Transcript Web Content Management at IU

New Tools 1: Digital Asset
Management System
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Greg Polit
IU Public Affairs & Government Relations
Matt Gunkel
Kelley School of Business
January 19, 2011
What is a Digital Asset Management?
Digital asset management (DAM) is a process
that allows for cataloguing, storage, retrieval
and distribution of digital assets.
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IU’s Digital Asset Management System
NetXposure has been selected as IU’s DAM
•Pilot in progress
•Currently working on
– Organizational Schema
– Metadata
– DAM Customization for IU
– Migration of the pilots groups
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IU’s Digital Asset Management System
• Who is it for?
– Production system open to all IU staff
– Public interface open to IU alumni, media, general
public. Includes e-commerce component
– Benefits
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Efficiencies in storage
Asset sharing/retrieval
Reduces the need to contract for new assets
Reduces workflow costs on common tasks
Can be used to expose galleries
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IU’s Digital Asset Management System
• How DAM benefits Marketing
– Provides central service for picture upload
• Student at a live event virtually instant for our use
• Photographers/Videographers outside of IU
– Stop paying for new assets of existing items
– Collaborate on events at the University Level
– Leverage Your largest resource students!
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IU’s Digital Asset Management System
• What do I need to think about for DAM to work
– Tagging
– Sharing
– Automating
– Training
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NetX DAM Architecture
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Next steps
• Currently DAMS is running in the test environment
• Images.iu.edu public portal is available in beta, needs
further customization
• Internal billing functionality will be added in March, credit
card processing available in July
• Next Generation storage available before the end of fiscal
year
• CAS authentication
• Taxonomy
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How do I get involved
• Subscribe to the dams-l listserve
• Become part of the pilot. Send the request to:
[email protected]
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IU’s Digital Asset Management System
• Quick Demo
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