Session 1: Navigating the DAM for GLAMP Technology Landscape - On-Demand
Session Leader: Jarrod Gingras, Managing Director & Analyst at Real Story Group
The session will help participants to:
- Develop an understanding of the unique DAM technology landscape specific to cultural heritage institutions
- Critically evaluate different DAM platforms and their suitability for various GLAMP contexts
- Identify key technological features essential for effective digital collections management
- Understand integration strategies between DAM systems and existing institutional infrastructure
- Recognize emerging technologies and their potential impact on digital asset preservation and access
Session 2: Artificial Intelligence in Cultural Heritage - On-Demand
Session Leader: Jaron Ghani, Founder & Innovation Director at Numiko
- Fundamental AI technologies in cultural heritage contexts
- Computer vision for artifact identification, classification, and condition assessment
- Natural language processing for historical text analysis and translation
- Machine learning approaches to restoration, reconstruction, and provenance research
- AI-powered interactive exhibitions and public engagement platforms
- Digital preservation standards and metadata enrichment through AI
- Ethical frameworks for AI application to indigenous and sacred cultural materials
Session 3: Managing and Archiving Audio and Video - On-Demand
Session Leader: Stefan Elnabli, Digital Asset Manager at Obama Foundation
- What is AV: Physical vs. Digital Formats
- AV Digital Preservation Principles/Theory
- Anatomy of an AV file
- AV Metadata
- AV Archiving/Preservation in Practice (Methods/Tools/Resources)
Session 4: Rights Management in the Digital Age - On-Demand
Session Leader: Margaret C. McKee, Director of Research Resources, The Menil Collection
- Intellectual property rights and ethical considerations for digital collections
- Are your assets actually yours? Untangling complicated and layered rights
- Rights metadata and using standardized licenses and labels
- DAM workflows and permissions as a risk mitigation tool
- DAM as the engine for open access
Session 5: Digital Preservation Fundamentals - On-Demand
Session Leader: Alex Kron, Community Manager & Digital Preservation Specialist at Terentia
- Introduction to Digital Preservation
- Core Elements of a Successful Digital Preservation Program
- Digital Preservation Frameworks and Standards
- Digital Preservation Strategies and Techniques
- Technological Infrastructure and Tools
Session 6: Digital Archives and the Performing Arts: How to Capture the Ephemeral
Session Leader: Alexandra Bernet, Digital Archivist & DAM Administrator, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA)
This session will address:
How performing arts archives exist in the GLAMP space
- Creating a digital archive of contemporary performances
- Utilizing the DAM as the hub for event documentation, description, and re-use
- Walk-through of steps to get a complete event capture
- Quantity vs. Quality – how does the volume of assets inform descriptive projects
Archival content and the DAM
- Co-existence of the DAM with other systems, such as Archives Space
- How the DAM is utilized for archival content
- When does the contemporary become archival