Paving the way: The American Museum of Natural History Research Library’s road to digital asset management

Jennifer Cwiok and Iris Lee
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Jennifer Cwiok: Research Library, American Museum of Natural History, USA
Iris Lee: Research Library, American Museum of Natural History, USA

Journal of Digital Media Management, 2020, vol. 8, issue 4, 294-309

Abstract: This article introduces the American Museum of Natural History Research Library’s role in stewarding collections for the various departments of the institution and how it plans to continue supporting its stakeholders in a digital age. Detailed use cases of managing digital assets in lieu of a digital asset management (DAM) system demonstrate how the library facilitated public access to digitised and digital assets using custom-built applications and open source solutions. The article describes the process of developing functional requirements for an institutional DAM solution, the system selection process and the effort to procure necessary funding. Finally, the article describes how the library strategically builds museum-specific taxonomies to gain better control of assets through structured metadata.

Keywords: DAM; online public access; functional requirements; museum library collections; institution-wide solution; taxonomy; controlled vocabularies; structured metadata (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M11 M15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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