Community Sprint Planning for 2026

[Rebecca Seifried]

Hello Geo4Lib community!

At our monthly community meeting this week, we started discussing plans for sprints in 2026. 

There was a lot of interest in holding a Geo4Lib Community Sprint this summer to coordinate a range of activities that reflect the wide interests of community members. This would be the second Geo4Lib sprint – see the blog post from last year's event! If you'd like to be involved in planning, please reach out to Karen Majewicz. 

A group of folks also expressed interest in participating in a smaller-scale sprint this winter focused specifically on GeoBlacklight development, with potential topics including preparing documentation for GBL v.5 and roadmapping future GBL versions to support the latest Blacklight releases. 

I volunteered to coordinate the schedule for a winter GeoBlacklight sprint. If you'd like to participate, please add your name and availability to this spreadsheet by Thursday, December 18, so we can nail down a date.

Best,

Becky

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Rebecca Seifried, PhD
[she/they]
Geospatial Information Librarian
University of Massachusetts Amherst
W.E.B. Du Bois Library, Room 620
154 Hicks Way
Amherst, MA 01003-9275
413.577.5317

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[Rebecca Seifried]

Hello Geo4Lib!

Thanks to everyone who shared their availability for a winter GeoBlacklight sprint! Please mark your calendars for January 26-30, 2026 with daily standups on Zoom at 1pm Eastern. I've added the standups to the Geo4Lib events calendar, which you can subscribe to for ease.

If you're planning on participating, consider also attending the next Geo4Lib Community Meeting on Wednesday, January 14 at 2pm Eastern – we'll likely chat about goals for the sprint during that meeting.

I'll be back in touch in mid-January with more information about the sprint. Until then, please feel free to reach out with any questions or ideas.

Best wishes for a restful winter break!

Becky

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Rebecca Seifried, PhD

[she/they]
Geospatial Information Librarian
University of Massachusetts Amherst

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[Rebecca Seifried]

Hello Geo4Lib,

This is a friendly reminder that the winter GeoBlacklight sprint kicks off today! 

Sprint work is typically carried out asynchronously, and we meet once a day to check in and share what we're working on. Everyone is welcome to participate however they feel called. You might look for open issues in one of the GeoBlacklight or OpenGeoMetadata repositories, contribute new features to the GeoBlacklight codebase (see the contributing guide), review an open Pull Request, etc.

We will be checking in on Zoom each day this week at 1pm Eastern at this link (Meeting ID: 928 0453 3224, Passcode: 398611).

Reach out to me if you have any general questions about the sprint!

Best,

Becky Seifried

Geo4Lib Meeting Facilitator, 2025-26

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Rebecca Seifried, PhD
[she/they]
Geospatial Information Librarian
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Schedule a meeting

 

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