Wrapping up the Samvera Community Sprint/poll for next sprint dates

[Heather Greer Klein]

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Community Sprint this week!

• Patrick Burden, West Virginia University
• Eleni Castro, Amigos Library Services
• Sarah Cogley, University at Buffalo
• Chris Colvard, Indiana University
• Julie Hardesty, Indiana University
• Nick Homenda, Tufts University
• Rebekah Kati, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Tracy McCormick, West Virginia University
• Morgan McKeehan, Oregon State University
• Daniel Pierce, Indiana University
• Dolsy Smith, George Washington University

The sprint participants made progress on several items from the sprint board and completed or moved to review a number of complex documentation issues. 

Just a small sample of the community benefits from the efforts of the sprint participants:

• Content submission guides documentation for Hyku with step-by-step submission tutorials for different work types
• A feature comparison guide for Hyrax versions as well as Hyrax vs Hyku and Avalon
• A nearly complete draft of documentation explaining Hyrax 5 Metadata Architecture (with Fedora 6+)
• Documentation of Hyrax Viewer Technologies comparing information on the Universal Viewer, PDF.js and Ramp (this is nearly complete and still being reviewed by volunteer reviewers in the sprint)
• A variety of bugs and small accessibility issues from Hyrax and Hyku, and progress on RAMP-related issues for Hyrax

The group decided on a few changes to improve the next sprint:

• A 1-question poll to select at least 2 additional sprint dates for 2026 - please respond to help select the dates that work best for the most participants!
• Two optional times for check in every day (noon ET and noon PT), except for Wednesday. The group liked leaving Wednesday to Slack check-in only.
• Exploring how to re-introduce small team work for specific tasks, and paired programming for novice and experienced community developers.

Thanks again to our sprint participants!

Heather

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Heather Greer Klein (she/her/hers)

Community Manager

Samvera Foundation

hea...@samvera.org

https://samvera.org/

Working from Durham, NC (US Eastern Time Zone), on land traditionally cared for by the Shakori and Eno peoples.