2019 DAMS and Cultural Heritage - a Professional Dialog
Slide deck from HSDAMNY 2019 DAMs and Cultural Heritage - A Professional Dialog May 2, 2019 - New York, NY with Susan Wamsley, Digital Asset Manager, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Douglas Hegley, Chief Digital Officer, Mia Session Description: Join us for an in-depth look at the current state and future horizon of digital asset management within the Cultural Heritage sector (which includes museums, archives, libraries and other organizations dedicated to preserving and sharing the wonders of our human experience). This session features a dialog between two professionals - a C-suite executive and a leading DAM practitioner - who will explore challenging topics from their perspectives. Among the ideas to be discussed are the impact of a collecting/preserving mission on DAM practice, some of the unique needs of museums and cultural heritage organizations, the stark reality of nonprofit budget constraints, and how the sector is currently going through a “second wave” of DAMs implementation and usage. Attendees are encouraged to join in throughout the discussion with questions and comments.
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Introductions
Roger Mayne, Untitled
[two women shaking
hands], 1929-1999,
Gelatin silver print, Gift of
Lora and Martin G.
Weinstein, Minneapolis
Institute of Art, 93.70.64
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2019 DAMS and Cultural Heritage - a Professional Dialog
- 1. DAMs and Cultural Heritage A Professional Dialog Insert image Susan Wamsley Digital Asset Manager The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Douglas Hegley Chief Digital Officer Minneapolis Institute of Art 1
- 2. 2 Introductions Roger Mayne, Untitled [two women shaking hands], 1929-1999, Gelatin silver print, Gift of Lora and Martin G. Weinstein, Minneapolis Institute of Art, 93.70.64 2
- 3. Responsibilities • to collect, study and preserve • both artifacts & knowledge from the past • in order to share them in the present • and maintain them for the benefit of future generations Image source: http://bit.ly/2i53f9l DAMs in the Museum Sector 3
- 4. 4 Mission-driven • Service to the community • Mandate to preserve - forever • Mandate to share (make accessible) • Sensitive to rights and permissions 44
- 5. 5 Question: How does the mandate to collect and preserve impact museum DAMs practice? 5 Farm Women at Work by Georges Seurat, 1882-83, oil on canvas, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
- 6. 6 Question: What are the unique - and not so unique - needs for DAMs in cultural heritage organizations? 6 Robert Delaunay, Circular Forms, 1930, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 2000.10, Gift Andrew Powie Fuller and Geraldine Spreckels Fuller Collection, 1999.
- 7. 7 Vital Museum + DAM Topics (gleaned from previous Henry Stewart DAM conferences) 1. Implementing DAMs – starting from scratch 2.Adoption of DAMs by staff 3.Video … it’s hard 4.Metadata ... it’s hard too! 5.Rights management, argh! 7
- 9. Museums and DAMs Reality Check - Risk: DAMs becomes a shadow CIMs, or vice versa - Staff may see DAM only from a CIM perspective - Beware: Departments may feel ownership of “their” images (shadow DAMs) - People don’t like training AND people need training Adapted from Vincent van Gogh Museum Amsterdam, 2016 9
- 10. Thoughts on Ten Years of DAMs at The Met Museum DAMs workflows are (still) mostly about collection images DAMs = resource-intensive and complicated Keep your DAMs platform current Integrations add great value (and overhead, and risk) Adapted from Julie Shean, The Met, 2016 10
- 11. 11 Question: What is the “second wave” of DAMs implementation in museums? Katsushika Hokusai, Under the Wave off Kanagawa, 1830-1833, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Bequest of Richard P. Gale, 74.1.230 11
- 12. 12 Question: How do we achieve success given the budget constraints of our sector? • Practical limits on expenditures • Limited software spend in general • Limited commitment to long-term technology investments • Dependence on one skilled person 12 Dakke (Money Bank), 13th century, Unknown artist, Iran, Bequest of Alfred F. Pillsbury, Minneapolis Institute of Art, 50.46.430
- 13. 13 What’s Next for DAMs in Museums? 13 Franz Marc, Dreaming Horse, 1913, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Founding Collection, 44.937
- 14. City Glow(2005), Chiho Aoshima; Collaborator: Bruce Ferguson Five screen animated film installation. Gift of Funds from the Friends of the Institute and The William Hood Dunwoody Fund, Minneapolis Institute of Art 2011.83 Challenge: Digital Collection Objects in the DAMs? 14 14
- 15. Hurdy Gurdy Man (Chrysanthemums) (2006) Jennifer Steinkamp Video components. Gift of Funds from Barbara Steiner, Diane and David Lilly and Samuel D. and Patricia N. McCullough, Minneapolis Institute of Art 2010.57 1515
- 16. Technology Equipment Backup Backup testing Access copy Preservation copy Ongoing costs Artist intent Format Emulation Migration 16
- 17. Challenge: Professionalization? What about: Digital literacy? Metadata standards? Publishing workflows? Digital content production? What about: DAMs Manager? Digital Production Coordinator? Chief Digital Officer???? 1717
- 18. 18 Reflections and Questions Thank you! Douglas Hegley dhegley@artsmia.org @dhegley Susan Wamsley swamsley@guggenheim.org 18