Late to the party here. Kate - many thanks for sharing the guides used at the Walters. Jessie - please add me to the list of those interested in the curatorial, registration, preparation and marketing instructional documents mentioned below. All best wishes, Frances Frances R. Francis I Senior Registrar HIGH MUSEUM OF ART, ATLANTA I 1280 Peachtree Street, N.E. I Atlanta, GA 30309 404-733-4480 I [log in to unmask] Visit high.org<http://www.high.org/?utm_medium=HMAstaff&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=EmailSignature> to reserve tickets or become a member today! From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Christian, Jessie Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 2:56 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Loans and Exhibitions Modules Hello, In my previous position as Associate Registrar at The Ringling Museum, I led development of the exhibitions and loans modules and dependent workflows. We used the shipping module as well, particularly the Steps utility to organize the unloading and staging, as well as, condition reporting timelines for exhibitions. The TMS exhibit module serves as the central source for exhibit information. Fields were renamed and reports created to meet the milestones and communication checkpoints of our exhibition development process. A main goal in investing in the exhibitions module was to support a level of transparency, accountability, and reliability necessary to maintain the scope and pace of the museum exhibit schedule. The system, I believe, helped immensely with that. There are definitely hang-ups with the exhibits module (hierarchy, formatting, and object-exhibit cataloging sync, being a few). Through reports we were able to leverage TMS, harnessing the power of centralized information, to help streamline installation schedules, communicate special object requirements, and facilitate efficiency in fabrication and graphics production. I have a number of instructional documents outlining the workflows associated with the exhibition module that I developed for Ringling about a year ago. Each document is geared toward a particular department-curatorial, registration, preparation and marketing (which includes web). I can email to those who've expressed interest via the listserv and answer any questions you may have....and direct you to contacts at Ringling! Jessie Christian Collections Database Administrator National Air and Space Museum Smithsonian Institution Independence Ave at 6th St, SW Washington, DC 20560 202-633-2382 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kate Blanch Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 9:51 AM To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Loans and Exhibitions Modules Hi all, We are heavily invested in the loans and exhibitions modules here at the Walters. We also use the Exhibitions module to publish exhibition histories for objects to the online collections site. We've found it works best to create a full "suite" of records related to every object that goes on loan, meaning that every loan must be linked to an exhibition and vice versa. The shipping module also plays a role here too, though it's not part of the "object-loan-exhibition trifecta". Our system works well, but we are always seeking to overcome the complications of the exhibitions module (especially when generating checklists) - I'd love your feedback! I'm attaching our documentation/style guides here (hoping the attachments don't get stripped via the list-serv). Feel free to get back to me offline! Thanks, Kate Kate Blanch Administrator, Museum Databases 410.547.9000 x.266 | [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> The Walters Art Museum 600 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201-5185 thewalters.org<http://thewalters.org/> From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of TMSUSERS automatic digest system Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 5:00 PM To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: TMSUSERS Digest - 23 Jan 2015 to 26 Jan 2015 (#2015-14) [http://SI-LISTSERV.SI.EDU/archives/images/b-listserv.jpg]<http://www.lsoft.com> [http://SI-LISTSERV.SI.EDU/archives/images/b-version.jpg]<http://si-listserv.si.edu/cgi-bin/wa?LIST=TMSUSERS> TMSUSERS Digest - 23 Jan 2015 to 26 Jan 2015 (#2015-14) Table of contents: * Loans and Exhibitions Modules (7) 1. 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