Current Release
CollectionSpace tentatively plans two releases a calendar year. Releases are planned based on our roadmap which is developed in collaboration with community members, the CollectionSpace Program Manager, and the CollectionSpace Technical Lead.
Current release of CSpace is: v8.2, released July 2025
Current release of Public Browser is: v3.4, released July 2025.
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Highlights of the 8.2 Release
8.2 is a Minor Release
The version 8.2 release includes a series of bug fixes, a handful of new fields recently requested by our community of users, and some changes to the development build process to ease future development.
A full list of updates, upgrades, improvements, and bug fixes for 8.2 can be found on the CollectionSpace Wiki.
Highlights of the 8.1 Release
NAGPRA Support
- A suite of procedures for the anthropology profile to support NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) work including a procedure for Consultation, NAGPRA Inventory, Summary, and Duty of Care
- The introduction of a Restricted Media Handling Procedure for culturally sensitive media files
- New fields for object category and count to assist with preparing data for NAGPRA summaries and inventories
Enhancements to Ownership Procedures
The introduction of a Deaccession and newly revised Object Exit procedure along with a Held in Trust procedure to more clearly document the workflow processes involved in the repatriation process as well as general deaccession workflows
New Fields
- Related links
- Production place (verbatim) to allow for uncontrolled production places
- Object category and count to assist with preparing data for NAGPRA summaries and inventories
Accessibility Improvements
Accessibility modifications to step us closer to fully supporting WCAG 2.0AA compliance.
A full list of updates, upgrades, improvements, and bug fixes for 8.1 can be found on the CollectionSpace Wiki.
Curious about what else is coming next? The CollectionSpace Roadmap is constantly evolving based on feedback and engagement from our community of users.
Do you have an idea for a CollectionSpace Enhancement? Submit your idea.
Thank you.
As always, our design, development, and release process could not happen without the support of our wonderful community. Thank you to everyone who commented on workflows and wireframes, contributed code, or completed a QA test.
