Poster presented at Educause ELI 2013 in Denver, CO by Julie Rudder.

1. Mark Notess Julie Rudder
Library Technologies Digital Collections
Indiana University Libraries Northwestern University Library
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What is Avalon? avalonmediasystem.org
facebook.com/AvalonMediaSys
Avalon Media System is a freely available tool @AvalonMediaSys
that enables libraries and archives to easily
create, manage and provide controlled online
access to their video and audio collections for
teaching, learning and research. Funded in
part by a grant from the Institute of Museum
and Library Services, Avalon is the product
of a collaboration of the libraries of Indiana Avalon is built upon major open source
University and Northwestern University, technologies: Hydra (Fedora, Solr,
other educational institutions, and Blacklight) and Opencast Matterhorn.
open source software communities. These technologies emphasize a modular
approach rather than a monolithic code
base with a “black box” architecture.
Features included in Release 1.0 - March 2013
• Playback on desktop browsers and
Teaching with Avalon Students and Researchers
mobile devices (iOS). Teaching faculty can create clips, playlists and Students also enjoy the benefits precise
• Manual or batch file uploading, transcoding, and annotations to pinpoint and comment on sections navigation through clips, playlists, annotations
metadata creation (MODS). within media items. Structural metadata allows for and structural metadata. Researchers and students
precise navigation within lengthy media. can view media when they want, where they
• Authentication (LDAP, CAS, OmniAuth)
Robust security and key integrations with want through their desktops or mobile devices.
• Authorization - share resources with individuals and course management systems and library Distinct collections and robust metadata
groups or keep them private. systems ease the process of sharing make media easier to find.
• Red5 and Adobe Flash Media Server support.
items safely with courses.
Why
• Faceted discovery for browse and search via Blacklight.
Collection Managers
Avalon? IT Departments
• Stream-level security for desktop and mobile.
For those who are behind the scenes Avalon supports open connectivity. This will
managing the collections, robust access make it easier for future contributors and users
Try out Avalon control allows them to share items with to add or remove parts based on their needs.
groups and individuals more easily and securely. Key integrations include Integrated Library Systems,
Demo server http://pawpaw.dlib.indiana.edu/ Distinct collections offer content curators the ability archival storage solutions, authentication,
to share collections in a sophisticated way. authorization, streaming servers (Red5 and AMS)
Conduct a pilot at your institution - visit our
and Fedora digital repository.
website for more information.