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DAMS Roles and Responsibilities

DAMS Roles and Responsibilities

Oct 08, 2012

The DAMS responsibilities have been separated by role to facilitate accurate cataloging, management, and system maintenance.

Digital Asset Manager

  • Oversees entire DAMS as custodian

  • Responsible for the supervision and assistance for cataloging and developing metadata

  • Acts as liaison between CSUs and the centralized DAMS at UM&CS

  • Develops appraisal and retention schedule for digital assets

  • Troubleshoots as necessary with IT staff

  • Perform searches for users

  • Maintains rights

Asset Creators (photographers, designers)

  • Uploads materials to DAMS as they are created

  • Catalogs and develops descriptive, clear, and consistent metadata for each digital asset using metadata schema

  • Updates digital assets as necessary

Marketing Content Creators

  • Uses the DAMS to search for and retrieve images relevant to their developed content

  • Updates the metadata with new information such as when the asset was last used

Information Technology Services

  • Troubleshoots technical problems with Digital Asset Manager

  • Provides backend maintenance as needed

Supervisors

  • Communicates and develops goals with Digital Asset Manager

  • Troubleshoots curatorial problems with Digital Asset Manager

  • Oversees long-term implementation with Digital Asset Manager