I don't know what cms you're using, but MIMSY XG can keep track of all this data and link it to related people, places, events, etc., as many of each as needed without limit. Selago Design markets MIMSY XG which is also multi-lingual. www.selagodesign.com.
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 8:08 AM, Frank Kennedy <fkennedy at nrm.org> wrote: > Hi All > > I'm looking for a way to index all of the various non-art/archives photos > we generate. The most common request is, "I need to find photos with Joe > Somebody in them." Joe, being a board member, probably appears in 20 photos > from various board functions, and is probably standing with 20 other people > who you'd also like names for. The trouble is, the files are named like > IMG_00915.tif. There being hundreds of thousands of images in hundreds of > folders, you'll be lucky to find just 1 of the 20 photos. The only help you > get is pretty good folder organization with event names and dates. > > We have a nice CMS which indexes terabytes of digitized art and archives, > but that system is not at all appropriate for general users. > > The basic info I envision collecting would be like > - Event name > - Event date > - Person name(s) (maybe with link to an address book) > - Subject keywords (laughing, glamour shot, shows gallery layout, etc...) > - Photographer credit line > - Y/N permission for ourselves to publish > - Y/N permission to share with other media organizations > > MS SharePoint could do this, and I can get it for cheap, but I want to keep > the images as plain files, not move them into a terabyte-sized database. > > Thanks! > > Frank Kennedy, IT Manager > Norman Rockwell Museum > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ >
