CONTENTdm

Score6.2 out of 10

5 Reviews and Ratings

What is CONTENTdm?

CONTENTdm is a DAM for libraries, from OCLC headquartered in Dublin, Ohio.

Categories & Use Cases

Digital Asset Management

Lori Atkins View profile

University Archivist of South Texas Archives at Texas A&M University-Kingsville (51-200 employees employees)

Pros

Constant URLs
User interface is good
Run by OCLC, not likely to disappear

Cons

We use it for getting our collections to the public but also we use it simply as a bridge back to our own database, the rate we pay for the amount of minimum data is quite a bit. Since we do not use it as a digital preservation system I wish the there were lower rates for the type of use we need.

Return on Investment

We are content with the service supplied
We just wish the cost was lower, since we do not use all of the features

Verified User

Professional in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees employees)

Pros

Relatively easy to use for staff to manage collections, without complex workflows.
The end-user interface is friendly, a user can easily navigate around the image with zooming, panning, etc. There is a built-in video player, which is nice.
The product is relatively inexpensive.
It is easy to implement and maintain.

Cons

As a digital asset management system, one would expect the capability of managing preservation, which CONTENTdm lacks.
Lack of batch updating and other advanced metadata management capabilities.
The usage statistics does not work, and the company is not planning to fix it, at least based the interaction with tech support staff. Customers were referred to use Google Analytics.

Return on Investment

It helped us to get started with our digital collections projects at a relatively low cost.
As our needs grew, it became apparent that we needed something more powerful, and that provides better workflows and better statistics and is able to handle the whole life cycle of digitation projects.