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I am interested in serving on the Samvera board both to learn and to help. Samvera, as a community, has done an outstanding job of taking innovative code and leveraging it to serve the needs of an increasingly diverse set of libraries. The community has also welcomed new ways of thinking about governance, collaboration, and business modeling to sustain itself, innovate, and expand its reach. As we seek to bring back core library and information services infrastructure into ownership of the community, we need strong governance and technology investment to build efficiency in addition to the innovation. I currently serve on other projects interested in leveraging the community to rethink shared collections and library infrastructure. If I am honored to be elected to the Samvera board, I hope to use gained expertise and connections across all the projects to the betterment of all communities.
David Schober
Northwestern University Library Repository and Digital Curation Product Manager and Development Team Lead
I am Northwestern University Library’s Repository and Digital Curation Product Manager and Development Team Lead. During my tenure at Northwestern I have acted as Product Owner of the Mellon and IMLS-funded Avalon Media System grants and led the development of our IR and Digital Collections systems. I have also had the opportunity to serve as Chair of Samvera Virtual Connect while we were building that conference as an important part of our community. Prior to coming to Northwestern I worked in academic and non-profit publishing.
With my experience, I hope to bring a broad view to the Samvera Board, helping to foster a collaborative spirit, while keeping a focus on pragmatic approaches to building community-based software.
Robin Ruggaber
University of Virginia Library, Director for Strategic Technology Partnerships & Initiatives
At the University of Virginia (UVA), I work as the Director for Strategic Technology Partnerships & Initiatives within the Library. This position affords me the time and opportunity to work at an international level with community driven open source, preservation, accessibility, open access initiatives. I also work across my institution and within my organization as a technology advisor, consultant, project manager, and a mentor. I have 29 years working in technology at UVA with 20 years in IT management. The UVA Library was a founding member of Samvera and in 2010, I began working with the Library to leverage Samvera to build our first institution repository. Within Samvera, I have served in governance (2011-2019), community building, training, worked to establish the interest group/working group framework, and worked within that framework to further the community’s priority work. I think the community is at an inflection point and I am excited about the opportunity to work with the community and the board to take the community and the technology to the next level.
David Schober
Northwestern University Library Repository and Digital Curation Product Manager and Development Team Lead
I am Northwestern University Library’s Repository and Digital Curation Product Manager and Development Team Lead. During my tenure at Northwestern I have acted as Product Owner of the Mellon and IMLS-funded Avalon Media System grants and led the development of our IR and Digital Collections systems. I have also had the opportunity to serve as Chair of Samvera Virtual Connect while we were building that conference as an important part of our community. Prior to coming to Northwestern I worked in academic and non-profit publishing.
With my experience, I hope to bring a broad view to the Samvera Board, helping to foster a collaborative spirit, while keeping a focus on pragmatic approaches to building community-based software.