Hi Patricia, Here at the Brooklyn Museum of Art we also use components to record mounts, templates, and other "Accessory Type" components (sometimes even special frames, special storage boxes, portfoilio. We register their count as zero this way I can distinguish how many true part-of-object components are in our collection. We don't enter crates as components this way but do have many crates entered as containers in the shipping module. Sincerely, Stephanie Leverock, The Brooklyn Museum of Art > We use components of Object records of type 'accessory', as opposed to 'part of object'. That way we can move record dims etc about accessories and move e.g. a painting and its dedicated transit frame together, or independently. > > Jon > Tate > > -----Original Message----- > From: Patricia Raynor [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 13 February 2004 16:05 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Tracking crates in TMS > > > Dear all, > > I've tried unsucessfully to send the following message (at least I believe it didn't go through) as I didn't get any responses. I'm hoping to hear from all of you who use TMS to track object crates. > > We would like to find a way to track object crates, associated object housing, or mounts in TMS. We are soliciting suggestions from other TMS users who might have already found a successful way to use TMS for this purpose. > > Thanks for your advice. > > Patricia > > Patricia A. Raynor > Museum Specialist > National Postal Museum > Smithsonian Institution > Washington, DC 20560-0570 > 202-633-5514 > 202-786-2767 (fax) > > Temporary mailing address: > National Postal Museum > Smithsonian Institution > 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE > Post Office Box 75039 > Washington, DC 20002 Stephanie Leverock Records Manager/Collections Review Coordinator Brooklyn Museum of Art 200 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn, N.Y. 11238-6052 Tel: 718-501-6483/Fax: 718-501-6135