#LearnDAM

This is a wonderful new resource for DAM people, from Deb Fanslow. See it!

The IPTC photo metadata standard has been updated.

It might not be the metadata dictionary you use, but it's a nice example of how such a thing can be defined.

DAM News article discusses a staffing issue: If everyone's a DAM manager, then who are the DAM workers?

Deborah Fanslow, has provided us with the eagerly anticipated (and very well received) second part of her DAM News feature article: Who Needs a DAM Librarian?  In Part II: Information Professionals: A Field Guide she continues her detailed analysis by describing the disciplines and fields that information management is composed of and where is DAM is placed within them.

Nice description of the value of controlled vocabularies. 

Self-paced digital asset management training is now available online from the DAM Foundation.

The Curation and Management of Digital Assets (CMDA) Certificate is a post-master's program that focuses on instruction about and research into the creation, management, and use; the long-term preservation; and the current and future access to digital assets in a variety of disciplines and sectors of the economy.

Nice collection of metadata-related tips from a Singapore-based consultancy.

Nice overview of the advantages of each type of taxonomy.

"The value that metadata, or little data, brings to big data is in the structure and meaning it provides," says John Horodyski.

I’ve learned that it is impossible to account for all the various silos that people use instead of a DAM solution because they find the solution inadequate, don’t know it exists, or prefer to do things the way they've always done them.

“Digital preservation is much more difficult than preserving paper or physical artifacts. You can’t just keep hard drives in a climate-controlled box and expect them to stay readable.”

"It always amazes me that sites don’t use related links to help users find content. While it may take another minute to add a related link, the usefulness to the user can be extraordinary."