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This is the January 2020 edition of the Fedora Newsletter. This = newsletter summarizes the most significant activities within the Fedora com= munity over the last month.
The cu= rriculum for the upcoming Islandora and Fedora Camp at Arizona State Un= iversity, February 24-26, 2020 is now available.
Islandora and Fedora Camp, hosted by Arizona State University Libraries,= offers everyone a chance to dive in and learn all about the latest version= s of Islandora and Fedora. Training will begin with the basics and build to= ward more advanced concepts=E2=80=93no prior Islandora or Fedora experience= is required. Participants can expect to come away with a deep dive Islando= ra and Fedora learning experience coupled with multiple opportunities for a= pplying hands-on techniques working with experienced trainers from both com= munities.
The curriculum will be delivered by a knowledgeable team of instructors = from the Islandora and Fedora communities, including:
Register today and join us in Arizona! Register by January 13, 20= 20 to receive a $50 early bird discount using the promo code: FC20EB.
A recording of the recent Fedora 6 Overview webi= nar is now available.
The slides from the webinar are also online.
We will continue to produce webinars and demos as Fedora 6 development p= rogresses.
The next Fedora 6 code sprint will take place the week of January 20, 20= 20. The sprint will focus on completing the resource management and contain= ment functionality in Fedora. More participants are welcome - please contac= t Danny Bernstein to get involved.
Two brief su=
mmaries and demos from the second Fedora 6 sprint is now available. The first demo focuses on the updated migration-utils tool, which now supports basic Fedora 3 to Fedo=
ra 6 data conversion based on the Oxford Common File Layout. A more complete =
video walkthrough of the tool will be available soon, and more information =
on the sprint and its outcomes can be found in the written=
summary. If you have a Fedora 3 repository and you are interested in m=
igrating to Fedora 6 when it is available, please test the latest release of migration-uti=
ls and let us know whether or not the output meets your expectations by fil=
ling out this short feedback form.
The second demo shows how Container resources can be created = using the REST API, with the corresponding data being written to disk as OC= FL Objects. A testable version of Fedora 6 with this functionality included= will be available in January, at which point we will invite community memb= ers to test the application and provide feedback on the functionality.
We would like to thank all of the sprint participants and their institut= ions for their ongoing engagement:
In an attempt to simplify the task of keeping up with Fedora-related mee= tings and events, a Fedora calendar is available to the community as <= a class=3D"external-link" href=3D"https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embe= d?src=3Dfedora-commons.org_8mrecvr3g6s2sm2fduetfor69s%40group.calendar.goog= le.com&ctz=3DAmerica/New_York" rel=3D"nofollow">HTML and = ;iCal .
If you have not already joined the fedora-project&= nbsp;Slack workspace please start by visiting the self-registration= form. Come join the conversation!
The last CNI Meeting= took place December 9-10, 2019 in Washington, DC. The agenda included = presentations from the Fedora community on Fedora 6 and the results of the Designing a Migration= Path grant work.
Is your repository listed in the registry? Help us maintai= n reliable information on the community of Fedora users around the world by= registering your repository today. You ca= n also request an update to an existing entry by selecting your entry and f= illing out the online form.
Fedora is funded entirely through the contributions of LYRASIS members t= hat allocate their annual funding to Fedora. This year's membership campaig= n has a goal of raising $500,000 to fund staff to work on Fedora and&= nbsp;provide technical leadership, direct strategic planning, organize comm= unity outreach, and coordinate timely software releases. Membership also pr= ovides opportunities to participate in p= roject governance and influence the direction of the software.&nb= sp;If your institution is not yet a member of LYRASIS in support of Fedora,= please join us today!
Fedora is designed, built, used, and supported by the community. An easy= and important way that you can contribute to the effort is by helping reso= lve outstanding bugs. If you have an interest in gaining a better understan= ding of the Fedora code base, or a specific interest in any of these bugs, please add a comment to a ticket and w= e can work together to move your interest forward.