Hi Sandy,
We have a two-way connection between Luna and TMS at the Brooklyn Museum.
Workflow is this:
- images and metadata records are loaded into Luna in batches, including the
object accession number as the object identifier
- overnight, accession numbers are matched up to TMS and images (768pix and
thumbnail) are linked to TMS records. As I recall, the thumbnail is in TMS (a
blob) and the fullsize image file info points back to Luna storage. Only very
minimal image metadata is written to the media record.
- over the weekend, selected object metadata (tombstone data) is copied from
TMS into Luna (we'd love to do this more often, but the collection is so large
that the reindexing takes too long to do it overnight)
Here's some more information:
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/community/blogosphere/bloggers/2009/01/08/pictures-pictures-pictures/
The scripting was done by an in-house database programmer working on a
collections-invetory grant -- I can't tell you how long it took, since he was
working on other projects at the time, but it probably took about 6 months to
get the whole system up and running, from creating our metadata templates and
loading a big chunk of the backlog to getting the TMS links activated. Luna
support staff were helpful; we didn't have to budget for services for
customization. We started with the TMS to Luna link, so Luna users would have
access to object data, and then added the Luna to TMS link after that was set,
so we could stop the multi-click manual linking process.
Our website pulls images and data from Luna, object data from TMS and
additional info from a content management database. We use the Luna 6.0 Web
browser for staff access in house, but not on the website. A lot of the work is
documented on our blog -- just select Technology to read more.
Good luck!
Deb Wythe
deborahwythe at hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:26:58 -0400
From: SMoore at toledomuseum.org
To: mcn-l at mcn.edu
Subject: [MCN-L] Luna and The Museum System
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
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