Plan for the Risk Hiding in your DAM System
DAM system vendors often employ open-source third-party apps and code to meet important business requirements but their decision introduces risks to a system’s security and roadmap.
Security
A Gentle Introduction to Digital Rights Management
Most companies leverage their existing content, re-purposing it in publications, websites, social media, marketing collateral, television, etc. They will similarly rely on this material in whatever new media channels are developed in the future. They may also lend or license this material to external partners such as press outlets: a brand’s success depends upon the … [Read more…]
File Fixity and Data Integrity
You have audited your digital content, established appropriate metadata schema, and vetted your new taxonomy. The DAM system is installed, customized, and tested. All you have to do is catalog assets. Right? Well, if digital preservation is high on your list of priorities, and it should be, you will also want to ensure assets remain … [Read more…]
SLA2015: It is Time for Us to Rock
Whew! This year’s SLA 2015 conference was a doozy. There is too much to cover in a single blog post so I’ve boiled it down to a few observations I made during this four-day event geared towards information professionals. Knowledge/Content/Digital Asset Management are pretty much the same thing This was a significant realization for me. … [Read more…]
DAM for Museums: Recap
As a result of the many digitization initiatives and an increasing penchant for born-digital files, Museum collections are rich with digital cultural heritage. In short, digital collections are blooming. Realizing the need to efficiently manage these digital assets, many of the national museums in the United Kingdom have been the first to adopt systems that … [Read more…]
What are Significant Properties?
Investigating the Significant Properties of Electronic Content over Time (InSPECT), a JISC funded project that ended in 2009, defines the concept as, “the characteristics of an Information Object that must be maintained over time to ensure its continued access, use, and meaning, and its capacity to be accepted as evidence of what it purports to … [Read more…]