)

We’re excited to announce the InvenioRDM Alpha 14 (December release)! Thank you to our team members for their efforts on this release.

 What’s new?


 Vocabularies support

The focus of the December release was to add support for linking bibliographic records with authority records such as subjects, grants, licenses, languages and more.

Invenio Blog

Sprint: Security and annoying warnings