A presentation given at Connect 2017 described thus, Michigan's Research Data Repository has been in production since Feb 2016. Presentation on experiences and challenges of transitioning from Sufia to Hyrax, and adding new features and running the service over the past year.
A presentation given at Connect 2017 described thus and How can presentation layers in Hyrax applications be extended to fit local needs? This session will showcase two front-end implementations of Hyrax for institutional repositories and discuss design decisions we made for specific use-cases.
A workshop given at Samvera Connect 2017 described thus, Managing Samvera-based Projects and Services, and This hands-on workshop will cover tools and techniques to help managers decide whether to spin up a new Samvera repository, manage the process of building that repository, and maintain the repository once it is in production. We’ll cover the project lifecycle for migrating to Hyrax, defining roles within your team, keeping in sync with community development efforts, managing documentation, and managing user expectations and needs.
A presentation given at Samvera Connect 2019 described thus and This presentation will cover the initial work to move the University of Michigan’s Deep Blue Documents repository from DSpace to Hyrax on Samvera and also merge it with the U-M data repository, Deep Blue Data, which is already on Hyrax. Deep Blue contains more than 120,000 items and has been around on DSpace since 2006. The Deep Blue Data repository started in 2016. Presenters will discuss steps taken so far to migrate and merge the repositories, including creating a minimum viable product (MVP) list, testing migration, addressing challenges so far, collaborating between IT and service providers, and determining next steps.