Has anyone tried Guardian's Grid?
https://www.theguardian.com/info/developer-blog/2015/aug/12/open-sourcing-grid-image-service
Mike
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Danielle O'Donovan wrote:
> Dear Graham and Sarah (and others who sent PMs too)
>
> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>
> Sarah, I cannot answer those questions right now as our collections person
> is away till next week. You have asked ALL of the things our team need to
> think about.
>
> Graham, THANK YOU TOO. The actions you describe are all things we will need
> to do. I need to sit down with the team and work through your list.
>
> When I do have answers I will reply and am most grateful for your help in
> the meantime, you have just set the agenda for a long meeting!
>
> Yours,
>
> Danielle
>
> On 7 January 2016 at 15:45, Graham Sherwood<[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Danielle,
>>
>> We've done a fair bit of research into just this sort of thing, not only
>> looking at the products out there but also installing them on our servers
>> to see how they actually work. We have c.300,000 digital images at last
>> count and whole lot of positive and negative print archive. We use images
>> not only for our reports but also print publications and online.
>>
>> Many organisations have digital assets and their criteria for
>> storing/locating images is often very similar.
>> Considerations:
>> - Take high resolution photos (raw + jpg) as required (have to think
>> about what your end product is going to be)
>> - have an easier way for staff to view images, pdf resources, rather
>> than trawling through folders.
>> - let users sort out images into collections/projects rather than
>> take copies of photos into their folders. (duplicating data)
>> - add metadata and associate these with each photo.
>> - Extract meta data from photos into reports
>> - search for photos easily by using specific keywords associated
>> with different media types
>> - share photos with all offices/company
>> - share photos privately and securely between clients
>> - preserve original images securely so they can’t be modified by
>> users e.g. by accident
>> - add other type of documents – posters, CAD drawings, pdf’s, text
>> documents etc.
>> - make it easier for the archive department to send photos to
>> deposition
>>
>> The type of software you asking about is a digital Asset Management system
>> aka DAM's.
>>
>> DAM's typically have specific components
>> - a database which stores the metadata, file organisation and the
>> images (but not always)
>> - an interface which will be web based.
>>
>> There are several key things you have to be aware of all relating to costs
>> and time
>>
>> You can either host it yourself or use a Cloud based service/subscription
>>
>> If you are hosting it yourself
>> To have this system you need:
>> - A server with lots of digital storage
>> - A database server e.g. SQL or Oracle or MySQL
>> - A digital assets database product
>> - Staff tasked with cataloguing digital photos (usually a job in
>> itself)
>> - Around that the IT infrastructure to deal with uploads/downloads,
>> users, networks etc.
>>
>> In the case of Cloud systems you need:
>> - everything above but it comes as part of a package and you pay per
>> month/year.
>>
>> Typically you will be looking at something in the regions of c.£5,000 GBP
>>
>>
>> Some of the Digital Asset management systems we looked at and quite liked
>> Asset Bank http://www.assetbank.co.uk/
>> Focus Open http://focusopen.com/
>> Resource Space http://www.resourcespace.org/index.php (open source
>> version available)
>> Extensis http://www.extensis.com/digital-asset-management/portfolio/
>>
>> Lots of others such as ibase, daydream, notre-dam, mosiacpics, thirdlight.
>>
>> We quite liked Extensis because it could take our carefully organised
>> folder structure and make a system out of it.
>>
>> Feel free to ask me anything.
>>
>> , Graham
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>> Graham Sherwood
>> IT Manager
>> Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd
>> Unit 54, Brockley Cross Business Centre, 96 Endwell Road, London SE4 2PD
>> Tel: 020 7639 9091
>> Direct: 020 7358 2191
>> Fax: 020 7639 9588
>> Mobile: 07775 645 701
>> [log in to unmask]
>> www.pre-construct.com
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>> Danielle O'Donovan
>> Sent: 07 January 2016 10:22
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: [MCG] Image Management Software
>>
>> Dear MCGers,
>>
>> I work for a historic house focused heritage charity, The Irish Heritage
>> Trust. This year we have expanded from operating out of two sites, one in
>> Dublin and one in Cork, to four (Roscommon and Wexford).
>>
>> We work on Microsoft and will soon be using Office in the cloud or similar.
>> We have thousands of images, of both collection items and of events held
>> in the houses. We need a way of cataloguing them for quick access by the
>> central Dublin team and by the staff at other sites. It would be purely for
>> internal use and the main intention is that it will make it easier for
>> staff to find the image they need for print or web use.
>>
>> I'm at a loss to work out what system we should use to do this. Ideally
>> it would all be cloud based so we can all access it from anywhere. It might
>> be useful to have some basic editing functions, just so that things can be
>> cropped and saved for web before they go online.
>>
>> This email may have left people with more questions than answers so please
>> point those out too!
>>
>> HELP!
>>
>> Danielle
>>
>> --
>>
>> Dr Danielle O’Donovan
>> Curator of Learning and Digital Engagement Irish Heritage Trust
>> 11 Parnell Square
>> Dublin 1
>> T: +353 1 874 8030
>> M: 085 722 5648
>> E: [log in to unmask]
>> W: www.irishheritagetrust.ie
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