Samvera Tech Call 2026-04-15

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Samvera Tech Call 2026-04-15


Meeting Logistics

  • Time: 9:00am PT / Noon ET

  • Zoom Meeting URL: https://iu.zoom.us/j/87635137325?pwd=YhVGftEpANzAwgk84swAyF53edj31x.1
    (link will launch Zoom client – if you do not have Zoom, expand the instructions below)

  • Moderator: @Rob Kaufman

  • Notetaker: @Nicholas Mark Homenda

Agenda Items

(Meeting notes below)

  • @Tracy McCormick missing alt text in some Hyku catalog views

  • @Nicholas Mark Homenda PDF extracted text in Hyrax

 

Attendees

  • @Bradley Watson

  • @Mark Bussey

  • @Tracy McCormick

  • @April Rieger

  • @Alex Wreschnig

  • @Rob Kaufman

  • @Nicholas Mark Homenda

  • @Nic Don Stanton-Roark


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:

      2. Notetaker:

    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 Make a copy.

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

        1. Space: Samvera

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

      4. Select Make a 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.

      6. Click Publish


Meeting Notes

  1. @Tracy McCormick Browsing all works in catalog view shows alt text, gallery and masonry view does not show alt text

    1. Should be straightforward to fix

    2. When done, alert folks working on Hyku VPAT @Christine Peterson

  2. @Nicholas Mark Homenda noted @Tiffany Chan found PDF extracted text problem in https://github.com/samvera/hyrax/issues/7410

    1. Will discuss further in Hyrax Maintenance WG

  3. No PRs to review or Slack discussions to follow up on

  4. 4/22/26 meeting

    1. Notetaker @April Rieger

    2. Moderator @Rob Kaufman