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Digital Asset Management Buyer’s Guide for GLAM Organizations

Choosing the right digital asset management system can help GLAM organizations (also known as galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) manage collections, preserve institutional knowledge, and make approved assets easier to organize, find and share.

This buyer’s guide helps GLAM organizations compare DAM solutions, evaluate collection asset management needs, and choose a platform that supports metadata, rights management, media asset management, digital collections and public access workflows.

In this guide, you’ll learn how to

  • Evaluate digital asset management for museums, archives, galleries and libraries
  • Identify the DAM capabilities your collections and content teams need most
  • Organize digital collections, media assets and archival content in a searchable digital asset library
  • Compare permissions, rights management, metadata and search features
  • Support metadata management for archives and museum digital asset management workflows
  • Ask the right questions before selecting a DAM platform for GLAM digital asset management
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Also useful: Choosing a DAM Partner

Learn what to look for in a DAM partner, from platform capabilities and implementation support to long-term flexibility, service and fit for your collections, archives and media workflows.

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