Digital Asset Management for Museums

For the modern museum, managing growing digital collections is as essential as the stewardship of physical collections. This practical guide to the fundamentals of digital asset management (DAM) is intended to help museum practitioners meet their institution's unique DAM needs.

Jessica Herczeg-Konecny is the Lead Technical Analyst, Digital Asset Management, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. After undergraduate work in English and American Culture Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, Jessica obtained a master's degree in Public History from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. She has been working in the museum industry for over fifteen years in archives, collections management, and rights and reproductions, with a focus on digital asset management for the past ten years. Prior to the Met Jessica worked in DAM at the Chicago History Museum and the Detroit Institute of Arts. Her professional development activities have included serving as chair of the Museum Computer Network (MCN) DAM Special Interest Group as well as presentations at conferences for MCN and Henry Stewart DAM events.
Margaret C. McKee is the Digital Asset Manager at the Menil Collection where she manages the museum's first Digital Asset Management System. She holds a BAFA in Art History from the University of New Mexico and an MS in Information Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. In addition to digital asset management, her professional interests include intellectual property and cultural heritage imaging. Professional development activities have included panel presentations at conferences including the Visual Resources Association (VRA) and Henry Stewart DAM and Museums, serving as chair of MCN's Intellectual Property SIG, and serving on the boards of the VRA and the Open Copyright Education Advisory Network (OCEAN).