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.
Learn About the Avalon Project
The best place to start learning is the Avalon Media System project website.
Older documents and project background are linked below.
- 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
For more information, please contact the Project Directors:
To join the project listserv, contact Jon Dunn.
Older documents, to be organized
Technical Documentation
For partners and others wanting to try out the system or install it.
- Try out Avalon on a test server
- Install a Virtual Machine Image of Avalon
- Install Avalon following step-by-step instructions
For developers
- Set up a development environment
- Visit Avalon on Github
Other tools and places
Old documents, to be organized
Development Partners/Funders
