For what it's worth, systems like ContentDM present assets with guessable URLs too. So, I'm just pointing out that even those that have DAM systems this is an issue - whether they are aware of it or not.
Joel Parham, MLIS JRP Consulting & Research, Inc. 310.923.4452 joel.par...@gmail.com On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 10:40 AM Emily Beliveau <emily.beliv...@ualberta.ca> wrote: > Hi Sina, > > The way we're planning it, the media server will double as a storage > repository for all our media assets (masters and associated derivatives) so > everything will be in the same place in a predictable folder structure. We > only want to make some of the high-res images available for viewing or > download due to copyright. We could folder should-not-publish images > separately so they are not web accessible and can't be accessed by guessing > the URL, but in our current setup this would require manually moving files > around between web-accessible and non-web-accessible folders, and splitting > up the image sets for particular objects. Surely there is a better way, I'm > just hoping to find one that we can implement within the constraints of our > current IT environment, budget, and staff allocation. > > (I'm guessing this is a very junior-varsity question for the MCN group, but > this is where we are.) > > Emily. > > On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 10:31 AM Sina Bahram <s...@sinabahram.com> wrote: > > > Hi Emily, > > > > Just a high-level question, if I may, but if the resources are available > > for > > download, then is there a problem with having them be downloaded not > > through > > your search page? This seems like a feature, not a bug, IMHO. > > > > Take care, > > Sina > > > > President, Prime Access Consulting, Inc. > > Phone: 919-345-3832 > > https://www.PAC.bz > > Twitter: @SinaBahram > > Personal Website: https://www.sinabahram.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: mcn-l <mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu> On Behalf Of Emily Beliveau > > Sent: Friday, May 1, 2020 11:22 AM > > To: mcn-l@mcn.edu > > Subject: [MCN-L] Guessable web URLs > > > > Hi all (and attn: DAM and IP SIG members particularly) > > > > We are setting up a new media server that will allow us to provide > high-res > > image downloads via our collections search site for the first time > > (previously only small derivatives were web-accessible and our .tifs were > > stored elsewhere). We can control the publish-to-web status of each level > > of image derivative with our collections management system, but since all > > the high-resolution files will be on the same server, the URLs for all > > images (regardless of rights/publish status) will be guessable. > > > > How is this commonly handled? For context, we do not have a DAMS and > manage > > all our files in folders manually. We currently have ~80K image assets. > I'd > > like to understand our options and whether the community views this as an > > issue or not. > > > > Thanks, > > Emily. > > > > *--* > > > > *Emily Beliveau* > > > > Collections Management Advisor (Humanities) > > > > University of Alberta Museums > > Ring House 1, University of Alberta > > Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1 > > T: 780-492-0776 > > _______________________________________________ > > 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@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://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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@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://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ > > > _______________________________________________ > 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@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://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ > _______________________________________________ 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@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://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
