From julie at openedit.org Wed Apr 1 05:10:44 2009 From: julie at openedit.org (Julie Riley OpenEdit) Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:10:44 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Report comparing open source content management systems In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <49D367D4.8010008@openedit.org> I assume you are aware of http:/www.cmsmatrix.org as well. Lots of info there! ---------------------- Julie Riley VP of Business Solutions OpenEdit, Inc. P 937-671-6212 F 513-297-5988 julie at openedit.org http://www.openeditDAM.com http://www.openedit.org Twitter openedit OpenEdit DAM - Open Source Digital Asset Management integrated with Web Content Management Perian Sully wrote: > Via Twitter, I found a report comparing opensource CMS Drupal, Joomla, > Wordpress, and Plone: > http://www.idealware.org/blog/2009/03/new-report-comparing-wordpress-joo > mla.html > > > > Free registration is required, but it seems like a handy guide. > > > > Perian Sully > > Collections Information Manager > > Web Programs Strategist > > The Magnes > > 2911 Russell St. > > Berkeley, CA 94705 > > Work: 510-549-6950 x 357 > > Fax: 510-849-3673 > > http://www.magnes.org > > http://www.musematic.org > > http://www.mediaandtechnology.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/ > > From dave at NLEOMF.ORG Wed Apr 1 07:30:03 2009 From: dave at NLEOMF.ORG (David Salovesh) Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 11:30:03 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Conference announcement and logictics question - almost OT Message-ID: <65656E58CE28E7408ADD445F7DD120CC119184DF75@fs2.NLEM.int> First I wanted to make sure everyone is aware of a specialist conference that's right around the corner, the "Mutual Concerns of Air and Space Museums". >From the overview on their web site: Mutual Concerns is a unique international meeting specifically focused on the needs of the air and space museum community. The conference features general sessions, panel discussions, and presentations, with topics covering air and space history, conservation, exhibit design, fundraising, and marketing. Sessions offer everything from practical, in-depth information to timely tricks of the trade. The conference is also an opportunity to network with colleagues from around the world. Join us this year and help your organization soar. This year's conference runs April 18-21 in Ottawa, Ontario, and there is still time to register. The conference is open to any museum or collection that includes air or space artifacts. Full details are at: http://www.nasm.si.edu/getinvolved/mutualconcerns/ The logistics question comes from my wife, who is the coordinator of this conference for the SI's NASM: What customs arrangements need to be made for conference materials that will be taken from Washington DC to Ottawa for distribution to attendees, things such as programs and Powerpoint CDs? Please reply off-list if you'd like. Thanks. -- Dave ________________________________ Dave Salovesh Information Technology Manager National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund 202.737.8521 (phone) | 202.737.3405 (fax) | www.nleomf.org Help Build the National Law Enforcement Museum www.LawEnforcementMuseum.org - 866.446.NLEM (446.6536) From dzorich at mindspring.com Thu Apr 2 04:06:33 2009 From: dzorich at mindspring.com (Diane M. Zorich) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 08:06:33 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG: CC licensing of museum data Message-ID: FYI - the Powerhouse Museum has taken another step towards transparency and accessibility by licensing their online collections documentation via Creative Commons licenses. See Seb Chan's Fresh + New(er) blog post at: http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/dmsblog/index.php/2009/04/02/powerhouse-collection-documentation-goes-creative-commons/ -- Diane M. Zorich 113 Gallup Road Princeton, NJ 08542 USA Voice: 609-252-1606 Fax: 609-252-1607 Email: dzorich at mindspring.com or dianezorich at comcast.net From lindatadic at optonline.net Thu Apr 2 05:11:21 2009 From: lindatadic at optonline.net (Linda Tadic) Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:11:21 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] IMAP independent media preservation symposium May 1 Message-ID: Dear MCN-L folks, This event on preserving and providing access to independent media and digital art will be held at the Guggenheim Museum on Friday May 1. Links to the program and registration info are below. Best, Linda Tadic NYU lindatadic at optonline.net ********** IMAP Preservation Symposium: From Legacy to Frontier Friday, May 1, 2009 Guggenheim Museum News Corporation New Media Theater Entrance on East 89th Street off Fifth Avenue New York City -------------------------------------------------------------- This all-day Symposium is intended as a guided discussion on current trends and issues in collecting, preserving, and providing access to independent media and digital art. Panelists include artists, conservators, curators, distributors and archivists representing the museum, not-for-profit alternative art, commercial distribution, and academic research domains. While the panelists will offer initial presentations, the Symposium structure invites audience members to interact with the panelists during the discussion period so a lively dialogue ensues. For complete Program: http://www.imappreserve.org/educ/pdf/IMAP-Symposium-Guggenheim_2009.pdf To register: http://www.imappreserve.org/join/membership.html From akeshet at imj.org.il Thu Apr 2 06:02:28 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 17:02:28 +0300 Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG: Copyright, Content and Class Action Lawsuits: A Debate on the Google Book Search Settlement Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781D3B443BAA@mailsrv.imj.org.il> For those in the DC area: ________________________________ From: "The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation" > Date: April 1, 2009 3:10:29 PM EDT To: cameron.wilson at acm.org Subject: ITIF Event: Copyright, Content and Class Action Lawsuits: A Debate on the Google Book Search Settlement Copyright, Content and Class Action Lawsuits: A Debate on the Google Book Search Settlement When Google began its initiative in 2004 to digitize 15 million books within a decade from university and public libraries, the project met immediate resistance by some authors and publishers who objected to the decision to include books still protected under copyright. The Association of American Publishers and the Authors Guild of America sued Google for copyright infringement while Google defended its Google Book Search service saying that the project should be considered fair use. Recently an out-of-court settlement was reached between the parties, and individual authors and copyright holders have until May 5, 2009 to decide whether to opt-out of the class action lawsuit. Is the settlement in the best interest of authors, publishers, libraries, and the public? Critics of the settlement argue that it "turns book authors into fully subordinated, last-in-line net residuaries" and that it "creates a fundamental change in the digital world by consolidating power in the hands of one company." But Google and the Association of American Publishers contend that the settlement will bring unprecedented online access to all readers of in-copyright content, with Google co-founder Sergey Brin stating "The real victors are all the readers. The tremendous wealth of knowledge that lies within the books of the world will now be at their fingertips." Please join ITIF for an event that will bring together different sides of the debate to discuss the settlement, its implications and the broader issues of orphan works and digital libraries. Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Place: The Library of Congress (Map) Thomas Jefferson Building, Room LJ 162 Washington, DC Click here to RSVP for this [free] event. This will be a widely attended event hosted by ITIF and this event complies with all new ethics rules. News media inquiries only (no registrations), please call (202) 449-1351. To learn more about the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, please contact us: Information Technology and Innovation Foundation 1250 I Street, NW Suite 200 Washington, DC 20005 E-mail: mail at innovationpolicy.org Phone: (202) 449-1351 Fax: (202) 638-4922 Click here to subscribe to ITIF updates. ITIF is a non-profit, 501(c)(3), non-partisan public policy think tank committed to articulating and advancing a pro-productivity, pro-innovation and pro-technology public policy agenda internationally, in Washington and the states. Recognizing the vital role of technology in ensuring prosperity, ITIF focuses on innovation, productivity, and digital economy issues. ----------------------------------- From RealW at CarnegieMuseums.Org Thu Apr 2 06:57:48 2009 From: RealW at CarnegieMuseums.Org (Real, Will) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 10:57:48 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Color management/IT question In-Reply-To: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781D3B443BAA@mailsrv.imj.org.il> References: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781D3B443BAA@mailsrv.imj.org.il> Message-ID: <04EFDDC9208D114890720783D4924BEB192FA64E@EXCHANGE-4.Private.CarnegieMuseums.Org> Hi everyone, We are planning to implement a color-managed publication workflow that includes a networked RIP installation. The RIP is to be networked so that it can serve two printers located in different places and also to allow more than one workstation to send print jobs through the RIP. The vendor has advised against installing the RIP on a virtualized server. We recently transitioned to a fully virtualized data center, and our IT staff is understandably keen to avoid "one-off" server purchases for isolated purposes such as this one. They intend to install the RIP on a virtualized server, despite the warnings of the vendor. Have any of you been down this road? Are you running your RIPs on a virtualized server or on a dedicated box? Thanks, Will Real Carnegie Museum of Art From Jlaclair at artbma.org Thu Apr 2 07:01:32 2009 From: Jlaclair at artbma.org (Jeff L. La Clair) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 11:01:32 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Color management/IT question In-Reply-To: <04EFDDC9208D114890720783D4924BEB192FA64E@EXCHANGE-4.Private.CarnegieMuseums.Org> References: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781D3B443BAA@mailsrv.imj.org.il> <04EFDDC9208D114890720783D4924BEB192FA64E@EXCHANGE-4.Private.CarnegieMuseums.Org> Message-ID: We currently run our rip through one of our MAC's that is used for making labels in the galleries and servers two users. We are planning on using a MINI-MAC, it's cheap and low cost. We print to Epson 9600. Hope this helps some. Jeff -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Real, Will Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 10:58 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] Color management/IT question Hi everyone, We are planning to implement a color-managed publication workflow that includes a networked RIP installation. The RIP is to be networked so that it can serve two printers located in different places and also to allow more than one workstation to send print jobs through the RIP. The vendor has advised against installing the RIP on a virtualized server. We recently transitioned to a fully virtualized data center, and our IT staff is understandably keen to avoid "one-off" server purchases for isolated purposes such as this one. They intend to install the RIP on a virtualized server, despite the warnings of the vendor. Have any of you been down this road? Are you running your RIPs on a virtualized server or on a dedicated box? Thanks, Will Real Carnegie Museum of Art _______________________________________________ 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/ From jfevans at Princeton.EDU Thu Apr 2 07:15:51 2009 From: jfevans at Princeton.EDU (Jeffrey Evans) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 11:15:51 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Color management/IT question References: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781D3B443BAA@mailsrv.imj.org.il> <04EFDDC9208D114890720783D4924BEB192FA64E@EXCHANGE-4.Private.CarnegieMuseums.Org> Message-ID: <85A35CF72F0592499E91363FB215896711FF96@EXCLUSTER.pu.win.princeton.edu> Hi- Without the fine details about your workflow, its hard to answer. But your first choice should always be to have the Rip or rip server running locally so you can control it. My experience is that IT folks no nothing about image production or printing workflow (with apologies). Also, if your vendor is recommending a deployment scenario - and if you're paying for support from that vendor.... You can run into trouble too when trouble shooting, and more importantly, when updates are put out you can have conflicts from both sides. JEFF Jeff Evans Digital Imaging, Princeton University Art Museum 609-258-8579 -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu on behalf of Real, Will Sent: Thu 4/2/2009 10:57 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] Color management/IT question Hi everyone, We are planning to implement a color-managed publication workflow that includes a networked RIP installation. The RIP is to be networked so that it can serve two printers located in different places and also to allow more than one workstation to send print jobs through the RIP. The vendor has advised against installing the RIP on a virtualized server. We recently transitioned to a fully virtualized data center, and our IT staff is understandably keen to avoid "one-off" server purchases for isolated purposes such as this one. They intend to install the RIP on a virtualized server, despite the warnings of the vendor. Have any of you been down this road? Are you running your RIPs on a virtualized server or on a dedicated box? Thanks, Will Real Carnegie Museum of Art _______________________________________________ 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/ From psully at magnes.org Thu Apr 2 08:15:15 2009 From: psully at magnes.org (Perian Sully) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 09:15:15 -0700 Subject: [MCN-L] Web 2.0 staff workflows Message-ID: Hi everyone: Over the past few months we've turned our institution from Luddite-central into a lean-mean Web 2.0 machine. As part of our new digital direction, I've begun asking the staff to participate in our various initiatives (the new blog, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr). Some jump on board right away, and others are more reticent. That's fine, but there is often some confusion about individual roles and how they fit into the overall picture. In the next couple of weeks, job descriptions are going to be redefined, and some staff may find that "blogging" is now part of their job. In order to help facilitate understanding and adoption of the tools, I'm drafting up a workflow chart to illustrate the big picture. But I'm really curious to learn how other institutions have managed this transition (particularly smaller ones - we're feeling a bit like the mouse who roared at the moment) and gotten staff buy-in. I'd also love to see any digital initiative workflows, if they exist and are available for sharing. Muchos gracias. Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes 2911 Russell St. Berkeley, CA 94705 Work: 510-549-6950 x 357 Fax: 510-849-3673 http://www.magnes.org http://www.musematic.org http://www.mediaandtechnology.org From SMoore at toledomuseum.org Thu Apr 2 09:16:01 2009 From: SMoore at toledomuseum.org (Sandy Moore) Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:16:01 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Virtualization Message-ID: A Quick Poll by responding to this e-mail: What Museum's have a virtualized server environment and how many are looking toward virtualization? Sandra J. Moore The Toledo Museum of Art From jtrant at archimuse.com Thu Apr 2 09:22:34 2009 From: jtrant at archimuse.com (j trant) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 13:22:34 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Virtualization In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: There are two papers that discuss this in the Technology Strategies session upcoming at Museums and the Web conference. Full texts are on-line, linked from the abstracts below: Museums and the Web 2009 http://www.archimuse.com/mw2009/ Thursday April 16, 2009 11:00 am -12:30 pm Museums and Cloud Computing: Ready for Primetime, or Just Vaporware? http://www.archimuse.com/mw2009/abstracts/prg_335001927.html Edward Bachta, Charles Moad, Rob Stein, USA Fedora, Drupal, and Cloud Computing for a low-cost, sustainable DAM http://www.archimuse.com/mw2009/abstracts/prg_335001962.html Ari Davidow, USA best, jennifer At 1:16 PM -0400 4/2/09, Sandy Moore wrote: >A Quick Poll by responding to this e-mail: > >What Museum's have a virtualized server environment and how many are >looking toward virtualization? > >Sandra J. Moore >The Toledo Museum of Art > > >_______________________________________________ >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/ -- __________ J. Trant jtrant at archimuse.com Partner & Principal Consultant phone: +1 416 691 2516 Archives & Museum Informatics fax: +1 416 352 6025 158 Lee Ave, Toronto Ontario M4E 2P3 Canada http://www.archimuse.com __________ From dthompson at mfah.org Thu Apr 2 09:37:23 2009 From: dthompson at mfah.org (Thompson, Dave) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 12:37:23 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Virtualization References: Message-ID: <128692D10E069046A3158305E82EDE1C04C5C8D8@mfah-exmail.mfah.local> The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston now has a virtualized server environment. I haven't been involved with the project personally, so I can't provide any specifics, but I'm happy to get the answers to any questions you may have. Dave Thompson Database Administrator The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston PO Box 6826 Houston, Texas 77265-6826 5100 Montrose Boulevard Houston, Texas 77006 713.639.7580 office 281.330.3803 mobile www.mfah.org Afghanistan, Hidden Treasures from the National Museum, Kabul On view through May 17, 2009.?? -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Sandy Moore Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 12:16 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] Virtualization A Quick Poll by responding to this e-mail: What Museum's have a virtualized server environment and how many are looking toward virtualization? Sandra J. Moore The Toledo Museum of Art _______________________________________________ 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/ From Jlaclair at artbma.org Thu Apr 2 09:36:11 2009 From: Jlaclair at artbma.org (Jeff L. La Clair) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 13:36:11 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Virtualization In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: We are looking to virtual two to 3 servers. Our (intranet\TS server and backup DC Server) with a possibility of vir. Our software distribution\Counterspy\Diskeeper\WSUS server. Jeff -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Sandy Moore Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 1:16 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] Virtualization A Quick Poll by responding to this e-mail: What Museum's have a virtualized server environment and how many are looking toward virtualization? Sandra J. Moore The Toledo Museum of Art _______________________________________________ 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/ From matt.morgan at metmuseum.org Thu Apr 2 09:47:11 2009 From: matt.morgan at metmuseum.org (Morgan, Matt) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 13:47:11 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Color management/IT question In-Reply-To: <04EFDDC9208D114890720783D4924BEB192FA64E@EXCHANGE-4.Private.CarnegieMuseums.Org> Message-ID: The most important question is what will the vendor support? If they're happy to support it on a virtual server, then you can ignore their recommendation. You can get a real server any time if you decide you need it. It may be complicated to switch, but virtualization has a lot of great benefits that are probably worth it. If they won't support it on a virtual server, then reevaluate. On 4/2/09 10:57 AM, "Real, Will" wrote: Hi everyone, We are planning to implement a color-managed publication workflow that includes a networked RIP installation. The RIP is to be networked so that it can serve two printers located in different places and also to allow more than one workstation to send print jobs through the RIP. The vendor has advised against installing the RIP on a virtualized server. We recently transitioned to a fully virtualized data center, and our IT staff is understandably keen to avoid "one-off" server purchases for isolated purposes such as this one. They intend to install the RIP on a virtualized server, despite the warnings of the vendor. Have any of you been down this road? Are you running your RIPs on a virtualized server or on a dedicated box? Thanks, Will Real Carnegie Museum of Art _______________________________________________ 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/ From RealW at CarnegieMuseums.Org Thu Apr 2 09:48:27 2009 From: RealW at CarnegieMuseums.Org (Real, Will) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 13:48:27 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Virtualization In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <04EFDDC9208D114890720783D4924BEB192FA96D@EXCHANGE-4.Private.CarnegieMuseums.Org> Sandra, our corporate