CONTENTdm now offers expanded Microsoft® Windows and Linux support

OCLC is pleased to introduce CONTENTdm® Digital Collection Management Software version 5.3.

With version 5.3, additional platforms are supported for the CONTENTdm Project Client and CONTENTdm Server. The Project Client now runs on Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) and Windows Vista (64-bit), and the Server now runs on Linux (64-bit) and Windows Server 2008 R2. (For a complete list of supported systems, visit www.oclc.org/contentdm/requirements/.)

Additionally, a new import feature enables libraries, museums and other cultural heritage organizations with records already in WorldCat to import metadata and OCLC numbers easily into CONTENTdm. Streamlining the import of metadata and OCLC numbers from WorldCat into CONTENTdm will be particularly useful to users that are managing the mass digitization of items with existing WorldCat records.

This release also includes improved sorting and editing functionality in the Project Client’s project spreadsheet. Users will now have the ability to sort all metadata fields (columns) displayed in the project spreadsheet. And when editing metadata in the project tab, the thumbnail image and checkbox are now frozen in the far left columns, which will help users keep the records in the spreadsheet in context while editing and viewing metadata.

Other enhancements include improvements to Upload Manager error reporting and OCR License resetting. The new release is available to current CONTENTdm licensees at no additional charge.

CONTENTdm is used by institutions worldwide to manage thousands of digital collections. To see how some of these institutions are using CONTENTdm, visit www.oclc.org/contentdm/collections/