The future
Digitization
The mission of MDPI continues with the creation of Audio-Video Preservation Services by IU Libraries and the ongoing work of the Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive.
Long-term preservation
Planning led by IU Libraries and UITS is underway to develop a digital preservation service to steward and preserve the more than 18 PB of data generated by MDPI. This data currently resides in IU’s Scholarly Data Archive
Access
Work to provide access to MDPI content continues at the various IU media-holding units, led by IU Libraries. These units are responsible for decisions on appropriate access to their holdings.
To enable robust discovery and access, IU Libraries is developing AMP, or Audiovisual Metadata Platform, an open source software system that enables the efficient generation of metadata to support discovery and use of digitized and born-digital audio and moving image collections.
Media Collections Online (MCO), IU’s streaming platform based on the IU Libraries-developed Avalon Media System, supports watching and listening to digitized media content. On MCO, you can find materials digitized through MDPI as well as through other external vendors and internal IU workflows.
Use the search bar on the top right to find specific titles. Or browse through titles using the filters on the left-hand side of the screen. Filtering by “Sound Recording” will display all accessible audio recordings. Filtering by “Moving Image” will display all accessible film/video records. Use additional filters like “Unit,” “Collection,” or “Physical Format” to help focus inquiry results.
As additional cataloging, copyright research, and editing is done on digitized files, more materials will be accessible on MCO. If interested in materials on a specific topic or from a specific collection, contact the individual IU library, archive, or other unit that holds and stewards the material. You can also contact IU Libraries to be appropriately directed.