IT is virtualizing as we speak. The new data center supports the 4 museums of Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh. Will -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Sandy Moore Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 1:16 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] Virtualization A Quick Poll by responding to this e-mail: What Museum's have a virtualized server environment and how many are looking toward virtualization? Sandra J. Moore The Toledo Museum of Art _______________________________________________ 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/ From rcherry at balboaparkonline.org Thu Apr 2 09:54:03 2009 From: rcherry at balboaparkonline.org (Rich Cherry) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 13:54:03 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Virtualization In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0758790FE14FAD4FB84FE71572FD910CE41607C4@MAILR005.mail.lan> We installed VMWARE at the last 3 museums I worked at: Albright-Knox Art Gallery Buffalo, NY Guggenheim Museum NY Skirball Cultural Center Los Angeles We are also planning to use it at my new organization in the next few weeks. Rich -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Sandy Moore Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 10:16 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] Virtualization A Quick Poll by responding to this e-mail: What Museum's have a virtualized server environment and how many are looking toward virtualization? Sandra J. Moore The Toledo Museum of Art _______________________________________________ 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/ From lists at lancefield.net Thu Apr 2 10:25:29 2009 From: lists at lancefield.net (Rob Lancefield on lists) Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:25:29 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Virtualization In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <49D50319.4080700@lancefield.net> We'll be running our collections management system and associated web software in university-supported virtual machines by the end of this summer--more aggregated provisioning for them, pretty much cloud to us. Rob -- Rob Lancefield (rlancefield [at] wesleyan [dot] edu) Manager of Museum Information Services / Registrar of Collections Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University 301 High Street, Middletown CT 06459-0487 USA 860.685.2965 // President, Museum Computer Network (MCN), On 4/2/2009 1:16 PM, Sandy Moore wrote: > A Quick Poll by responding to this e-mail: > > What Museum's have a virtualized server environment and how many are > looking toward virtualization? > > Sandra J. Moore > The Toledo Museum of Art > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > From mark at matienzo.org Thu Apr 2 10:29:41 2009 From: mark at matienzo.org (Mark A. Matienzo) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 14:29:41 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Reminder: Lecture/Discussion, New York Public Library, April 6: "Of Maps and Metadata", Dr. Tim Sherratt, National Archives of Australia In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Please accept my apology for any duplicate copies of this message you might receive. Redistribute as appropriate. ========= http://www.nypl.org/research/calendar/class/hssl/talkdesc.cfm?id=5351 Of maps and metadata: Explorations in online access at the National Archives of Australia Dr. Tim Sherratt, National Archives of Australia Monday, April 6, 2009 ? 12 PM-2 PM South Court Auditorium Stephen A. Schwartzman Building The New York Public Library Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York, NY This program is free and open to the public. No registration is necessary. The National Archives of Australia provides online access to 1.6 million fully-digitized files, totaling more than 20 million digital images. Another 6 million are described in its online database. This represents only about ten per cent of of the Archives' total holdings, but it's more than enough to challenge the skills of even the most experienced researcher. As these numbers continue to grow, issues of access, findability and visualization will become increasingly pressing. How will we orient researchers within this mass of data? How will we help them find what they want? How will we help them use what they've found? In November 2008, the National Archives of Australia launched Mapping our Anzacs , a Google Maps based interface to the 376,000 World War I service records in its care. Through this site, users can browse places around the world where service people were born or enlisted, following links to digitized copies of their records. They can also contribute notes and photos through an online scrapbook. Mapping our Anzacs provides a wholly new way of accessing and interacting with the collection and has proved very popular, but how can the ideas underpinning its development be applied more broadly? This talk will discuss the past and future of Mapping our Anzacs and introduce some of the other online initiatives being explored by the National Archives of Australia. Dr. Tim Sherratt works as a web content developer at the National Archives of Australia. He is a historian of Australian science and culture who has been developing online resources relating to archives and history since 1993. He has written on weather, progress and the atomic age, and has developed resources including Bright Sparcs and Mapping our Anzacs. -- Mark A. Matienzo Applications Developer, Digital Experience Group The New York Public Library From petert at northwestmuseum.org Thu Apr 2 10:37:22 2009 From: petert at northwestmuseum.org (Peter Turner) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 11:37:22 -0700 Subject: [MCN-L] Virtualization In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2D9A1D7C6A984621AD72CF2FAB97E950@NWMAC1.local> We do not have a virtualized server environment. We do not plan in the short term (next 3-4 years) to move in that direction. Peter Turner Information Technology Specialist Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture/Eastern Washington State Historical Society 2316 West First Ave Spokane, WA 99201 Phone 509-363-5327 Fax 509-363-5303 Email petert at northwestmuseum.org -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Sandy Moore Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 10:16 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] Virtualization A Quick Poll by responding to this e-mail: What Museum's have a virtualized server environment and how many are looking toward virtualization? Sandra J. Moore The Toledo Museum of Art _______________________________________________ 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/ From Douglas.Hegley at metmuseum.org Thu Apr 2 10:42:47 2009 From: Douglas.Hegley at metmuseum.org (Hegley, Douglas) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 14:42:47 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Virtualization In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The Metropolitan has moved aggressively to virtualize servers over the past two years, resulting in an annual savings of tens of thousands of dollars, as well as far fewer headaches for our network team. These are VMWare hosts installed in our own two server farms. Douglas Hegley The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10028 212-650-2931 douglas.hegley at metmuseum.org -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Sandy Moore Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 1:16 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] Virtualization A Quick Poll by responding to this e-mail: What Museum's have a virtualized server environment and how many are looking toward virtualization? Sandra J. Moore The Toledo Museum of Art _______________________________________________ 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/ From mcheck at museumofplay.org Thu Apr 2 11:07:46 2009 From: mcheck at museumofplay.org (Check, Marc) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 15:07:46 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Virtualization In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4D2455C2CCAC9C46BC8C325595AD317F03BD4D3ACA@Exch2k8> Using limited VMware virtualization & V-Motion now for a couple critical servers, but testing out Microsoft's Hyper-V technology, which is maturing quickly & I think you'll find you can do much more on a much smaller budget, as Hyper-V has clustering included for disaster recovery & business continuity. The downside is Hyper-V is much less road-tested than VMWare & it's - well - Microsoft. We hope to have all 8 major servers in our institution virtualized by this time next year, but jury is still out on which virtualization technology we'll be using. Marc Check Director of Technology, Strong National Museum of Play(r) Information Technology Manager, American Journal of Play Associate Director, National Center for the History of Electronic Games(tm) One Manhattan Square Rochester, NY 14607 Direct Line: 585-410-6323 Fax: 585-263-2493 cell: 585-755-8622 Email: mcheck at museumofplay.org Website(s): www.museumofplay.org, www.americanjournalofplay.org, www.ncheg.org ** From dave at NLEOMF.ORG Thu Apr 2 11:26:51 2009 From: dave at NLEOMF.ORG (David Salovesh) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 15:26:51 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Virtualization In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <65656E58CE28E7408ADD445F7DD120CC119184DF7B@fs2.NLEM.int> Ooooh - test that TS virtualization a lot before you commit to it. I've labbed it and found it wanting, and the folks I know who have put it into production have been somewhat less than happy. TS runs great on minimal hardware, but because it's virtualizing the user sessions anyway it benefits a lot from having real resources to manage. Dave Salovesh Information Technology Manager National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund 202.737.8521 (phone) | 202.737.3405 (fax) | www.nleomf.org Help Build the National Law Enforcement Museum www.LawEnforcementMuseum.org - 866.446.NLEM (446.6536) -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Jeff L. La Clair Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 1:36 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Virtualization We are looking to virtual two to 3 servers. Our (intranet\TS server and backup DC Server) with a possibility of vir. Our software distribution\Counterspy\Diskeeper\WSUS server. Jeff -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Sandy Moore Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 1:16 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] Virtualization A Quick Poll by responding to this e-mail: What Museum's have a virtualized server environment and how many are looking toward virtualization? Sandra J. Moore The Toledo Museum of Art _______________________________________________ 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/ _______________________________________________ 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/ From Thomas.Deliduka at cmaohio.org Thu Apr 2 11:35:40 2009 From: Thomas.Deliduka at cmaohio.org (Thomas Deliduka) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 15:35:40 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Virtualization In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <307ABFF8E627124A8D6449D1292A162E8CF5@cma-srv-xch-01.cmaohio.org> We have considered it at The Columbus Museum of Art but I think in the end we couldn't afford the hardware to pull it off. Thomas Deliduka Director of Information Technology Columbus Museum of Art 480 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43215 ph 614/629-0345 fax 614/629-0950 thomas.deliduka at cmaohio.org ? ART SPEAKS. JOIN THE CONVERSATION -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Sandy Moore Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 1:16 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] Virtualization A Quick Poll by responding to this e-mail: What Museum's have a virtualized server environment and how many are looking toward virtualization? Sandra J. Moore The Toledo Museum of Art _______________________________________________ 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/ From dbenavraham at newmuseum.org Thu Apr 2 11:45:02 2009 From: dbenavraham at newmuseum.org (Doron Ben-Avraham) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 15:45:02 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Virtualization In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2F26D29C50CB2843BC777C02AA16ABB20107CD77@new-sv-003.newmuseum.org> The New Museum is planning to virtualize its server farm based on VMware solutions It is regrettable that VMware has no strategy or price plan for non profits. Doron From aridavidow at gmail.com Thu Apr 2 11:59:09 2009 From: aridavidow at gmail.com (Ari Davidow) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 15:59:09 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Virtualization In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <747cfaf50904021259neaec26u27a86f4a2d07a143@mail.gmail.com> We use some virtualized servers on AWS and are considering migrating all web services to that environment. We also use VMWare to virtualize services locally on our in-house servers. ari On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Sandy Moore wrote: > A Quick Poll by responding to this e-mail: > > What Museum's have a virtualized server environment and how many are > looking toward virtualization? > > Sandra J. Moore > The Toledo Museum of Art > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > From Jlaclair at artbma.org Thu Apr 2 12:30:02 2009 From: Jlaclair at artbma.org (Jeff L. La Clair) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 16:30:02 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Virtualization Message-ID: Absolutly. I will test, test and test again. jeff -----Original Message----- From: David Salovesh Sent: April 02, 2009 3:23 PM To: 'Museum Computer Network Listserv' Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Virtualization Ooooh - test that TS virtualization a lot before you commit to it. I've labbed it and found it wanting, and the folks I know who have put it into production have been somewhat less than happy. TS runs great on minimal hardware, but because it's virtualizing the user sessions anyway it benefits a lot from having real resources to manage. Dave Salovesh Information Technology Manager National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund 202.737.8521 (phone) | 202.737.3405 (fax) | www.nleomf.org Help Build the National Law Enforcement Museum www.LawEnforcementMuseum.org - 866.446.NLEM (446.6536) -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Jeff L. La Clair Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 1:36 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Virtualization We are looking to virtual two to 3 servers. Our (intranet\TS server and backup DC Server) with a possibility of vir. Our software distribution\Counterspy\Diskeeper\WSUS server. Jeff -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Sandy Moore Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 1:16 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] Virtualization A Quick Poll by responding to this e-mail: What Museum's have a virtualized server environment and how many are looking toward virtualization? Sandra J. Moore The Toledo Museum of Art _______________________________________________ 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/ _______________________________________________ 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/ _______________________________________________ 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/ From bgawronski at albrightknox.org Thu Apr 2 12:44:44 2009 From: bgawronski at albrightknox.org (Bryan Gawronski) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 16:44:44 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Virtualization In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <378F1A23A5BDA849AEFEAD70072D1D7101D35A79@akag4.albrightknox.com> Jeff, I agree with David on the TS issue. Make sure you test the performance before putting TS on a virtual platform. The best solution I have found for a virtual TS is Citrix XenServer which has been engineered to run a TS environment. You will never get the same number of user session on a virtual TS as you would on a physical TS server. If you run physical TS look at application virtualization like ThinApp from VMWARE, Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5, or XenApp from Citrix. Please feel free to contact me if you have questions as I have done research on several virtualization platforms and performance testing including TS. Thank you for your time. Bryan Gawronski Head of Technology Services Albright-Knox Art Gallery 1285 Elmwood Ave Buffalo NY 14222 716-882-8700 bgawronski at albrightknox.org -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu]On Behalf Of Jeff L. La Clair Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 4:30 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Virtualization Absolutly. I will test, test and test again. jeff -----Original Message----- From: David Salovesh Sent: April 02, 2009 3:23 PM To: 'Museum Computer Network Listserv' Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Virtualization Ooooh - test that TS virtualization a lot before you commit to it. I've labbed it and found it wanting, and the folks I know who have put it into production have been somewhat less than happy. TS runs great on minimal hardware, but because it's virtualizing the user sessions anyway it benefits a lot from having real resources to manage. Dave Salovesh Information Technology Manager National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund 202.737.8521 (phone) | 202.737.3405 (fax) | www.nleomf.org Help Build the National Law Enforcement Museum www.LawEnforcementMuseum.org - 866.446.NLEM (446.6536) -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Jeff L. La Clair Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 1:36 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Virtualization We are looking to virtual two to 3 servers. Our (intranet\TS server and backup DC Server) with a possibility of vir. Our software distribution\Counterspy\Diskeeper\WSUS server. Jeff -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Sandy Moore Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 1:16 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] Virtualization A Quick Poll by responding to this e-mail: What Museum's have a virtualized server environment and how many are looking toward virtualization? Sandra J. Moore The Toledo Museum of Art _______________________________________________ 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/ _______________________________________________ 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/ _______________________________________________ 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/ _______________________________________________ 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/ From jbedard at artsmia.org Fri Apr 3 04:43:14 2009 From: jbedard at artsmia.org (John Bedard) Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2009 07:43:14 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] installing cell and wi-fi coverge Message-ID: <49D5BE12.50A4.0031.0@artsmia.org> We are in the process of talking to vendors about installing cell and wi-fi coverage throughout our building. I would appreciate talking to anyone else who is doing or has done a similar project in the past 2 years. If you prefer, you can contact me off-line at jbedard at artsmia.org John John R. Bedard | Director of Information Systems Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2400 Third Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55404 612-870-3268 | JBedard at artsmia.org | www.artsmia.org ( http://www.artsmia.org/ ) From Thomas.Deliduka at cmaohio.org Fri Apr 3 05:53:36 2009 From: Thomas.Deliduka at cmaohio.org (Thomas Deliduka) Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 09:53:36 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] installing cell and wi-fi coverge In-Reply-To: <49D5BE12.50A4.0031.0@artsmia.org> References: <49D5BE12.50A4.0031.0@artsmia.org> Message-ID: <307ABFF8E627124A8D6449D1292A162E8D04@cma-srv-xch-01.cmaohio.org> Here, we setup a Public wifi system a couple years ago. We don't have coverage everywhere and we're going through a renovation so it will eventually cover everywhere in the building. But in the mean time, we have been able to provide public wifi access to most of our sitting areas for the customers. We use: http://coova.org/wiki/index.php/CoovaChilli It's free and pretty easy to install. We had some students from DeVry who needed credit for a senior project come in and put it all together for us. Thomas Deliduka Director of Information Technology Columbus Museum of Art 480 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43215 ph 614/629-0345 fax 614/629-0950 thomas.deliduka at cmaohio.org ? ART SPEAKS. JOIN THE CONVERSATION -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of John Bedard Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 8:43 AM To: mcn LISTSERV Subject: [MCN-L] installing cell and wi-fi coverge We are in the process of talking to vendors about installing cell and wi-fi coverage throughout our building. I would appreciate talking to anyone else who is doing or has done a similar project in the past 2 years. If you prefer, you can contact me off-line at jbedard at artsmia.org John John R. Bedard | Director of Information Systems Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2400 Third Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55404 612-870-3268 | JBedard at artsmia.org | www.artsmia.org ( http://www.artsmia.