Meeting Time

Monday, November 13th at 1 PM EDT

Zoom Link

Avalon user survey
- Please fill out ASAP if you haven’t already!
- https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdezBQ4iHsrEewHFRH7H8slaI1ThRSdbakI6zqrPTyMUwnWLg/viewform
- roadmap items can be left blank or marked “not sure” as needed
Avalon 7.7 development updates
- demo new media object page
Survey results so far
- 9 institutions responded so far
- Most highly ranked roadmap items (3-4 institutions voted critical)
  - Administrative [Upgrade to Fedora 6]
  - Administrative [Add admin dashboard to allow application configuration in the user interface]
  - Metadata [Tools to update metadata in bulk]
  - User experience [Transcript searching]
- Next up (2 institutions voted critical)
  - Administrative [User-accessible usage statistics]
  - User experience [Improve speed and responsiveness of user interface]
- Comments
  - 2 institutions mentioned wanting to move away from the Fedora stack
  - 2 institutions (not including IU) mentioned accessibility as an institutional priority
Fedora 6 testing
- Interest in Fedora 6 upgrade / Postgres alternative?
- If not Fedora, what else?
Updates from other institutions
Future agenda items?
- Summary of survey responses
- UMD OAI-PMH demo?
  - Harvested content will be available through Digital Library of Georgia; eventually DPLA. Labor and Civil Rights in the American South. UMD has AFL-CIO records.