Avalon Media System

Variations on Video: Building the Next Generation Library Media Management System

Indiana University, in partnership with Northwestern University, has been awarded a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to support the creation of a freely available open source software system to enable academic libraries and archives to easily provide online access to their video and audio collections. This grant will run from October 1, 2011 - September 30, 2014.

About the Project 

• Grant Proposal One-Page Abstract
• Grant Proposal Narrative
• IU press release, November 30, 2011: IU receives grant to create software system for video and audio collections
• Original IMLS Planning Grant Site

• Project Updates

• Presentations, Papers and Reports

  Jon Dunn and Michael Klein presented at DLF Forum 2012 in Denver.  If you were not able to attend, slides are available for viewing. 

For more information, please contact the Project Directors:

• Jon Dunn, Indiana University
• Stu Baker, Northwestern University

To join the project listserv, contact Jon Dunn.

Project Documentation

Developer Documentation

User Stories

Team Process Documentation

Recently Updated

• Avalon Ingest API

  Dec 21, 2021 • updated by Chris Colvard • view change
• Known Issues

  Dec 14, 2021 • updated by Jon Cameron • view change
• 2021-12-13 Avalon User Roundtable Meeting

  Dec 13, 2021 • updated by Jon Cameron • view change
• 2021-11-08 Avalon User Roundtable Meeting

  Nov 08, 2021 • updated by Jon Cameron • view change
• 2021-10-11 Avalon User Roundtable Meeting

  Oct 21, 2021 • updated by Jon Cameron • view change

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