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/ From rcherry at balboaparkonline.org Fri Apr 3 08:29:52 2009 From: rcherry at balboaparkonline.org (Rich Cherry) Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 12:29:52 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] installing cell and wi-fi coverge In-Reply-To: <49D5BE12.50A4.0031.0@artsmia.org> References: <49D5BE12.50A4.0031.0@artsmia.org> Message-ID: <0758790FE14FAD4FB84FE71572FD910CE4160913@MAILR005.mail.lan> John, We rolled it out at the Skirball Cultural Center last year for our public and rental spaces. We got some good info from our non-profit CDW rep who set up some calls with their engineers to go over the options and in and outs. We were looking for systems that could support 100+ connections for conference use. They are also familiar with any non-profit deals that might be out there. His name is Constantine and the email is: tineanddavid at cdw.com Rich -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of John Bedard Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 5:43 AM To: mcn LISTSERV Subject: [MCN-L] installing cell and wi-fi coverge We are in the process of talking to vendors about installing cell and wi-fi coverage throughout our building. I would appreciate talking to anyone else who is doing or has done a similar project in the past 2 years. If you prefer, you can contact me off-line at jbedard at artsmia.org John John R. Bedard | Director of Information Systems Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2400 Third Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55404 612-870-3268 | JBedard at artsmia.org | www.artsmia.org ( http://www.artsmia.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/ From ssbautista at yahoo.com Fri Apr 3 08:37:31 2009 From: ssbautista at yahoo.com (Susana Bautista) Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 09:37:31 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [MCN-L] installing cell and wi-fi coverge Message-ID: <386093.96289.qm@web38708.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Hello everyone, I am interested in how museums are providing wi-fi coverage as a service for their visitors. I am a PhD student in Communication at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles researching museums and technology (I have a masters in Museum Studies). If anyone knows of studies or surveys that have been done on the subject I'd really appreciate it. Also for those museums out there that do offer wi-fi to their visitors, where is it offered, what do visitors have to do to access it, do you publicize it somehow or do visitors have to ask? Thanks so much for your help with this research. Susana Susana Smith Bautista Ph.D. Student and Provost Fellow Annenberg School of Communication University of Southern California susanesm at usc.edu --- On Fri, 4/3/09, Thomas Deliduka wrote: > From: Thomas Deliduka > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] installing cell and wi-fi coverge > To: "Museum Computer Network Listserv" > Date: Friday, April 3, 2009, 6:53 AM > Here, we setup a Public wifi system a > couple years ago. We don't have coverage everywhere and > we're going through a renovation so it will eventually cover > everywhere in the building. But in the mean time, we have > been able to provide public wifi access to most of our > sitting areas for the customers.? We use: http://coova.org/wiki/index.php/CoovaChilli > > It's free and pretty easy to install. We had some students > from DeVry who needed credit for a senior project come in > and put it all together for us. > > Thomas Deliduka > Director of Information Technology > Columbus Museum of Art > 480 East Broad Street > Columbus, OH 43215 > ph 614/629-0345 fax 614/629-0950 > thomas.deliduka at cmaohio.org > ? > ART SPEAKS. JOIN THE CONVERSATION > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu > [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] > On Behalf Of John Bedard > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 8:43 AM > To: mcn LISTSERV > Subject: [MCN-L] installing cell and wi-fi coverge > > We are in the process of talking to vendors about > installing cell and wi-fi coverage throughout our > building.? I would appreciate talking to anyone else > who is doing or has done a similar project in the past 2 > years. > > If you prefer, you can contact me off-line at jbedard at artsmia.org > > > John > > > > John R. Bedard? |? Director of Information > Systems Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2400 Third Avenue > South Minneapolis, MN 55404 > > 612-870-3268? |? JBedard at artsmia.org? > |? www.artsmia.org ( http://www.artsmia.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/ > _______________________________________________ > 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/ From david at yakimavalleymuseum.org Fri Apr 3 09:01:43 2009 From: david at yakimavalleymuseum.org (David Lynx) Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:01:43 -0700 Subject: [MCN-L] Online conference registration In-Reply-To: <49D5BE12.50A4.0031.0@artsmia.org> Message-ID: Has anyone done online conference registration? I am trying to figure out the best way to do this and include payment. The one challenge is to have the ability to check of which lunches and dinners they would attend and associated costs. These conferences have many items that need to be checked off for attendance, etc. I looked at online ticket processing, but it would involve tickets for each event - a dinner, etc.. Any suggestions? --------------------------------------------- David Lynx, Curator of Information Design From akeshet at imj.org.il Fri Apr 3 10:39:13 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 21:39:13 +0300 Subject: =?windows-1256?Q?=FE=FEIP_SIG:__Swedes_desert_web_as_anti-piracy_law_come?= =?windows-1256?Q?s_into_force?= Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781D3B43F998@mailsrv.imj.org.il> http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2009-04/02/swedish-anti-piracy-law-causes-web-exodus.aspx Swedish internet traffic has plummeted as a new anti-piracy law has come into force . . . According to Computer Sweden, internet traffic in the country was down 30 per cent yesterday afternoon than at the same time the day before . . . On the day the law came into force, five audiobook publishers went to court to try to determine the identity of someone they claim has 2,000 audio books stored on a server . . . Kjell Bohlund, chairman of the Swedish Publishers' Association said that the illegal sharing of audiobooks has increased in the last year prompting legal measures. “It has hit writers, publishers, and Internet book retailers financially, and there is a longer-term risk that publication will decline”, he said in a statement. The Swedish Pirate Party, which has been gaining increasing support since its foundation on January 1, 2006, has responded to the law by urging its members to stop encrypting their wi-fi networks. This means that it would be impossible to sentence an individual for file sharing as everyone will be using an open and anonymous network. From mcn-announce at mcn.edu Thu Apr 2 12:28:09 2009 From: mcn-announce at mcn.edu (Museum Computer Network) Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:28:09 -0600 Subject: [MCN-L] Final notice: MCN 2009 Call for Proposals Deadline Friday, April 3 Message-ID: <19740414223344.4D2E160430198244@priv-edmwaa06.telusplanet.net> MCN 37th ANNUAL CONFERENCE November 11-14th 2009, Portland, Oregon EXTENDED Proposal Deadline: Friday, April 3, 2009 Proposal Submission Forms: http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=2266 Session proposals are due this Friday, April 3 and we look forward to reviewing your ideas. Time is running out for you to be a part of making MCN 2009 great! This year's theme is "Museum Information, Museum Efficiency: Doing More with Less!" Three areas of special interest are: - Serving institutional mission with cost-effective strategies in tough economic times - Making, managing, and delivering digital media in new and effective ways - Building the future now: innovations coming soon to a museum near you! We welcome session proposals on topics including, but not limited to: - Technology and Information Management Serving the Institutional Bottom Line - Digital Readiness, Digital Accomplishments, Digital Accountability (Image Capture, Digital Asset Management, Best Practices, Preservation, Access) - Implementing Systems in Adverse Conditions - Digital Convergence: Archives, Libraries, and Museums - Doing More with Less - Leadership, Sustainability, Accountability - Social Media - Superior Content, Superior Delivery We look forward to receiving your proposals for panels, papers, case studies, and workshops. http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=2266 If you have questions or need more information, please contact Holly Witchey, MCN Program Chair, 216-707-2653, hwitchey at clevelandart.org, or Christina DePaolo, MCN Conference Chair, 206 654-3165, christinad at seattleartmuseum.org. From dzorich at mindspring.com Mon Apr 6 08:57:10 2009 From: dzorich at mindspring.com (Diane M. Zorich) Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 11:57:10 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Fwd: Flickr metadata retrieval Message-ID: Dear MCN'ers I am forwarding this message for those on this list who were at the recent Webwise conference, where the question was posed about how to capture Flickr metadata into one's local systems ... Diane >Thread-Topic: Flickr metadata retrieval >Thread-Index: Acm2ymO3oq+CaUPFQHaF1e4qrOES/w== >Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 08:14:32 -0700 >Reply-To: Visual Resources Association >Sender: Visual Resources Association >From: "Reser, Gregory" >Subject: Flickr metadata retrieval >To: VRA-L at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU >List-Help: , > >List-Unsubscribe: >List-Subscribe: >List-Owner: >List-Archive: >X-ELNK-Received-Info: spv=0; >X-ELNK-AV: 0 >X-ELNK-Info: sbv=0; sbrc=.0; sbf=00; sbw=000; > >Good Morning Everyone, > >I want to pass on a great free application that >allows you to retrieve metadata from Flickr >photos. One problem with cataloging your photos >in Flickr is that you can't get the data out if >you want to use it on your local system. >Erwyn van >der Meer has created a simple application called >FlickrMetadataSynchr that does this. It >searches Flickr and matches them to images on >your local drive, then it embeds the Flickr >metadata into your files using XMP. It will >also download photos on Flickr that you don't >have on your local drive. Erwyn has been very >careful to follow established Microsoft and >Adobe guidelines for writing the XMP. > >This is a great way to make use of the work you >have put into your Flickr photos for other local >photo organization tools. I can also see this >as a way to retrieve images and metadata from >student or faculty group projects. Students >could upload and describe images in Flickr, then >you could download and preserve them in your >institution's database. > >The only bad news is that it's only for PC. > >Here's how it works: >Go to >http://flickrmetadatasynchr.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=25609 >Download and unzip the files. >Make sure you have the .NET Framework 3.0 or 3.5 installed >Double click FlickrMetadataSynchr.exe - you don't have to run an install. >Authorize access to a Flickr account - the >account owner must click "allow access" in >Flickr. >Select a local folder to match on. > >"Settings" - select sub folders if you have photos in several folders >"Show activity?" will show a detailed log of every change that will be made. >"Simulate updating metadata" only shows you what >will happen and does not make the changes. >Leave this box unchecked when you are ready to >update your photos. > >I have been able to update my photos using this >application. I hope you find it useful. > > >Greg Reser >Arts Library, Geisel Library Building >9500 Gilman Drive, 0175Q >La Jolla, CA 92093-0175 >858 246-0998 >greser at ucsd.edu > > -- Diane M. Zorich 113 Gallup Road Princeton, NJ 08542 USA Voice: 609-252-1606 Fax: 609-252-1607 Email: dzorich at mindspring.com or dianezorich at comcast.net From jtrant at archimuse.com Mon Apr 6 09:03:44 2009 From: jtrant at archimuse.com (j trant) Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 12:03:44 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] MW2009: Advance Registration Deadline Apr. 8, 2009 Message-ID: Museums and the Web 2009 the international conference for culture and heritage on-line April 15-18, 2009 Indianapolis, Indiana, USA http://www.archimuse.com/mw2009/ ==> MW2009 Opening Keynote: Maxwell L. Anderson <== A leader in moving museums on to the Web, Max Anderson has challenged each of the art museums he's directed to think about the Web as a critical part of museum programming space. He'll push these ideas -- and us -- further in his keynote address, entitled "Moving from Virtual to Visceral". ==> Advance Registration Deadline: April 8, 2009 <== The deadline for advance registration is *this Wednesday*. If you are planning to come to MW2009, save yourself some time and money by registering on-line, in advance. See https://www2.archimuse.com/mw2009/mw2009.registrationForm.html You can register on-site for the conference and some pre-conference workshops [if space is available]. Download the form the conference site and bring it with you. ==> Papers On-line <== This year's papers are now all on-line. See http://www.archimuse.com/mw2009/speakers/index.html for the full list. All the papers from past Museums and the Web conferences are also available on-line. See the full bibliography at http://conference.archimuse.com/researchForum ==> Best of the Web People's Choice <== You don't have to be coming to MW2009 to register your vote for the MW2009 Best of the Web People's Choice Award. See the list of sites nominated at http://conference.archimuse.com/best_web/nominees-2009 and vote for your favourite [each registered user has one vote]. ==> Join the Community <== The MW on-line community lets you participate from wherever you are, both during the conference and later. See http://conference.archimuse.com ==> Another Great Group @ MW2009 <== MW2009 will welcome more than 450 delegates from more than 20 countries to Indianapolis. We hope to see you there -- or on-line -- for more great discussions around bringing culture and heritage on-line in all kinds of institutions . jennifer and David -- ------------ Jennifer Trant and David Bearman Co-Chairs: Museums and the Web 2009 produced by April 15-18, 2009, Indianapolis, Indiana Archives & Museum Informatics http://www.archimuse.com/mw2009/ 158 Lee Avenue email: mw2009 at archimuse.com Toronto, Ontario, Canada phone +1 416 691 2516 | fax +1 416 352-6025 ------------- From akeshet at imj.org.il Tue Apr 7 05:09:22 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 15:09:22 +0300 Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG: The problem with device-dependent reading Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781D3B443C1E@mailsrv.imj.org.il> http://striphas.wikidot.com/kindle-the-labor-of-reading-worksite-v2-0 "Much has been made about Kindle's downstream capabilities- the fact that you can acquire the complete contents of any Kindle-formatted book in under a minute, provided you're within range of a cell tower. But what about the data it transmits upstream, back to Amazon.com? The Kindle license agreement and terms of use are instructive in this regard. In the subsection entitled "Information Received," the agreement states: "The Device Software will provide Amazon with data about your Device and its interaction with the Service (such as available memory, up-time, log files and signal strength) and information related to content on your Device and your use of it (such as automatic bookmarking of the last page read and content deletions from the Device)." Here's the especially intriguing part: "Annotations, bookmarks, notes, highlights, or similar markings you make on your Device are backed up through the service and subject to the Amazon.com privacy notice." And there, it's worth mentioning, all of the data you generate while reading on your Kindle falls within the purview of "the information we [Amazon.com] collect and analyze" for marketing and related purposes." Similarly, under the Google Book Search settlement, Google will obtain upstream data on what is being read in libraries -- whose mission is to protect our reading privacy. And that will be done via the ONE computer per library that will be allowed for free access to the Google Book Search. A lot of food for thought (and action?) here. Amalyah Keshet Chair, MCN IP SIG From richard at light.demon.co.uk Tue Apr 7 07:49:13 2009 From: richard at light.demon.co.uk (Richard Light) Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 15:49:13 +0100 Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG: The problem with device-dependent reading In-Reply-To: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781D3B443C1E@mailsrv.imj.org.il> References: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781D3B443C1E@mailsrv.imj.org.il> Message-ID: In message <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781D3B443C1E at mailsrv.imj.org.il>, "Amalyah Keshet [akeshet at imj.org.il]" writes > >Similarly, under the Google Book Search settlement, Google will obtain >upstream data on what is being read in libraries -- whose mission is to >protect our reading privacy. And that will be done via the ONE computer >per library that will be allowed for free access to the Google Book >Search. Now, what was their motto again ... ? In general, I would see this as a problem with corporately-hosted information resources, rather than just particular reading devices. Another scenario in which [holding] information is power. Richard Light -- Richard Light From psully at magnes.org Tue Apr 7 11:33:07 2009 From: psully at magnes.org (Perian Sully) Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 11:33:07 -0700 Subject: [MCN-L] Using Bridge to set Creative Commons license? Message-ID: Hi all: I'm wondering if anyone has found a workaround for Adobe Bridge's lack of feature to set the copyright status? You can change it in Photoshop (per these instructions: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/XMP_help_for_Adobe_applications ), but if you try to append a metadata template, the field which would control the xmpRights:Marked is absent from the list. I do have the license written out in the Copyright Notice and Rights Usage Terms, but rather than reprocessing all 12,000 images through Photoshop, I would prefer to be able to amend the metadata through Bridge. Any ideas? Thanks in advance! Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes 2911 Russell St. Berkeley, CA 94705 Work: 510-549-6950 x 357 Fax: 510-849-3673 http://www.magnes.org http://www.musematic.org http://www.mediaandtechnology.org From Marylee at MuseumFoundation.org Tue Apr 7 11:49:44 2009 From: Marylee at MuseumFoundation.org (Marylee McInnes) Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 12:49:44 -0600 Subject: [MCN-L] Authorize.net Message-ID: <72C759992231A24185A285D8B36E0F0AB7262AF373@netadmin.MNMF.ad> We're getting ready to code our website for online gifts and memberships. Is anyone familiar with Authorize.net coding and/or know someone who would be willing to bid on our site? Thanks, Marylee Marylee McInnes Database Manager Museum of New Mexico Foundation PO Box 2065 Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504 505/982-6366 ext. 111 marylee at museumfoundation.org From lesleyeharris at comcast.net Tue Apr 7 17:48:07 2009 From: lesleyeharris at comcast.net (Lesley Ellen Harris) Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 20:48:07 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Copyright, New Media Law & E-Commerce News Message-ID: FROM THE OFFICES OF LESLEY ELLEN HARRIS Copyright, New Media Law & E-Commerce News __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Vol. 13, No. 3, April 7, 2009 ISSN 1489-954X Contents: 1. Studies, Legislation and Conventions UK Discusses a Digital Rights Agency 2. Legal Cases: Blockshopper Linking Case Settles Aggregators May Freely Reproduce California Public Records Conviction Under Anti-Camcording Law in Canada Large CD and DVD Pirate Charge 3. Of Interest: A Quick and Easy Way to Surrender Copyright Open Source Commercial Textbooks 4. Seminars and Publications: World Copyright Summit Online Copyright Courses Book: Licensing Digital Content: A Practical Guide for Librarians Copyright Blogs __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Copyright, New Media & E-Commerce News is distributed for free by the office of Lesley Ellen Harris. Information contained herein should not be relied upon or considered as legal advice. Copyright 2009 Lesley Ellen Harris. This e-letter may be forwarded, downloaded or reproduced in whole in any print or electronic format for non-commercial purposes provided that you cc: lehletter at copyrightlaws.com. This e-letter, from 1996 to the present, is archived with Library & Archives Canada at: http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/201/300/copyright/. