I would be very interesting in this discussion, and either please keep the
discussion at the ListServe or include me ([log in to unmask]) on the
replies to this question.

On full disclosure - Yale University Art Gallery is currently exploring this
particular issue, but more to the point the TMS system is not viewed as the
location for our "publication" quality material and are exploring
alternatives to mesh with the TMS service (e.g. DAMs)

Again, please include me at ([log in to unmask]) and Rob thank you for
letting me invite myself <grin>

best,
thomas


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From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Rob Morgan
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 2:46 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Organizing Digital Images



Hello Fellow TMSers,

Our rights and reproduction department here at The Baltimore Museum of Art
(BMA) is making the move from a film library to a digital library.  I was
curious if anybody uses TMS as their digital management system for their
digital images?  Or, do you store certain images in TMS (i.e., a thumbnail
and a large jpeg image for the web) and other, larger images (i.e., TIFF
files) in another database/digital management system.  I'm trying to figure
out if TMS is a viable option to store large TIFF files, in addition to JPEG
images for the web.

I'd hate to manage another database/digital management system to organize
these large TIFF files.  I can imagine I'd end up exporting large amounts of
TMS object data to this other database, which seems silly.  I'm just not
sure if TMS is set-up to handle thousands of large TIFF files - I guess it
may depend on the size of the server for the images.

If you do have a separate digital management system, that is not TMS, what
do you use?

Thanks for answering my questions.

- Rob

Rob Morgan
Collections Database Administrator
The Baltimore Museum of Art
10 Art Museum Drive
Baltimore, MD  21218
Tel:  443-573-1730
Fax:  443-573-1581
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