At 03:26 PM 7/16/2002 -0700, you wrote: > >>> dave.pearce.... >snip< >I have produced a TMS data entry manual which is part >instructional guide to doing the actual data entry in TMS, >and part style guide. As I work on this one manual it is >becoming clear that we might benefit from a data entry >manual (an extract from the TMS User's Manual) and a style >guide (Data content and formats) as separate references. >Are any other of you heading in this direction? > >>>> > > It sounds from these posts, that a lot of us are doing similar > things. I wonder if Gallery Systems would be interested in creating a > place on their web site for TMS users to post and access the various > in-house documentation many of us are creating? Jay? > >Parallelism in data entry between specialists: This is >challenging. Especially, if there's no mandate from the top. One thing >that has helped especially in the area of provenance is the manadate from >the Association of American Art Museums to make this information more >available to the public especially where there are gaps in provenance >during the Nazi era. > >In this area, we started by gaining consensous between the departments >that were ready to field the information which were, paintings and >sculpture. Those discussions included a representative from manuscripts >who were not ready, the special projects assistant to the Associate >Director for Curatorial Affairs, a data entry operator and a staff >assistant who actually do a lot of the data entry. It was interesting to >see the specialist's realize that what they thought was so clear and easy >to understand was not necessarily so to those outside their area of >expertise. > >Amy Noel >The J. Paul Getty Museum I will be out of the office the week of 8 July on vacation. I will be out of the office the week of 15 July on business. Please leave a voice mail message at the number listed below. I will not be checking email. Thank you. L.Lynne Addison Associate Registrar Yale University Art Gallery Tel: (203) 432-0604 Fax: (203) 432-7159 L.Lynne Addison Associate Registrar Yale University Art Gallery Tel: (203) 432-0604 Fax: (203) 432-7159