Friday, September 7, 2012

CFL/DSOC Nonprofit Section Virtual Learning Session Scheduled for October 18th

The October CFL/DSOC Nonprofit Section Virtual Learning Session has been scheduled for October 18th at 2PM ET.  As usual, there will be a 30 minute presentation with a 15 minute Q&A scheduled afterward.  The SlideShare link to the presentation will be emailed to registrants about a week before the session.  Make sure to copy down the call-in information from the confirmation message after you fill out the registration form. 

Title:Digital Asset Management: Lessons Learned

Description: Like many cultural heritage institutions, Longwood Gardens maintains image and audio-visual collections used internally by staff from all departments. A plan to manage these resources in an electronic environment became an institution focus in 2007, and this presentation will outline the process of selecting, implementing and maintaining a digital asset management (DAM) system, using Asset Bank DAM software.

Presenter: Maureen McCadden is the Digital Resource Specialist in the Library & Archives Unit of Longwood Gardens, a public display garden in Kennett Square, PA, 30 miles from Philadelphia. She has managed the organization’s Digital Asset Management system (DAM), a central repository of about 70,000 images, since its inception in 2009. Maureen holds an MA in Library & Information Science from Drexel University.

Registration link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dHBCUWhRMWNFQVZyY2YtdE90bU13UVE6MQ

Deadline to register: Friday, October 5th