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• Digital Collections and Metadata Services
• Sept. 2006
• Issue: 205

DiMeMA Acquired by OCLC

DiMeMa is the developer of CONTENTdm Digital Collection Management Software. DiMeMa, which stands for “Digital Media Management,” grew out of the University of Washington in 2001, where former Professor of Electrical Engineering, Greg Zick and a team of programmers created CONTENTdm.

OCLC has been the exclusive distributor of CONTENTdm to libraries, museums, and other nonprofit organizations since 2002. Greg Zick has been appointed Vice President of the newly-organized OCLC Digital Services. The DiMeMa staff of 11 will maintain its office in Seattle, Washington. The OCLC Digital Services Division will integrate both OCLC and RLG digital services into the OCLC portfolio. Digital Services staff, including the DiMeMa staff, will collaborate closely with RLG-Programs staff on shared issues of curation, preservation and presentation of digital resources and will also help the RLG-Programs division and OCLC Research in their efforts to explore the applications of digitization in the library and museum communities.

Cocco, Claire ‹claire@dimema.com›, “OCLC Acquires DiMeMa,” August 15, 2006, ‹CONTENTdm-L@OCLC.org›.

Digital Collection and Metadata Services Contact Information

For more information about CONTENTdm, please contact Donna Dixon, Nylink’s OCLC Services Librarian (dixond@ nylink.org) or Joyce Rambo, Nylink’s Reference & Digital Collections Librarian (ramboj@nylink.org).