It would be really nice to some similar mechanism (e.g. folders) for organizing reports as well.  


From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Linda Pulliam
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 11:45 AM
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By department

Then by staff member

Then by project

 

Cheers

 

From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jay Hoffman
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 2:41 PM
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I was thinking the same thing. It could be organized by owner, project (a new field), global, etc.  How do you see the hierarchy groupings?

 

From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ryan Donahue
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 11:27 AM
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We are actually looking at this problem now, folders would be a really welcome addition to object packages (that is to say, a hierarchical organization for object packages).

 

Our present plan is to expose a web interface for un/archiving object packages on demand (we already have such an interface for transferring object packages to our DAM).

 

My other thought was to treat global object packages like a communal fridge -- periodically (2x year?) turning all global object packages (with some exception) non-global, and letting people bug my department when they need it (or use the web interface) to turn object packages back on.

 

-Ryan Donahue

George Eastman House