Since 2002, a web-based Digital Asset Management (oeai.DAM) has been set up at the ÖAI, based on the Easy DB software from the company programmfabrik. In addition to safeguarding the inventory, it also offers the possibility of simple and efficient administration and provision of the image material accruing annually from ongoing projects. oeai.DAM supports all common image and film formats, as well as PDF, 2D and 3D, and offers a controlled vocabulary including links to standards databases. It is also an interface as a media source to other OAI and project-related applications.
As of August 2024, oeai.DAM has around 360,000 records, divided into 9 pools. In addition to excavation and find documentation, more than 25,000 plans and 60,000 black-and-white images of the old stock are recorded, which are divided between glass plates and B-W negatives. More than 27,000 images from the entire collection are already available Open Access.