UVCON

About

The Universal Viewer has an active and diverse community of users, from national libraries and museums to one-person projects. It is made for simple, consistent presentation and sharing of digitised books, artworks, archives, audio, video and 3D objects.

View recordings of UVCON 2025 here to learn about the Universal Viewer's history, recent improvements, and how you can help shape its future development.

Schedule

18th of November, 2025

14:00–18:00 UTC

14:00

Welcome & Introductions

Erin Burnand

14:10

Keynote

Edward Silverton

14:20

Developing a Community

UV Steering Group

14:40

LIGHTNING TALKS

The UV Team at the British Library | James Misson
Testing the UV | Lanie Okorodudu
Making archives accessible with HTR and the Universal Viewer | Linnéa Karlberg Lundin
The UV and User Experience | Mia Ridge

15:20

BREAK

15:35

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Technical Track: The future of UV's codebase
Admin Track: The future of UV's community and website

16:35

BREAK

16:50

Discussion & Closing Remarks

UVCON 2025 is hosted online by the Universal Viewer Steering Group, a community led initiative that supports open, sustainable development of the Universal Viewer and related digital projects.

UCVON and the Universal Viewer community are sustained through shared effort and open support. If you would like to help us ensure ongoing development of the Universal Viewer you can contribute via the Open Collective. Your contribution helps fund development, community events and training that keeps the viewer open and available to all

Support on Open Collective