Avalon will demonstrate how an initial plan to re-architect Avalon Media System utilizing the Hyrax stack has paired with efforts to ensure greater sustainability of both Avalon and Samvera as framework and community. Following that goal, the past year the Avalon team has made terrific strides toward the development of Avalon 7, in part through community collaborative work with Hyrax and Samvera teams. Additionally, we'll cover work aimed at preservation and scaled hosting of Avalon, as well as a range of activities including IIIF development for audiovisual media, collaborations with Avalon users, new features such as OHMS integration, our participation in community interest and working groups, and our efforts at outreach to find and assist new and potential users. A video recording of this session is available at the 'Related URL' below. and Presentation to delegates at Samvera Connect 2018 described thus
The paper lays out the current state of Samvera, in terms of its core software and the underpinning architecture. To set the software in context, the paper describes the Samvera community and its organizing structures. The White Paper aims to provide a useful introduction to those new to Samvera, and to act as a positioning document for those wanting to understand where Samvera is at. Finally it provides a framework for navigating the future.
Keyword:
White paper, Samvera, and Technology
Subject:
Samvera Community
Creator:
Allinson, Julie, Kaufman, Rob, Jaffer, Nabeela, Young, Jennifer, Van Tuyl, Steve, Bussey, Mark, Armintor, Benjamin, and Cameron, Jon
A presentation at Connect 2018 updating delegates on the recommendations of Samvera's Governance Working Group. A video recording of this session is available at the 'Related URL' below.
Keyword:
Governance, Connect 2018, and Samvera
Subject:
Samvera Community
Creator:
Ciazzi, Carolyn and Metz, Rosalyn
Contributor:
Samvera Governance Working Group and University of Utah
Samvera Partners must sign a formal one page Letter of Agreement (LoA) in support of the formal and legal Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the Steering Group in April 2012. A composite document comprising the 2012 MoU, amendments made to it in 2018 to reflect the name change from Hydra to Samvera, changes made in 2019 to reflect governance changes in the Community, a version of the MoU showing the effect of these amendments, and a blank Letter of Agreement are in this downloadable document.
Keyword:
Memorandum of Understanding, Governance, Samvera, and Letter of Agreement
A presentation updating delegates at Samvera Connect 2018 about work on the Valkyrie gem. A video recording of this session is available at the 'Related URL' below.
Contributors to the Samvera codebase require the consent of their institution or organization and to give this, the employer must sign a Corporate Contributor License Agreement. This is the downloadable form.
Keyword:
Contributor License Agreement, Governance, and Samvera
The Samvera Community's Annual Report for 2017. This report may be of particular interest as it explains the reasons for the change of name from the 'Hydra Project'.
Keyword:
Samvera, Community, and Annual report
Subject:
Samvera Community
Creator:
Rouner, Andrew, Steans, Ryan, Green, Richard A, Bussey, Mark, Newman, Linda, and Giarlo, Michael J
Contributor:
Cole, Carolyn, Porter, Emily, Byard, James, and Stover, Dottie
Frost, Hannah, Taylor, Stephanie, Cowles, Esmé, Allinson, Julie, Steans, Ryan, Awre, Christopher L, Pendragon, Trey, Van Tuyl, Steve, Dunn, Jon, and Green, Richard A
Contributor:
Headley, Anna, Dunn, Jon, University of Utah, Weise, John, Tampakis, Nikitas, Bussey, Mark, IUPUI University Library, Lynn, Rachel, and University of London
An update to delegates at Samvera Connect 2018 about Samvera's Hyrax software. A video recording of this session is available at the 'Related URL' below.
Keyword:
Hyrax, Connect 2018, and Samvera
Subject:
Samvera Community
Creator:
Johnson, Tom and Van Tuyl, Steve
Contributor:
University of Utah and Samvera Hyrax Working Group
An overview of the Samvera Community in fall 2019 written as a companion document to the Samvera Roadmap Council's white paper describing the state of the technology.
The Governance Working Group was chartered by Partners thus, A one-page summary of the discussion, documentation, and feedback to-date related to the various governance models under consideration. * Synthesis, This step will be shepherded by Steering, as the proposed model will also be assessed for legal, licensing, and MOU implications prior to further community review. * Proposal, Development of a draft governance proposal and incremental steps to implementation if appropriate * Community Input, Circulation of the final proposal for potential adoption at a Spring/Summer 2018 partner meeting, The Governance working group is a small group chartered by the community to help synthesize and formalize the various governance discussions and documents currently underway. The scope of the Samvera Governance Working Group’s deliverables will be, Circulation of the above to Partners, stakeholders, and the Steering group for review, comment, and change requests to the proposal * Legal Review, * Context, A revised governance proposal based on community, stakeholder, & legal feedback * Community Review, and A summary of the themes and issues that the community hopes to address by refining existing or adopting new governance practices and structures. Ideally identifies key differences and decision points between the models provided for evaluation and current model. This combined context and synthesis documents should be approximately 750-1500 words (1-3 pages) in length * Draft
Keyword:
Governance, Interest and Working Groups, and Samvera
University of Michigan, Data Curation Experts, Northwestern University, DuraSpace, Emory University, Princeton University, Indiana University, and Cornell University
Assignment document transferring the 2019 Memorandum of Understanding between Samvera and DuraSpace to Lyrasis following their merger. It also extends the agreement for six months.
The Fundraising Working Group was chartered at the behest of Partners. It was to investigate the idea of seeking sponsorship for Samvera’s annual Connect conference, to manage Samvera’s 2019 fundraising appeal to Partners, and to investigate how Samvera might create a much greater annual income in order to support the hiring of staff. This is the Working Group's final report.
Keyword:
Interest and Working Groups and Samvera
Subject:
Samvera Community
Creator:
Hilt, Jessica, Steans, Ryan, Cariani, Karen, Green, Richard A, Hole, Brian, Frost, Hannah, and Dunn, Jon
At the April 2019 partners meeting in the final discussion after the visioning exercise, we collectively [see list of creators] thought it would be useful for a small group of folks to spend more time processing all the ideas and input generated by the exercise participants, distilling the material further and then bring the results of that work back to Partners with a report and recommendations. This is that report.
This policy describes how the Samvera Community will process and manage your personal data. It applies to the data collected through community activities such as online and face-to-face meetings. Samvera cares about protecting your privacy. Our primary objective in meeting GDPR and related privacy legal requirements is service to our community.
“In order to support centralized staffing the Samvera Community needs a strategy to raise significant funds on an ongoing basis. Partner discussions have supported the idea of a required contribution model that equitably distributes the burden. The contribution model will include both financial and in-kind staff time tiered options. Equity, good standing, how to value in-kind contributions, and incentives will be addressed in the proposed contribution model.” The work developed over two phases producing these reports. and The Samvera Contribution model Working Group was chartered to propose a model in support of the Governance Working Group recommendation that
Keyword:
Governance, Interest and Working Groups, Samvera, and Community
The t-shirt design for the Samvera Connect conference at Washington University in St Louis, MO, in 2019. The design mixes the image of the Samvera 'tree' with the St Louis street plan.