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Plan for the Risk Hiding in your DAM System

December 26, 2021 by Ian Matzen, MLIS Leave a Comment

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.

Posted in: Information Security, Security, Software

High-Tech Lifeguards

January 6, 2018 by Ian Matzen, MLIS Leave a Comment

As information professionals, we must keep abreast of the latest technologies to ensure the successful management of our digital assets. Technology systems are ubiquitous. They can be found in access services (i.e., DAM systems), technology services (data warehouses), and reference services (internal wikis). Because they are highly relied upon in the day-to-day operations of the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Profession, User Experience, User Interface, Vetting, Workflows Tagged: Information, Over-abundance, Technology

File Fixity and Data Integrity

July 11, 2015 by Ian Matzen, MLIS 1 Comment

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…]

Posted in: Digital Preservation, Security, Vendors

Interview: Tom Bilson, Head of Digital Media at The Courtauld Institute of Art

November 26, 2013 by Ian Matzen, MLIS 1 Comment

Last week I was delighted to interview Tom Bilson, Head of the Digital Media Department at The Courtauld Institute of Art, about digital asset management. Mr. Bilson will be speaking at the Digital Asset Management for Museums conference in London on November 27th, 2013. The Courtauld Institute of Art is a centre for the study … [Read more…]

Posted in: Project Planning, Vendors Tagged: collection management systems (CMS), cultural heritage, interview, museums

What is a Collections Management System?

November 24, 2013 by Ian Matzen, MLIS Leave a Comment

While composing a recent post I searched for a reliable online definition for a museum Collections Management System, sometimes referred to as a CMS, here disambiguated from a Content Management System. I was surprised to find none readily available on any independently governed web site (unaffiliated with any institution or product/service vendor). This tool is … [Read more…]

Posted in: Cataloging, Metadata, Software Tagged: collection management systems (CMS), definition, museums

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