Dear Jeri, * image size: largest side between 1600-1800 pixels, ppi 72, jpeg quality 95%. Some exceptions are allowed. When you use various ppi's for your jpegs you wiil get in trouble when printing thumbs in Crystal reports. * media type, public caption (here we also put the photographer), text entries and for special projects specific attributes groups * we do not use the loader and the thumbnailer. I have been using AutoIt (freeware to simulate key presses, mouse movements and window commands) some years ago when TMS got the possibility to store thumbs in the db. * adding images to the db is limited to our TmsTeam (2 persons). it is not a good idea to allow many people to do this. * in our image folder we have different subs for the different modules (with subs-subs fot the thumbs) or special project only using the Media module. This way we use images in Objects, Objects-conservation, (Historic) Events, Loans, Shipping. We paid special attention to imagefile-naming so that they contain direct information reffering to the subject and provide some usefull information when browsing images without being logged into TMS. * archival storage information is not yet entered Best regards, André Straatman Registrar Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands tel. +31-(0318)-596 168, fax +31-(0318)-592 209 -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]]Namens Jeri Moxley Verzonden: woensdag 26 januari 2005 19:16 Aan: [log in to unmask] Onderwerp: 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 **** Jeri L. Moxley TMS Specialist Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (212) 423-3509 [log in to unmask]