Hi Jana: We've implemented workflow software at several Museums to manage their digitizing workflow. In both instances these integrate with both the archive system and also DAM. See: http://me.com.au/uploads/MV_case_study(1).pdf for a case study.
We have Global partners who can implement this quickly and cost effectively. Best Regards, Charles Rignall media equation pty ltd (me?)| australia phone:? +61 3 9673 8177 | UK phone: +44 20 8123 9450 |mobile: +61 4 5093 4298 -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of mcn-l-request at mcn.edu Sent: Friday, 17 June 2011 5:00 AM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: mcn-l Digest, Vol 70, Issue 10 Send mcn-l mailing list submissions to mcn-l at mcn.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to mcn-l-request at mcn.edu You can reach the person managing the list at mcn-l-owner at mcn.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of mcn-l digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Digital imaging workflow software (Jana Hill) 2. Re: Digital imaging workflow software (Deborah Wythe) 3. Re: Digital imaging workflow software (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet at imj.org.il]) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:25:22 +0000 From: Jana Hill <jana.h...@cartermuseum.org> Subject: [MCN-L] Digital imaging workflow software To: "'mcn-l at mcn.edu'" <mcn-l at mcn.edu> Message-ID: <9116C8C5155DFC469DDB1A5A12F331FD0B1EC2 at acmexchange.cartermuseum.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I'm interested in what kinds of software other institutions are using to manage digital imaging requests and workflow. We currently use a homegrown Access database, but it is unpopular and staff go out of their way to avoid using it. I'm primarily interested in other solutions that would fall somewhere in between an Access database and enterprise BPM software, but open to other ideas. For what it's worth, we have about 100 staff, including 3 in the imaging department. Any suggestions? (I seem to recall seeing this topic on MCN-L a while back, but I can't find the relevant posts in the listserv archive.) Thanks, Jana Hill Collection Information and Imaging Manager Amon Carter Museum of American Art 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76107 t. 817.989.5173 f. 817.989.5179 www.cartermuseum.org ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:50:38 -0400 From: Deborah Wythe <deborahwy...@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Digital imaging workflow software To: <mcn-l at mcn.edu> Message-ID: <SNT103-W264ABD5CD7D8214DF9B85ECF6A0 at phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi Jana, We use a combination of TMS, Access, and some html pages for our imaging requests: Staff who want to order photography or scans select to objects in TMS and generate a report that exports basic tombstone data and some header information to an Excel spreadsheet. They add some additional information (deadline, request type, views, notes) and submit it to Digital Lab staff via an email alias (photoqueue at brooklynmuseum.org; scan_requests at brooklynmuseum.org). We crunch the data a bit and then import it into Access, generating an acknowledgement email and exporting an html page that lists all active jobs organized by collection, along with deadline and the schedule date, once assigned. The html page is stored on the public drive so that staff can check on order status. For scan requests, we generate a worksheet from Access for each job, which is used to track the process. For photography requests, the photographers generate Access reports to send to Collections management and curatorial for each shoot day. It has been especially good for the photographers, who can easily organize shoots by deadline, set up type, size, project, etc. Once images are complete, they're logged out in Access and the accession numbers stored there are used in metadata creation as the images are loaded into our Luna DAM. We've had good response from staff -- the TMS report part is simple for them and they like being able to check the queue easily. Digital Lab staff have had to develop some Access skills, but nothing too difficult. Deb Wythe Brooklyn Museum deborahwythe at hotmail.com > From: jana.hill at cartermuseum.org > To: mcn-l at mcn.edu > Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:25:22 +0000 > Subject: [MCN-L] Digital imaging workflow software > > I'm interested in what kinds of software other institutions are using to manage digital imaging requests and workflow. We currently use a homegrown Access database, but it is unpopular and staff go out of their way to avoid using it. I'm primarily interested in other solutions that would fall somewhere in between an Access database and enterprise BPM software, but open to other ideas. > > For what it's worth, we have about 100 staff, including 3 in the imaging department. Any suggestions? > > (I seem to recall seeing this topic on MCN-L a while back, but I can't find the relevant posts in the listserv archive.) > > Thanks, > > Jana Hill > Collection Information and Imaging Manager > Amon Carter Museum of American Art > 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76107 > t. 817.989.5173 f. 817.989.5179 > www.cartermuseum.org > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:08:09 +0300 From: "Amalyah Keshet [akeshet at imj.org.il]" <akes...@imj.org.il> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Digital imaging workflow software To: 'Museum Computer Network Listserv' <mcn-l at mcn.edu> Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD7854EF0732F1 at mailsrv.imj.org.il> Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Jana - After Deb's impressive description of a complex methodology utilizing multiple software applications, I can't resist reporting that we use email, the telephone, a clipboard, and Google calendar. Works pretty well, actually. I tried to get curators and publications staff to use and submit a form I created, even threatening not to photograph unless they submitted it, but only one ever actually did. Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources & Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Deborah Wythe Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 3:51 AM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Digital imaging workflow software Hi Jana, We use a combination of TMS, Access, and some html pages for our imaging requests: Staff who want to order photography or scans select to objects in TMS and generate a report that exports basic tombstone data and some header information to an Excel spreadsheet. They add some additional information (deadline, request type, views, notes) and submit it to Digital Lab staff via an email alias (photoqueue at brooklynmuseum.org; scan_requests at brooklynmuseum.org). We crunch the data a bit and then import it into Access, generating an acknowledgement email and exporting an html page that lists all active jobs organized by collection, along with deadline and the schedule date, once assigned. The html page is stored on the public drive so that staff can check on order status. For scan requests, we generate a worksheet from Access for each job, which is used to track the process. For photography requests, the photographers generate Access reports to send to Collections management and curatorial for each shoot day. It has been especially good for the photographers, who can easily organize shoots by deadline, set up type, size, project, etc. Once images are complete, they're logged out in Access and the accession numbers stored there are used in metadata creation as the images are loaded into our Luna DAM. We've had good response from staff -- the TMS report part is simple for them and they like being able to check the queue easily. Digital Lab staff have had to develop some Access skills, but nothing too difficult. Deb Wythe Brooklyn Museum deborahwythe at hotmail.com > From: jana.hill at cartermuseum.org > To: mcn-l at mcn.edu > Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:25:22 +0000 > Subject: [MCN-L] Digital imaging workflow software > > I'm interested in what kinds of software other institutions are using to manage digital imaging requests and workflow. We currently use a homegrown Access database, but it is unpopular and staff go out of their way to avoid using it. I'm primarily interested in other solutions that would fall somewhere in between an Access database and enterprise BPM software, but open to other ideas. > > For what it's worth, we have about 100 staff, including 3 in the imaging department. Any suggestions? > > (I seem to recall seeing this topic on MCN-L a while back, but I can't > find the relevant posts in the listserv archive.) > > Thanks, > > Jana Hill > Collection Information and Imaging Manager Amon Carter Museum of > American Art > 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX 76107 t. 817.989.5173 f. > 817.989.5179 www.cartermuseum.org > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ mcn-l mailing list mcn-l at mcn.edu http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l End of mcn-l Digest, Vol 70, Issue 10 *************************************