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 1. STUDIES, LEGISLATION AND CONVENTIONS: UK DISCUSSES A DIGITAL RIGHTS AGENCY ? In a recently released discussion paper called Copyright in a digital world: What role for a Digital Rights Agency, the UK government sets the stage for a digital rights agency. The paper clearly states that it is not the role of the government to mandate how rights are traded or used, but rather to examine how it can facilitate a market space for simpler and easier negotiations to take place, and to encourage rights holders to create business and distribution models that meet the needs of consumers. The paper is posed to start the discussion about how a rights agency might work and comments are requested from stakeholders and public discussions forums will be held. See: http://www.ipo.gov.uk/digitalbritain.pdf . __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 2. LEGAL CASES: BLOCKSHOPPER LINKING CASE SETTLES - A recent settlement in the U.S. case of Blockshopper v. Jones Day leaves us without a precedent on the legality of deep linking. In this case, Blookshopper linked to the Web profile of a prominent real estate lawyer in a posting that highlighted his purchase of a condominium. After the law firm Jones Day initiated a legal suit, the parties reached a settlement agreement that prohibits Blockshopper from using embedded links (links that hide the URL so possibly creating confusion as to the source of the page). Blockshopper is allowed to use deep links to Jones Day Web pages, but it must use a URL that displays the source Web site. See the settlement agreement at: http://blog.cleveland.com/business/2009/02/Agreement.PDF . AGGREGATORS MAY FREELY REPRODUCE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RECORDS - On February 5th, 2009, the California Court of Appeals for the Sixth Appellate District released its decision in California first Amendment Coalition v. County of Santa Clara. In this case, the County of Santa Clara tried to enforce copyright in public records and to impose licensing restrictions (resulting in license fees) on commercial vendors. California first Amendment Coalition (?CFAC?) sued the county to release the public records. The Court rejected the argument that municipalities could claim copyright in public records or impose license fees. The Court dismissed adverse decisions from other jurisdictions. Now, a copyright claim in a California public record must have an express and specific grant of authority by the legislature. This means that aggregators may freely include California public records in their databases and license them to others. This is unless there is an appeal and reversal by the California Supreme Court or an enactment of legislation. See: http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/documents/H031658.PDF . CONVICTION UNDER ANTI-CAMCORDING LAW IN CANADA ? Luis Rene Hache was sentenced to 24 months probation and 120 hours of community service for illegally reproducing the film ?Dan in Real Life? in a movie theatre in Montreal, Canada. LARGE CD AND DVD PIRATE CHARGE ? Rajdeep Singh Ramgotra is now facing 52 charge under the Canadian Copyright Act in relation to 200,000 CDs and DVDs the RCMP seized from Winnipeg-based Audiomaxxx.com. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 3. OF INTEREST: A QUICK AND EASY WAY TO SURRENDER COPYRIGHT ? Creative Commons has launched CC0 (read: CC Zero), a universal waiver available to anyone who wants to permanently surrended copyright and database rights they own in a work. This would result in the work being freely available similar to the situation when copyright duration expires. See: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode . OPEN SOURCE COMMERCIAL TEXTBOOKS ? New York-based Flat World Knowledge, Inc. is now offering free Web-hosted textbooks. The company provides students with options to buy print-on-demand softcover textbooks, audio textbooks, and self-print individual chapters, thereby earning revenue to pay its authors. Faculty are able to customize their textbooks and students who access their books in a digital format are able to do so for free. See: www.flatworldknowledge.com . __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 4. SEMINARS AND PUBLICATIONS: WORLD COPYRIGHT SUMMIT ? Copyrightlaws.com is a media partner for the upcoming World Copyright Summit in Washington DC, June 9 & 10, 2009. This is an international forum that brings together those directly involved in creative industries to openly debate the future of copyright and the distribution of creative works in the digital era. It is organized by CISAC, the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers. Building on the success of the inaugural Copyright Summit held in Brussels, the 2009 event will bring together influential creators, creative industry leaders, rights societies, content services providers, broadcasters, telecom operators, technology and legal experts, political figures and law-makers from around the world to exchange their views. For further information, visit: www.copyrightsummit.com or email: Mubenah.khan at copyrightsummit.com . ONLINE COPYRIGHT COURSES? Copyrightlaws.com is offering the following online courses from April 20 to May 22, 2009: ? Copyright Education: Demystifying Copyright in your Enterprise. ? Digital Content Management ? Copyright Law for Canadian Librarians (this is the first offering of this course) For further information including the course syllabi, see: http://copyrightlawscom.blogspot.com/ . Registration is at: www.acteva.com/go/copyright. Copyrightlaws.com jointly with the Special Library Association/Click University is offering a 3 week interactive online course on Copyright Issues for Special Librarians, beginning April 21, 2009. A course on the practical aspects of international copyright issues for librarians begins May 18, 2009. Participants in these courses receive CEU credits and are eligible for the Click University Certificate in Copyright Management. These course are open to SLA members and to the public. See: www.clickuniversity.com. BOOK: LICENSING DIGITAL CONTENT: A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR LIBRARIANS - Written by Lesley Ellen Harris, the 2nd edition of this book published by ALA Editions is now available for ordering through ALA Editions at: www.alaeditions.org. Also, see: www.licensingdigitalcontent.blogspot.com . COPYRIGHT BLOGS ? Copyrightlaws.com hosts the following blogs: www.copyrightanswers.blogspot.com - a forum for the public to ask their copyright questions and get quick and practical answers. www.copyrightlawscom.blogspot.com - a blog about copyright and licensing compliance and education. www.copyright49.blogspot.com - a site dedicated to the comparison of U.S. and Canadian copyright issues. www.licensingdigitalcontent.blogspot.com - the e-companion to the print book, Licensing Digital Content: A Practical Guide for Librarians, and a place to discuss licensing issues from the content owner and consumer/librarian perspectives. By ?following? any of the above blogs, you will be kept up to date when new postings are made to them. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ This newsletter is prepared by Copyright Lawyer Lesley Ellen Harris. Lesley is the author of the books Canadian Copyright Law (McGraw- Hill), Digital Property: Currency of the 21st Century (McGraw-Hill), and Licensing Digital Content (ALA Editions). Lesley edits the print newsletter, The Copyright & New Media Law Newsletter. Lesley may be reached at: http://copyrightlaws.com. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ If you are looking for further topical and practical information about copyright law, obtain a sample copy of the print newsletter, The Copyright & New Media Law Newsletter, from http://copyrightlaws.com. From rjurban at illinois.edu Tue Apr 7 19:24:03 2009 From: rjurban at illinois.edu (Richard Urban) Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 21:24:03 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Online conference registration In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4C6DDB85-E16D-4E29-B905-E230B0ABD476@illinois.edu> Hi David, Have you looked at the PKP Open Conference System? http://pkp.sfu.ca/?q=ocs It's more geared for academic conferences, but may fit your needs. Richard Urban rjurban at illinois.edu On Apr 3, 2009, at 12:01 PM, David Lynx wrote: > Has anyone done online conference registration? I am trying to > figure out > the best way to do this and include payment. The one challenge is > to have > the ability to check of which lunches and dinners they would attend > and > associated costs. These conferences have many items that need to be > checked > off for attendance, etc. > > I looked at online ticket processing, but it would involve tickets > for each > event - a dinner, etc.. > > Any suggestions? > > > > --------------------------------------------- > David Lynx, Curator of Information Design > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ From lists at rlweiner.com Wed Apr 8 10:23:50 2009 From: lists at rlweiner.com (Robert Weiner) Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 10:23:50 -0700 Subject: [MCN-L] Online conference registration In-Reply-To: <4C6DDB85-E16D-4E29-B905-E230B0ABD476@illinois.edu> References: <4C6DDB85-E16D-4E29-B905-E230B0ABD476@illinois.edu> Message-ID: <8056A369EC234D3495BEED88A06AE217@RLWT400> Dear Richard, There are online event registration systems that don't involve issuing physical tickets. Here's an article on event registration tools: http://www.idealware.org/articles/fgt_event_registration.php And here's another on integrated online systems, many of which include event registration: http://www.idealware.org/articles/low_cost_integrated.php Robert __________________________ Robert L. Weiner Consulting Strategic Technology Advisors to Nonprofit and Educational Institutions San Francisco, CA robert at rlweiner.com 415/643-8955 www.rlweiner.com -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Urban Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 7:24 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Online conference registration Hi David, Have you looked at the PKP Open Conference System? http://pkp.sfu.ca/?q=ocs It's more geared for academic conferences, but may fit your needs. Richard Urban rjurban at illinois.edu On Apr 3, 2009, at 12:01 PM, David Lynx wrote: > Has anyone done online conference registration? I am trying to > figure out > the best way to do this and include payment. The one challenge is > to have > the ability to check of which lunches and dinners they would attend > and > associated costs. These conferences have many items that need to be > checked > off for attendance, etc. > > I looked at online ticket processing, but it would involve tickets > for each > event - a dinner, etc.. > > Any suggestions? > > > > --------------------------------------------- > David Lynx, Curator of Information Design > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ _______________________________________________ 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/ From david at yakimavalleymuseum.org Wed Apr 8 10:36:17 2009 From: david at yakimavalleymuseum.org (David Lynx) Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:36:17 -0700 Subject: [MCN-L] Online conference registration In-Reply-To: <8056A369EC234D3495BEED88A06AE217@RLWT400> Message-ID: Thank you everyone for your ideas! On 4/8/09 10:23 AM, "Robert Weiner" wrote: > Dear Richard, > > There are online event registration systems that don't involve issuing > physical tickets. Here's an article on event registration tools: > http://www.idealware.org/articles/fgt_event_registration.php > And here's another on integrated online systems, many of which include event > registration: > http://www.idealware.org/articles/low_cost_integrated.php > > Robert > __________________________ > > Robert L. Weiner Consulting > Strategic Technology Advisors to Nonprofit and Educational Institutions > San Francisco, CA > > robert at rlweiner.com > 415/643-8955 > > www.rlweiner.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of > Richard Urban > Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 7:24 PM > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Online conference registration > > Hi David, > > Have you looked at the PKP Open Conference System? > http://pkp.sfu.ca/?q=ocs > > It's more geared for academic conferences, but may fit your needs. > > Richard Urban > rjurban at illinois.edu > > On Apr 3, 2009, at 12:01 PM, David Lynx wrote: > >> Has anyone done online conference registration? I am trying to >> figure out >> the best way to do this and include payment. The one challenge is >> to have >> the ability to check of which lunches and dinners they would attend >> and >> associated costs. These conferences have many items that need to be >> checked >> off for attendance, etc. >> >> I looked at online ticket processing, but it would involve tickets >> for each >> event - a dinner, etc.. >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------- >> David Lynx, Curator of Information Design >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ --------------------------------------------- David Lynx, Curator of Information Design From akeshet at netvision.net.il Wed Apr 8 22:34:41 2009 From: akeshet at netvision.net.il (Amalyah Keshet) Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 07:34:41 +0200 Subject: [MCN-L] Using Bridge to set Creative Commons license? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Perian: We use Photoshop FILE INFO, which is accessible and writable via Adobe Bridge - without opening the image file -- and I've been told information can be batch entered via Bridge. FILE INFO has a dropdown field for Copyrighted / Public Domain / Unknown. Under it is a free text field for copyright info. You could specify a Creative Commons license there. There's also a field for a Copyright URL. Amalyah Keshet ----- Original Message ----- From: Perian Sully Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2009 20:34 Subject: [MCN-L] Using Bridge to set Creative Commons license? To: Museum Computer Network Listserv > Hi all: > > > > I'm wondering if anyone has found a workaround for Adobe Bridge's lack > of feature to set the copyright status? You can change it in Photoshop > (per these instructions: > http://wiki.creativecommons.org/XMP_help_for_Adobe_applications ), but > if you try to append a metadata template, the field which would > controlthe xmpRights:Marked is absent from the list. > > > > I do have the license written out in the Copyright Notice and Rights > Usage Terms, but rather than reprocessing all 12,000 images through > Photoshop, I would prefer to be able to amend the metadata through > Bridge. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > Perian Sully > > Collections Information Manager > > Web Programs Strategist > > The Magnes > > 2911 Russell St. > > Berkeley, CA 94705 > > Work: 510-549-6950 x 357 > > Fax: 510-849-3673 > > http://www.magnes.org > > http://www.musematic.org > > http://www.mediaandtechnology.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/ > From akeshet at netvision.net.il Thu Apr 9 00:31:57 2009 From: akeshet at netvision.net.il (Amalyah Keshet) Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:31:57 +0200 Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG: iTunes drops DRM Message-ID: <49DDA46D.70107@netvision.net.il> A giant leap for mankind? http://db.tidbits.com/article/10199 "Apple's FairPlay DRM limited music, games, and videos sold through iTunes to playing only on recognized devices." Amalyah Keshet From karismit at umich.edu Thu Apr 9 06:57:08 2009 From: karismit at umich.edu (Smith, Kari) Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 09:57:08 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Last Call - Digital Preservation Management Workshop - May 3-8, 2009 Message-ID: Apologies for cross-postings. We have a couple places left for the May workshop. Look forward to hearing from you. ---------------------- Digital Preservation Management: Short-Term Solutions for Long-Term Problems Venue: ICPSR, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA Dates: May 3-8, 2009 The Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is now hosting the workshop curriculum originally developed at Cornell by Anne R Kenney and Nancy Y McGovern. Dr. McGovern is the primary instructor for the workshop. The Keynote for the May workshop is Richard Pearce-Moses, Director of Digital Government Information at the Arizona State Library and Archives. The workshop series has been developed with funding from NEH. The application form for the workshop will be available until registration is full (24 participants): http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/dpm/workshops/registration.html. The intended audience for the workshop series is managers at organizations who are or will be responsible for digital preservation. Additional information about the workshop series and future dates are available at: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/dpm/workshops/fiveday.html. The list of instructors and their affiliations are available on the workshop Web site http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/dpm/workshops/fiveday.html The workshop builds on the Digital Preservation Online Tutorial ? a prerequisite for the workshop: www.icpsr.umich.edu/dpm. There are three core pieces (legs) of the program: the organizational infrastructure, technologiecal infrastructure, and resources. All of the sessions are geared towards developing a digital preservation program doable for any organization and all of the sessions reference as many relevant examples as we can fit in. If you have questions, please contact us at: digital-preservation at icpsr.umich.edu Kari Smith Project Manager, Digital Preservation Management (DPM) workshop From jmartin at nedcc.org Thu Apr 9 08:03:15 2009 From: jmartin at nedcc.org (Julie Martin) Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 11:03:15 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Digital Directions Conference - May 27-29 San Diego - Reserve Your Space Now Message-ID: <47E4285788DDFD40BF43C4F178A048663600B9@NEDCCMAIL01.NEDCC.local> The Northeast Document Conservation Center Presents: DIGITAL DIRECTIONS: Fundamentals of Creating and Managing Digital Collections MAY 27-29, 2009 Westin San Diego San Diego, California RESERVE YOUR SPACE NOW - REGISTER ONLINE AT: http://www.nedcc.org/education/ddsd09.php Registration Deadline: MAY 1 ***************************************** A FACULTY OF NATIONAL EXPERTS will lead you through the steps in creating and managing successful digital projects. AT THE DIGITAL DIRECTIONS CONFERENCE, YOU WILL: CONNECT WITH OTHER PARTICIPANTS from your state or institution type at a networking luncheon on Day One (included in your registration fee). Share ideas and discuss issues relating to the wide variety of digital collections represented at the conference. LEARN WHAT WORKED - AND WHAT DIDN'T WORK - IN CASE STUDIES of recent local digital projects, including municipal records for the City of San Diego; local history collections at the South Pasadena Public Library and the San Diego Historical Society; a century of botanical exploration in Baja California at the San Diego Natural History Museum. EXPLORE LOW-COST, HIGH-IMPACT PRESERVATION SERVICES that help ensure the long-term accessibility of digital assets for cultural heritage institutions - presented by Keynote Speaker Martin Halbert, Director of the MetaArchive Cooperative. LEARN ABOUT HIGH-END REPLICA DIGITAL PRINTING with a panel of experts, including R. Mac Holbert, co-founder of Nash Editions, one of the premier fine art digital print studios in the country, and Stanley Smith, Head of Imaging Services at the J. Paul Getty Museum. SHARE THE "FUN" IN FUNDRAISING with Ginny Steel, University Librarian, UC Santa Cruz, as she recounts her experience with the Grateful Dead Archives and its vast and colorful collection that documents the band from 1965 to the present. MEET THE LEADING PROVIDERS of digitization hardware, software, and services at the Digital Directions Vendor Showcase and Spotlight Sessions. (If you are a vendor interested in exhibiting at Digital Directions, contact Julie Martin, jmartin at nedcc.org.) FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION ABOUT CONFERENCE CONTENT, INCLUDING FACULTY BIOS AND SESSION ABSTRACTS: http://www.nedcc.org/education/ddsd09.php ********************************************************* CONFERENCE FEE: $700 (includes a Networking luncheon on Day 1 and the Conference Reception) New! Conference fee discounts are available: Students: $595; Groups of 3 or more from the same institution registering at the same time: $595 each NEDCC IS GRATEFUL FOR SUPPORT FROM the National Endowment for the Humanities for the Center's preservation services. