Samvera Tech Call 2026-08-19

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: @LaRita Robinson

(Meeting notes below)

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

Daniel re: rails 8.0 => 8.1 - ran in a couple issues updating… “do what makes sense to you” was the decision
1. ran into a bulkrax dependency, denormalized fields. Rob can look & see if an alternative is available, probably only for error handling. Daniel forked & relaxed that requirement.
2. Hydra editor fixed for 8.0 and not 8.1 - still using old solr and fedora wrapper. Consider stripping out unnecessary pieces and possibly pulling into Hyrax, or pull all in and sort out later? Pull in + deprecate may be the right call… may be easier to delete unnecessary once it’s pulled in.
Rob will make the PR rundowns a priority for today. Which are blockers?
1. thumbnail for empty parent work
Notch8 is working this week on providing a UI for vocabulary and allowing users to control local vocabulary, as well as creating a new local authority. Will be going into Hyku.
Brad Watson: Emory is beginning to look at migration from Fedora to Valkyrie. Dealing with bugs re: multiple files per file set & how to approach preservation events.
Nick from N8 is looking for feedback on a new theme we released. Would possibly consider making it the default. https://demo.hykustaging.org/?locale=en
Next week:
1. moderator @Heather Greer Klein
2. notetaker @Rob Kaufman