Digital Assets - Dividing the Labor (1,077 words)

Who manages your digital assets?

VWR Scientific Products is a leading worldwide distributor of scientific equipment, supplies, chemicals and furniture, with headquarters in West Chester, PA.

The peacefully quiet offices belie a massive workflow that produces thousands of catalog pages per year.

VWR went from "desktop to database" in 1992, a change many catalogers are making now. "It's the most dramatic transition you can make," says Lynn Homann, marketing communications manager at VWR. "If you want to tweak your book in a year, [with a database] you don't have to update multiple Quark files."