Schools are closing, and temperatures are rising: Summer is arriving. As end-users are preparing to leave for the traditional family vacation, here are five (often forgotten) tools to help them work smarter.
Month: May 2009
Return to Sender: Address Unknown
Outside a cubicle at the Walters Art Museum hangs an envelope from a letter, mailed from the UK, bearing the institution’s Baltimore, Maryland address and a prominent stamp “Missent to Thailand.” I’m not sure which is more amusing: that the letter was sent to Thailand, or that this happens with such frequency that the Royal …
Assign Status Flags using an Object Package
Object Packages are a great way to collect together disparate artifact records, for whatever reason the package creator decides. By the same token, Status Flags are a great way to identify artifact records with special attributes, or that require special attention. A great time saver would be if you could mass assign a status flag …
Get Location Authority Statistics
The Usage Report feature is a great way to keep track of what authority terms have or haven’t been used within TMS. The problem is that the Usage Report feature sometimes isn’t extensive enough – in this case covering the Location Authority. I designed this SQL query to help.
Quick Start Guide
Like many institutions, the seasons are not marked by a change in the weather or the calendar, but instead by the influx of new interns. Invariably, I will get a call requesting access to TMS for them, but their start dates and schedules make scheduling a group training session untenable. Here’s an easy way to …