25 - 2, 45 Durham update 1, 45 - 2, Video recording of the virtual Samvera Europe meeting held on 18th September 2020. For the video follow the 'Related URL' link below. The agenda below will give approximate ideas of the offset times within the video to the various reports. Agenda (times are British Summer Time - UTC+1) Each update has 5-10mins between them to allow for questions and discussion 1, 20 Digital Repository of Ireland update 2, 35 - 2, 30 York update 2, 00 Samvera Connect update and close, 55 Ruhr-University Bochum update 3, 35 - 1, 50 - 2, 40 Hull update 2, 05 Oxford update 2, 05 Welcome & housekeeping 1, 25 British Library/Ubiquity update 1, 00 - 1, 15 - 2, and 05 - 1
Keyword:
Community, Regional event, and Samvera
Subject:
Samvera Community
Creator:
Awre, Christopher L
Contributor:
Ruhr-University Bochum, University of Hull, Digital Repository of Ireland, University of Oxford, University of York, British Library, and University of Durham
Building and using an open source community-supported system to manage audiovisual materials for a digital archive/library has many advantages and challenges. Being able to dictate the features, have a system speak to specific needs, and have staff on hand that can change or fix problems is certainly appealing. Embarking on this effort with an established open community, such as Samvera, has the advantages of a robust community of developers and service vendors to turn to for help. Managing needed customisations to core code base, keeping track of updates and contributing to the community, however, is challenging. For WGBH, a public television station with a robust 60-year archive, most customisations are due to the use PBCore to structure the metadata of the audio-visual items. This paper focuses on WGBH’s efforts to build a system for its Media Library and Archives based on the Samvera digital repository framework and its Hyrax and Avalon Media System ‘products’. and Abstract
An update about Samvera Connect 2020 from the organizers to the community. The video recording of this segment is available at the 'Related URL' below.
Keyword:
Screencast, Virtual Connect 2020, Samvera, and Connect 2020
Samvera's annual Connect conference was held on-line because of the COVID-19 pandemic. A design had been created in anticipation of t-shirts at a face-to-face conference but it was used, instead, as the conference logo. 'Souvenirs' bearing the design were available via an on-line shop.
Samvera Virtual Connect (SVC), is an opportunity for Samvera Community participants to gather online to touch base on the progress of community efforts at a roughly halfway point between face-to-face Samvera Connect meetings. Samvera is a growing, active community with many initiatives taking place across interest groups, working groups, local and collaborative development projects, and other efforts, and it can be difficult for community members to keep up with all of this activity on a regular basis. SVC will give the Samvera community a chance to come together to catch up on developments, make new connections, and re-energize itself towards Samvera Connect 2020. SVC 2020 took place against the background of the COVID-19 pandemic and the sudden, sad death of Julie Allinson a pivotal member of the Samvera Community, The pandemic meant that Connect 2020 was already being planned as an on-line event.
