Thanks for this very interesting discussion. We are working with a collection that is ‘in’ copyright and also in a jurisdiction where the concept of ‘Fair Use’ does not apply, so we have to consider a few additional hurdles before publishing registrars’/conservators’ photos online or elsewhere. But it is good to see what you guys are doing!
A question:
Given the ‘ad-hoc’ nature of these photos, do you apply the same rigorous metadata standards to them that you would apply to your most swanky, cleaned-up and colour-managed images?
-Tom
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Hi Marty,
I agree with what Sarah said. And for the most part, any image is better than no image. I usually separate images into 2 categories in a DAM system to differentiate between High Res Collection Photography and reference image (snapshots) taken by the registrars for exactly the same reason as Sarah states. Adding a disclaimer "Not for Reproduction / Reference Image Only" to the reference images on a website (or in TMS or in a DAMS) is the best way to allow the public to differentiate between the two sets of images. It also helps staff who are searching for images know that the images available are not publication quality before they ask to use them.
Best,
HQ
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On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 11:10 AM, Stein, Marty <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
Dear TMS Users,
We're just about to launch a new collections area on our website and a question keeps coming up during planning meetings. Should we show our the snapshots from TMS at full size on the web? Our committee is sort of split right down the middle on the question and we'd like to hear what other museums are doing. If you have a collections area on your site, do your TMS snapshots automatically appear? If they do, are they zoomable? Has there been any negative reaction to their inclusion?
I would be grateful for any answers or suggestions that you can send my way.
Thanks!
Marty
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