Dear Scott & MCN colleagues, In case you aren't aware of it, there's quite a lot of activity on DAMS and DAMS implementation in museums going on in the UK at the moment.
The Collections Trust has published 'SPECTRUM DAM', which is a guide to the integration of DAM strategies, systems and workflows alongside existing Collections Management practice. The publication is freely available for download from http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/spectrum-dam. We are also hosting a one-day event on 'DAM for Museums' on the 27th November, and plan to publish the presentations and key outcomes from that conference on the Collections Link website (www.collectionslink.org.uk). Information about the event is available at http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/events/dam2013. The focus on DAM is part of our broader strategy about integrating the managing of physical, digital and intellectual assets into a coherent body of practice. The background to this work is provided in two blog posts http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/discover/sustaining-digital/1766-cope and http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/blog/2012-responsivemuseum. I'm not sure whether you'd be interested in responses to the survey from European museums, but if you are, drop me an email offlist and I will push it out to our UK and European networks. Yours sincerely, Nick Poole Chief Executive Officer Collections Trust Join the Collections Trust's Collections Management LinkedIn group - 6000 collections professionals worldwide! Follow us on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/collectiontrust Visit Collections Trust online www.collectionstrust.org.uk www.collectionslink.org.uk www.culturegrid.org.uk Company Registration No: 1300565 Registered Charity No: 273984 Registered Office: Collections Trust, WC 209, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Sayre Sent: 24 October 2013 04:09 To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] Museum DAMS Research Survey - Share and Receive ---Please forgive any cross-postings.--- Dear Colleagues. I am currently working with funding from the non-profit Artstor to conduct a short survey on the current state of digital asset management "DAM" in museums. The purpose of this research is two-fold; 1) to develop and share a profile of DAM in museums today and; 2) to research the relevancy of Artstor's media management software Shared Shelf program in relation to museum DAM needs. The results of research survey will be shared with all participants who provide their email addresses after completing the survey and will also be presented during a session at the Museum Computer Network conference this Fall (http://wired.ivvy.com/event/MCN13/agenda). The survey contains between 15-22 questions (depending upon your responses), is organized into 5 sections and should take under 15 minutes to complete. Because of the somewhat ubiquitous nature of digital asset management, the survey is targeted at anyone who shares any knowledge or ownership of the process including librarians, visual resource specialists, photographers, registrars, new media and publications managers, information technologists and others. If you receive this invitation and feel there is someone better suited to responding, please forward it to them. The deadline for completing the survey is Friday, November 1st. I would greatly appreciate your input and look forward to sharing the overall findings with you. The survey can be accessed at http://sandboxstudios.org/dams Many thanks in advance, Scott Sayre Ed.D. scott at sandboxstudios.org 612*423*9691 _______________________________________________ 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://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://mcn.edu/pipermail/mcn-l/
