Digital asset management (DAM) systems are software that allow for the archiving, managing, and retrieval of digital assets, like photographs and historic documents. Glacier National Park’s museum and archiving department needs a new system to protect its digital assets and increase the efficiency of organizing and sharing their many images. Moreover, the lack of a DAM system meant that archival documents were handled more frequently and at increased risk of damage. We interviewed archivists who work with DAM software and identified sixteen DAM systems. We evaluated them using the six criterion most essential to the Park. We found three systems, Razuna, Preservica, and ResourceSpace, that could meet the Park’s needs and help preserve the Park’s digital images.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Bernard, Lucia
• Matthews, Jacob
• Lehrach, Calum
• Dec, Robert

Subject

• Industry
• Computing
• Sustainability
• Culture
• Project-Based Learning
• Security

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-101421-211145
• 38931

Mot-clé

• Archive
• Images
• Preservation
• Museum
• Database
• Digital Asset Management

Advisor

• Bianchi, Frederick W.
• Tuler, Seth

Year

• 2021

Center

• Glacier National Park, Montana Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Tara Carolin
• Jean Tabbert

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Date created

• 2021-10-14

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright