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Samvera Tech Call 2025-07-02

Samvera Tech Call 2025-07-02

Meeting Logistics:

Agenda (meeting notes below)

  • Samvera Connect workshop proposal (@Randall Floyd )

    • Flexible metadata/Allinson Flex deep-dives

      • 2 part workshop: user/librarian perspective; developer/support perspective

  • <add your agenda item here (your name)>



Moderator: @Rob Kaufman

Notetaker: @Daniel Pierce

Attendees:

  • @Tracy McCormick

  • @Heather Greer Klein

  • @Nic Don Stanton-Roark

  • @Randall Floyd

  • @Bradley Watson

  • Praneeth Byna



Meeting Process

  1. Standing pre-agenda items (moderator)

    1. Welcome

      • "Welcome everyone, please add your name to the Attendees list.  If you are unable to do so, please let us know, and someone will add you. To any newcomers, Welcome, and please feel free to ask questions. Likewise for all attendees. We strive for an open and accessible conversation around Samvera technology."

    2. Call for new agenda items

  2. Follow Agenda from above (facilitated by moderator) and record notes in Notes section below (note taker)

  3. Standing post-agenda items (moderator)

    1. call for next moderator and note taker (moderator)

      1. Moderator: @Randall Floyd

      2. Notetaker: @Rob Kaufman

    2. Samvera help follow-up (moderator)

    3. Pull request review (moderator)

      1. Recent Samvera PR list

  4. Post-meeting action (note taker)

    1. After call, this week's notetaker should create the agenda for the next call:

      1. Open template agenda titled "Samvera Tech Call XXXX-XX-XX"

      2. Click on ... in the top right corner, and select copy.

      3. Popup will open for location. It should contain:

        1. Space: Samvera

        2. Parent page: (Verify value is current year)

      4. Select copy. New page should be created.

      5. Modify the title to remove "copy of", update it with the next date, add moderator, notetaker, and any carry-over agenda info. Click Publish. 



Notes

  1. Randall: Samvera Connect workshops

    1. Flexible metadata topic

      1. 2 parts: user/librarian focused and deep dive dev focused

      2. Try to have container setup for hands on

      3. Rob: Might make attending the user part mandatory (or strongly suggest) to attend dev portion.

      4. Be aware that there are differences between allinson flex and current hyku/hyrax flex metadata.

        1. M3 parser is improved

        2. Valkyrie

    2. Attendance

      1. Randall is very probable

      2. Rob still working on it

  2. Hyrax/Hyku updates

    1. Hyrax

      1. 5.2 release should be in the first couple of days of the next maintenance sprint

    2. Hyku

      1. Release paused to include some improvements