2. Number of New Assets per Year at
SVSU
Total Assets at SVSU
pre
2003
19882 19882
2004 4089 23971
2005 385 24356
2006 1678 26034
2007 10570 36604
2008 66297 102901
2009 77596 180497
2010 59543 240040
3. Previously used by University Communications
at Saginaw Valley State University
Collections cannot be shared across users
Slows down as number of assets go up
Requires a license for each user
4. Adobe Bridge
Part of the Adobe Suite
Specializes in integrating Adobe software
Expensive, each user needs a license
Doesn’t share resources with external users
5. Centralizes the resources in the cloud
Costly due to storage and bandwidth
Have to select which resources are updated
Proprietary
6. Network
Shares
All network users can access it
On our hardware, no extra costs besides storage
No Indexing besides names and type
7. Used for Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum
Poor experience prevented it from being
considered for digital assets
8. Used (originally) to store the Follet Papers at
Saginaw Valley State University.
Adheres to standards set in place by libraries
OpenSource