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. SAVE A TREE / STAY INFORMED: Join NEDCC's E-Announcement List to receive grant opportunity reminders, conference and workshop information, and other NEDCC news. GO TO: www.nedcc.org and click on the green sign-up button. TO VIEW EXAMPLES: of recent E-Announcements: http://www.nedcc.org/about/newsletter.php From NHoneysett at getty.edu Thu Apr 9 09:11:10 2009 From: NHoneysett at getty.edu (Nik Honeysett) Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:11:10 -0700 Subject: [MCN-L] Job Posting: Information Architect, The J. Paul Getty Museum References: <49DDBAE6.65B4.001D.0@getty.edu> Message-ID: <49DDBBA3.65B4.001D.0@getty.edu> Information Architect, Collection Information & Access, The J. Paul Getty Museum The department of Collection Information & Access at the J. Paul Getty Museum is seeking an Information Architect to oversee the back-end structure, data models, systems and applications used by the Museum to support the management and dissemination of documentation, digital assets, and metadata on the collection and to ensure its accessibility in the networked environment. The Information Architect will lead efforts in restructuring the way information is stored, systems integrated, and data published so as best to ensure efficiency in processes, scalability and sustainability, and resource discovery. This will involve architectural designs, analysis, integration, and strategic direction for how best to manage existing enterprise-wide applications such as collections management, content management and digital asset management systems with other custom grown applications and open source solutions, in addition to overseeing data modeling and strategies that are system independent. The position will be responsible for the maintenance of data models, data dictionaries, and processes; work with technical staff across the Getty to build mechanisms for exchanging data and metadata between repositories; and work closely with user communities for requirements analysis, problem definition and solutions development. The ideal candidate will utilize standards, best practices, and forward-thinking solutions for structuring the Museums information architecture, and be able to provide analysis, documentation, and ROI for strategies. The candidate should have experience in all phases of the software development cycle; understand and be technically proficient in the environments in which software applications operate (i.e. Unix, Windows); have familiarity with semantic technologies including triple stores, natural language processing, and clustering techniques. The candidate should be comfortable with writing technical documentation and design documents, outlining detailed process flow and workflow mappings, have strong analytical skills, excellent oral and written communication skills, and the ability to effectively work in a team environment. Requirements: Proven experience working with relational databases (Oracle 10g), SQL Server and using Structured Query Language; familiarity with C++, JAVA or similar object-oriented programming language; and proficient at UNIX scripting languages; JavaScript, HTML, CSS, XML and XSLT. Working knowledge of ontologies and ontology standards like RDF and concepts associated with the Semantic Web. Qualifications: Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Library & Information Science, Information Technology, or related studies required, Masters preferred. Minimum 8 years of experience in the electronic management of information, and developing, implementing and managing information architecture in a publishing, library, or educational repository environment strongly preferred. Please email to: jobs at getty.edu. Include your cover letter and resume and indicating in the subject line, MI Architect /AT. Equal Opportunity Employer. From mcheck at museumofplay.org Thu Apr 9 09:12:47 2009 From: mcheck at museumofplay.org (Check, Marc) Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 12:12:47 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Strong National Museum of Play seeking WEB TECHNOLOGIES SPECIALIST In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4D2455C2CCAC9C46BC8C325595AD317F03C58DBF42@Exch2k8> Job Type: Temporary; 18 month contract position Education & Experience: Minimum of three years experience in Web development through professional or educational experience. Job Description: Reporting to the Director of Technology, this position works with all related-function teams within the institution to coordinate and develop the architecture for all Web-based technologies required to deliver the next-generation Web site and related features and functions. Responsibilities include developing the organizational intranet and coordinating social networking endeavors. Other responsibilities may include Web server management (IIS/FTP/DNS), and development of interactive exhibit content (delivered locally) using Web technologies. The ideal candidate is a Web futurist and visionary, with a strong sense of emerging Internet-related technologies and trends; able to create a foundation for the future of our Web site; ability to work in a diverse environment of cultural and academic professionals; ability to illustrate prior collaboration in similar environments is greatly desired. Applicants with an eye for design and a portfolio of design work, in addition to the core requirements, will be given special consideration. Qualifications: Must be proficient in the following areas through a portfolio of prior work, references, and recommendations: * A minimum of three years of experience in Web development through professional or educational experience * Strong interpersonal skills and excellent written and verbal communication skills * Ability to think strategically about the big picture while maintaining excellent attention to detail * Mastery of HTML/CSS framework for site development * Mastery of digital imaging technologies via Adobe Photoshop or Fireworks * Mastery of server-side programming languages is PHP or ASP, with PHP preferred * Significant experience with JavaScript development and the Document Object Model (DOM), with AJAX experience specifically preferred * Significant experience using MySQL/Microsoft SQL backend databases, with PHP or ASP-based custom interfaces * Significant experience implementing, customizing and maintaining Content Management Systems (CMS) such as Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, or other open source or proprietary solutions * Experience with form data validation and security considerations such as SQL injection prevention * Experience in both Microsoft/IIS and Linux/Apache server environments * Experience troubleshooting and successfully rectifying cross-browser compatibility issues * Experience with a variety of social networking environments such as Facebook, Flickr, and Twitter. * Experience creating mash-ups using some variety of APIs, XML, RSS, Atom, JSON, and REST technologies * Special consideration will be given to candidates who can illustrate experience or credentials in the following areas: * Graphic design experience with the ability to present a portfolio of self-created graphics and treatments of organizational brands * Web server management including backup & recovery techniques; FTP site & account management; DNS and domain management; SSL certificate installation & maintenance; and Web traffic logging and reporting services * Experience with Adobe Flash development including Action Script 3 or 4 development * Experience working with or developing Web content for cultural/non-profit institutions or attractions * Experience implementing and maintaining 3rd party extranet solutions * Experience with open source or proprietary E-commerce solutions * Experience developing, editing, and producing multimedia for video/audio via the Web * Experience with 3rd party analytics software, such as Google Analytics * Network security/Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS) configuration and administration APPLY ONLINE AT: http://www.museumofplay.org/about_us/job_opportunities.html ____________________________________________________________ Marc Check Director of Technology, Strong National Museum of Play(r) Information Technology Manager, American Journal of Play Associate Director, National Center for the History of Electronic Games(tm) One Manhattan Square Rochester, NY 14607 Direct Line: 585-410-6323 Fax: 585-263-2493 cell: 585-755-8622 Email: mcheck at museumofplay.org Website(s): www.museumofplay.org, www.americanjournalofplay.org, www.ncheg.org From MeredithMJ at si.edu Thu Apr 9 12:43:35 2009 From: MeredithMJ at si.edu (Meredith, MJ) Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 15:43:35 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Looking for MCN 2009 Co-presenter, Topic: Crowdsourcing Message-ID: <86E4DD54352CC94DA7B41F550E349F78CEBF5D@SI-ECL03.US.SINET.SI.EDU> The Smithsonian National Postal Museum is looking for a co-presenter(s) at the 2009 MCN conference for a session entitled "Crowdsourcing in Reality." NPM has been using a type of crowdsourcing to provide content for our virtual museum Arago, www.arago.si.edu, since May of 2006. As a result 75% of the site has been written by non-museum employees. This session will discuss the practical application of crowdsourcing in museums, its challenges and benefits, and the results of our project. Issues of authority, control vs. access, and quality of content will be discussed. We're looking for another institution who has used crowdsourcing and would be willing to present their experience. If interested please respond to MeredithMJ at si.edu. We'd also love to hear about any similar projects even if you're not interested in participating in the conference. From rjurban at illinois.edu Fri Apr 10 08:40:08 2009 From: rjurban at illinois.edu (Richard Urban) Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:40:08 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] MCN-L Content Filtering Message-ID: <8A851C8B-9691-4254-A982-8EA397584FBB@illinois.edu> Hi MCN-Lers, When we setup the new MCN-L mailman listserv several years ago we decided to start out with a pretty strict set of content filtering rules. We did this out of a concern that MCN-L could become a vector for attachment-bourne viruses. For the most part, this caution seems to have worked out. However, those rules are looking more and more anachronistic in an age of gmail and other web-based e-mail systems. As a first step towards revisiting these rules, I've lifted the ban on many common forms of attachments, such as gifs, jpgs, pdfs, and rtf. For the moment most MS attachments (Word, Excel, PPT, etc.) are still being held for moderation. I would appreciate feedback from the list about: 1) Should MCN-L allot HTML formatted messages (currently only plain text messages are allowed by default) 2) What other file types should be allowed to go to the list without moderation? Of course there is also the bigger question of what is the future of MCN-L. There are a number of long-standing needs that the current Mailman software and the environment that it runs in haven't been able to support (such as a searchable archive). I would also welcome any feedback that I can pass along to the MCN Electronic Services Committee about current and future needs of the MCN-L community. Cheers, Richard Urban MCN-L Listmanager rjurban at illinois.edu From xiaoli at umd.edu Fri Apr 10 11:53:06 2009 From: xiaoli at umd.edu (xiaoli at umd.edu) Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:53:06 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [MCN-L] MCN-L Content Filtering In-Reply-To: <8A851C8B-9691-4254-A982-8EA397584FBB@illinois.edu> References: <8A851C8B-9691-4254-A982-8EA397584FBB@illinois.edu> Message-ID: <20090410145306.DNO18531@po1.mail.umd.edu> Hi Richard, I like the idea of having a searchable post archive, preferably structured with facets for efficient navigation. thanks, Xiaoli From akeshet at imj.org.il Mon Apr 13 04:35:38 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:35:38 +0300 Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG: Fair Use and the Obama poster Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781D3B43F9DF@mailsrv.imj.org.il> Art, transformative use, fair use -- Rebecca Tushnet of Georgetown Law on Steven Fairey's Obama poster, on MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/#30018997 ________________________________________ Amalyah Keshet From akeshet at imj.org.il Mon Apr 13 04:52:49 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:52:49 +0300 Subject: [MCN-L] =?windows-1255?q?=FE=FEFW=3A_IP_SIG=3A__Fair_Use_and_the_?= =?windows-1255?q?Obama_poster?= In-Reply-To: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781D3B43F9DF@mailsrv.imj.org.il> References: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781D3B43F9DF@mailsrv.imj.org.il> Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781D3B43F9E4@mailsrv.imj.org.il> And this just in: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ?????: Virginia Rutledge ?[virginia at creativecommons.org]? ??????: ????? ??? 13 ????? 2009 14:45 ?? Those in the NYC area interested in hearing what should be a lively discussion of the case are welcome to attend a special presentation of the Art Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association (which I chair). The speakers include John Koegel, counsel for Jeff Koons, and Christopher Phillips, Curator at the International Center of Photography. Thursday, April 16, 6-8pm, 42 W. 44th Street. Please email me offlist if you'd like details or to RSVP (this event is not open to the public, but press will be in attendance). ________________________________________ ?????: ??mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] ??? Amalyah Keshet [akeshet at imj.org.il] ??????: ????? ??? 13 ????? 2009 14:35 ????: mcn-l at mcn.edu ??????: [MCN-L] IP SIG: Fair Use and the Obama poster Art, transformative use, fair use -- Rebecca Tushnet of Georgetown Law on Steven Fairey's Obama poster, on MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/#30018997 ________________________________________ Amalyah Keshet Chair, MCN IP SIG From museumpods at gmail.com Mon Apr 13 07:25:44 2009 From: museumpods at gmail.com (MuseumPods) Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:25:44 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Museum Media Survey References: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781D3B43F9DF@mailsrv.imj.org.il> <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781D3B43F9E4@mailsrv.imj.org.il> Message-ID: <00aa01c9bc43$bc7dc6c0$0202a8c0@harvardugddap5> Hello, I am working on a media survey. We are exploring new topics for development and distribution. I have been asked to participate in the research from a cultural and environmental perspective. Your participation in the survey would be greatly appreciated. http://tinyurl.com/greenmediasurvey I would be glad to share the results when it becomes available. Thanks, Kurt Stuchell http://Museumpods.com http://www.zapsurvey.com/Survey.aspx?id=97e6ba8e-aeff-4a60-b417-99270b717b4a From petert at northwestmuseum.org Mon Apr 13 08:59:19 2009 From: petert at northwestmuseum.org (Peter Turner) Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:59:19 -0700 Subject: [MCN-L] Stories from Within - Can you review and comment please. Message-ID: Hi there, At the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture we had the opportunity given to us to create a web component to a small but interesting exhibit created by our education department. We had virtually no budget, limited time, and restricted resources - but we did have a core group people dedicated to making it work. It has given us a lot of challenges - many of them legal associated with such fun stuff as copyright, freedom of speech and censorship. This is a new concept and direction for us. We want to use this as a learning experience for future efforts along this theme - so I would like to ask for your feedback and creative criticism. I value the opinions of everyone on this list - you are the best group of professionals that I have ever had the pleasure of associating with. Please take a look at the following pages - participate and make on-line comments if you want to - then email your thoughts, ideas and suggestions back to me. Either respond to me directly or on the list, both are fine with me. Entry to the on-line exhibit is: http://www.northwestmuseum.org/index.cfm/Exhibits_Collections_STORIES_FROM_W ITHIN.htm Many thanks to you all in advance. Peter Turner Information Technology Specialist Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture/Eastern Washington State Historical Society 2316 West First Ave Spokane, WA 99201 Phone 509-363-5327 Fax 509-363-5303 Email petert at northwestmuseum.org From lharper at MAG.Rochester.edu Mon Apr 13 09:20:55 2009 From: lharper at MAG.Rochester.edu (Harper, Lucy) Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:20:55 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Stories from Within - Can you review and comment please. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Peter, I'd be curious if you'd share with us the ways you are driving traffic to this web exhibition. What sort of pr are you doing (print & online)? Are you reaching out to specific populations, such as K-12 teachers? Our education department did something similar, although not specifically focused on narrative works, entitled Community Voices in the Gallery, which we published in print, and are distributing to the individual authors...it was part of a particular K-12 English Language Arts class, who worked with a local poet. Due to staffing constraints it took several years to pull together the print publication. I like the way you've broadened the pool of responders by giving it an online presence. I can just imagine the copyright implications. Lu Harper Librarian/Webmaster Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester lharper at mag.rochester.edu -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Peter Turner Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 11:59 AM To: 'Museum Computer Network Listserv' Subject: [MCN-L] Stories from Within - Can you review and comment please. Hi there, At the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture we had the opportunity given to us to create a web component to a small but interesting exhibit created by our education department. We had virtually no budget, limited time, and restricted resources - but we did have a core group people dedicated to making it work. It has given us a lot of challenges - many of them legal associated with such fun stuff as copyright, freedom of speech and censorship. This is a new concept and direction for us. We want to use this as a learning experience for future efforts along this theme - so I would like to ask for your feedback and creative criticism. I value the opinions of everyone on this list - you are the best group of professionals that I have ever had the pleasure of associating with. Please take a look at the following pages - participate and make on-line comments if you want to - then email your thoughts, ideas and suggestions back to me. Either respond to me directly or on the list, both are fine with me. Entry to the on-line exhibit is: http://www.northwestmuseum.org/index.cfm/Exhibits_Collections_STORIES_FR OM_W ITHIN.htm Many thanks to you all in advance. Peter Turner Information Technology Specialist Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture/Eastern Washington State Historical Society 2316 West First Ave Spokane, WA 99201 Phone 509-363-5327 Fax 509-363-5303 Email petert at northwestmuseum.org From NHoneysett at getty.edu Mon Apr 13 09:32:40 2009 From: NHoneysett at getty.edu (Nik Honeysett) Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:32:40 -0700 Subject: [MCN-L] Media and Technology in Philly Message-ID: <49E306A7.65B4.001D.0@getty.edu> The Media and Technology SPC hope that you will be attending the annual AAM conference in Philadelphia, April 30 - May 4, only a few weeks away. It promises to be a great event. Complete details can be found at http://www.aam-us.org/am09/. We had a record number of panels selected for the program this year, 15 from a total of 19 proposed, and have summarized them for your attending pleasure on our website at http://mediaandtechnology.org/panels/2009.html- please support us by attending them if you can. You will also find panels listed there that we have endorsed as relevant to the Media & Technology community. On Thursday, April 30 at 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Loews Philadelphia is the 20th ANNUAL MUSE AWARDS AND CHAMPAGNE RECEPTION. We had a record number of submissions this year and engaged international juries to help review the entries. The event has been generously sponsored by Real Magnet*, Developers of Magnet Mail (www.realmagnet.com ( http://www.realmagnet.com/ )). There is no ticket required for this event and the Champagne will be free-flowing, dress is top hat and tails or business casual. You do not need to be registered for the conference to attend this reception. Don?t miss the MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS on Friday, May 1 from 3:30-5:30 pm at Exhibit Hall A&B in the Pennsylvania Convention Center. You'll be able to see the MUSE winners demonstrating their award-wining entries. You must be registered for the conference to enter the Convention Center Market Place. You can still register to attend the MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY SPC BUSINESS LUNCH on Saturday, May 2 at 12:15-1:45 p.m. at the Philadelphia Marriott. Finally, please stop by booth 130 in the Expo hall. Once again we are partnering with MCN on a joint booth. The Expo Hall is open from noon on Friday, May 1 through 2pm on Sunday May 3. Hope to see you there. -M&T SPC *Real Magnet is the developer of MagnetMail, a comprehensive email marketing application with integrated surveys and audio and web conferencing solutions. This integration simplifies workflow and aggregates marketing data, making your marketing campaigns and events more efficient and faster to deploy. More than 1,000 organizations use MagnetMail to communicate with customers and prospects. For more information on how Real Magnet can streamline your museum?s marketing and event management, contact us at sales at realmagnet.comor 301-652-4025 x131 or visit www.realmagnet.com ( http://www.realmagnet.com/ ). From waibelg at oclc.org Mon Apr 13 09:53:41 2009 From: waibelg at oclc.org (Waibel,Guenter) Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:53:41 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Museum Data Exchange software suite Message-ID: Hi everybody, As part of our Museum Data Exchange Mellon grant, we've just released a suite of tools which aims to help museums extract CDWA Lite XML out of collections management systems, and share it via OAI-PMH. All of the software is available fee-free, some is open source. I've blogged about the project here http://hangingtogether.org/?p=651, and you'll find an official announcement here http://www.oclc.org/programs/news/2009-04-10.htm. A number of MCN regulars were involved in the creation of the software, and a big thank you is due to them for helping spec the tools: Harvard Art Museum; Metropolitan Museum of Art; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Princeton University Art Museum; and Yale University Art Museum. These museums also used the tools to share data with OCLC Research in support of an upcoming data analysis. If you're curious about that aspect of our grant, see http://hangingtogether.org/?p=644. COBOAT software http://www.oclc.org/research/software/coboat/default.htm OAICatMuseum software http://www.oclc.org/research/software/oai/oaicatmuseum.htm Cheers, G?nter *** G?nter Waibel Program Officer, OCLC Research 777 Mariners Island Blvd. Suite 550 San Mateo CA 94404 voice: +1-650-287-2144 G?nter blogs at ... http://www.hangingtogether.org From petert at northwestmuseum.org Mon Apr 13 10:52:19 2009 From: petert at northwestmuseum.org (Peter Turner) Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:52:19 -0700 Subject: [MCN-L] Stories from Within - Can you review and comment please. