You are here: Home

Attributes of Effective DAM Consultants: Lifecycle Expertise

September 28, 2018 DAM Education

Continuing our feature article series on the attributes of effective DAM consultants, in the second article, I examine a consultant’s ability to work across the whole of the DAM initiative lifecycle and apply their previous experience to current DAM-related problems: “In the previous article in this series, I examined experience as an attribute of effective […]

Read the full article →

PhotoMetadata.org Joins DAM Federation

September 24, 2018 Industry News

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 collections. Images with embedded information about their […]

Read the full article →

Digital Value For Memory Institutions: The Complexity Of Cultural Context

September 24, 2018 Opinion

Dr. Simon Tanner, Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage and DAM course leader at King’s College London, has recently published a keynote presentation for the ‘Museums and Digital Memory’ conference, organised by The British Museum.  His presentation aims to define the different ‘modes’ of value for digital resources within our museums and cultural institutions.  He opens […]

Read the full article →

DAM Weekly Round-Up – 24th September 2018

September 24, 2018 Industry News

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 information is a little misleading (e.g. […]

Read the full article →

DAM Weekly Round-Up – 17th September 2018

September 17, 2018 Industry News

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 primary methods of deployment and delivery: […]

Read the full article →

DAM Weekly Round-Up – 10th September 2018

September 10, 2018 Industry News

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 ascertain whether tagging two identical articles […]

Read the full article →

Brandworkz Announce Release 8.2.1

September 6, 2018 Vendors

DAM vendor Brandworkz,  have recently announced the release of a new version of their brand management platform.  Their last release, back in December 2017, saw an improvement in asset visibility with numerous tweaks to the user interface, including a long overdue shift to a responsive layout, improved asset usage statistics and reporting, and a number of […]

Read the full article →

Getty’s AI Tool Gets Nearer the Goal

September 5, 2018 Artificial Intelligence

Many people working within a modern Digital Asset Management environment will be aware of the new wave of AI-assisted image recognition components that are being touted as the next big thing.  An increasing number of vendors are jumping on the bandwagon, claiming that their automated solutions can liberate users from the drudgery of sourcing and […]

Read the full article →

2017 DAM Salary Survey Results Published

September 4, 2018 Industry News

The eagerly anticipated 2017 DAM salary survey has now been published and is available to download.   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. The latest edition includes anonymised data from over 100 respondents who […]

Read the full article →

DAM Weekly Round-Up – 4th September 2018

September 4, 2018 Industry News

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 working either ‘top down’ or ‘bottom […]

Read the full article →

DAM Weekly Round-Up – 27th August 2018

August 28, 2018 Industry News

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 to be the foremost attribute: experience.  […]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →