CONTENTdm vs. Veeva Vault PromoMats

CONTENTdm is well-suited for smaller organizations as a simple solution to present a digital collection on the web. If your need is complex and requires digital preservation as part of the workflow, it may not be the best solution.

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It's great for keeping us organized and on track with our projects.

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

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• Document management
• Multi-agency notifications
• Approvals for appropriate teams

• 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.

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• Ability to edit documents in Veeva
• More mobile friendly
• Perhaps an email approval ability

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We selected CONTENTdm because it had a good reputation, was used by many institutions, provided a good product, and supplied feedback and monthly reports. We are wondering about DPLA and if that will be the next evolution or platform.

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Haven't tried any other products.

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• 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.

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• It has made our projects move smoother and quicker through the system so our time is more optimized.

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