Implementing TMS Media Studio is more streamlined and less costly than a third-party digital asset management software. Since TMS Media Studio uses the same database as TMS for Windows or TMS Collections, you will be able to: Eliminate the stress and time-consuming process of mapping your data each time it’s moved from the CMS’s database READ MORE

All changes made in TMS Media Studio sync automatically across your TMS Suite of collections management products. The TMS Suite’s interconnected ecosystem eliminates the lag time of data synchronizations. The management of disruptive middleware layers and integrations are a thing of the past.

TMS Media Studio isn’t a 3rd-party DAMS—it works seamlessly with TMS for Windows or TMS Collections since the solutions share a database. When you implement TMS Media Studio, there’s no need to create and maintain a costly, cumbersome integration between your DAMS and your CMS. The two software use a central database, meaning your data READ MORE

For museums and cultural institutions, the best DAMS is one that can seamlessly integrate with your collections management software. Gallery Systems created TMS Media Studio as part of an ecosystem of museum software that addresses all your institutional needs. The TMS Suite is centered around TMS Collections and integrates that functionality with applications to support READ MORE

Depending on preference, TMS Media Studio can be securely hosted in the cloud by Gallery Systems or on your institutional servers. Find out more about Gallery Systems Managed Hosting. However, TMS Media Studio can be deployed locally by a client on their own hardware, rather than the cloud.

TMS Media Studio can’t be used as a stand-alone DAMS. It works exclusively with TMS for Windows and TMS Collections, our web-based collections management system. Once implemented, these two solutions share a database, allowing for superior functionality while avoiding the pitfalls of 3rd-party DAMS that often require expensive, ongoing integration maintenance.

Without a DAMS to centralize, organize, and make digital content available, your museum is losing time, efficiency, and—ultimately—money. Implementing the right DAMS will allow you to realize key benefits, including: Easy access to digital assets in a central repository of digital assets for all staff and departments, so teams can be more productive Better searchability READ MORE

Within museums, DAMS and CMS functionality often overlaps. However, there are key differences that sets these two systems apart. A CMS primarily supports the management of collections data, relevant to objects, collections, exhibitions, loans, shipping, insurance, and so forth. On the flip side, a DAMS provides storage and care for digital assets and their related READ MORE

The creation and use of digital assets is an ongoing challenge for many museums. New assets are generated often through collections management processes—such as media accompanying new acquisitions, updated photography for collection objects, and imaging from conservation reports. But these assets are also created and used by many other departments in your institution, including: Curatorial READ MORE

Within museums or other institutions that steward collections, digital asset management software (DAMS) enables the preservation and management of digital assets. Just as a CMS is software for collections data, a DAMS delivers targeted care for digital assets by supporting their cataloguing, creation, storage, retrieval, and protection. For a museum, implementing a DAMS can improve READ MORE