This is where TMS is really lacking. It
needs a serious import/export application where records can be cultivated.
I would think the Exhibition module is as
safe a place as any to experiment. You could even create a department to link
the exhib to and only give certain people access to it.
From: The Museum
System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Aylsworth, David
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008
1:28 PM
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Subject: Mis-using Exhibition or
loans module
I’m making a little headway with getting
our curators to use TMS for their projects rather than making up their own
databases and spreadsheets. A couple have asked me if they can use TMS as
a planning tool for a deaccession project. They want something more than
just an object package that they can put object records into as a way of
grouping and considering things that they might want to recommend for deaccessioning.
Naturally, I want to encourage them to use
TMS more and more, so I was thinking maybe of encouraging them to make an
exhibition record, maybe using the venue features to include or exclude things
from active consideration without actually removing it from the table too far.
What do you all think? Is there a
better suggestion? It seems like this could get muddy, but it’s
about the best I could imagine.
Thanks for any suggestions and advice!
David
Registrar for Collections
telephone: 713-639-7824
fax: 713-639-7780