Hello TMSers- Thanks for the excellent deaccessioning discussion. Very helpful and indeed inspiring. Now for the Exhibitions module. So far we have been using Exhibitions (and Loans) to: 1. manage and track outgoing loans to other institutions' exhibitions 2. archive our own current and past exhibitions, with links to objects in exhibition, label copy (also used to update object information as appropriate), gallery views, website. We have not been using the module to: 1. plan and manage upcoming exhibitions (and incoming loans for exhibitions), because Access is the preference of our registrars and curators for that purpose (flexibility, ad-hoc reporting). It's a bit problematic, because we eventually have to re-enter the objects into TMS after the show has opened. (Note to GS: nice if one could import!) New project: In order for the entire staff to learn about upcoming exhibitions, however, we have just launched a new project. We are creating records for future exhibitions to which we link prototype records for objects with images that have been cleared for publicity, as well as several forms of text files (press releases, website, draft Word or PDF files from upcoming catalogues). Each exhibition record serves as a place for staff members to go to find publicity and rights information, and to read about the show while preparing educational materials. We hope that this project will represent a breakthrough of sorts in sharing! And in establishing one place with up-to-date and accurate information. Ultimately the complete exhibition will be archived on the same record. Is anybody else doing this? Are there any pitfalls we are not noticing? (primarily about making all this material available to staff) Looking forward to your responses, Jenny Wilker ________________________ Jenny Wilker, Ph.D. Manager, Collection Information Information Services Philadelphia Museum of Art 215-684-7746