The Samvera Community is an international community of libraries, archives, and research organizations working together to build and sustain open source digital repository software.
Samvera software helps institutions preserve, manage, and provide access to digital collections of all kinds, from scholarly publications and research outputs to photographs, audiovisual materials, manuscripts, archives, and cultural heritage collections.
Built on a shared open source foundation, Samvera allows institutions to create repository solutions that fit their unique needs while benefiting from a collaborative community of developers, librarians, archivists, metadata specialists, and digital preservation practitioners.
Imagine a library filled with millions of digital treasures.
Samvera provides the tools that help organizations organize those treasures, keep them safe, and make them available to people around the world.
Whether an institution is preserving research data, sharing faculty publications, managing digitized archives, or providing access to audiovisual collections, Samvera offers flexible open source solutions supported by a community that has been collaborating for more than a decade.
Designed specifically for managing and providing access to audiovisual collections, including video, audio recordings, oral histories, and digitized media.
A highly customizable repository framework that enables institutions to build repository solutions tailored to their specific collections, workflows, and preservation requirements.
Built on Hyrax, Hyku provides a more turnkey repository solution that allows organizations to get up and running quickly while still benefiting from the flexibility of the broader Samvera ecosystem.
The Samvera Community welcomes librarians, archivists, developers, repository managers, metadata specialists, researchers, service providers, students, and anyone interested in open repository technologies.
There are many ways to participate:
Visit https://samvera.org/ to learn more and connect with the community.
As part of the Apereo Foundation, the Samvera Community joins a global network of open source communities advancing education, research, and the public good.
Samvera represents Apereo's first community focused specifically on libraries, archives, digital preservation, and cultural heritage collections, expanding the Foundation's commitment to supporting open infrastructure across the entire academic and research ecosystem.
To help support Samvera and project communities like it, consider joining the Apereo Foundation as a member.
