Call for Proposals: Samvera Virtual Connect 2026

[Heather Greer Klein]

Samvera Virtual Connect will take place Tuesday, May 12 and Wednesday, May 13, 2026, from 8:00–11:00 AM PDT / 11:00 AM–2:00 PM EDT / 15:00–18:00 UTC.

Virtual Connect is a free, informal online event where community members share work, ideas, and experiences with Samvera and open repository technologies. The event takes place entirely on Zoom, and presentations will be recorded for asynchronous viewing.

Call for Proposals

Each year, feedback from attendees asks for more presentations highlighting real repositories, collections, challenges, and tools from the people who build and manage them. We need your participation to make this event representative of the breadth of work happening in and around our repositories, and to show the impact of this work.

We welcome and encourage anyone including repository managers, developers, metadata specialists, and project leads to share their work. No matter your role, there are others who could learn from your experiences.

We are currently seeking proposals for the following session types:

Repository Showcase (5–7 minutes)

Short “show and tell” demonstrations of repositories in production or development. Whether you’re running a Samvera-based repository, using tools like ServerlessIIIF, or experimenting with new approaches, we’d love to see what you’ve built.

Presentations (5, 10, or 20 minutes)
We welcome proposals on a wide range of topics across the Samvera ecosystem and open repositories generally. Possible themes include:

• Work to support accessibility and inclusive access to collections

• “New to Samvera” implementation experiences

• Adapting or reusing work from other institutions

• Challenges, lessons learned, or pilot projects

• Integrations with other institutional systems or tools

• Team workflows, staffing models, and collaboration practices

• New ideas, experiments, or projects seeking feedback

Breakout Sessions (45 minutes)
Facilitated virtual roundtables scheduled before or after the main sessions. These discussions provide an opportunity to connect with others across the community around shared interests or challenges.

Proposal deadline: Friday, April 17, 2026

Virtual Connect is a welcoming space for sharing work in progress, practical experiences, and lessons learned, and we encourage submissions from across the community.

We hope you’ll share what your team has been building!

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.