External Email - Exercise Caution Totally! I'm going to try to get a small committee of registrars and curators together to review standards for specific fields. Has anyone else done this? Any advice??? On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 11:08 AM Smith, Jeffrey <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: I can’t disagree with that statement. But making them is hard, particularly because we are discovering certain topics that have never been agreed upon, so the data will be inconsistent until we’re all on the same page. The process of the collaboratively hashing it out is really necessary! Jeffrey Smith Assistant Registrar for Collections Information Collections Department Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Smithsonian Institution [cid:17e4f183b3d4ce8e91] From: The Museum System (TMS) Users <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> On Behalf Of Munro, Jeremy T. 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That's pretty amazing work, Jeremy! Thanks for sharing! I want to make 2022 the Year of Cataloging Standards at the VMFA! Fatima -- Fatima Mahdi Collections Information Specialist/TMS Currently teleworking Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 200 N. Arthur Ashe Boulevard Richmond, VA 23220-4007 Tel. 804.340.1443 Pronouns: she/her/hers [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> I acknowledge that I live and work on the ancestral homelands of the Chickahominy, Pamunkey, Mattaponi, and Upper Mattaponi tribes of central Virginia. I offer my deepest respect for their resilience and continued stewardship of their culture. On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 10:32 AM Munro, Jeremy T. <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: There is a lot I still need to change about our style guide – but I am very much of the opinion that style guides are never “revised” but always in the process of revision as standards ultimately are subjective, fungible, and contextual. But anyways, see attached. 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All best, Aaron AARON ZALONIS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR / DATABASE MANAGER NASHER MUSEUM OF ART AT DUKE UNIVERSITY<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nasher.duke.edu%2F&data=04%7C01%7CTMSUSERS%40si-listserv.si.edu%7Cc26d630e50144f8c73c708d9d5e7ced1%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C637776013876590589%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=FoArPq%2BzBhlFhDkp2qBI30%2Fl3zA9A%2BKQcUtgQrMd%2Bsw%3D&reserved=0> box 90732 durham nc 27708-0732 From: The Museum System (TMS) Users <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> On Behalf Of Smith, Jeffrey Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2022 9:20 AM To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Style guide examples Dear Fellow TMS Users, If any of you have TMS standards or style guides that you are particularly proud of, I would love to see examples of some pages. We are working on our guides comprehensively, and they contain so much information that formatting the pages is sometimes problematic. Thanks in advance for any sample pages you may be able to share! Best, - Jeff Jeffrey Smith Assistant Registrar for Collections Information Collections Department Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Smithsonian Institution [cid:17e4f183b3d4ce8e91] To unsubscribe, send an email to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> with the following commands in the body of the email: signoff TMSUSERS // eoj You will receive a confirmation that your subscription has been removed. To unsubscribe, send an email to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> with the following commands in the body of the email: signoff TMSUSERS // eoj You will receive a confirmation that your subscription has been removed. 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