DAM Weekly Round-Up – 22nd October 2018
A collection of recent DAM-related articles from around the web, sourced from DAM Federation member, Planet DAM. The 3 attributes of an MRM retail platform […]
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DAM Weekly Round-Up – 15th October 2018
A collection of recent DAM-related articles from around the web, sourced from DAM Federation member, Planet DAM.
How to Write an RFP for a Digital Asset Management System: A 10-Step Guide
Jens Lundgard has recently posted an article on CMSWire outlining a number of common issues with RFPs when …
Continue reading »DAM Weekly Round-Up – 8th October 2018
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 …
Continue reading »Extensis and LizardTech Join Forces
DAM vendor Extensis have just announced that they are to unite with geospatial imaging outfit LizardTech. Extensis CEO Osamu Ikeda, praises the union in an accompanying blog post:
“With Extensis’ market leadership in digital asset and font management solutions combined with LizardTech’s state-of-the-art image compression technology, the …
Continue reading »Bias in the Machine
Ahren Lehnert, Senior Manager at Knowledge organisation solutions provider Synaptica has recently published an article that examines the effects of bias in the content cycle. To kick off his study and set the scene, he revisits an incident that occurred over three years ago when Google’s facial recognition …
Continue reading »DAM Weekly Round-Up – 1st October 2018
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 …
Continue reading »Attributes of Effective DAM Consultants: Lifecycle Expertise
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 …
Continue reading »PhotoMetadata.org Joins DAM Federation
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 …
Continue reading »Digital Value For Memory Institutions: The Complexity Of Cultural Context
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 …
Continue reading »DAM Weekly Round-Up – 24th September 2018
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 …
Continue reading »DAM Weekly Round-Up – 17th September 2018
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 …
Continue reading »Intrinsic and Extrinsic Value: What Makes Successful Digital Businesses Cash Rich?
How often do we pause to consider the relationship between tangible and intangible assets, or examine models and methods to gauge the true worth of digital assets and their perceived value? My co-contributor Ralph Windsor has recently published a feature article entitled ‘Leveraging Intrinsic and Extrinsic Value: Understanding Why …
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