Development Updates

IU Libraries receives $1.2 million grant to develop ability to search digitized files

Indiana University has received a $1.2 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in conjunction with New York Public Library, University of Texas at Austin and information management consultant AVP in order to develop a scalable Audiovisual Metadata Platform, known as AMP, to generate searchable time-stamped descriptions for audiovisual content.  

Read more at the Indiana University website.

Avalon announces the release of 6.4.4

The Avalon Team is happy to announce the release of Avalon 6.4.4

What can you expect in this release?

Avalon 6.4.3 Now Available

Avalon 6.4.3 is now available for download at the Avalon GitHub.  
 
Click here to download and to learn more.
 

OHMS Now Available For Avalon

Avalon Media System is proud to announce the successful completion of integrations between Avalon, a Samvera solution bundle for audio and video management, and OHMS, the Oral History Metadata Synchronizer.

 

Avalon Sprint Review #153

Jon Cameron (Indiana) hosts and Adam Arling (Northwestern) stars in Sprint Demo #153 

 

See our first public demo of the IIIF stand-alone player

 

View here

 

Runtime:  6 minutes, 30 seconds

Avalon Forum - June 13th at 4:00 PM

Avalon will host the second Avalon monthly forum on Wednesday, June 13th at 4:00 Eastern.

Topics will include:  

  • Northwestern University – Avalon for e-Reserves Media Distribution (Molly Zolnay and Natalie Pelster)
  • Avalon and IIIF for Video (Adam Arling and Brian Keese)

 

The Forum will last approx.. 30 minutes.

 

Avalon Releases version 6.4.2

The Avalon Media System team is happy to announce the release of Avalon 6.4.2.  

Indiana Libraries teaming with WGBH and AVP to Configure Avalon for American Archive of Public Broadcasting

Under a grant from the Andrew A. Mellon Foundation, Indiana University is partnering with AVP and WGBH Educational Foundation on behalf of the American Archive of Public Broadcasting to configure Avalon Media System to ingest, manage and provide access to 70+ years of digititized public broadcasting content.

 

Avalon 7 Development: Call for Community Participation!

In Spring 2018, The Avalon Team will begin work on Avalon 7.  As we move down this pathway, we want to invite you to join us, and help build a better Avalon!

 

Avalon 6.3 Now Available

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