diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..392b12ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#### Developer
+
+- [ ] All new ENV is documented in README
+- [ ] All new ENV has been added to Heroku Pipeline, Staging and Prod
+- [ ] ANDI or Wave has been run in accordance to
+      [our guide](https://mitlibraries.github.io/guides/basics/a11y.html) and
+      all issues introduced by these changes have been resolved or opened as new
+      issues (link to those issues in the Pull Request details above)
+- [ ] Stakeholder approval has been confirmed (or is not needed)
+
+#### Code Reviewer
+
+- [ ] The commit message is clear and follows our guidelines
+      (not just this pull request message)
+- [ ] There are appropriate tests covering any new functionality
+- [ ] The documentation has been updated or is unnecessary
+- [ ] The changes have been verified
+- [ ] New dependencies are appropriate or there were no changes
+
+#### Requires database migrations?
+
+YES | NO
+
+#### Includes new or updated dependencies?
+
+YES | NO
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 902de7a3..2e38033a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
-*.rbc
-capybara-*.html
-.rspec
 /db/*.sqlite3
 /db/*.sqlite3-journal
 /db/*.sqlite3-[0-9]*
-/public/system
 /coverage/
-/spec/tmp
-*.orig
-rerun.txt
-pickle-email-*.html
 
 # Ignore all logfiles and tempfiles.
 /log/*
@@ -17,35 +9,13 @@ pickle-email-*.html
 !/log/.keep
 !/tmp/.keep
 
-# TODO Comment out this rule if you are OK with secrets being uploaded to the repo
-config/initializers/secret_token.rb
-config/master.key
-
-# Only include if you have production secrets in this file, which is no longer a Rails default
-# config/secrets.yml
-
 # dotenv
-# TODO Comment out this rule if environment variables can be committed
 .env
 
 ## Environment normalization:
 /.bundle
 /vendor/bundle
 
-# these should all be checked in to normalize the environment:
-# Gemfile.lock, .ruby-version, .ruby-gemset
-
-# unless supporting rvm < 1.11.0 or doing something fancy, ignore this:
-.rvmrc
-
-# if using bower-rails ignore default bower_components path bower.json files
-/vendor/assets/bower_components
-*.bowerrc
-bower.json
-
-# Ignore pow environment settings
-.powenv
-
 # Ignore Byebug command history file.
 .byebug_history
 
@@ -61,7 +31,3 @@ node_modules/
 /yarn-error.log
 yarn-debug.log*
 .yarn-integrity
-
-# Ignore uploaded files in development
-/storage/*
-!/storage/.keep
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 261eeb9e..a4a8e23d 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
       same "printed page" as the copyright notice for easier
       identification within third-party archives.
 
-   Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]
+   Copyright 2022 MIT Libraries
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2dea3a2c..d09da92e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # timdex-ui
-A discovery interface backed by the TIMDEX API.
+A discovery interface backed by [the TIMDEX API](https://github.com/MITLibraries/timdex).