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This is the February 2020 edition of the Fedora Newsletter. This= newsletter summarizes the most significant activities within the Fedora co= mmunity over the last month.
The upcoming Islandora and Fedora Camp at Arizona State University, Febr= uary 24-26, 2020 is nearly full - register today to secure your seat= !
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:
The first 2020 Fedora 6 Sprint is now complete. The team focused o= n resource management (CRUD) operations, Archival Groups, containment, and = rebuildability. This was a 1 week sprint with 6 participants. <= /p>
High-level accomplishments:
We'd like to thank the following people and their institutions for= contributing to the sprint:
The latest OCFL community meeting took place on January 8. Notes and audio from the call are ava= ilable online. The meeting focused on a review of recent community work, in= cluding the Fedora 6 implementation, as well as a review of the 1.0 specifi= cation roadmap. The next community call will take place on February 12= .
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!
Registration is open for the next Samvera Camp= at UNC Chapel Hill, April 14-17, 2020. Samvera Camp is open= to all developers interested in building skills working with the Samvera t= echnology stack, and is especially focused on the needs of those who are ne= w to the Samvera stack and community.
ILIDE is a major digital library conference held every year in Slovak= ia; it draws an international group of participants & speakers, with he= avy attendance from Eastern and Central Europe. This year's conference take= s place April 27-29 and will include a presentation on Fedora 6 and the OCF= L from David Wilcox, Program Leader for Fedora.
The Sout= h Central States Fedora User Group met at the University of Houston on = January 29-30. Each of the institutions represented provided an update on t= heir work with Fedora, and the group also received online updates from repr= esentatives of the Avalon, Samvera, and Islandora communities. Slides from = the presentations are available on the wiki.
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!
We would like to welcome the Ludwig Maxim= ilian University of Munich as our newest member in support of Fedora at= the Copper level. LMU Munich is currently developing a Fedora implementati= on with over 80,000 datasets that they will be prototyping over the next&nb= sp;few months.
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.