Controlled Vocabulary Webinar Questions and Answers

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

The second webinar of the Summer Webinar Series, “Controlled Vocabulary: Implementing a library of keywords to improve consistency and search-ability” had a terrific turnout with a lot of great participation.  Thanks to those of you who attended, we appreciate all the feedback we got!  For those of you who were not able to make it, don’t miss out on our Controlled Vocabulary webinar, the recording is available for download here!

We’ve received a lot of good questions during the webinar and wanted to post them for everyone as another resource for when you develop out your controlled vocabularies.   (more…)

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Registration is now open for our Controlled Vocabulary Webinar!

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

Webinar, webinar, get your webinars here!!!  We’re excited to be presenting the second digital asset management webinar of the Summer Webinar Series with Leigh Ann Ledford.

In this webinar we will explore the topic of controlled vocabulary and how it applies to selecting, implementing, and managing a digital asset management system.  Attendees will gain the insight they need to develop a keyword library for use within their digital workflows and metadata efforts. Join WebDAM’s customer success manager, Leigh Ann as she hosts this valuable webinar that will help you use controlled vocabulary to enhance the search-abilty and usability of a digital asset management system.

What: “Controlled Vocabulary: Implementing a library of keywords to improve consistency and search-ability.”

When: Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 10am PT

Want to get a little more familiar with controlled vocabulary before the webinar?
Take a look at our  blog post “Feature in Focus: Controlled Vocabulary” where Leigh Ann briefly highlights this WebDAM feature… http://www.webdamsolutions.com/digital-asset-management/controlled-vocabulary/

Other Upcoming Webinars:

Building the Framework: Organizing your digital assets for any business

Thursday, September 15 at 10 am (PT)

User Adoption: Engaging your team with a communication plan

Thursday, October 13 at 10 am (PT)

Previous Webinars:

Our last webinar “Metadata 101: Building a solid foundation” was a hit!  The recording is now available online if you wish to see it again, want to share it with a friend, or haven’t gotten the chance to watch it yet.


Make sure to take advantage of these great DAM resources!

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Why folder structure isn’t enough

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

I was talking with a prospect the other day and he was explaining why an FTP site with a folder structure of company photos, product shots and marketing collateral just ain’t cutting it anymore.  Like so many of the organizations we talk to everyday, this is the current state of his digital assets.  Partners, vendors, and geographically distributed teams access the FTP site to browse the folder structure, find what they need and download it.  Sound familiar?  I’m sure to many of you it does because we hear this EVERY-DAY!  It never ceases to amaze me how many corporate giants are still operating in this way.  I could go on for hours explaining why this is a colossal waste of time – no search capabilities, lack of security controls, no way to preview before download, no track-ability, lack of accountability, no way to monitor or communicate usage rights, etc, etc, etc.

But the prospect said it best with this analogy…

“You know when you go to a friend’s house, and you need silverware, and have to open every single drawer to find a fork… and your friend is like, ‘Isn’t it obvious which drawer the fork would be in?!’ But, if it were your house, you would put the silverware in a completely difference place, so no it is not obvious! That’s what browsing a folder structure setup by our US headquarters is like for our partners in Asia.”

Awesome.

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WebDAM is Granting your Webinar Wishes with a Digital Asset Management Summer Webinar Series

Thursday, June 30th, 2011

You’ve been requesting some DAM webinars and now your wishes are coming true- in a whole series!  To continue our commitment to customer success at WebDAM, we’re excited to announce our summer webinar series on digital asset management.  We’ll be covering all of our customers most requested topics from metadata strategies to user adoption.  These webinars will be hosted by our very own customer success manager, Leigh Ann Ledford!   Visit our previous post, Do You Have a Customer Success Manager??? and get reacquainted with Leigh Ann and her important role here at WebDAM.

Leigh Ann will start off the series with “Metadata 101: Building a Solid Foundation” on Thursday, July 14 at 10am PT featuring our very own industry expert, Jody Vandergriff.  All the webinars in this series are perfect for users across all levels of experience.  To reserve your spot today, or to get a closer look at this webinar, register for free here.

To check out the whole series and uncover the topics that will be presented in the upcoming webinars, visit the Summer Webinar Series Schedule.  Space is limited so save the dates and make sure to reserve your seat as soon as the registration pages become available.

Fresh off the press, read this press release that reveals more information about the series at: http://webdamsolutions.com/press_summer_webinar_series.php

Join us in our Summer Webinar Series and have fun learning about Digital Asset Management!

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The True Cost of Copyright Infringement

Thursday, March 10th, 2011

Picture this: your firm’s marketing department sends over a request for some stock images for use in an online campaign. With multiple demands coming your way, you quickly dig around in your digital archives, looking for the right image but failing to check the fine print — in this case, the copyright and license metadata for each image. Finally, the perfect image comes across your screen, and you fire it off to the marketing department, confident that it’ll make a sparkling new web advertisement.

Some months later, you get a notice saying that the image in use has violated the terms of the license.  Now, the legal department has to get involved.
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Top 5 Copyright Resources

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

Copyright protection is key in order to secure your assets.  This includes anything you can create like a photograph, written document, computer program, recorded song, etc.  Today in the digital world, it is a lot easier to commit copyright crimes.  So easy in fact, people even do it by accident.  To help ensure that you don’t unintentionally steal anyone else’s copyrighted material and to prevent others from copyright theft of your valuable property- take a look at our top picks for copyright resources. (more…)

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Feature in Focus: Controlled Vocabulary

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

Keywording images can take on many forms. For instance, keywords can be used to describe objects, emotions or even time. What’s more, keywording is a very subjective task and can differ greatly from person to person. So how do you ensure consistency in your keywording efforts? By utilizing a predefined set of terms, called a Controlled Vocabulary.

WebDAM supports the use of a controlled vocabulary to facilitate keywording in a consistent manner. For many organizations, the controlled vocabulary is often custom created to include words such as product names or industry-specific terms. For others, such as stock agencies, it makes sense to purchase a standard controlled vocabulary which includes broader terms such as man, woman, office, child. Whatever the source, WebDAM fully supports it in several ways: (more…)

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Top 5 Metadata Resources

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

Metadata is as important to your digital assets as the assets themselves. Metadata not only enhances search-ability through keywording, but can also be used for to track key pieces of information such as copyright, location, image source and more. Whether you are new to metadata or you are a seasoned digital archivist, the following resources are sure to have all your metadata answers. Here goes our picks for the best metadata resources on the web:

Controlled Vocabulary
http://controlledvocabulary.com/

The Controlled Vocabulary website, founded by David Riecks, contains a wealth of information on building vocabulary lists and keyword hierarchies for describing images in databases.   (more…)

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Metadata Demystified

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

You may have heard the term “metadata” thrown around quite a bit in regards to, well, pretty much anything in the digital world. Metadata is used to describe data. For instance, a book’s metadata may include the author, publisher, or copyright notice. Similarly, images have metadata to aid in searching, tracking and retrieving.

Photo metadata can be a bit convoluted and overwhelming at first glance, especially since different standards exist for storing it. (more…)

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