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Samvera Tech Call 2026-06-17

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Samvera Tech Call 2026-06-17

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: @Chris Colvard

  • Notetaker: @Nicholas Mark Homenda

Agenda Items

(Meeting notes below)

  • Continuation of AI policy discussion from last meeting.

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

 

Attendees

  • @Tracy McCormick

  • @Randy Kuehn

  • @Nicholas Mark Homenda

  • @Chris Colvard

  • @Shana Moore

  • @Sarah Proctor

  • @Rob Kaufman

  • @Nic Don Stanton-Roark

  • @Max Kadel

  • Ennis Kerr

  • you!

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. Continuation of AI policy discussion from last meeting

    1. Recap of last tech call’s discussion

    2. Noting AI assistance disclosure in Renovates PR template https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/pull/43970 mentioned in #dev channel

  2. SpeedyAF gem discussion

    1. Very cool name!

    2. Gem written by @Michael B. Klein to Avalon to make presenters fetch from Solr or fetch from Fedora and reify. SpeedyAF-based find vs. ActiveFedora based find.

    3. Avalon is using it, who else?

    4. Listed as a dependency in WVU Congressional Archives portal

      1. Uncertain if it’s being utilized in the application

      2. Plans to remove ActiveFedora

      3. “It’s a whole Hydra head masquerading as a Blacklight instance” @Rob Kaufman

    5. Avalon ActiveFedora plans?

      1. Mostly working on feature work requested, maintenance/sustaining mode

  3. Avalon

    1. Avalon 8.2 has been released

    2. Working to move to production at IU, will likely be an 8.2.1

    3. Announcements should be made soon if not already

  4. Hyrax/Hyku

    1. Rob just completed a PR with single tenant with non-cloud Solr

    2. Release imminent, prior to compound metadata being included

    3. @Shana Moore has a PR for featured and rich text options to the M3 profile

  5. Compound metadata

    1. @LaRita Robinson did this work

    2. Properties can declare subproperties in M3 profile

    3. Will be demoed in today’s Hyku Office Hours

  6. University at Buffalo Hyku update (Ennis Kerr)

    1. Working towards getting F6 working in Hyku, multi- or single-tenant

    2. F6 is working for storage, some issues with environment variables

    3. Any issues with using Koppie/Sirenia initializers into app’s config?

    4. @Rob Kaufman recommends submitting a draft PR in Hyku

    5. (Tenant and draft PR strategy discussion)

  7. Community Sprint June 22-26

  8. Tech call Jun 24, 2026

    1. Moderator: (will check with Heather due to Community Sprint overlap)

    2. Notetaker: @Chris Colvard