Personal Digital Archives
- Perspectives in Personal Digital ArchivingThis document, published by the Library of Congress, gives guidance on creating a plan for personal digital archiving.
Media Management Tools
There area a variety of image management tools available to you. You can choose to use on-line resources such as Flickr and Picasa or off-line tools such as iPhoto, Aperture, and Photoshop Lightroom. Below is a brief list of those you might consider.
Some questions you might use to find the right solution for your situation:
- How much do I want to spend?
- Do I want my collection online or on my computer?
- How much description do I want to give to my images?
- Do I need to be able to manipulate my images as well as manage them?
- Do I want to easily share my information/image with others over the internet?
NOTE: This is not an endorsement for any one Digital Asset Management (DAM) solution, but a list of the products available to you. For advice on starting a DAM project see the JISC Digital Media page Systems for Managing Digital Media Collections.
- Flickr (online)With Flickr you can control who sees your images and what size image is available to them for download. Tagging your images will help people find them with a keyword search.
- Picasa (Mac and PC)Picasa is a free program you download from Google. It has been available for the PC for some time, but is now available for the Mac in a beta version.
- iView MediaPro (Mac and PC)Now owned by Microsoft, iView MediaPro is a full Digital Asset Managment software.
- Photos (for Mac)Replaces iPhoto. If you have an iPhoto libraries and need to consolidate them: http://www.macworld.com/article/3027010/software/how-to-consolidate-iphoto-libraries.html
