UMCS Digital Asset Management Wiki

Background and Mission

The Digital Asset Management System (DAMS) provides an accessible database to the University Marketing and Creative Services staff and CSUs for image retrieval, curation, and long-term preservation. The DAMS enhances productivity and maintains brand identity for the university as more digital assets are generated... (Read More)

• FAQ

• Catalog and Folder Taxonomy
• Special Projects
• Capstone Projects

General Protocol

• About Portfolio
• Upload Process
• Search Process
• Download Process
• How-to User Guide PowerPoints
  • Web Client
  • Desktop Client
• DAMS Roles and Responsibilities
  • Workflow for New Images
• Copyright Policy
  • Permissions
• How to Request Archival Images from the Briscoe
• Tips and Tricks
  • How to edit more than one asset
    • Web Client
    • Desktop Client
  • How to batch convert images
    • Web Client
    • Desktop Client
  • How to use a gallery
    • Web Client
    • Desktop Client
• Can't find what you're looking for?

Cataloging

• Database
  • User Accounts and Permissions
  • Accessing Servers
• Example Cataloging Workflow
• Manual
  • About Dublin Core
  • Cataloging by Data Field
    • Descriptive Metadata
      • 01_dc.Identifier:FileName
      • 02_dc.Identifier:Legacy
      • 03_dc.Title
      • 04_dc.Description
      • 05_dc.Coverage:Location
      • 06_dc.Coverage:Date
      • 07_dc.Creator
      • 08_dc.Contributor
      • 09_dc.Source:Project
      • 10_dc.Rights
      • 11_dc.Source:Location
      • 12_dc.Subject:Keywords
      • 15_dc.Type
    • Technical Metadata
      • 13_dc.Format:Container
      • 14_dc.Format:Alignment
      • For audio only

        • 18_dc.Format:AudioSamplingFrequency [Audio only]

        • 19_dc.Format:Duration [Video and audio only]

    • Administrative Metadata

      • 16_dc.Description:DigSpecsModelName [Photograph/video only]

        • How to Find Digital Specs
      • 17_dc.Description:LastUsed
    • Keywords
      • General
      • Colleges, Schools, Departments, Sub-Departments
      • Campus Buildings
      • Libraries
    • IPTC Mappings
      • How to find IPTC information
      • IPTC correlation to Dublin Core fields
  • Bare Minimum Metadata Requirements
  • Resources
• Appraisal Workflow

Preservation Plan [TBD]

• Metadata
• Dark archive
• MD5 Checksums
• Retention schedule
  • Contact Information for Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
  • Policy with Briscoe CAH

Emergency Procedures 

• Security Information
• Communication Tools
• Walter Webb Hall Emergency Exit Procedure
• Staff Contact Info
• Emergency Terms
• University Policy Office Website and Handbook of Operating Procedures

Employee Handbook 

• IT Support
• Dress Code
• Payroll Schedule

Mission Critical Documents 

• Governance Guidelines

Wiki Maintenance [Rachel and Kevin]

• Adding Wiki Permissions
• Restricting Pages
• Wiki Style Guide
  • Basic Organizational Schema
  • Page Content Formatting
  • Linguistic and Grammatical Prescriptions
  • Nomenclature
  • Wiki administrator
• Site Map