The Carlos uses a 1 way connection between TMS and Insight (soon to be Luna Browser). Luna designed a script for us that extracts object data from TMS, and an Emory programmer later modified the script to also pull TMS constituent data for artist information. Rather than extracting images from TMS, our Luna installation pulls the source images directly from our server. The metadata is uploaded from TMS, and then Emory's Insight application manager maps the images from the server to their Insight records using a spreadsheet prepared by the Carlos that lists the TMS Object ID followed by the image filename. New records are added in batches of a few hundred at a time ad hoc.
Our Luna collection is currently available only to the Emory University community and is authenticated by Emory's LDAP server, but we plan to make a subset of it available to the general public via the Carlos website in the near future. The purpose of our interface is two fold: to share high quality images and metadata about the Carlos's collection with the students and faculty and, ultimately, to grant the public access to a searchable collections database via the Carlos's website. Our website currently only has static views of our collection. Emory provides budget for Luna license fees, maintenance, and server hardware. Emory has a 1/2 time paid Insight/Luna application administrator, and numerous other IT staff provide as needed assistance on the back end. The Carlos has no staff dedicated to Insight/Luna maintenance. We manage it collaboratively between the Registrar's and Curatorial offices. Unfortunately, I have no reliable way to estimate either how much staff time or money has been invested at this point. Lots of each, but never enough of either. -- Todd Lamkin Registrar Michael C. Carlos Museum Emory University From: <mcn-l-requ...@mcn.edu> Reply-To: <mcn-l at mcn.edu> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:00:02 -0400 To: <mcn-l at mcn.edu> Subject: mcn-l Digest, Vol 56, Issue 26 Message: 1 Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:26:58 -0400 From: "Sandy Moore" <smo...@toledomuseum.org> Subject: [MCN-L] Luna and The Museum System To: <mcn-l at mcn.edu> Message-ID: <4BD87DF20200004700005B95 at toledomuseum.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII An inquiry: Who out there is utilizing an interface between Luna and The Museum System, what is the purpose of that interface, and what amount of resources (time/staff/money) was put into it to make it happen? As always, thanks! Sandy Moore The Toledo Museum of Art ________________________________ This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments).
