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CONTENTdm

Score6.2 out of 10

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Pros

Clean and Easy-to-Use Interface: Users have praised the clean and user-friendly interface of CONTENTdm, making tasks easy to accomplish. The intuitive design has been appreciated by multiple reviewers, leading to a positive user experience.

Customizable Options for Personalization: Reviewers appreciate the customizable options in CONTENTdm, allowing for personalization of the program to suit individual institutions' needs. This flexibility has been valued by several users who found it beneficial in tailoring the software.

Updated OCR Capability: Multiple users express satisfaction with the updated OCR capability in CONTENTdm. They note that this improvement results in much more accurate transcripts, enhancing the searchability and accessibility of digital collections.

Reviews

2 Reviews

Good for now

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We upload collection level records to the platform with a link back to our finding aid and inventory for inclusion in OCLC database.

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.

Likelihood to Recommend

Good if one does not have a lot of IT support such as our smaller university.
LA
Lori Atkins
University Archivist of South Texas Archives at Texas A&M University-Kingsville (51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
CONTENTdm
2 years of experience
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Easy to use, relatively inexpensive digital management system

Rating: 5 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

CONTENTdm is being used by the university library, especially by the Special Collections and University Archives department, to manage the library's digital collections.

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.

Likelihood to Recommend

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.
VU
Verified User
Professional in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
CONTENTdm
12 years of experience