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Key Dates

December 5, 2007
Early Registration Opens

January 31, 2008
Early Registration Closes

March 21, 2008
Regular Registration Closes

March 18, 2008
Block Rate Deadline for Hotel Reservations

Hotel Information

Hilton Montréal Bonaventure
900 de La Gauchetiere W.
Montreal,  Canada H5A 1E4
Tel: 1-514-878-2332
Reservations

Only 18 km from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport

CA $175 per night for single or double deluxe rooms

CA $195 per night for business rooms that include breakfast and Internet access

To receive discounted rate:
Group Name - Museums and the Web 2008
Group Code - MUS


 


Collective Imagination: Great Minds Think Alike

Hilton Montréal Bonaventure
Montréal, Quebec
April 7-8, 2008

Conference Agenda

Please click here for a schedule of sessions, workshops and activities.

Our agenda will include:

  • Functional sessions with topics for both basic and advanced TMS users
  • Technical workshops led by Gallery Systems staff and client “power users”

Functional Sessions

Integrating Archival Collections in TMS

Learn how to use TMS to catalogue and manage archival materials and see how relationships can be created to reflect archival standards. Alexis Lenk (Canadian Centre for Architecture) will discuss how she has integrated archival materials with other collection types in TMS.

Cataloguing Standards for Multiple, Diverse Collections

Adopting standards to fit all types of cataloguing needs can be challenging, but not impossible. Allison Smith (The Andy Warhol Museum) and Bruce Thompson (The New Brunswick Museum) will share their success in merging seemingly distinct collections into a single, standardized, electronic resource.

Using TMS to Plan an Exhibition

Jeri Moxley (The Guggenheim Museum) and Eliza Sparacino (The Museum of Modern Art) will demonstrate how to use TMS to plan and manage exhibitions. Learn how to define exhibition themes and sections, create curatorial checklists and loan forms, track loan status, and handle venue and shipping arrangements.

Customizing the Conservation Module

Learn how to customize Conservation fields and reports to fit the needs of your institution. Chrisy Ledakis (The Brooklyn Museum) will demonstrate how to enter conservation reports and treatments and will also show how to document and manage light level histories, mount instructions, and conservation images.

eMuseum

Christina DePaolo (Seattle Art Museum) will share her institution’s experience and success in using eMuseum to seamlessly create a dynamic, searchable virtual tour of their collection. Learn how to incorporate lengthy text, additional images, and audio and video into TMS in order to present it to the public via eMuseum and get an overview of how to use the "My Collections" component of eMuseum.

Deploying TMS at a Small/Medium Size Museum

Join Deirdre Scott, Director of Technology at the Studio Museum in Harlem to explore some of the challenges that arise when introducing advanced tools into organizations with limited staff and resources. She will offer tips and techniques to help ready systems and staff to embrace the new as well as integrated planning techniques. She will also share the journey toward readying SMH for the Web to grow and deepen audience participation.

Strategies for TMS User Adoption

Find out how to develop a user-based approach to increase adoption of TMS at your institution. Chad Petrovay (The Walters Art Museum) and Jeri Moxley (The Guggenheim Museum) will discuss how to customize screens and reports, educate colleagues, and successfully promote a new TMS collection management system.

TMS Bar Code Manager

Gallery Systems’ Bob Farrell will demonstrate the new Bar Code Manager plug-in for TMS 9.35 and how you can make quick work of large moves and regular inventories.

Technical Workshops

Customizing Crystal Reports

Gallery Systems’ Dimitry Vessensky will show you how to quickly customize existing TMS reports to include images and other information to reflect your institution’s needs and standards.

Getting a Handle on Thesauri

Practical advice led by Robb Detlefs and Dimitry Vessensky (Gallery Systems) on how Thesauri can work with your cataloguing needs.

Standards for Data Exchange

Learn how to utilize CDWA Lite, Museum DAT, and Spectrum XML to export data from TMS to more easily exchange information. Brenda Podemski will discuss the Getty Museum’s online data harvesting project, as well as lessons learned along the way.

Using MS Reporting Services with TMS Data

Bundled with SQL Server, RS can offer many museums an alternative reporting solution. This session, led by Gallery Systems’ Director of Client Services, Danielle Uchitelle will address how RS differs from Crystal Reports, when to use RS as a reporting tool for TMS data, and RS strengths and weaknesses.

Popular Topics from Support

Dimitry Vessensky from Gallery Systems will share technical tips and tricks on a variety of popular topics including security, databases, and managing images in TMS.

To register, please submit the registration forms below via fax or mail.

Registration Form

Credit Card Authorization Form

Should you have any questions regarding CI 2008, email us at community@gallerysystems.com.