Hi Jeanne,
At the MFA, Boston, we have
never felt the need for a DAM system.
We catalogue all of our media files
(digital and analogue) in the TMS Media Module. To date this includes:
·
455,156 media files;
·
of these, 70,373 are
for conservation documentation
·
and 21,121 are what
we term “curatorial snapshots,” used for reference only
Every media file is linked to a
record in one of the modules or sub-modules (like conservation).
Gallery Systems is looking into
developing a DAM that will work specifically with TMS.
Linda Pulliam
Head of Collections Management
From: The Museum System
(TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jeanne
Noonan
Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 1:54 PM
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Subject: TMS and DAMS
Hello
all,
Once
again I’m wondering about media and TMS! At this point in time,
we’re looking into acquiring a DAMs, and I was hoping some of you may be
able to answer the following questions:
1. What DAMs do you use?
2. Why did you choose it?
3. When did you make this decision?
4. How was the integration with TMS
(in other words, how much work did your IT department have to do to get it
running)?
5. If you could go back and change
anything, what would you do?
If this
is too off topic, please feel free to respond off list. I’ve posted over
here because our main concern is having our DAMs work well with the database,
and you all have been a wonderful resource thus far. I promise too that one day
I’ll stop asking media related questions!
Thank
you!!!
-Jeanne
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