Category: Industry News

A collection of recent DAM-related articles from around the web, sourced from DAM Federation member, Planet DAM.

DAM Metadata Gives Me All the Feels

Emily Kolvitz of Bynder has recently posted an article on CSMWire extolling the virtues of metadata, and how it’s her favourite aspect of librarianship.  She …

A collection of recent DAM-related articles from around the web, sourced from DAM Federation member, Planet DAM.

Sharing DAM Experiences – Lisa Grimm of Amazon.com

Lisa Grimm, Taxonomy Manager at Amazon and co-author of the DAM salary survey analysis, has recently given a short interview for Henry …

I am pleased to announce that the PhotoMetadata.org  project which is managed by David Riecks has recently joined DAM Federation, the community of Digital Asset Management resources that was set up in August:

“Everyone involved with digital images shares the challenge of tracking and managing their rapidly expanding …

A collection of recent DAM-related articles from around the web, sourced from DAM Federation member, Planet DAM.

MediaValet – Do You Need Dropbox or DAM?

DAM vendor MediaValet have published an infographic outlining five questions to consider when using Dropbox versus a fully-fledged DAM system.  Although some of the …

A collection of recent DAM-related articles from around the web, sourced from DAM Federation member, Planet DAM.

DAM Procurement Considerations Part 1: On-Premise vs. Software-as-a-Service

DAM vendor MediaValet have recently published part one of a two-part series on DAM procurement.  This first instalment focuses on the differences between two …

A collection of recent DAM-related articles from around the web, sourced from DAM Federation member, Planet DAM.

An Open Vocabulary Tagging Experiment for Discoverability

Accidental Taxonomist author Heather Hedden has recently embarked on a tag comparison experiment with one of her colleagues.  The aim of the exercise is to …

The eagerly anticipated 2017 DAM salary survey has now been published and is available to download for DAM News subscribers.   As some readers may recall, this was formerly managed by the now defunct DAM Foundation and has been resurrected this under the banner of the newly formed DAM Federation…

A collection of recent DAM-related articles from around the web, sourced from DAM Federation member, Planet DAM.

Taxonomy Hierarchical Relationship Issues

Taxonomy specialist and author Heather Hedden has recently posted an article dealing with the issue of broader and narrower terms within hierarchical relationships.  Discussing the challenges faced when …

A collection of recent DAM-related articles from around the web, sourced from DAM Federation member, Planet DAM.

Attributes of Effective DAM Consultants

My co-contributor Ralph Windsor has recently published part one of his series on what makes an effective DAM consultant.  In this article, Ralph examines what he considers …

The deadline for vendors who want to participate in the 2018 DAM Vendors Pricing Survey is fast approaching at the end of this week on Friday 31st August.  If you represent a vendor and did not get sent the details, please contact us and myself or one of my colleagues …

A collection of recent DAM-related articles from around the web, sourced from DAM Federation member, Planet DAM.

Getting Organized: Taxonomies, Keywords and Tags

This handy little entrée into categorisation and tagging from Canto explains the fundamental roles of taxonomy and metadata within DAM systems.  It makes some noteworthy distinctions …

Today DAM Federation, a new DAM industry association officially launches.  This is a loose association of affiliated Digital Asset Management community information and educational resources of which DAM News is a member:

“DAM Federation is a group of affiliated Digital Asset Management information services providers who have a …