We have had a
big problem with loaning components as well. Two of the main problems are:
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
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From: The Museum
System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Chad Petrovay
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008
3:48 PM
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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…
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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