See the full program for Samvera Virtual Connect 2026

The full program is now available for Samvera Virtual Connect 2026, taking place Tuesday, May 12 and Wednesday, May 13, 2026.

This free, virtual event (held via Zoom) runs each day from:

• 8:00–11:00 AM PDT

• 11:00 AM–2:00 PM EDT

• 15:00–18:00 UTC

This year’s program highlights practical, community-driven work and planning for what comes next. A few sessions you won’t want to miss:

Community updates

• The latest updates from Avalon, Hyku, and Hyrax Product Owners, along with a report from Technical Coordinator Rob Kaufman

• Sustaining Hyku: An IMLS Grant Update, sharing progress on governance, sustainability, and collaboration models

• We did it – Welcome to Fedora 7.x, exploring what’s new in the latest major Fedora release

Repository stories

• Preserving Richness, Enabling Access

  , a deep dive into Indiana University’s dual-repository migration strategy for a complex digital collection

• Repository showcases fromWest Virginia University, Indiana University, and the Bodleian Libraries at Oxford University

• We Never Thought We’d Need to Do This, a timely look at UNC-Chapel Hill’s rapid-response project to preserve at-risk federal research

The latest technical processes, emerging challenges, and what comes next on our technical roadmap

• From Whack-a-Mole to Edge Protection, addressing AI scraping and infrastructure resilience

• Fedora as a Supplementary Repository in Hyrax, proposing new architectural approaches for performance and durability

• Working Smarter AND Harder, a candid look at the processes behind the community-funded Bulkrax CSV Guided Importer

• Flexible Metadata: Now, Next, and After That, exploring the evolution of metadata modeling in Hyku and Hyrax

• Transforming RDF Metadata with SPARQL CONSTRUCT, demonstrating approaches to making RDF data more usable and publishable

• Going Up – Keeping Your App Up to Date w/ Hyrax, with practical guidance on upgrades and new community resources

We'll end each day with an interactive, facilitated discussion session:

May 12th: Who Decides? Building a Community Decision-Making Framework for Hyku

May 13th: Hyrax Ingest – Could It Be Simpler?

Throughout both days, you’ll hear directly from repository managers, developers, and community leaders sharing lessons learned, challenges, and ideas for what comes next.

Samvera Virtual Connect is an informal, welcoming space for anyone working with or interested in Samvera technologies and a valuable opportunity to learn from peers and contribute to the conversation.

Register for free on Eventbrite

We hope you’ll join us!

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