News
March 24, 2001
University of Washington uses CONTENTdm for more than 40,000 media items in over 20 collections
At the University of Washington, CONTENTdm is being used to manage digital assets. Many collections are collaboratively built. So far the University Libraries has digitized library-held photos, maps, text and faculty-owned 35mm slides. One of the faculty collections is over 6,600 images, and contains contributed images from around the world.
Another is the product of a three-institution collaboration. The Libraries are also in the process of a statewide grant to document "best practices" in collaborative digital imaging. The collections can be viewed at the University Libraries Digital Initiatives Website http://content.lib.washington.edu/.
"It's an extremely fast client-server management system which can handle any digital object you can describe with textual metadata. We currently have the Dublin Core element set "built-in" as a default entry template. You may add other fields, use as few as you want (except the unique identifier, of course) and can map customized field labels for display to your users. Collections can be searched in combination, transparently to the user. "- Geri Bunker, Coordinator, Digital Initiatives Program, University of Washington Libraries
CONTENTdm has a distributed, acquisition model, and can be maintained remotely through a simple Web interface. There are several levels of password protection, so collections can be protected or shared.
Geri says, "We're very happy with it and are actively engaged in helping with its enhancement."
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