Bridge as a Image Tracking Solution?

I work for a Directory Publishing company and we are looking for a program that will help us track the use of images, photos, artwork, etc. used in ads.
We are basically wanting to be able to look at a image file we have saved in our library of files and know wether or not it is currently being use in one of the various artwork pieces we produce.
Is this something that Bridge can do, and has anyone used Bridge for this same purpose?
If not, do any of you have suggestion of a software that does what I am looking for?
Thanks for any help you can provide.

Not quit sure what your needs are but Bridge is (yet) not the best Digital Asset Management (DAM) to use. You could try to create a set of keywords or combinations of labels and ratings but it will need a lot of discipline to keep the use and not used files up to date. On the other hand it is possible to keep the history up to date with adding metadata like keywords or description. Success is all depending on how many files you have to handle and how many people will be involved to fill in the details.
Although Bridge CS4 is reasonably stable I still would not use it for DAM purpose. Ik keep it for selecting, rating, adding metadata, move to other folders and a lot more very useful functions that are between the image ingestion and the final image. For this purpose I really love Bridge a lot, but only for this use.
Maybe you should also look for not very expensive DAM software like Expression Media or Extensis Portfolio (both as trial download available and around 200 dollar). If you have to deal with several 100.000 files you should ask Canto Cumulus for a customized version of their DAM, but that will need some more savings to spend....

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