* Do you have a standard image size that you use with TMS? For reasons based mostly on storage space and bandwidth needed to open each image on a TMS client (the larger the image, the longer the user will wait for the image to open in TMS), we have decided to utilize JPG images - each about 250K when closed, ~3.5MB when open. * How much metadata do you include with your TMS Media records? We have elected to include the following: image number assigned to the medium (photograph, reflective, transparency, etc.) used for each object; object name and description; whether it is a "detail" or an "overall" view; date photographed. * Do you use the TMS media loader and/or thumbnailer? Yes. * * Which staff is responsible for adding images to your database? A Digital Imaging Specialist specifically hired to carry out the TMS digitization project. The same individual is in charge of scanning, retouching and adapting each object image prior to being loaded in TMS. * * Do you have a centralized TMS image folder, or do you have multiple image folder paths in TMS? The overwhelming majority if all TMS images are loaded in one central folder, but other folders have been set up by other individuals within the Organization prior to the codification of the TMS project procedures. It is foreseeable that these "other" folders will be eliminated and the images contained therein moved to the "main" folder. This however, does not represent an obstacle to the proper utilization of TMS. As the number of digital files increases it is likely that another, secondary, "main" folder will be created to overcome folder size limitations (we are currently brushing against 1.5GB of information in the "main" folder). * * Do you enter archival storage information in the Media module? Image number only, not location. ________________________________ From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jeri Moxley Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 1:16 PM To: [log in to unmask] 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 **** Jeri L. Moxley TMS Specialist Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (212) 423-3509 [log in to unmask]