I am working hard on a data-entry manual for our institution too. I also
needsome one with more experience.
The fact is that we have different small museums (in fact all are small)
in the Netherlands Antilles. The Manual I am working on is for the new
user to implement the TMS fast, without having to be going through the
Big GS Manual.
 
Regards,
 
Lida Pandt
 
-----Original Message-----
From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Anne Marr (
Sent: dinsdag 16 juli 2002 8:41
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Policies & Procedures
 
I don't know what happened to the rest of my message, I must have hit
send before I was finished.  I mean all of those Linda.  I have been
attempting to produce an institutional data-entry manual, and I'm sure
there must be a lot of you out there with much more experience than I
have, who could share their experiences.  For instance do you have your
own classification system or do you use Chenhall (sp?) or something
else?  Really, any advice would be welcome, even to know what pitfalls
to avoid would be a help.
 
As far as the technical and administrative end of things are concerned,
I admit I am out of my technological depth.  We have a casual IT person
who looks after that at the moment but I feel that the museum really
needs a dedicated IT position.
 
Anne
-----Original Message-----
From: Linda Pulliam [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 15 July 2002 5:16 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Policies & Procedures
Ann,
 
Do you mean data entry standards, (capitalization, punctuation, etc.),
field use standards, or process standards?
 
Linda Pulliam
Manager of Collections Information
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Anne Marr ( [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 4:15 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Policies & Procedures
I'd like to introduce myself as a new user to the group.  My name is
Anne Marr and I am the Registrar at the New Brunswick Museum in Saint
John, New Brunswick, Canada.  We have been using TMS for over a year now
but we are still wrestling with problems with our data, not, I hasten to
add, Gallery Systems' fault, but rather with the original data that was
converted from CHIN (Canadian Heritage Information Network).  Just
trying to get my head around the idea of relational versus flat-file
databases is big deal to me!  I would, like Jack, be interested in the
experiences of others so that I don't feel that I'm reinventing the
wheel trying to develop standards and .
 
Regards
 
Anne Marr
-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Edwards [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 28 June 2002 1:04 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Policies & Procedures
Alberta Community Development is a new user to TMS.  We are looking for
documentation, policies, procedures, best practices, etc related to the
implementation of TMS.  Any information that is available would be
appreciated.
 
Regards
Jack Edwards