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks for the response. Before I answer, please note that the list serve cut off part of the URL. Please copy and paste the whole URL into your browser: http://www.northwestmuseum.org/index.cfm/Exhibits_Collections_STORIES_FROM_W ITHIN.htm We are driving traffic to the site by word of mouth (our educators are going out to schools), through the exhibit in the gallery (we have a kiosk linking to the site), via our weekly newsletter and targeted email to school teachers. Any suggestions on how to drive more traffic here would be more than welcome. In one week we have had about 600 hits on the entry page and an average of 50 hits on each individual page. Most people are just looking, but we are starting to see comments on line as well. Of course in the gallery there is a table where visitors can write their comments and stories on paper. Thanks again. Peter Turner Information Technology Specialist Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture/Eastern Washington State Historical Society 2316 West First Ave Spokane, WA 99201 Phone 509-363-5327 Fax 509-363-5303 Email petert at northwestmuseum.org -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Harper, Lucy Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 9:21 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Stories from Within - Can you review and comment please. Peter, I'd be curious if you'd share with us the ways you are driving traffic to this web exhibition. What sort of pr are you doing (print & online)? Are you reaching out to specific populations, such as K-12 teachers? Our education department did something similar, although not specifically focused on narrative works, entitled Community Voices in the Gallery, which we published in print, and are distributing to the individual authors...it was part of a particular K-12 English Language Arts class, who worked with a local poet. Due to staffing constraints it took several years to pull together the print publication. I like the way you've broadened the pool of responders by giving it an online presence. I can just imagine the copyright implications. Lu Harper Librarian/Webmaster Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester lharper at mag.rochester.edu -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Peter Turner Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 11:59 AM To: 'Museum Computer Network Listserv' Subject: [MCN-L] Stories from Within - Can you review and comment please. Hi there, At the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture we had the opportunity given to us to create a web component to a small but interesting exhibit created by our education department. We had virtually no budget, limited time, and restricted resources - but we did have a core group people dedicated to making it work. It has given us a lot of challenges - many of them legal associated with such fun stuff as copyright, freedom of speech and censorship. This is a new concept and direction for us. We want to use this as a learning experience for future efforts along this theme - so I would like to ask for your feedback and creative criticism. I value the opinions of everyone on this list - you are the best group of professionals that I have ever had the pleasure of associating with. Please take a look at the following pages - participate and make on-line comments if you want to - then email your thoughts, ideas and suggestions back to me. Either respond to me directly or on the list, both are fine with me. Entry to the on-line exhibit is: http://www.northwestmuseum.org/index.cfm/Exhibits_Collections_STORIES_FR OM_W ITHIN.htm Many thanks to you all in advance. Peter Turner Information Technology Specialist Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture/Eastern Washington State Historical Society 2316 West First Ave Spokane, WA 99201 Phone 509-363-5327 Fax 509-363-5303 Email petert at northwestmuseum.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/ From jkaganskiy at gmail.com Mon Apr 13 17:42:25 2009 From: jkaganskiy at gmail.com (Julia Kaganskiy) Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:42:25 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Arts, Culture and Tech meetup w/ Seb Chan, Koven Smith (NYC) Message-ID: <4bf6a20d0904131742r1f6ca05s9791c250cf1a769d@mail.gmail.com> Hi there, Just wanted to let those of you in the NYC area know about a new meetup group focused on technology and the arts (I'm the organizer). Our next session is Wednesday, April 22nd and will feature Sebastian Chan, Head of Digital Services & Research at the Powerhouse Museum, discussing projects ranging from mobile tech (use of QR codes, location-aware tech), to social media, to the semantic web. The conversation will be led by Koven Smith of the Metropolitan Museum and will be open to questions and comments from the audience. You can find out additional details about the event and RSVP here: http://www.meetup.com/Arts-Culture-and-Technology/calendar/10132572/ There is a small cover charge ($5) to cover the room rental fee, so RSVP is required. Feel free to get in touch with any additional comments or questions, or forward the announcement along to friends and colleagues. Thanks! Julia Kaganskiy Community Organizer http://www.meetup.com/Arts-Culture-and-Technology/ www.juliaxgulia.com Twitter: @juliaxgulia 917.817.8432 From akeshet at imj.org.il Wed Apr 15 07:32:22 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:32:22 +0300 Subject: [MCN-L] =?windows-1255?q?=FE=FEIP_SIG=3A_Copyright_=26_Documentar?= =?windows-1255?q?y_Film_Reports?= Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781D3B43FA0D@mailsrv.imj.org.il> April 14, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Sean Flynn, Associate Director, PIJIP 202-274-4157, or sflynn at wcl.americn.edu PIJIP and the Center for Social Media release Copyright & Documentary Film in the Commonwealth: Legal Scholar Reports from Six Countries HTML format: http://www.wcl.american.edu/pijip/go/pijip04152009 PDF: http://www.wcl.american.edu/pijip/go/pdf04152009 American University Washington College of Law?s Program in Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP) and the Center for Social Media at American University (CSM) are releasing a series of papers by copyright experts entitled Copyright & Documentary Film in the Commonwealth: Legal Scholar Reports from Six Countries. The papers cover the extent of fair use or fair dealing exceptions to copyright applicable to documentary filmmakers in Uganda, Nigeria, South Africa, India, Canada and Australia. The commissioned papers and their abstracts are available here. The legal scholars who contributed to the reports include Jeroline Akubu (Uganda), Jeremy de Beer (Canada), Emily Hudson (Australia), Ayodele Kusamoto (Nigeria), Lawrence Liang (India) and Tobias Schonwetter (South Africa). The Legal Scholar Reports are part of a broader project of PIJIP and CSM exploring how greater understanding and use of limitations and exceptions in copyright laws can promote the development of documentary filmmaking in Commonwealth countries. In this first year, the project commissioned the series of expert reports being released today and also completed an initial study and meeting on filmmaker beliefs and practices in South Africa. To a greater or lesser extent, two favorable conditions apply in many of the commonwealth countries that are the focus of this project. First, unlike countries of the civil law tradition, they are broadly committed to the principle that copyright law should serve public, rather than private, interest. And second, their foundational legal documents recognize the principle of freedom of expression, which limitations on copyright protection exist to enable. In the meeting on Copyright User Rights and South African Documentary Film held in March 2009 in Cape Town, PIJIP and two South African filmmaker organizations ? the Documentary Filmmakers? Association and the Black Filmmakers Network ? committed to a plan of action for the next year of the project. The plan of action includes a call for the development of a consensus ?best practices? document explicating current rights to quote or otherwise use copyrighted content in documentary films and a legal advice network for documentary filmmakers on user rights in copyright law. The meeting followed a period of research on the actual and perceived barriers that South African Copyright law is posing to the development of the local documentary film industry, including through a survey of over 40 local filmmakers. More information on the project can be found at the PIJIP webpage on Copyright and International Documentary Film. The Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP) at the Washington College of Law promotes public interest approaches to domestic and international intellectual property law through advocacy, events and the provision of legal and consulting services. PIJIP?s activities focus on a balanced approach to intellectual property and other legal regimes that reward creators while ensuring broad public access to information and its products. American University?s Center for Social Media investigates, showcases and sets standards for socially engaged media-making. They organize conferences and convenings, publish research, create codes of best practices, and incubate media strategies. The Center is part of AU?s School of Communication. The papers are available at: http://www.wcl.american.edu/pijip/go/filmmakerpapers From jtrant at archimuse.com Thu Apr 16 11:43:04 2009 From: jtrant at archimuse.com (j trant) Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:43:04 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Best of the Web 2009 - People's choice Message-ID: Museums and the Web 2009 the international conference for culture and heritage on-line April 15-18, 2009 Indianapolis, Indiana, USA http://www.archimuse.com/mw2009/ *** Best of the Web Voting Closes April 17 at noon EST *** You have until noon, EST, to cast your vote for the Best of the Web People's Choice, held in conjunction with Museums and the Web 2009. Visit http://conference.archimuse.com/best_web/nominees-2009 to see the list of sites nominated, create an account, and vote for your favourite. The People's Choice Awards will be presented on April 17, 2009, at MW2009 along with the Best of the Web Awards in all other categories. Best, jennifer -- __________ J. Trant jtrant at archimuse.com Partner & Principal Consultant phone: +1 416 691 2516 Archives & Museum Informatics fax: +1 416 352 6025 158 Lee Ave, Toronto Ontario M4E 2P3 Canada http://www.archimuse.com __________ From jbedard at artsmia.org Fri Apr 17 11:38:30 2009 From: jbedard at artsmia.org (John Bedard) Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:38:30 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Print on Demand Pilot Questions Message-ID: <49E88656.50A4.0031.0@artsmia.org> Our Museum Shop wants to do a pilot project on Print on Demand for prints (not posters) of works in our collection. They would probably start with 30-50 images that they currently use on notecards that they sell. The thought is to start with a low cost pilot to test the market. The current thinking is to have a computer set up in the store on which a customer can select an image and print a order for a print. (The order only needs to include the name of the customer and the name of the print selected.) The customer would bring the order to the checkout point and pay for the print. The print would be produced at a later time on one of our high quality color printers and mailed to the customer. I would appreciate hearing from anyone with experience with this type of project, or anyone who knows of free or inexpensive software that could be used on the computer in the store to select an image and print the order. John R. Bedard | Director of Information Systems Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2400 Third Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55404 612-870-3268 | JBedard at artsmia.org | www.artsmia.org ( http://www.artsmia.org/ ) From rissanen at museumca.org Fri Apr 17 11:47:31 2009 From: rissanen at museumca.org (Carolyn Rissanen) Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:47:31 -0700 Subject: [MCN-L] Print on Demand Pilot Questions In-Reply-To: <49E88656.50A4.0031.0@artsmia.org> Message-ID: <3322840418-353941225@mail.mediatrope.com> Please respond to the list - this is something we have talked about for a while but have never really gotten off the ground. Carolyn Rissanen Registrar, Natural Sciences Oakland Museum of California 510-238-3885 www.museumca.org -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of John Bedard Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 11:39 AM To: mcn LISTSERV Subject: [MCN-L] Print on Demand Pilot Questions Our Museum Shop wants to do a pilot project on Print on Demand for prints (not posters) of works in our collection. They would probably start with 30-50 images that they currently use on notecards that they sell. The thought is to start with a low cost pilot to test the market. The current thinking is to have a computer set up in the store on which a customer can select an image and print a order for a print. (The order only needs to include the name of the customer and the name of the print selected.) The customer would bring the order to the checkout point and pay for the print. The print would be produced at a later time on one of our high quality color printers and mailed to the customer. I would appreciate hearing from anyone with experience with this type of project, or anyone who knows of free or inexpensive software that could be used on the computer in the store to select an image and print the order. John R. Bedard | Director of Information Systems Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2400 Third Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55404 612-870-3268 | JBedard at artsmia.org | www.artsmia.org ( http://www.artsmia.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/ From squigle at panix.com Sat Apr 18 11:10:51 2009 From: squigle at panix.com (Suzanne Quigley) Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:10:51 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] print on demand In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria (NY) has or had something like this. It is/was a "make your own quickie movie with yourself in it". I think it came out as a sheet that you could cut up and make into a flip book. Obviously not a high quality thing, but great fun - the flow of data to point of purchase seems similar. Museum Shop 718.784.4520 ext. 202 shop at movingimage.us Suzanne ++++++++++++ Suzanne Quigley art & artifact services www.suzannequigley.com 718 875 1697 917 676 9039 (cell) squigle at panix.com On Apr 18, 2009, at 3:00 PM, mcn-l-request at mcn.edu wrote: > Our Museum Shop wants to do a pilot project on Print on Demand for > prints > (not posters) of works in our collection. They would probably start > with > 30-50 images that they currently use on notecards that they sell. The > thought is to start with a low cost pilot to test the market. > > The current thinking is to have a computer set up in the store on > which a > customer can select an image and print a order for a print. (The > order only > needs to include the name of the customer and the name of the print > selected.) The customer would bring the order to the checkout point > and pay > for the print. The print would be produced at a later time on one > of our > high quality color printers and mailed to the customer. > > I would appreciate hearing from anyone with experience with this > type of > project, or anyone who knows of free or inexpensive software that > could be > used on the computer in the store to select an image and print the > order. > > John R. Bedard | Director of Information Systems > Minneapolis Institute of Arts > 2400 Third Avenue South > Minneapolis, MN 55404 > > 612-870-3268 | JBedard at artsmia.org | www.artsmia.org ( > http://www.artsmia.org/ ) From akeshet at imj.org.il Sun Apr 19 22:56:02 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:56:02 +0300 Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG: The Unbearable Lightness of the DMCA Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781D3B443C51@mailsrv.imj.org.il> Forwarded from another list: "ImprovEverywhere is a public performance art bunch, that essentially flashmob interesting pranks. For April Fool's Day, they pretended to flashmob a (mocked-up) funeral, videotaped it as if it were a real flashmob, and posted it to YouTube. A local new station took their YouTube footage, and constructed a news segment on it (as if it were real - they didn't get the joke). ImprovEverywhere took a capture of the news story (which was essentially ImproveEverywhere's original content) and put it on You Tube. Then ... wait for it ... the station sent a DMCA takedown notice to You T ube. " http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/14/cw-11-news-claims-cl.html From proctorn at si.edu Mon Apr 20 07:03:35 2009 From: proctorn at si.edu (Proctor, Nancy) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:03:35 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Print on Demand mcn-l Digest, Vol 43, Issue 16 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I think the National Gallery and National Portrait Gallery in London have a lot of experience with POD in their shop. I'm not sure who the right contact person is, but you might start with Charlotte Sexton. Good luck! Nancy On 4/19/09 3:00 PM, "mcn-l-request at mcn.edu" wrote: > 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. Re: print on demand (Suzanne Quigley) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:10:51 -0400 > From: Suzanne Quigley > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] print on demand > To: mcn-l at mcn.edu > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > The Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria (NY) has or had something > like this. It is/was a "make your own quickie movie with yourself in > it". I think it came out as a sheet that you could cut up and make > into a flip book. Obviously not a high quality thing, but great fun - > the flow of data to point of purchase seems similar. > > Museum Shop > 718.784.4520 ext. 202 > shop at movingimage.us > > Suzanne > ++++++++++++ > Suzanne Quigley > art & artifact services > www.suzannequigley.com > 718 875 1697 > 917 676 9039 (cell) > squigle at panix.com > > > > On Apr 18, 2009, at 3:00 PM, mcn-l-request at mcn.edu wrote: >> Our Museum Shop wants to do a pilot project on Print on Demand for >> prints >> (not posters) of works in our collection. They would probably start >> with >> 30-50 images that they currently use on notecards that they sell. The >> thought is to start with a low cost pilot to test the market. >> >> The current thinking is to have a computer set up in the store on >> which a >> customer can select an image and print a order for a print. (The >> order only >> needs to include the name of the customer and the name of the print >> selected.) The customer would bring the order to the checkout point >> and pay >> for the print. The print would be produced at a later time on one >> of our >> high quality color printers and mailed to the customer. >> >> I would appreciate hearing from anyone with experience with this >> type of >> project, or anyone who knows of free or inexpensive software that >> could be >> used on the computer in the store to select an image and print the >> order. >> >> John R. Bedard | Director of Information Systems >> Minneapolis Institute of Arts >> 2400 Third Avenue South >> Minneapolis, MN 55404 >> >> 612-870-3268 | JBedard at artsmia.org | www.artsmia.org ( >> http://www.artsmia.org/ ) > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > mcn-l mailing list > mcn-l at mcn.edu > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > > End of mcn-l Digest, Vol 43, Issue 16 > ************************************* -- Nancy Proctor Head of New Media Initiatives Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) MRC 970 PO Box 37012 Washington DC 20013-7012 USA o: +1-202-633-8439 f: +1-202-633-8455 c: +1-301-642-6257 proctorn at si.edu http://www.americanart.si.edu http://eyelevel.si.edu/ From j.stevenson at vam.ac.uk Mon Apr 20 08:39:41 2009 From: j.stevenson at vam.ac.uk (James Stevenson) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:39:41 +0100 Subject: [MCN-L] Print on Demand mcn-l Digest, Vol 43, Issue 16 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <49ECA54D.ABAA.00EA.0@vam.ac.uk> Joe Padfield at the National Gallery >>> "Proctor, Nancy" 20/04/2009 15:03 >>> I think the National Gallery and National Portrait Gallery in London have a lot of experience with POD in their shop. I'm not sure who the right contact person is, but you might start with Charlotte Sexton. Good luck! Nancy On 4/19/09 3:00 PM, "mcn-l-request at mcn.edu" wrote: > 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. Re: print on demand (Suzanne Quigley) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:10:51 -0400 > From: Suzanne Quigley > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] print on demand > To: mcn-l at mcn.edu > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > The Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria (NY) has or had something > like this. It is/was a "make your own quickie movie with yourself in > it". I think it came out as a sheet that you could cut up and make > into a flip book. Obviously not a high quality thing, but great fun - > the flow of data to point of purchase seems similar. > > Museum Shop > 718.784.4520 ext. 202 > shop at movingimage.us > > Suzanne > ++++++++++++ > Suzanne Quigley > art & artifact services > www.suzannequigley.com > 718 875 1697 > 917 676 9039 (cell) > squigle at panix.com > > > > On Apr 18, 2009, at 3:00 PM, mcn-l-request at mcn.edu wrote: >> Our Museum Shop wants to do a pilot project on Print on Demand for >> prints >> (not posters) of works in our collection. They would probably start >> with >> 30-50 images that they currently use on notecards that they sell. The >> thought is to start with a low cost pilot to test the market. >> >> The current thinking is to have a computer set up in the store on >> which a >> customer can select an image and print a order for a print. (The >> order only >> needs to include the name of the customer and the name of the print >> selected.) The customer would bring the order to the checkout point >> and pay >> for the print. The print would be produced at a later time on one >> of our >> high quality color printers and mailed to the customer. >> >> I would appreciate hearing from anyone with experience with this >> type of >> project, or anyone who knows of free or inexpensive software that >> could be >> used on the computer in the store to select an image and print the >> order. >> >> John R. Bedard | Director of Information Systems >> Minneapolis Institute of Arts >> 2400 Third Avenue South >> Minneapolis, MN 55404 >> >> 612-870-3268 | JBedard at artsmia.org | www.artsmia.org ( >> http://www.artsmia.org/ ) > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > mcn-l mailing list > mcn-l at mcn.edu > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > > End of mcn-l Digest, Vol 43, Issue 16 > ************************************* -- Nancy Proctor Head of New Media Initiatives Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) MRC 970 PO Box 37012 Washington DC 20013-7012 USA o: +1-202-633-8439 f: +1-202-633-8455 c: +1-301-642-6257 proctorn at si.edu http://www.americanart.si.edu http://eyelevel.si.edu/ _______________________________________________ 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/ ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. 