We have had a big problem with loaning components as well. Two of the main problems are: 1. When you attach the entire object to the loan record the entire object now has a loan history of traveling out of the museum when in fact just the component traveled, something you can only see in the location tab. 2. You cannot assign individual values to the component record so when a component item travels overseas, I have to make the value of the entire record the value of the component so that my crate list and shipping paperwork are correct. Is anyone else dealing with those issues? And have you found a way to assign insurance values to components that travel in a way that does not assign that value to everything in the record? Thanks, Heather the warhol: Heather Kowalski Registrar 117 Sandusky Street Pittsburgh, PA 15212 T 412.237.8367 F 412.237.8340 E [log in to unmask] W www.warhol.org Email newsletter http://members.carnegiemuseums.org/email Membership http://members.carnegiemuseums.org/SupportCMP The Andy Warhol Museum One of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh ________________________________ From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Chad Petrovay Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 3:48 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Loaning components We have a location called "LOAN" - so we know when something is traveling as a loan. I would add the whole record to the Loan record, making a note that only component X is being loaned - then track the loan using the location, which only the one page would have... Chad M Petrovay Collections Database Administrator P: 410.547.9000 x266 -----Original Message----- From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alexis Lenk Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 3:27 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Loaning components Hello, I was wondering if anyone knows if it is possible in TMS to manage the loan and transport of an object component. An example that we have come up against is a multi-page letter (treated as one object in TMS, with each page being a component) where only one of pages needs to travel for exhibition. As far as I can tell, the system only wants to manage the loan and transport of the whole object, even though the system does allow different locations for each component. In the past, we've gotten around this problem by creating our components as individual records (when needed), but I was wondering if any of the gurus have another solution. Thanks for your help. Alexis Lenk Coordonnatrice, Documentation des Collections Centre Canadian d'Architecture Montréal, Québec (514) 939-7000 ext. 1520