Hi Jeri,

We are also interested in developing TMS media standards and I would be
curious to know what other museums are doing as well.  We have a number of
digital images that were scanned from transparencies by Luna Imaging as part
of a grant-funded project and we converted them to JPEGs and thumbnails
using the TMS image conversion tool.  We also purchased a scanner to scan
other transparencies, slides, photos, etc. and we would like to establish a
standard image size for those but need some guidance.

I suppose I am responsible (with the rest of the registrars dept) for adding
images to the database.  We were using one folder on our image server until
it was starting to get unwieldy, so I have just recently added a second
folder.  We have not been entering much beyond the rendition date, the CD
number and notes on how the image was created (in the Remarks field).

--Grace

Grace Murakami, Associate Registrar
Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90024
310 443 7071 (Tel.)
310 443 7079 (Fax)
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Greetings TMS Users -
I am gathering information about museum standards for the management of
digital images, and also - more specifically - developing standards for our
use of the TMS Media module here at the Guggenheim. I would like to present
some information to my staff in our next meeting about what other museums
are doing. I'd be interested in both TMS-specific standards and procedures,
as well as in more general practices for managing digital media. I'll
compile and post any information I gather (unless you ask me not to include
your response).
Some questions would be:
*         Do you have a standard image size that you use with TMS?
*         How much metadata do you include with your TMS Media records?
*         Do you use the TMS media loader and/or thumbnailer?
*         Which staff is responsible for adding images to your database?
*         Do you have a centralized TMS image folder, or do you have
multiple image folder paths in TMS?
*         Do you enter archival storage information in the Media module?

Thanks for any and all insight you may be able to offer --
All the best,
Jeri
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Jeri L. Moxley
TMS Specialist
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
(212) 423-3509
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