Avalon Media System is an open source software system for managing and providing access to large collections of digital audio and video. Avalon enables libraries and archives to easily curate, distribute and provide online access to their collections for purposes of teaching, learning and research.

The Avalon Community is made up of over a dozen educational, media and open-technology institutions and is part of the broader Samvera Community. The project is led by Indiana University Libraries, with past support from Northwestern University Libraries, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Learn About the Avalon Project

Our current release is Avalon 8.0.

For an overview of the Avalon project, please visit the the Avalon Media System website. 

Connect with us: through mailing lists, our public Slack channel, and more.

Project Background

• Mellon Grant Proposal Narrative

• IMLS Grant Proposal One-Page Abstract

• IMLS Grant Proposal Narrative

• IU press release, November 30, 2011: IU receives grant to create software system for video and audio collections

For more information, please contact the Project Director:

• Jon Dunn, Indiana University

Get Started

• Try out Avalon on our demo server

• Quickstart Development Environment with Docker

• Install Avalon

Documentation For Users and Collection Managers

• Avalon Collections Guide

• Batch Ingest Guide

Further Information

• Avalon Release Roadmap

• Avalon Media System on Github