Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) is a method for restricting access to digital material, which most often aligns with the count of a physical object containing the recording in an institution’s collections.

Only authenticated users are able to borrow items.

Enabling CDL in Avalon Media System

To enable CDL in Avalon, update your system configuration file.

Enabling CDL for Collections

To enable CDL for a collection, check the “Enable controlled digital lending for this collection” box on a collection’s administration page and select the corresponding Save button:

Borrowing an Item

Checkouts Page

When CDL is enabled, authenticated users will see the Checkouts page in the main navigation:

Users can:

• View current checkouts

• Return individual items

• Return all borrowed items

• View previous checkouts by selecting the “Display Returned Items” box