Service is one of the central values of a digital asset management. The goal of a DAM professional should be to connect people with the assets they need to do their job. Ranganathan once wrote, a library is “an instrument of universal education, and assembles together and freely distributes all the tools of education and … [Read more…]
Users will steer clear of an interface that is confusing or inefficient to use (Thurow, 2009). Conducting usability tests are a great way to uncover areas that may stand in the way of user adoption. A heuristic evaluation measures an interface’s compliance with widely recognized principles (Kalbach, 2007). Currently, the two most popular sets of standards … [Read more…]
I am pleased to announce the next London DAM Meetup, which will take place on 20 August at 7pm. To join the group and find directions please go to the London DAM Meetup event page. We wanted to give this meeting some structure while allowing us the flexibility to create an agenda as a group. … [Read more…]
I recently added three new resources to my research guide about descriptive metadata for video. These cover: shot-level cataloguing guide to creating an metadata application profile cataloguing rich media using AACR2 and RDA Direct links to the resources have been included where available. Happy reading! http://libraryschool.libguidescms.com/content.php?pid=545588 (Link opens a new page or tab)
I have been gathering a list of resources about descriptive metadata for video during these past two years. Rather than keep it hidden, I want to share it with you. That’s why I’ve created a research guide, a curated record of my favorite reads. It is geared towards librarians, digital asset managers, and DAM consultants … [Read more…]
I think DAM consultants and project managers would probably agree that digital asset management is unique to the institution in which it is being deployed. The multitude of DAM software solutions and the ways in which they can be customized is testimony to this. The seemingly infinite variability of such options make the implementation process, … [Read more…]