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Implementing Open Source DAM at Historic New England
1. Implementing Open Source DAM at
Historic New England
David Dwiggins
Systems Librarian/Archivist
Historic New England
ddwiggins@historicnewengland.org
Twitter: @dwig
2. Historic New England’s mission
We serve the public by preserving and presenting
New England heritage.
Historic New England is a museum of cultural history that collects and
preserves buildings, landscapes, and objects dating from the seventeenth
century to the present and uses them to keep history alive and to help
people develop a deeper understanding and enjoyment of New England
life and appreciation for its preservation.
3. 5 program areas
• Historic Properties
• Collections
• Preservation Services
• Education
• Library and Archives
4. Collections Access Project
• Multi-year, grant funded effort
to enhance public availability
of collections
– New collections management
system
– Large-scale digitization
– New website
• Project plan did not initially
include DAM
5. Existing Imagery
• 20,000+ existing digital images of collections
identified before digitization even started
7. Need for something!
• Found ResourceSpace
– Open Source Digital Asset Management
– Free! (as in puppies, not beer)
• Set up as low-commitment experimental tool
• Use by collections staff drove acceptance as
permanent part of project
8. ResourceSpace open source DAMs
• Originally developed for Oxfam GB
• Historic New England is using – and helping develop
• Implemented for CAP, but now used across organization
9. ResourceSpace features
• 100% web based
• PHP/MySQL technology
• Support for a wide variety of file formats via
helper applications
– Imagemagick
– FFmpeg
– Exiftool
– Etc.
10. ResourceSpace features
• Automatic creation of derivative images
• Good support for embedded metadata
• Configurable metadata by resource type
12. Public collections
• Public collections
– Available to all users
– Linked from resource record
– Show up in search results
• Themes
– Curated collections of
resources
20. Import process
• Lightroom export presets to generate related
names for different files
• Files go into hotfolder, picked up by customized
version of ResourceSpace StaticSync script
– StaticSync can operate in sync mode or ingest mode;
we use ingest
22. Rollout to entire organization
• Property Care Team
– Imported 45,000 existing
images
– Heavy creators and
consumers
• Web project
• Training for various user
groups
23. DAM Survey
• Conducted survey of
users, summer, 2010
– Approximately one year
after launch
– 37 users completed survey
(55% response rate)
28. Supporting open source
• Active community of users/developers
• PHP/MySQL programmers abound
• Plugin Architecture
– customizations without changing core system
29. The tool is only the first step
• Workflow planning
• Policies & user training
• Metadata standards and
practices
• Monitoring of incoming
resources
• Storage
• Backup
• Integration with other
systems
30. ResourceSpace resources
• Main Site
– http://www.resourcespace.org
• Wiki
– http://wiki.resourcespace.org
• Google Group
– http://groups.google.com/group/resourcespace