Hi Jeri,
We are also interested in
developing TMS media standards and I would be curious to know what other
museums are doing as well. We have
a number of digital images that were scanned from transparencies by Luna
Imaging as part of a grant-funded project and we converted them to JPEGs and
thumbnails using the TMS image conversion tool. We also purchased a scanner to scan other transparencies,
slides, photos, etc. and we would like to establish a standard image size for
those but need some guidance.
I suppose I am responsible (with
the rest of the registrars dept) for adding images to the database. We were using one folder on our image
server until it was starting to get unwieldy, so I have just recently added a
second folder. We have not been
entering much beyond the rendition date, the CD number and notes on how the
image was created (in the Remarks field).
--Grace
Grace
Murakami, Associate Registrar
Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90024
310 443 7071 (Tel.)
310 443 7079 (Fax)
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Subject: TMS Media Module
Greetings TMS Users -
I am gathering
information about museum standards for the management of digital
images, and also - more specifically - developing standards for our use
of the TMS Media module here at the Guggenheim. I would
like to present some information to my staff in our
next meeting about what other museums are doing. I'd be interested in both
TMS-specific standards and procedures, as well as in more general practices for
managing digital media. I'll compile and post any information I gather (unless
you ask me not to include your response).
Some questions would be:
·
Do you have a standard
image size that you use with
TMS?
·
How much metadata do you
include with your TMS Media records?
·
Do you use the TMS media
loader and/or thumbnailer?
·
Which staff is
responsible for adding images to your database?
·
Do you have a
centralized TMS image folder, or do you have multiple image folder paths in
TMS?
·
Do you enter archival
storage information in the Media module?
Thanks for any and all
insight you may be able to offer --
All the best,
Jeri
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Jeri L. Moxley
TMS Specialist
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
(212) 423-3509
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