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
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Yale University Art Gallery
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