Real Talk: DAM Implementation Lessons from the Field

Jaime Fogel
Library & Archives Director
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium

Jaime Fogel serves as the director of the Arthur Vining Davis Library & Archives at Mote Marine Laboratory. She oversees all aspects of the library and archival collections including responding to research inquiries and processing & digitizing collections. Jaime has also led the selection and implementation of a new, organization-wide digital asset management system.

She is helping preserve Mote’s important history, to help researchers access the information that they need to continue their important work, and to explore new and exciting ways share Mote research with educators, students, and the public at large.

Audrey Maier
Public History Director
Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California

Audrey Maier is a fifth generation resident of San Bernardino County, growing up in Colton and Loma Linda CA. After studying Art History at the UC, San Diego she received her MA and PhD in History/Public History from UC, Riverside. Her work in the community began shortly after returning to the Inland Empire (I.E.) for graduate school. She was inspired to research her own family's history as she knew from passed-down stories that the family immigrated to San Bernardino County from Mexico in 1911. Realizing the gaps in the archives inspired her to create new ones, tapping into community stories, networks, resources, and carefully preserved photographs and ephemera to build out new sources to tell the underrepresented stories of I.E. communities.

Maier has since worked to create alternative community-centered archives, oral history projects, and history exhibitions, working with a number of other Inland Empire cultural organizations to develop K-12 lesson plans, host community festivals and collaborate with local artists on site-specific installations.

Previously, Maier was a digital and public humanities consultant with the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Latino and she also co-directs A People's History of the I.E. Maier will now work with executive director, Sabrina Gonzalez and the board of directors to advance the mission of the Civil Rights Institute across Riverside and San Bernardino counties.

Mylène Roussy
Lead Implementation and Project Manager
Terentia

Mylène Roussy is the Lead Implementation and Project Manager at Terentia, bringing over a decade of expertise in visual collections management, with a rich background spanning the broadcasting, media, entertainment, and video game industries. Throughout her career, she has spearheaded the implementation and supervision of archiving and preservation processes for complex multimedia projects, developed internal online catalogues, and planned strategic collection access for expanding international studios.

Prior to joining Terentia, Mylène held leadership roles at 2K as Lead Platform Management and at the Ubisoft Technology Group as Lead Content Strategist. Her extensive background also includes leading the Information Management team at Moment Factory and serving as a Media Librarian for Radio-Canada (CBC) and MeteoMedia.

Mylène holds a Master’s degree in Information Science from the Université de Montréal and a Bachelor’s degree in Art History and Communications.

Jason Smith
DAM Administrator
The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum

Jason Smith currently serves as the Digital Asset Management Administrator at The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum, where he leads the implementation and management of the museum's digital asset management system.

With more than a decade of experience in museums, archives, and photography, Jason has worked with organizations including the Smithsonian Institution and the Library of Congress.

He holds a B.A. in History from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an M.A. in Museum Studies from New York University. His work focuses on digital asset management, metadata strategy, workflow development, and expanding access to museum collections through technology.