·
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:
Thanks
for any and all insight you may be able to offer --
All
the best,
Jeri
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(212)
423-3509
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