Asset Management can mean different things. In every instance, it refers to the collection and organization of data about the things an organization or individual owns. To an accountant, this data is used to manage the financial aspects of ownership- taxes, cost of ownership, etc. In essence, everything having to do with MONEY.
To the digital artist, asset management refers to the organization of the ever growing library of fonts, images, reference pictures we depend on creatively. The building blocks of our ARTWORK.