April 2013

Sprint 24 - April 19, 2013 Demo Recording

 

VM images, content and licensing, oh my! The release candidate is just about ready to be shared with everyone. Final tweaks and testing are happening! If you want to see the stories that we are working on each sprint, check out the current sprint page on our wiki.

 

Click here to watch the full recording of this week's demo. 

Get to Know the Avalon Team: Stefan Elnabli

 

In our new series "Get to Know the Avalon Team," we're providing a closer look at the individuals who are working each day to develop the Avalon Media System.

 

Stefan Elnabli

 

Stefan is the Moving Image and Sound Preservation Specialist at Northwestern University Library's Digital Collections Department. He obtained his degree in audiovisual preservation from New York University's Moving Image Archiving and Preservation program at Tisch School of the Arts.

 

Sprint 23 - April 5, 2013 Demo Recording

 

Only three more stories need to be completed before Release 1! This last sprint focused on ways to deploy Avalon to institutions that want to test Avalon for their media management needs. The team has fixed the final bugs to improve quality of playback. We are very close to Release 1, so keep your eyes on this blog, Facebook, and Twitter for the latest news!  

 

Get to Know the Avalon Team: Mark Notess

 

In our new series "Get to Know the Avalon Team," we're providing a closer look at the individuals who are working each day to develop the Avalon Media System.

 

Mark Notess

 

Mark Notess is Head, User Experience and Digital Media Services, within the IU Bloomington Libraries at Indiana University. His primary responsibility since joining IU in 2001 has been the Variations Digital Music Library and related projects.