We just used the batch media plugin at Emory today in order to link about 10,000
images, and it worked very well.
It needed a little massaging to function properly, so I definitely
recommend consulting an IT person to configure things correctly, but once
operational it is a very handy tool. We plan to only link images using this
tool, since it gets laborious to manually link every image.
I'd be happy to talk with you about our experience
with this tool if you want to know what we've done, although we found Dimitry
in Gallery Support to be a
helpful guide on this as well.
David
Lower
Educational Analyst, Emory University
ITD
404-727-5115
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From: The Museum System
(TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mary Ellen
Guerra
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 2:29 PM
To:
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Subject: Re: Linking
Images
Hi Suzanne,
I'd love to see your manual on linking images to
TMS. Has your
brilliant
Larry Giacoletti figuered out how to use the batch
upload plug in?
Thanks,
Mary Ellen Guerra
Smithsonian American Art
Museum
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01:57PM >>>
The brilliant Larry Giacoletti at the Whitney has
written a manual on how
to
link images to objects in TMS and now curatorial
assistants do it
themselves.
I'm sure we can share it with you. I do not like to
attach
such things to a list serve as it has a lot of
screenshots in it. But
I
will email it to you individually if you wish. Let me know if you want
it
and I'll email it the week of the
17th.
Suzanne
BYTW, We don't care much whether poor images are added
to the database if
it
is the only image we have. The database is used for ID purposes
only.
Larger image files are stored on CD's, etc., and
bitmapped for TMS.
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From: Stephanie Leverock
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Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 12:35
PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Linking Images
Hi All,
We have only started using the Media Module during the
past year or so.
Over the next several months are hoping to begin
linking all permanent
collection images as a project executed by our
Photography Dept. but
managed by me.
I wanted to ask whether any museums have centralized
the
project like this and limited access to creating
records in the media
module to only a small group. Particularly for larger museum's, if
you
have allowed curatorial and other dept's such as
Design, Conservation to
link images, how has this been coordinated to ensure
that poor images are
not added to the database, and how has it
gone?
Many Thanks for your
advice.
Stephanie Leverock
Records Manager/Collections Review
Coordinator
Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11238
Tel: 718-501-6483/Fax:
718-501-6135