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myTurn CEO Speaking at NERC Material Reuse Forum — April 7
Gene Homicki, myTurn co-founder and CEO, will be speaking at the Northeast Recycling Council’s Material Reuse Forum 12 on Tuesday, April 7th. The forum focuses on Libraries of Things — community lending programs that provide access to tools, kitchen gadgets, outdoor gear, and other non-traditional library items. Gene’s talk will explore how the reuse model is scaling beyond community programs
Upcoming Accessibility Improvements – March 2026 myTurn Updates
We’ve completed a comprehensive accessibility update to improve the experience for users of assistive technologies and ensure compliance with WCAG 2.1/2.2 Level AA standards. These updates are now available for preview in the myTurn test environment. The changes outlined below are planned to be launched on the weekend of April 25th to give you time to review the changes. We
Performance Improvements and Minor Updates – myTurn Winter 2026 Updates
We’ve been hard at work finishing a number of updates that will be launching over the coming months. Recent updates have focused on performance improvements and smaller enhancements, including: Improvements to user search, including the ability to search phone and department fields Additional fields in the transaction report export, including historical cost and custom value Improved error messages API updates
Image Quality & Format Upgrades and Other Improvements – December 2025 myTurn Updates
This release delivers a major upgrade to image quality and processing, including higher-resolution assets, broader format support, and a new image processing pipeline. It also includes important fixes and improvements across self-checkout, APIs, permissions, reporting, and CLN integrations. New Feature: High-Quality Image Processing & Modern Formats All images upgraded for higher quality, including @2x and @3x logos. Added support for
API refinements & UI Improvements – November 2025 myTurn Updates
This release focuses on API refinements and CLN-related improvements, with updates to imports, permissions, kiosk and self-checkout behavior, and organization-level settings. Together, these changes improve data consistency across integrations, tighten access control, and support more flexible network and kiosk workflows. Organization & Network Settings Various improvements to better support networks of myTurn sites User & Data Imports / Exports (Restricted/Beta)
Full Reservation History and Workflow Improvements – September & October 2025 myTurn Updates
This release introduces full reservation history—making it easy to see what changed, when, and by whom—along with a series of improvements to ordering, localization, reporting, and system reliability. Together, these updates reduce friction for admins, improve transparency for teams, and address several long-standing edge cases across reservations and inventory workflows. New & Improved: Reservation History Added full reservation history, showing
Admin Reminders and Reliability Improvements – Augst 2025 myTurn Updates
This release introduces Admin Check In, Check Out, and Build Order Reminders, to help administrators know what they need to check/confirm when items are being checked out or returned. It also includes a broad set of fixes and refinements across reservations, maintenance reporting, memberships, and validation logic—improving accuracy, consistency, and edge-case handling throughout the system. New Feature Admin Check In,
Minimum reservation length, API and other improvements – July 2025 myTurn Updates
This release introduces a new minimum reservation length option and delivers a broad set of fixes across reservations, self-checkout, transfers, memberships, and admin workflows. Several subtle edge cases—especially around buffers, same-day reservations, and future availability—are now handled more predictably, improving accuracy and reducing admin intervention. New & Updated Configuration Added a new minimum reservation length option. Improved buffer calculations: when
Set Maximum Total Value for Checked Out Items by Membership Type – June 2025 myTurn Updates
This release adds a powerful new feature to limit the total value of items a user can check out, plus a range of usability enhancements and behind‑the‑scenes updates. Limit Total Value of Items Checked Out Organizations with high-value inventory items, or tiered memberships, or just the desire to enforce fair access can now limit the total value of items that
New Transfer Automation Options & Multi-Location Improvements – May 2025 myTurn Updates
Release Highlights This release introduces a powerful new Advanced Transfer Workflow system for organizations with multiple locations, offering fine-grained control over how and when items move between locations: New Transfer Options: Automate or manually confirm each step in the logistics process: Automatically receive transferred items Automatically mark items as ready for fulfillment when received Automatically transfer items on check-in Always