(Article from the Balboa Park Online Collaborative Blog)

At the end of February, 2011, we began the process of selecting a digital asset management system (DAMS). With a team of staff from 3 museums we organized a two-month of review of three different DAM systems. We decided to go with Piction, a system being used by many non-profit and government organizations, including the Queensland Government, the Cleveland Art Museum, and also recently selected by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. We signed the contract on April 5^th, and immediately ordered the hardware and implemented the system. As of today, there are 84,238 images and 111 videos for the San Diego Air and Space Museum in Piction. Within the next three weeks, we will add an additional 13,000 images for Museum of Photographic Arts and San Diego Natural History Museum. By April of 2012, a minimum of 70,000 more images and videos will be loaded for Mingei International Museum, Museum of Man, San Diego History Center, Hall of Champions, Junior Theater, San Diego Floral Society, Timken, Japanese Friendship Garden, Model Railroad Museum and World Beat Center.

Some producers of massive number of images, such as wedding and events photographers have seen the nature of their businesses change in recent years. Many clients have adapted to viewing images on screen, and receiving CD's or e-mail proofs instead of hard copy. A new service being offered for photographers by Piction.com is the facility to show large numbers of images on secure, personalised Web sites with e-commerce facilities.