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If you are not the intended recipient, or responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying, or disclosure of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by telephone on 020 7942 2353. This message has been scanned for viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System. From sgrinols at famsf.org Mon Apr 20 09:00:16 2009 From: sgrinols at famsf.org (Sue Grinols) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:00:16 -0700 Subject: [MCN-L] Print on Demand Pilot Questions In-Reply-To: <49E88656.50A4.0031.0@artsmia.org> Message-ID: Hi John, We have a successful POD program here. We have a Kiosk in the museum store and also one that is placed in a temporary satellite store that people have to walk through as they exit our temporary exhibition. That kiosk offers images of artwork that can be seen in the exhibition. So in effect it's a targeted audience we're selling to. We have examples of the POD product framed and up on the store walls so people can see what they're buying. Art Group is the company that helped us with this and that handles fulfillment. Fulfillment takes place off-site which means low impact on staff. -- Susan Grinols Director Photo Services and Imaging Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Ph. 415.750.3602 Fx. 415.750.2679 On 4/17/09 11:38 AM, "John Bedard" wrote: > Our Museum Shop wants to do a pilot project on Print on Demand for prints (not > posters) of works in our collection. They would probably start with 30-50 > images that they currently use on notecards that they sell. The thought is to > start with a low cost pilot to test the market. > > The current thinking is to have a computer set up in the store on which a > customer can select an image and print a order for a print. (The order only > needs to include the name of the customer and the name of the print selected.) > The customer would bring the order to the checkout point and pay for the > print. The print would be produced at a later time on one of our high quality > color printers and mailed to the customer. > > I would appreciate hearing from anyone with experience with this type of > project, or anyone who knows of free or inexpensive software that could be > used on the computer in the store to select an image and print the order. > > > > John R. Bedard | Director of Information Systems > Minneapolis Institute of Arts > 2400 Third Avenue South > Minneapolis, MN 55404 > > 612-870-3268 | JBedard at artsmia.org | www.artsmia.org ( > http://www.artsmia.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/ From david at yakimavalleymuseum.org Mon Apr 20 09:11:13 2009 From: david at yakimavalleymuseum.org (David Lynx) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:11:13 -0700 Subject: [MCN-L] Online donations In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Any tips for online donations? I would like to send out a card for our annual fund with an ask to donate online. I am set up with PayPal, but would like to see what other choices are out there. We can process credit cards in house, I would just like a fast way for people to participate online. Thanks --------------------------------------------- David Lynx, Curator of Information Design From Thomas.Deliduka at cmaohio.org Mon Apr 20 09:23:01 2009 From: Thomas.Deliduka at cmaohio.org (Thomas Deliduka) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:23:01 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Online donations In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <307ABFF8E627124A8D6449D1292A162E24F00F@cma-srv-xch-01.cmaohio.org> One way is to have the form online that stores the data (preferably encrypted) into a database. And then an e-mail is sent to your department who handles the cash. They then click the link to go to a secure SSL site which they can then download the CC numbers and names, etc. then charge them in-house. A shredder should be nearby to make sure those numbers aren't left lying around. It's certainly less secure than Pay Pal or an online processor but it's cheaper too. The key is the secure website, if you don't do it securely, it doesn't help anyone. Thomas Deliduka Director of Information Technology Columbus Museum of Art 480 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43215 ph 614/629-0345 fax 614/629-0950 thomas.deliduka at cmaohio.org ? ART SPEAKS. JOIN THE CONVERSATION -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of David Lynx Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 12:11 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] Online donations Any tips for online donations? I would like to send out a card for our annual fund with an ask to donate online. I am set up with PayPal, but would like to see what other choices are out there. We can process credit cards in house, I would just like a fast way for people to participate online. Thanks --------------------------------------------- David Lynx, Curator of Information Design _______________________________________________ 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/ From lesleyeharris at comcast.net Mon Apr 20 09:18:48 2009 From: lesleyeharris at comcast.net (Lesley Ellen Harris) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:18:48 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Online donations In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Try www.acteva.com...I've been using it for years...very reliable, great customer service and inexpensive fees. Lesley Lesley Ellen Harris lesley at copyrightlaws.com www.copyrightanswers.blogspot.com On Apr 20, 2009, at 12:11 PM, David Lynx wrote: Any tips for online donations? I would like to send out a card for our annual fund with an ask to donate online. I am set up with PayPal, but would like to see what other choices are out there. We can process credit cards in house, I would just like a fast way for people to participate online. Thanks --------------------------------------------- David Lynx, Curator of Information Design _______________________________________________ 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/ From lensteinbach at gmail.com Mon Apr 20 09:28:03 2009 From: lensteinbach at gmail.com (Leonard Steinbach) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:28:03 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Online donations In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: You may want to look at Donor Perfect's Social Network Fundraising On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 12:11 PM, David Lynx wrote: > Any tips for online donations? I would like to send out a card for our > annual fund with an ask to donate online. I am set up with PayPal, but > would like to see what other choices are out there. We can process credit > cards in house, I would just like a fast way for people to participate > online. > Thanks > > > --------------------------------------------- > David Lynx, Curator of Information Design > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > From jtrant at archimuse.com Mon Apr 20 09:34:48 2009 From: jtrant at archimuse.com (j trant) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:34:48 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] MW2009 Keynote now available Message-ID: RT @mw2009: Max Anderson's #mw2009 keynote "moving from virtual to visceral" now on ArtBabble: http://is.gd/tiHt thanks to @dincandela or in translation from Twitter: Daniel Incancela and the team from the Indianapolis Museum of Art have now made Max Anderson's Keynote Address "Moving from Virtual to Visceral" from Museums and the Web 2009 available. You can find it on ArtBabble and embedded in the MW conference community site: see http://conference.archimuse.com/forum/maxwell_andersons_mw2009_keynote_moving_virtual_viscer Our thanks to the IMA for recording Max's presentation, and to Max for his willingness to share IMA's philosophy of openness, and to embody it himself. A great kick-off to a fantastic week. Thanks everyone! jennifer -- __________ J. Trant jtrant at archimuse.com Partner & Principal Consultant phone: +1 416 691 2516 Archives & Museum Informatics fax: +1 416 352 6025 158 Lee Ave, Toronto Ontario M4E 2P3 Canada http://www.archimuse.com __________ From Images at vanartgallery.bc.ca Mon Apr 20 10:38:35 2009 From: Images at vanartgallery.bc.ca (Images) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:38:35 -0700 Subject: [MCN-L] Print on Demand Pilot Questions In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Susan - I'm wondering if you would be willing to share what you charge for the prints. I'm also curious how you handle copyright issues - are the works you offer for print all in the public domain? Many thanks, Danielle On 4/20/09 9:00 AM, "Sue Grinols" wrote: Hi John, We have a successful POD program here. We have a Kiosk in the museum store and also one that is placed in a temporary satellite store that people have to walk through as they exit our temporary exhibition. That kiosk offers images of artwork that can be seen in the exhibition. So in effect it's a targeted audience we're selling to. We have examples of the POD product framed and up on the store walls so people can see what they're buying. Art Group is the company that helped us with this and that handles fulfillment. Fulfillment takes place off-site which means low impact on staff. -- Susan Grinols Director Photo Services and Imaging Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Ph. 415.750.3602 Fx. 415.750.2679 On 4/17/09 11:38 AM, "John Bedard" wrote: > Our Museum Shop wants to do a pilot project on Print on Demand for prints (not > posters) of works in our collection. They would probably start with 30-50 > images that they currently use on notecards that they sell. The thought is to > start with a low cost pilot to test the market. > > The current thinking is to have a computer set up in the store on which a > customer can select an image and print a order for a print. (The order only > needs to include the name of the customer and the name of the print selected.) > The customer would bring the order to the checkout point and pay for the > print. The print would be produced at a later time on one of our high quality > color printers and mailed to the customer. > > I would appreciate hearing from anyone with experience with this type of > project, or anyone who knows of free or inexpensive software that could be > used on the computer in the store to select an image and print the order. > > > > John R. Bedard | Director of Information Systems > Minneapolis Institute of Arts > 2400 Third Avenue South > Minneapolis, MN 55404 > > 612-870-3268 | JBedard at artsmia.org | www.artsmia.org ( > http://www.artsmia.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/ _______________________________________________ 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/ From sgrinols at famsf.org Mon Apr 20 10:54:05 2009 From: sgrinols at famsf.org (Sue Grinols) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:54:05 -0700 Subject: [MCN-L] Print on Demand Pilot Questions In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hi Danielle, You can read about our POD on our website (including pricing) - where you can order the prints too. Artistic Luxury: Faberge, Tiffany, Lalique is one of our current exhibitions and you can see what prints we're offering around that show: http://www.famsf.org/store/category.asp?cat=9 Art Group clears the rights for the artworks before they're added into the system. A beautiful thing. Sue On 4/20/09 10:38 AM, "Images" wrote: > Dear Susan - I'm wondering if you would be willing to share what you charge > for the prints. I'm also curious how you handle copyright issues - are the > works you offer for print all in the public domain? > > Many thanks, > Danielle > > > > On 4/20/09 9:00 AM, "Sue Grinols" wrote: > > Hi John, > > We have a successful POD program here. We have a Kiosk in the museum store > and also one that is placed in a temporary satellite store that people have > to walk through as they exit our temporary exhibition. That kiosk offers > images of artwork that can be seen in the exhibition. So in effect it's a > targeted audience we're selling to. We have examples of the POD product > framed and up on the store walls so people can see what they're buying. Art > Group is the company that helped us with this and that handles fulfillment. > Fulfillment takes place off-site which means low impact on staff. > > > > -- > Susan Grinols > Director Photo Services and Imaging > Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco > Ph. 415.750.3602 > Fx. 415.750.2679 > > > > On 4/17/09 11:38 AM, "John Bedard" wrote: > >> Our Museum Shop wants to do a pilot project on Print on Demand for prints >> (not >> posters) of works in our collection. They would probably start with 30-50 >> images that they currently use on notecards that they sell. The thought is >> to >> start with a low cost pilot to test the market. >> >> The current thinking is to have a computer set up in the store on which a >> customer can select an image and print a order for a print. (The order only >> needs to include the name of the customer and the name of the print >> selected.) >> The customer would bring the order to the checkout point and pay for the >> print. The print would be produced at a later time on one of our high >> quality >> color printers and mailed to the customer. >> >> I would appreciate hearing from anyone with experience with this type of >> project, or anyone who knows of free or inexpensive software that could be >> used on the computer in the store to select an image and print the order. >> >> >> >> John R. Bedard | Director of Information Systems >> Minneapolis Institute of Arts >> 2400 Third Avenue South >> Minneapolis, MN 55404 >> >> 612-870-3268 | JBedard at artsmia.org | www.artsmia.org ( >> http://www.artsmia.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/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ From SSmith at getty.edu Mon Apr 20 11:12:23 2009 From: SSmith at getty.edu (Stanley Smith) Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:12:23 -0700 Subject: [MCN-L] Print on Demand In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <49EC5897.0319.00B6.0@getty.edu> The Getty is seriously considering such a project as well, and are in the planning stages. We will likely partner with an outside vendor to provide the prints and fulfill the orders-- we will simply not have the internal resources to fulfill what is likely to be a large quantity of orders. That said, we will have complete control over the quality and "look" of the delivered product, and the vendor will be invisible to the customer-- prints will be delivered with Getty packaging. I do believe that current ink-jet technology and paper options now conspire to provide an extraordinary opportunity for museums to leverage their collections into a revenue-producing service, one that will likely further their missions as well. Don't think of these prints as "posters". A well printed ink-jet print on good rag paper is a very different animal, with a much higher perceived value that a poster. Ink-jet prints have good archival qualities as well-- unlike offset printed posters. But the best thing is we will not be limited by "print-run economics". One print costs as much to produce (per print) as twenty. This allows us not to just offer the "greatest hits", but hands control to our visitors-- they can select anything from our collection (that we have the rights to reproduce). We are currently researching kiosk options-- I am unaware of existing software to do this, unless you partner with a company that will offer your prints within the context of their own company. We would rather have the service identified only with our institution. There are many "shopping cart" solutions that could work, but these may need customization. We envision a kiosk near the museum store, and maybe near selected galleries-- we are currently researching kiosk options. A web presence may also make sense. I do have some further research available that I would be happy to email directly to interested parties. Stanley Smith Manager, Imaging Services J. Paul Getty Museum ssmith at getty.edu From akeshet at imj.org.il Tue Apr 21 06:06:07 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:06:07 +0300 Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG: Music pirates buy more music Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781D3B443C79@mailsrv.imj.org.il> "A study from the BI Norwegian School of Management has found that those who download free music from services like BitTorrent are also the biggest legitimate consumers of downloadable music. In fact, among all 1,901 Norway-based study participants (all of whom were over the age of 15), it was found that those who downloaded "free" music were 10x more likely to download pay music. In other words, music pirates are the music industry's largest online consumers. " http://i.gizmodo.com/5219587/study-finds-pirates-buy-10x-more-music-online-than-non+pirates and: >From Industry Canada, via Michael Geist ca. 2007: "A newly study commissioned by Industry Canada, which includes some of the most extensive surveying to date of the Canadian population on music purchasing habits, finds what many have long suspected (though CRIA has denied) - there is a positive correlation between peer-to-peer downloading and CD purchasing. The Impact of Music Downloads and P2P File-Sharing on the Purchase of Music: A Study For Industry Canada was conducted collaboratively by two professors from the University of London, Industry Canada, and Decima Research, who surveyed over 2,000 Canadians on their music downloading and purchasing habits. The authors believe this is the first ever empirical study to employ representative microeconomic data. ... " http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/2347/125/ From ANDRESS at miamidade.gov Tue Apr 21 12:43:26 2009 From: ANDRESS at miamidade.gov (Andress, Matthew (CUA)) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:43:26 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] CMS business opportunity - Web-based software needed for international public art collection In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places is looking for a web-based collection management system for a public art collection. There is an RFP issued which is linked below. Because of procurement procedures, any questions have to be routed through the procurement office. Thanks! PLEASE FEEL FREE TO FORWARD TO ANY PARTIES (VENDORS, DESIGNERS, CONTENT AUTHORS) OF POTENTIAL INTEREST FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE PLEASE CONTACT THE VENDOR ASSISTANCE UNIT AT (305) 375-5773. A PRE-BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY APRIL 28, 2009 AT 3PM-5PM EST. 