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Continue reading →: The Key to User Adoption
Access to digital content is foundational to user adoption.
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Continue reading →: On Planning, Management, Marketing and Advocacy
Change will come whether we want it or not, so it is best to be aware of the business landscape in which we work so that we can prepare for the future as much as possible. That is why I look ahead, keep an eye out for what needs to…
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Continue reading →: What Marie Kondo Can Teach Us About Managing Digital Assets
According to Netflix, its online video series “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo” will help homeowners declutter their mess and “choose” joy. Despite its dubious promise and the ire some librarians have shown towards some of its methods, I like Kondo’s approach: it can be adapted and used as a sort…
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Continue reading →: All I Want For Christmas is a DAM Bike
Imagine you have just bought yourself a new bike for Christmas. Great way to get around, shop for groceries, and enjoy a sunny Sunday afternoon. But wait, what will you do when you need to carry stuff. I guess you’ll need a bag. Oh and how will you keep that…
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High-Tech Lifeguards
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Continue reading →: High-Tech LifeguardsAs 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…
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Continue reading →: Defining Your DAM Team
As argued elsewhere, attention must be paid to DAM staffing alongside any system selection or evaluation. As a result, I am frequently asked some variation of the question “who should be on my company’s DAM team?”. Rather, I would ask “what skills should my team possess and how many of…
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Continue reading →: The Remote DAM Manager
It’s possible for digital asset managers to work from home but it requires a plan that they can stick to. For over two years I have successfully worked from home. During that time I created and deployed: an enterprise taxonomy, a digital content metadata model, and a method to auto-classify…
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Continue reading →: DAM Code of Ethics
In an earlier post, I argued that DAM professionals should establish a core set of values that strengthen our profession by holding us to a set of high standards. In contrast, a code of ethics deals with fundamental questions of right and wrong. Having a professional code of ethics would…