This is a question I need the answer to as
well. Is there a software package that allows you manage this?
Thanks!
From: The Museum
System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Radvak, Liana
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011
12:05 PM
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Subject: Another DAM Question!
Hi,
I am looking for any advice from TMS
institutions that use DAMS. We are in the middle of an integration project,
Extensis/TMS, and would like to know how other places organize their image
folders. Our initial thought was to organize by object ID, each object having
its’ own folder, the most recent recommendation is a directory structure
that is chronological – date of capture.
Many thanks,
Liana
Liana Radvak
Manager, Collection
Information & Resources
Art Gallery of Ontario
416.979.6660 x.463
From:
Sent: September 22, 2011 10:03 AM
To: Radvak, Liana
Subject: Update on Portfolio
progress
Image
Resources have finally agreed to move ahead with using Object Number as the
master field between TMS and Portfolio, and to reorganize the image catalogs
from the CD/DVD based directory structure to a chronological structure (i.e.,
Images\YYYY\YYYYMM).
I’m
going to bring in an extra body to work on the file migrations, but it’s
going to take a lot of searching (since the image files don’t have date
information embedded in metadata, I expect the person will have to cross
reference TMS to decide where to move images). Do you know of anyone who
has the right combination of skills and would be interested in a temporary
position?
We
can’t implement the TMS scripting until the directories are restructured,
so I want to get this going quickly.
Virginia
Vuleta, PMP
Deputy
Director, IT & New Media
Art
Gallery of Ontario
416.979.6660
x.244