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…]
Earlier this year, I gave a talk about digital asset management for the San Jose State University iSchool SLA Student Group.
#DAMEU I recently attended a two-day Digital Asset Management (DAM) conference in London and was pleased with the experience. Many topics were covered including taxonomy, managing non-traditional resources (such as 3D files), workflow, change management, and preservation. In the following blog post, I will summarize some of the key talking points, mostly related to the … [Read more…]
“The future isn’t either traditional or digital: it’s a feedback loop between the two. Television fans want to get involved and be counted. It’s how creative we are in engaging those fans – and keeping them connected even as they may move away from the traditional network – that will determine how potent and profitable … [Read more…]
During the second day of the conference, participants continued to explore computer-driven and crowdsourced approaches to tag audiovisual assets. Although there exists a tension between these two methods, many participants argued for a combination of both. In spite of the challenges, solutions are already underway and were introduced as case studies at the conference. In … [Read more…]
From the first moment I arrived at the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (Beeld en Geluid), I knew I was in for something special. Half of the building’s ten-story structure is underground, housing a massive film & video collection! But I wasn’t here to ogle the building. I was here for the 2013 FIAT/IFTA … [Read more…]