Fedora Newsletter - June/July 2025

[Arran Griffith]

We missed you in June, but that’s only because we’ve been busy. There are a lot of exciting community events lined up, and we want to make sure you’re in the loop and know how to get involved. While summer holidays are in full swing, the Fedora community isn’t slowing down.   Read on to catch up on what we’ve been working on!     News     Fedora Camp   Register Today!   Location: University of Vienna, Austria Dates: September 10–12, 2025 Event Details   Spots are filling up for Fedora Camp taking place this September in Vienna, Austria. Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to join us for 3 days of in-person learning, networking and collaboration. We are preparing to release the full program in the coming days, so stay tuned!   Register here   All registered attendees will receive: Access to 3 full days of programming, including all hands-on workshops 1:1 opportunities to connect with the Fedora Program team along with networking and community building opportunities with fellow attendees Lunch & coffee breaks for 2 days  A social evening event sponsored by PHAIDRA   Special thanks to our Foundational Sponsor, Lyrasis, for their support in bringing Fedora Camp to all of our users.       Fedora in the Community   Last month the Fedora Program team was in action at Open Repositories in Chicago, IL. Through the course of the week we had the opportunity to participate in some fantastic conversations, meet new users and connect with fellow Fedora users from around the world.   The highlight of our trip was hosting our 2nd annual Fedora User Group meeting and having a chance to sit down over pizza with Fedora community members!     Early this month we participated in the PHAIDRA monthly community call, sharing updates on Community work and sharing details about The National Library of Medicine’s migration effort. We plan to release their user story as part of our blog series later on this month. Learn more about the PHAIDRA community on their open Discourse platform.   By the time this newsletter reaches you, IslandoraCon 2025 will have wrapped. We were fortunate enough to present during the 4-day event, bringing info and insight on our ongoing work to the Islandora community. Thank you to the IslandoraCon coordinating committee for putting on a great event.     Technology Updates   Dependency Upgrade Project     We are moving through the Dependency Project, nearing almost 80% completion. With only two modules left to upgrade, we optimistically anticipate being complete by the fall. Once all upgrades are ready, we will be launching a community-wide testing phase and will need your help! Stay tuned for how to participate in this phase of work so we can ensure a smooth release.   A special thanks to Jared Whiklo from the University of Manitoba, and Ben Pennell from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for their massive contributions to this project.    Discussion Sessions: Transactions in Fedora 6.x   On July 22 and 23, we are hosting two open sessions to gather information from any users experiencing issues or concerns related to transactions in Fedora 6.x. Specifically we are looking for information on the following concerns:   Long commit times for large transactions Failed commits for long/large transactions Errors during commits for a long/large transactions   If you are experiencing any/all of these issues, please join us at either session so that members of the Tech team can gather the information we need for further investigation.   More Details can be found on our Wiki Page   Dates   Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 10 a.m. ET Zoom link Wednesday, July 23 at 2 p.m. ET Zoom link     Member's Corner   Service Provider Perspectives: Born-Digital   As part of our monthly blog series, we have been showcasing how our users are implementing Fedora within their institutions. This month we took a pivot, welcoming service providers Born-Digital to come and discuss how they are supporting their clients' Fedora use cases. CEO, Noah Smith, shared their experiences working with Fedora and talked about their experiences being involved in open source communities like Islandora and Fedora.   Read the Blog Post     Fedora Funding Campaign   Stand with other academic leaders pledging their support for Fedora by contributing to our Funding Campaign. Building on last year’s successes, we launched the Dependency Upgrade Project (see above) in March. This work is essential to keep Fedora secure, performant and reliable for all users. While progress is underway, completing this work efficiently — so we can shift focus back to feature development and enhancements — will require additional support.  How You Can Make a Direct Impact   Consider making a donation to our extended Funding Campaign   We are extending the FY24-2025 Funding Campaign with the goal of surpassing the $25,000 target we originally set.    End-of-year funding requests present the perfect opportunity to utilize unspent funds and contribute to critical digital infrastructure.   Learn more about our Funding Campaign Goal   Contact Arran (arran.g...@lyrasis.org) to discuss how you can make a difference.     Get Involved    Fedora is designed, built, used, and supported by the community. Join the conversation on our Fedora Slack channel or sign up for our Fedora community mailing list to stay in the loop.

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