avalon partners meeting bloomington, indiana october 2-3, 2013
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Avalon Partners Meeting
Bloomington, IndianaOctober 2-3, 2013
Project Objectives
Goal: Create an open source system to enable libraries and archives to provide online access to video and audio collections• Digital audio/video management and delivery system, focused
on needs of libraries and archives• Follow an agile, open source development model• Leverage existing technologies, where feasible• Communicate and market the project broadly to increase
awareness and grow the community of users and developers
Grant Funding
• Planning grant:– August 2010 – July 2011
• Implementation grant:– October 2011 – September 2014
Release History
• 0.1 – July 2012• 0.5 – October 2012• 1.0 – May 2013
Release 1.0
• Mobile and desktop playback support
• Authentication and group-based authorization
• Faceted search, using Blacklight
• Manual and batch import
• Documentation, installers, VM images
Release History
• 0.1 – July 2012• 0.5 – October 2012• 1.0 – May 2013• 2.0 – October 2013
• Goal: Release every 3 months
Meeting Objectives
1. Gain feedback on development priorities– Especially requirements for pilot or implementation
2. Help determine integration with and product positioning relative to other systems– Includes understanding how Avalon and WGBH HydraDAM
intersect
3. Start to figure out how to seek and integrate resource commitments and code contributions from beyond IU and NU
4. Begin discussion of post-grant governance and sustainability
Avalon 2.0 Demo