Call for Proposals: Samvera Virtual Connect 2024

Owned by Heather Greer Klein
Last updated: Mar 22, 2024
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We are pleased to open the call for presentation and breakout session proposals for Samvera Virtual Connect 2024!Ā Ā 

Samvera Virtual Connect will be held Tuesday, May 7th and Wednesday, May 8th, 2024, from 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM PDT/11:00 AM - 2:00 PM EDT/15:00 - 18:00 UTC.Ā 

Samvera Virtual Connect is a free, informal opportunity to present on topics of interest to current and potential Samvera adopters. Virtual Connect occurs entirely online via Zoom webinar to a live audience across the globe, with presentations recorded for asynchronous viewing.

This year, you have the opportunity to propose 5, 10, or 20 minute presentations, or to propose a breakout session. The breakout sessions are virtual roundtables and a great way to discuss issues and topics of interest with others from across the Samvera Community.Ā 

Weā€™re looking for submissions from across the entire Samvera landscape, including both local development and community work. Consider the following themes for ideas about submissions that would be welcomed, but also feel free to submit other types of proposals.

  • ā€œNew to Samveraā€ experiences: If you or your institution started adopting Samvera technologies recently, how has the journey been so far?

  • Challenges: We can all from each otherā€™s failures, pilot projects, performance tuning, and integration challenges

  • Adaptation: Have you implemented or are you working on implementing something adapted from another organization in the community?

  • Integration: How are you integrating the digital repository into your wider institutional community? How have you integrated Samvera technology with other software and services?

  • Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, or Anti-Racist initiatives and challenges in digital repositories

  • Ways we work together: Ideas about processes, staffing, and other strategies that help teams work together better

  • Propose new ideas and pilot projects: ā€œHear me out, I think we should try this and hereā€™s whyā€¦ā€

This yearā€™s Virtual Connect will have two days of programming, during which weā€™ll be coordinating presentations into thematic blocks based on topic, audience, and time.Ā 

Submit your proposal Proposals are open through April 1, 2024.