Samvera Samvera Registration now open for Samvera Virtual Connect, April 20 – 21 Registration is now open for Samvera Virtual Connect 2021! Samvera Virtual Connect will take place April 20th -21st from 11am – 2pm EDT. Registration is free and open to anyone with an interest in Samvera. This year’s program is packed with presentations and lightning talks of interest to developers, managers, librarians, and other current or... Read more » The post Registration now open for Samvera Virtual Connect, April 20 – 21 appeared first on Samvera. Hyku 3.0 Release Includes New Customization Features Hyku 3.0 is now available, with new features and improvements. These features add customization options at the institution level, and the improvements provide for easier maintenance of Hyku implementations across all adopters. Theming Improvements Now even more theming capability is in the hands of non-technical administrators, offering the ability to create a unique branded repository... Read more » The post Hyku 3.0 Release Includes New Customization Features appeared first on Samvera. Season’s Greetings from the Samvera Community As 2020 draws to a close, we want to share our gratitude for each and every person who has helped the Samvera Community thrive in this difficult year of profound loss and challenge. We could not be the vibrant, welcoming, and valuable open source solution community we are without each and every person who contributed... Read more » The post Season’s Greetings from the Samvera Community appeared first on Samvera. Save the Date for Samvera Virtual Connect 2021 Mark your calendar for Samvera Virtual Connect 2021!Tuesday, April 20 – Wednesday, April 21, 2021 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM EDT / 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM PDT / 16:00-19:00 BST / 15:00-18:00 UTC Watch for more information coming in early 2021 including a call for Program Committee participation and a call for proposals. The post Save the Date for Samvera Virtual Connect 2021 appeared first on Samvera. Developer resources: Bug Hunting in Hyrax; Adding Blacklight Advanced Search to Hyku Bess Sadler from Notch8 has created two excellent guides that may be helpful to developers working in Hyrax or Hyku applications: Bug Hunting in Hyrax: A well-documented process for finding a bug in a Hyrax application Adding blacklight_advanced_search to Hyku: a how-to guide for adding Blacklight Advanced Search to a Hyku application Have you or... Read more » The post Developer resources: Bug Hunting in Hyrax; Adding Blacklight Advanced Search to Hyku appeared first on Samvera. Fedora 6 Alpha Release available for download and testing Fedora 6.0 Alpha-1 is now available for download and testing. The primary goals for Fedora 6 are robust migration support, enhanced digital preservations features, and improved performance and scale. The Fedora team will ask the Samvera Community for testing assistance when the full version is available in early 2021. In the meantime, you can learn... Read more » The post Fedora 6 Alpha Release available for download and testing appeared first on Samvera. Samvera Tech 101: A Beginner-Friendly Overview of Samvera Samvera Connect On-line 2020 included an excellent, beginner-friendly overview of “Samvera Tech 101” presented by Alisha Evans and Shana Moore, software engineers at Notch8. Evans has turned this presentation into a blog post walking through the technologies used in the Samvera Community. Check out the post on the Notch8 blog: Samvera Tech 101 The post... Read more » The post Samvera Tech 101: A Beginner-Friendly Overview of Samvera appeared first on Samvera. Samvera Connect presentations If you are not one of the 340+ people who registered to enjoy Samvera Connect 2020 On-line, or if you are but missed a session you wanted to see, links to the recordings and session slide packs are being added to the Samvera wiki here. Our grateful thanks to all the organizers and speakers who... Read more » The post Samvera Connect presentations appeared first on Samvera. Things are already happening for Samvera Connect! Samvera Connect ‘proper’ is a little over a week away but the poster exhibition is now available here!  There is a Slack channel #connect-posters for asynchronous comment or discussion and each presenter has a 30 minute video conferencing slot Monday 19th – Wednesday 21st October for live discussion.  See Sched for details.  Need a Slack... Read more » The post Things are already happening for Samvera Connect! appeared first on Samvera. Samvera Connect 2020 On-line is nearly here! Samvera’s annual Connect conference has gone virtual this year, like so many others.  Nevertheless, we’ve put together an exciting program of workshops, presentations, posters and community social events that we hope will make up for not being able to meet in person.  The main events are on Friday 10/23 and Monday – Thursday 10/26 –... Read more » The post Samvera Connect 2020 On-line is nearly here! appeared first on Samvera.