Mark Notess Head, User Experience and Digital Media Services Library Technologies IU Bloomington Libraries 29 July 2014 RESEARCH NOW: VIDEO AND AUDIO

PLAN 1.Some key vocabulary and concepts for media 2.Overview of video and audio options and when to recommend them 3.Close-up view of systems for library and archival media content at IU Video streaming service Variations Avalon 4.Hands-on with Avalon

rip, transfer archive, preserve THE BASICS (SIMPLIFIED) physical media analog digital master file big high quality direct digital capture digitize record derivatives smaller compressed “lossy” transcode delivery systems provide, publish... archival storage

USE CASES What use cases have you encountered?

THINGS TO ASK ABOUT What have you got? how much (size, duration)? format(s)? rights & other IP issues? value to whom? for what? What do you want to do with it? Why? access? by whom? for how long? usages? preservation? description? Who is the long-term owner for this? physical item(s) master files derivatives, segments, exhibit or display

OPTIONS Personal/research material Digitization, transcoding: SAVAIL/Research CommonsSAVAIL/Research Commons Segmentation, analysis: Omeka Video Streaming Plugin, Variations Audio TimelinerOmeka Video Streaming PluginVariations Audio Timeliner Hosting/access: Webserve, YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, etc.Webserve Departmental websites: Webserve digital media streamingWebserve digital media streaming IU Repository or Publication: IUSW, IU Press/OSPIUSWIU Press/OSP Instructional use of personal material: CITLCITL Ensemble Video (pilot)Ensemble Video Kaltura (pilot)Kaltura IU Libraries and Archives materials: Variations, Video Streaming Service Avalon (pilot)VariationsVideo Streaming Service Avalon

VARIATIONS Current service in production since 2005 Music-focused but can handle any audio Mainly supports JSOM audio and score reserves Includes sophisticated analysis and annotation tools Client installed in STCs, can be downloaded from IUWare Online Another option: browser-based player Access to nearly 30,000 recordings and hundreds of scores requires IU netID login and is limited to: those on STC computers in the music library students enrolled in a class using Variations (i.e., reserves list exists) content linked in IUCAT

IU LIBRARIES VIDEO STREAMING SERVICE Service offered by Media & Reserve Services Instructors can request films or videos for instructional use Also used by Moving Image Archive & IUScholarworks Class given single password for access Also requires CAS authentication for restricted content

AVALON MEDIA SYSTEM Multi-institutional collaboration; open source At IU, will replace Video Streaming Service and parts of Variations – handles audio and video Supports embedding, access control, batch ingest, LMS integration, mobile devices Currently in pilot. Projects have included: WWII Propaganda Films Area Studies workshop proceedings videos Archives Online: Senate hearings MUS Z315 Course Reserves (10 feature films) Media segments for IU Press Ethnomusicology Multimedia book IJCCR, AAAMC, remote researcher access, othersIJCCR

ADVISING ON AVALON Move to production – Fall 2014? Big project: talk to me Library & archival content: talk to appropriate unit Research/personal content: talk to the appropriate unit: IU Scholarworks Open Journal Systems IU Press an archive interested in long-term ownership

QUESTIONS? Contact: Mark Notess