Jeri:

This would depend on your organizational structure, but because we have several curatorial divisions with the registrar’s office serving them all, it makes sense to have the collections information system run by the registrar. In our case, we created a unit of “Collections Information and Registration Services” to reflect this.

Tom Yarker

Smithsonian Institution

National Air and Space Museum

Independence Avenue at Sixth Street SW

MRC 310 Box 37012

Washington DC 20013-7012

Telephone 202.633.2381

Fax 202.786.2113

[log in to unmask]

---

From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jeri Moxley
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 12:52 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: TMS management: Registrar or IT?

Hi all,

Quick survey for TMS managers:

Do you report to Registrar? Collections Management? Curatorial? Information Technology?

What are the pros and cons of managing TMS from within each of these different departments?

Thanks for any feedback -

Happy Holidays!

Jeri

--------------
Jeri L. Rojas (Moxley)
[log in to unmask]
TMS Specialist
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
212-423-3509