I would be interested in participating in a discussion of digital asset management..
Laura Krasnow Sent from my iPad On Apr 8, 2011, at 12:16 PM, "Kwan, Billy" <Billy.Kwan at metmuseum.org> wrote: > For those who will be interested to participate in the group or discussions > about the issues of digital asset management, you can send me your names. I > can work with Diana/the MCN Board to see if a separate group should be > formed, or we can work with the current Digital Media SIG to further our > discussions. If you are interested to share your experiences, maybe we can > form a panel discussion at the coming MCN conference. > > Best, > Billy > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of > Folsom, Diana > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 11:59 AM > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] digital asset management tools/software > > Is this the beginnings of a SIG or a more loosely organized group? > Perhaps the Digital Media SIG can be helpful. > > Let us know if the MCN organization can help support your needs beyond the > listserv. > > Thanks! > > Diana Folsom > LACMA > Systems Manager > 323-857-6594 > Folsom at lacma.org > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of > Kwan, Billy > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 7:55 AM > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] digital asset management tools/software [bayes][heur] > > We are using MediaBin at the Met. In fact, I will be interested to form a > group within MCN to discuss all the issues related to digital asset > management in the museum communities, e.g., its relationship with the > collection management system, metadata exchange/connection with the object > records, non-object images, local collections, other media types, such as 3D > files, video and audio files, etc. I think we may have a lot to learn from > each other. > > Billy > > Billy Chi-hing Kwan | Associate Museum Librarian Systems Image Library, The > Metropolitan Museum of Art > 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028 > Tel: 212-650-2263 | Fax: 212-396-5050 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of > Beth Heller > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 10:10 AM > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] digital asset management tools/software > > Thank you! I will take a look at both of those. > David- what collection management system are you using? > > _ > _ > > Beth Heller > Library Director > The American Alpine Club > (303) 384-0110 ext. 21 <lbauer at americanalpineclub.org> bheller at > americanalpineclub.org > > http://americanalpineclub.org > http://booksearch.americanalpineclub.org > http://www.facebook.com/americanalpineclublibrary<http://www.facebook.co > m/pages/American-Alpine-Club-Library/123324141044052> > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 5:50 PM, David Dwiggins <david at dwiggins.net> > wrote: > >> Hi, Beth, >> >> We now have somewhere north of 110,000 resources (more, really, since >> we treat verso images, DNGs, etc. as "alternates" of the primary >> resource) managed through ResourceSpace, an open source digital asset >> management system. We've been extremely happy with it. >> >> We have a separate collections management system that handles the >> primary data about museum objects, archival objects, etc. But we have >> integrated the two systems so that you can simply enter a resource ID >> into the cataloging record to pull in an image from the DAMs. >> >> We also sync the files stored in ResourceSpace out to Amazon S3 for >> backup, and then re-purpose these backup copies to serve the images >> for our online collections database. >> >> ResourceSpace is not primarily geared for providing public access, >> although it does have a "guest user" mode and I suppose you could use >> this to provide some level of access to materials. And it's also not >> quite as rigorous in terms of metadata standards as some other systems > >> might be. But it works extremely well, is very flexible, and, as a >> PHP/MySQL application, is very easy to modify if needed. It also has a > >> plugin architecture, so customizations can often be made without doing > >> much to the underlying code. Since we started using it a couple of >> years ago, I've become an occasional developer on the project, so I >> suppose I'm not entirely unbiased. But it's definitely worth a look -- > >> see http://www.resourcespace.org >> >> -David Dwiggins >> Systems Librarian/Archivist >> Historic New England >> ddwiggins [at] historicnewengland [dot] org >> 617-994-5948 >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Beth Heller >> <bheller at americanalpineclub.org> wrote: >>> I would like to hear what people are using to organize, identify, >>> search, serve and push digital files of all formats, in-house and to > >>> the web. We are looking to implement a digital asset management >>> system for our organization's working and historic documents, as >>> well as more efficient work flows. >>> >>> >>> We currently have nothing but a disorganized file and folder system. > >>> We >> are >>> a small non-profit institution with limited financial and human >> resources. >>> >>> Thank you! >>> Beth >>> >>> _ >>> _ >>> >>> Beth Heller >>> Library Director >>> The American Alpine Club >>> (303) 384-0110 ext. 21 <lbauer at americanalpineclub.org> >>> bheller at americanalpineclub.org >>> >>> http://americanalpineclub.org >>> http://booksearch.americanalpineclub.org >>> http://www.facebook.com/americanalpineclublibrary< >> http://www.facebook.com/pages/American-Alpine-Club-Library/12332414104 >> 4052 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >> Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) >>> >>> To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu >>> >>> To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >>> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >>> >>> The MCN-L archives can be found at: >>> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ >>> >> > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
