Digital Asset Management Resources

Introductory material and FAQs

• Islandora Digital Archives Solution by PALS: Detailed FAQ by PALS, 2018
• Islandora Feature Analysis by PALS, 2017
• Introduction to Islandora by Stephen Perkins, 2015

Documentation

• Official Islandora community documentation

Presentations

• Give a DAM lightning talk, Alex Kent, Lake Superior Libraries Symposium, 2016
• Do more with Less: Getting Started in Digital Asset Management (DAM), Alex Kent and Linda Richter, Minnesota Digital Library Annual Meeting, 2016
• On the right track: Integrating Islandora into RM at Luther College, Hayley Jackson, Islandora Workday, 2018
• Explore additional presentations

Articles

• Deploying Islandora as a Digital Repository Platform: a Multifaceted Experience at the University of Denver Libraries by Shea-Tinn Yeh, Fernando Reyes, Jeff Rynhart and Philip Bain, July/August 2016
• Using Islandora to Build Digital Collections by Kelli Babcock, Dan Lerch and Kim Pham, May 1, 2016
• FSU Research Repository, Jan. 15, 2016
• Managing the Smithsonian’s Research Record Using SIdora by Thornton Staples, Dec. 7, 2015

Standards and best practices

• Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative
• Minnesota Digital Library Standards & Best Practices
• Northeast Document Conservation Center
• MODS Metadata Object Description Schema
• Minitex Digital Initiatives Standards & Best Practices

Blogs and news

• The Archivation Line blog by Minnesota State University, Mankato
• The National Archives AOTUS blog blog by the Archivist of the United States
• Library of Congress The Signal blog by the Library of Congress
• CMSWire Digital Asset Management news from CMSWire.com, published by Simpler Media Group, Inc.
• DAMNEWS Digital Asset Management News, Reviews, Trends, & Opinions news from DAM News owned and operated by Digital Asset Management consultants, Daydream, London, United Kingdom
• Council on Library and Information Resources news