Photo archive software: summary of responses

In response to my recent inquiry about software for staff
photo archives:

4 people mentioned Gallery/Gallery2
    < http://gallery.menalto.co
m/ >

2 people mentioned flickr, and another raised a concern
about possible loss 
of control over the images with a web-based service.
    < http://www.flickr.com >

1 person mentioned Madison Digital Image Database
    < ht
tp://mdid.org/mdidwiki/index.php?title=Main_Page >

1 person mentioned Picasa
    < <http://picasa.google.com/>http://picasa.google.com/
>


Also, one of my colleagues searched listservs in the areas
of editing and 
publications, and found favorable mention of the following
(interestingly, 
zero overlap with Web4Lib suggestions):

Portfolio (Extensis)
    < http://www.extensis.com/en/products/asset_manageme
nt/index.jsp >

FileMaker Pro
    < http://www.filemaker.com/ >

Cumulus (Canto)
    < http://www.canto.com/pro/ >

iView
    < http://www.iview-mul
timedia.com/ >

FotoStation
    < https://ww
w.fotoware.com/Shop/Default.aspx >


She also found a huge list of digital asset management
system vendors:
    < http://its.psu.edu
/dmr/vendor.html >

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It just occurred to me that one of the factors that didn't
get mentioned is
the project's goal. We know why the pictures were taken,
but we don't know
what the library wants to accomplish next (it's not a given
that the
original reason for taking the pictures drives the reason
for putting them
online). 

In other words, if the library wants to share its pictures
outside of its
little universe, use the pictures for marketing and
communication, and
establish an online presence, Flickr is a good choice. This
could be in
addition to an online archive for in-house purposes. 

Karen G. Schneider
kgsbluehighways.com 

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