Getting Started in the Samvera Community
- Heather Greer Klein
- Bill Branan
- Richard Green
All participants in the Samvera Community must adhere to the Code of Conduct and Anti-Harassment Policy.
Learn about Samvera
See the Samvera Community Guidelines to learn how we work together
Our wiki homepage is a great place to start learning about the Community, including our technologies, governance Partners, and more.
Samvera's websiteĀ https://samvera.org
Take a tour of some Samvera repositories
Code repositoryĀ https://github.com/samvera
Join Community Conversations and Ask Questions
Join the Samvera Slack workspace
This is the best place to get started with the Samvera Community. Join us for discussion, questions, announcements, interest groups, and working groups.Ā
Fill out this form to get a Samvera Slack invitation.
Join Community Email Lists
Keep up with Community announcements, updates, and conversations. See all our available lists and sign up for those that interest you.
Sign up for a wiki account
You need an account for this wiki so that you can contribute to Samvera's pages. You can request an account by sending an email to heather@samvera.org
Attend an Interest Group, Technical Call, or Partner Meeting
Technical Call
There is a weekly Samvera technical call for developers and other folks who are contributing code or are actively using the core Samvera plugins & components. Contributors should consult theĀ Getting ConnectedĀ page in theĀ DevelopersĀ section of this wiki for more information.
Interest Groups
Anyone is welcome to attend an Interest Group Meeting to learn more about a Samvera technology, to ask questions, and to hear the latest updates. The Groups include individuals from many different roles including developers, managers, librarians, and others.
Avalon User RoundtableĀ
The Avalon User Roundtable is a community group that meets monthly to talk all things Avalon and AV in the world of libraries and archives. Agenda topics are sourced from the community, and all potential and current Avalon users are invited to attend! Ā
Hyku Interest Group
The Hyku Interest Group meets to discuss the Hyku repository application. Based on Hyrax, Hyku is intended to be an easy-to-install, easy-to-configure, feature-rich multi-tenancy solution. Hyku is designed to reduce barriers to effective asset management and preservation for collections and content types of many kinds.
Hyrax Interest Group
Anyone is welcome to learn more about Hyrax, the product roadmap, current initiatives, and to ask questions.
Metadata Interest Group
The Samvera Metadata Interest Group (SMIG) is interested in working together on base metadata recommendations for the Samvera Community. The scope of this group concentrates primarily on metadata as it relates to Samvera projects such as Hyrax, Hyku, and Avalon Media System. Types of metadata for which the group has or intends to create recommendations include technical, structural, descriptive, and rights metadata.
Repository Management Interest Group
Provides a support network and sounding board for anyone working with repositories (no matter what your title!) to ask questions and share implementations. The Group provides collective input on the Hyrax roadmap and feature development, providing use cases, proposals, and providing real-time input on implementation of features.
User Experience Interest Group
The Samvera User Experience (UX) interest group meets to discuss any aspect of the user experience, including usability, design, UX methods, and user interface consistency. The purpose of these discussions is to improve users' experiences with applications and systems. Such improvements are expected to occur through sharing of information and expertise across projects and institutions.
Attend an Event or Watch a Previous Event
Samvera Calendar
This calendar includes information for Samvera Community events, calls, and meetings.
Samvera Community Digital Repository
Find white papers, slides and recordings from previous events, and other Community materials in our Hyku-based repository.
Samvera YouTube Channels
Watch demos and past events on the Samvera Community and Samvera HykuĀ YouTube channels.
Talk to the Community Manager
You're welcome to email or schedule a call with @Heather Greer Klein, the Samvera Community Manager, to discuss the Community, Samvera technologies, ways to get started, for help or other questions.