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Through a glass darkly: Lessons from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens digital asset management implementation
Journal of Digital Media Management,
12
(3),
238-249
(2024)
Abstract
In this paper, two project leads review and analyse the scoping and implementation of the first digital asset management (DAM) system in a multi-hyphenate cultural heritage organisation. They recount key decisions made during the process and trace their impacts — positive and negative — within the context of the current state of The Huntington DAM (known as RAIL) as a pilot platform in an emerging ecosystem of institutional data management. The paper concludes with the system roadmap for the next several years.
Keywords: change management; cultural heritage; art museum; botanical garden; library; collections management systems
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Author's Biography
Yvonne Lee is the Head of Integrated Systems, Digital and Technology, at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, where she led the selection and implementation of the first institution-wide digital asset management (DAM) system. Her human-first approach to data and technology, which examines assumptions coded into prevailing information practices is informed by prior roles at LACMA, Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture and as an independent data manager for arts nonprofits. She has served as President of the Museum Computer Network Board of Directors, is a founding member of LA County’s Arts Datathon and consults on the UCLA Department of Information Studies’ Professional Programmatic Committee. She holds a BA in art history from UC Berkeley and an MLIS in archival science from UCLA.
Mario Einaudi is the Head of Digital Collections and Imaging Services, Library Division, at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, where he provides leadership in technical planning, implementation, management and support of digital collections, digitisation projects and imaging. He helped set up and establish The Huntington Digital Library, which currently has a little over 218,000 digital objects. He has an MLIS from San José State University, an MA in modern European and diplomatic history from George Washington University, and has worked in the archives and library field since 1995.
