Proposing a New Digital Asset Management System for Glacier National Park
Bernard L, Matthews J, Lehrach C, Dec R. 2021. Proposing a New Digital Asset Management System for Glacier National Park. E-project-101421-211145. Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Digital asset management (DAM) systems are software that allow for the archiving, managing, and retrieval of digital assets, like photographs and historic documents. Glacier National Park’s museum and archiving department needed a new system to protect its digital assets and increase the efficiency of organizing and sharing their many images. Moreover, the lack of a DAM system meant that archival documents were handled more frequently and at increased risk of damage. We interviewed archivists who work with DAM software and identified sixteen DAM systems. We evaluated them using the six criterion most essential to the Park. We found three systems, Razuna, Preservica, and ResourceSpace, that could meet the Park’s needs and help preserve the Park’s digital images.