Dear Bruce:

 

In your response to Chad Petrovay's inquiry you stated: "TMS rendition
numbers are also related to accession number with an extension added to
identify type of media, ie digital photo or scanned original, scanned
colour photo, scanned black and white, and so on."

 

Can you give an example of the exact syntax used in the TMS rendition
number name. Is it something like "2007-1-scanned-color-photo"?

 

It will also be interesting to know from TMS users any naming
conventions used for the TMS screen image and thumbnail images.  We also
use object's accession number in the filename of the image file and are
considering adding "screen" and "thumb" at the end of the file name
(e.g. 2007_1_screen; 2007_1_thumb).

 

At El Museo del Barrio we are also researching digital image management
and the responses to Chad's and other similar inquiries on this listserv
have been very helpful.

 

Noel Valentin

Registrar

EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO

1230 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY  10029

Tel:  (212) 660 - 7120

Fax: (212) 831 7927

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-----Original Message-----
From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Bruce Thomson
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 2:41 PM
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Subject: Re: Image Standards and Naming Conventions

 

Hi all,

 

The New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, uses the following standards
developed about 5 years ago in conjunction with a mega-partnership with
the McCord Museum of Canadian History in Montreal.

 

master images:

300 dpi, 8 x 10 print size, tiff format, archived to DVD and indexed for
easy retrieval

 

TMS images:

300 dpi, 768 pixels on the long side, jpg format

 

Both masters and database images have a filename related to the
accession number, ie. artefact 2007.1 has an image filename of
2007-1.tif or .jpg depending upon its use.  If more than one image of an
item exists, the filename becomes 2007-1(1), 2007-1(2) etc.  The number
in brackets is not necessarily the best or primary image, it simply
notes the order in which the image was taken.

 

Images are not loaded into the database unless there is a high quality
tiff to the specs above.

 

TMS rendition numbers are also related to accession number with an
extension added to identify type of media, ie digital photo or scanned
original, scanned colour photo, scanned black and white, and so on.

 

If you have any other questions don't hesitate to contact me directly,

Bruce Thomson

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Bruce Thomson
Humanities Registrar & Project Manager
New Brunswick Museum
277 Douglas Ave
Saint John, NB
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(506)643-6293
www.nbm-mnb.ca 

        -----Original Message-----
        From: The Museum System (TMS) Users
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Chad Petrovay
        Sent: May 10, 2007 3:00 PM
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        Subject: Image Standards and Naming Conventions

        The Walters Art Museum is undertaking a digitization project to
coincide with our transition to TMS. However, we are currently stalling
in the area of policy making governing how information is entered, and
in particular, how images are named.

         

        Can anyone share the naming convention their institution has
adopted for digital image assets, or the standards for image resolution
that they are using?

         

        Many Thanks! ~Chad

         

        Chad M Petrovay

        Collections Database Administrator

        The Walters Art Museum

        600 North Charles Street

        Baltimore, MD  21210

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        F: 410.837.4846

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