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From jtrant at archimuse.com Tue Apr 21 13:24:51 2009 From: jtrant at archimuse.com (j trant) Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:24:51 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] MW2009 Best of the Web Awards Message-ID: Each year a panel of museum professionals reviews the sites nominated for Best of the Web awards, and honours the best work in our field. For background, see http://www.archimuse.com/mw2009/best/ Congratulations to the winners of the Museums and the Web 2009 Best of the Web Awards! --------------------------------- ** Best Overall** --------------------------------- Brooklyn Museum Collection http://www.brooklynmuseum.org The Panel said: * If it's about trying brave things out, then they win. If its about engaging with audiences in new ways, they win. If it's about changing the traditional balance of power between museum, audience and curator, then they win. If it's about really demonstrating cultural leadership, they win. If it's about making something that requires audiences to 'stretch' a bit to make the connection, then they win. If it's about failing sometimes, well, they win too - but that's part of the risk of what makes their stuff so good. * ... not just because of what they have done (fantastic site) but because they are pointing us in the direction we should all be taking in the future * the trailblazer for where museums might/could/should go in the future. --------------------------------- ** On-line Community or Service ** --------------------------------- winner Brooklyn Museum Collection, Posse, and Tag! You are It! http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/collections/ The Panel said: * successfully integrates social networking and tagging features in a clear, well-designed, easy to use format * set a high standard for all the other community * novel use of terms like "posse" and reference to "tag, you're it" as a game provided the kick of energy and motivation that made me want to participate * Perhaps the first example of collaborative tagging of collections I've seen that truly "works" from a social perspective * The playfulness of "Tag! You're it!" covers up a deep understanding of what "the social web" is all about. Many other museums are playing with web2.0, but none (IMO) are actually living the social web in the way that Brooklyn are. honourable mention Flickr Commons http://www.flickr.com/commons and Indicommons http://www.indicommons.org/ The Panel said: * an incredible amount of value-add to the commons * successfully champions and actively demonstrates the worth of the Commons * This is an excellent example of collaboration across both professional and community networks. * the barriers between the "stuffy old museum" and the one we're all hoping for are slowly breaking down --------------------------------- ** Educational Site ** --------------------------------- winner Tate Kids http://kids.tate.org.uk/ The Panel said: * Wonderful interactivity * total fun * truly teachable moment for color mixing * lovely tone and instructions for kids * terrific content * pushes the envelope beyond any museum kids site I've seen recently * I could hardly get back to work after using it honourable mention Firefly Watch, Museum of Science, Boston https://www.mos.org/fireflywatch/ The Panel said: * well designed, clearly presented * appropriate for a wide age range of interested participants * an excellent example of how to make a topic that is seemingly narrow into something engaging and fascinating * I found myself wanting to participate when reading personal stories and encounters * I learned new things very quickly --------------------------------- ** Exhibition ** winner Click! A Crowd-Curated Exhibition http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/click The Panel said: * took a concept -- "wisdom of the crowds" -- and played it out * in the right place at the right time from a user perspective * Excellent * transparent and clear * bridging the space between online and onsite * Anyone who found this after the exhibition closed would ask, "When are they going to do this again?" --------------------------------- ** Innovative or Experimental Site ** --------------------------------- winner My Yard Our Message http://myyardourmessage.com/ The Panel said: * Awesome ... brilliant job * leveraging a local event with national implications * the quality of the final slogan boards were as good if not better than a corporate ad agency * the content worked during election season but also stands up beautifully now, post-election, both in terms of interest and also as a historical snapshot of the thinking of the time honourable mention Astronomy Photographer of the Year (plus complimentary digital astronomy services) http://www.nmm.ac.uk/astrophoto The Panel said: * There are a couple of innovations here, especially the concept of 'astrotagging' (instead of geotagging) * I loved this - pretty much everything about it * the fact it was done for free using external tools; the (very!) cunning use of technology * a good Flickr collaboration --------------------------------- ** Professional's Site** --------------------------------- winner CODART.nl http://www.codart.nl The Panel said: * knits together content, listings, resources and more * Graphics did not overwhelm the mission of the site. * Very comprehensive. * useful even beyond the specific focus of art from the low countries * beautifully composed site, a gate to global network of museums that are presenting Dutch art --------------------------------- ** Podcast (Audio / Video) ** --------------------------------- winner RWM (Radio web MACBA) http://rwm.macba.cat The Panel said: * offers an impressive array of podcasts. * I like how they have organized the topics * each podcast can be listened to in a player on the site * in Spanish and Catalan, with transcripts * An admirable effort --------------------------------- ** Research Site ** --------------------------------- winner Museum of Jewish Heritage Online Collection http://collection.mjhnyc.org The Panel said: * simple and easy to use * unpretentious * You can format the way the site is rendered. * Highlights on the homepage lead you into the collection, providing sharp zoomable images and short or long descriptions --------------------------------- ** Small ** --------------------------------- winner Museum 2.0 http://museumtwo.blogspot.com/ The Panel said: * excellent content * anticipates the needs and questions of people all over the museum sector * editorial slant gives the site credibility, reach, and influence far beyond its budget and technical provision * punches way above its weight in the museum and gallery professional sector --------------------------------- ** People's choice ** --------------------------------- Chosen by the registrants on conference.archimuse.com Video Active http://www.videoactive.eu For background on the awards, see the MW2009 conference site.: http://www.archimuse.com/mw2009/best/ -- __________ J. Trant jtrant at archimuse.com Partner & Principal Consultant phone: +1 416 691 2516 Archives & Museum Informatics fax: +1 416 352 6025 158 Lee Ave, Toronto Ontario M4E 2P3 Canada http://www.archimuse.com __________ From RStein at imamuseum.org Wed Apr 22 11:20:25 2009 From: RStein at imamuseum.org (Rob Stein) Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:20:25 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Web Applications Developer Position - IMA and NMC In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Folks, The Indianapolis Museum of Art and the New Media Consortium are hiring for a Web Developer Position related to the recently funded Steve-In-Action Grant. For more information please see the job description below: ========================== Web Applications Developer Position Summary: The Web Applications Developer will perform activities in support of the core operations of the Steve in Action project as directed by the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) and the New Media Consortium (NMC). The Chief Information Officer at the IMA will provide day-to-day supervision, working in partnership with the NMC and the Steve in Action Project Director. The desired applicant will be a self-starter interested in working in a busy and dynamic environment where quality, attention to detail, customer service, and a professional manner are essential values. An Bachelor's degree with two years related experience or equivalent qualifications are required. Experience with PHP, XML, web interface design, connecting web front ends to back-end databases and systems, and object-oriented software design practices is essential. Demonstrated experience extending content management systems (i.e., Drupal) and/or developing tools for information retrieval systems (i.e., Lucene) is preferred. Experience using web APIs to develop mashups or web applications is also desirable. The successful applicant will have strong organizational skills and be very flexible. Key Responsibilities and Duties: The Web Application Developer's priority will be the development of social tagging tools for Steve in Action, a development project funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Specific development tasks will be outlined in architecture documents pertaining to the project. Specific job duties are listed below: ? Design and implement web interfaces for tools belonging to the Steve toolset ? Design and construct installer packages for Steve tools ? Design and develop reports for objects and tags in the Steve database ? Modify the Steve database as required to interact with web interfaces ? Document development tasks, including specific changes, for use in project reports and technical documentation ? Provide support for the Steve tag server ? Provide additional support and development as directed by the IMA and NMC Other Responsibilities and Duties: Given the multiple locations of members of the Steve in Action project, the Web Applications Developer has a special responsibility to ensure effective communications within the two organizations regarding the areas within his/her responsibility. Information: This position will be located at the Indianapolis Museum of Art in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Indianapolis Museum of Art and the New Media Consortium are Equal Opportunity Employers. 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Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources & Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem From AFarber at mjhnyc.org Thu Apr 23 06:45:24 2009 From: AFarber at mjhnyc.org (Farber, Allison) Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:45:24 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Tools for posting stories and images Message-ID: <69C2F9BAF121CE4483642FEF0273320D02FE3A14@ms5.mjhnyc.org> Do you know of any free or nearly free tools that allow users to upload stories and optional images? We would like to make a blog where users could upload stories about a mentor and if they have it, a photo of them with their mentor. Blog toolkits like Wordpress don't seem to let users add images and sites like Flickr would not be a good place for people with stories but no images to upload their mentor stories. We also need a very simple interface for our users because many of them are elderly. Thanks for your help! Allison Farber Museum Educator for New Media Museum of Jewish Heritage A Living Memorial to the Holocaust From elizabeth.bruton at mhs.ox.ac.uk Thu Apr 23 07:00:41 2009 From: elizabeth.bruton at mhs.ox.ac.uk (Elizabeth Bruton) Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:00:41 +0100 Subject: [MCN-L] Tools for posting stories and images In-Reply-To: <69C2F9BAF121CE4483642FEF0273320D02FE3A14@ms5.mjhnyc.org> Message-ID: <20090423140041.260E024723@webmail218.herald.ox.ac.uk> An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: not available Url: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/attachments/20090423/cbf2b391/attachment.bat From psully at magnes.org Thu Apr 23 09:20:38 2009 From: psully at magnes.org (Perian Sully) Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:20:38 -0700 Subject: [MCN-L] Tools for posting stories and images In-Reply-To: <20090423140041.260E024723@webmail218.herald.ox.ac.uk> References: <69C2F9BAF121CE4483642FEF0273320D02FE3A14@ms5.mjhnyc.org> <20090423140041.260E024723@webmail218.herald.ox.ac.uk> Message-ID: I agree with Elizabeth - Wordpress is a great choice and it is very easy to use. You might need to take a look at the user permissions - different user groups may not have the ability to upload, so you would have to make some adjustments there. Another solution is Blogspot, which does offer user uploads, if I recall. Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes Berkeley, CA -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Bruton Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 7:01 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Cc: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Tools for posting stories and images Actually, Wordpress does allow users to upload multimedia (including images) and attach them to a blog post, or in your case a story. It would also be a solution I would recommend, as it is very easy to setup and has a very user-friendly admininstration. Elizabeth Bruton -- Ms Elizabeth Bruton Web Officer, Museum of the History of Science, Oxford e: elizabeth.bruton at mhs.ox.ac.uk w: http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk In message <69C2F9BAF121CE4483642FEF0273320D02FE3A14 at ms5.mjhnyc.org> Museum Computer Network Listserv writes: > Do you know of any free or nearly free tools that allow users to upload > stories and optional images? We would like to make a blog where users > could upload stories about a mentor and if they have it, a photo of them > with their mentor. Blog toolkits like Wordpress don't seem to let users > add images and sites like Flickr would not be a good place for people > with stories but no images to upload their mentor stories. We also need > a very simple interface for our users because many of them are elderly. > > > > Thanks for your help! > > > > Allison Farber > Museum Educator for New Media > Museum of Jewish Heritage > A Living Memorial to the Holocaust > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ _______________________________________________ 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/ From Jeanne.Kessler at nationalww2museum.org Fri Apr 24 11:48:05 2009 From: Jeanne.Kessler at nationalww2museum.org (Jeanne Kessler) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:48:05 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Tools for posting stories and images In-Reply-To: References: <69C2F9BAF121CE4483642FEF0273320D02FE3A14@ms5.mjhnyc.org> <20090423140041.260E024723@webmail218.herald.ox.ac.uk> Message-ID: <2A57828BC165D64E88DB9A957CB84BE02DCB2FC673@650store.ddaymuseum.org> It is not totally free (close to it), but one of the coolest tools I have come across is Voicethread - you can post your stuff to their site, or embed what you create it in your own. http://voicethread.com/ Jeanne Kessler IT Project Manager The National?WWII Museum 945 Magazine Street New Orleans, LA 70130 Phone: 504/527-6012, ext. 228 Cell: 504/723-0765 Fax: 504/527-6088 Jeanne.Kessler at nationalww2museum.org -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Perian Sully Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 11:21 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Tools for posting stories and images I agree with Elizabeth - Wordpress is a great choice and it is very easy to use. You might need to take a look at the user permissions - different user groups may not have the ability to upload, so you would have to make some adjustments there. Another solution is Blogspot, which does offer user uploads, if I recall. Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes Berkeley, CA -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Bruton Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 7:01 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Cc: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Tools for posting stories and images Actually, Wordpress does allow users to upload multimedia (including images) and attach them to a blog post, or in your case a story. It would also be a solution I would recommend, as it is very easy to setup and has a very user-friendly admininstration. Elizabeth Bruton -- Ms Elizabeth Bruton Web Officer, Museum of the History of Science, Oxford e: elizabeth.bruton at mhs.ox.ac.uk w: http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk In message <69C2F9BAF121CE4483642FEF0273320D02FE3A14 at ms5.mjhnyc.org> Museum Computer Network Listserv writes: > Do you know of any free or nearly free tools that allow users to upload > stories and optional images? We would like to make a blog where users > could upload stories about a mentor and if they have it, a photo of them > with their mentor. Blog toolkits like Wordpress don't seem to let users > add images and sites like Flickr would not be a good place for people > with stories but no images to upload their mentor stories. We also need > a very simple interface for our users because many of them are elderly. > > > > Thanks for your help! > > > > Allison Farber > Museum Educator for New Media > Museum of Jewish Heritage > A Living Memorial to the Holocaust > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ _______________________________________________ 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/ _______________________________________________ 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/ From nick at elkhartcountyparks.org Fri Apr 24 12:07:32 2009 From: nick at elkhartcountyparks.org (Nick Hoffman) Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:07:32 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] automated response Message-ID: <10904241507.AA23833@elkhartcountyparks.org> I will be on vacation from Thursday, April 23 to Wednesday, April 29. I will try to respond to your email as soon as possible after my return. Thanks, Nick Hoffman From loic.tallon at gmail.com Mon Apr 27 06:20:56 2009 From: loic.tallon at gmail.com (Loic Tallon) Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:20:56 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Where did it start? / first audio guide Message-ID: Dear all. I dug this out for a blog post on Musematic, and thought I'd share it here too. It's a link to a piece of Dutch news footage from 1952 about (what I think was) the world's first audio guide. I particularly like the commentator's emphasis of the words 'tape recorder', the latest in new technologies! See http://www.snipurl.com/stedelijk Cheers, Loic. -- Freelance researcher / designer Co-Editor, 'Digital Technologies and the Museum Experience' (Alta Mira Press, August 2008). From lsarasan at willo.com Mon Apr 27 08:33:49 2009 From: lsarasan at willo.com (Lenore Sarasan) Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:33:49 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Where did it start? / first audio guide In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <000001c9c74d$90a65980$b1f30c80$@com> Two years ago the Museums Association held a 1-day presentation at the Tate Modern sponsored by Antenna Audio. The first presentation was absolutely remarkable and gave the entire history of audio tours and included this footage. I can't remember the guy's name who gave the talk but it was one of the best sessions I ever attended. Contact the MA and I'm sure they can give you the details. -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Loic Tallon Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 8:21 AM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] Where did it start? / first audio guide Dear all. I dug this out for a blog post on Musematic, and thought I'd share it here too. It's a link to a piece of Dutch news footage from 1952 about (what I think was) the world's first audio guide. I particularly like the commentator's emphasis of the words 'tape recorder', the latest in new technologies! See http://www.snipurl.com/stedelijk Cheers, Loic. -- Freelance researcher / designer Co-Editor, 'Digital Technologies and the Museum Experience' (Alta Mira Press, August 2008). _______________________________________________ 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/ -- This message was scanned by ESVA and is believed to be clean. Click here to report this message as spam. http://gate.willo.com/cgi-bin/learn-msg.cgi?id=CB9F827EE1.98CBD From loic.tallon at gmail.com Mon Apr 27 09:11:56 2009 From: loic.tallon at gmail.com (Loic Tallon) Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:11:56 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Where did it start? / first audio guide In-Reply-To: <000001c9c74d$90a65980$b1f30c80$@com> References: <000001c9c74d$90a65980$b1f30c80$@com> Message-ID: That was me who gave that presentation! Its just that I've only recently found the footage online so can share it better. (I had limited copyright premissions for the original disc copy I owned). Its great you enjoyed the presentation so much though!! :-) Thanks, Loic. 2009/4/27 Lenore Sarasan : > Two years ago the Museums Association held a 1-day presentation at the Tate > Modern sponsored by Antenna Audio. ?The first presentation was absolutely > remarkable and gave the entire history of audio tours and included this > footage. ?I can't remember the guy's name who gave the talk but it was one > of the best sessions I ever attended. ?Contact the MA and I'm sure they can > give you the details. > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Loic > Tallon > Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 8:21 AM > To: mcn-l at mcn.edu > Subject: [MCN-L] Where did it start? / first audio guide > > Dear all. > > I dug this out for a blog post on Musematic, and thought I'd share it > here too. ?It's a link to a piece of Dutch news footage from 1952 > about (what I think was) the world's first audio guide. > I particularly like the commentator's emphasis of the words 'tape > recorder', the latest in new technologies! > > See http://www.snipurl.com/stedelijk > > > Cheers, > Loic. > > > -- > Freelance researcher / designer > Co-Editor, 'Digital Technologies and the Museum Experience' (Alta Mira > Press, August 2008). > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > -- > This message was scanned by ESVA and is believed to be clean. > Click here to report this message as spam. > http://gate.willo.com/cgi-bin/learn-msg.cgi?id=CB9F827EE1.98CBD > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > -- E: loic.tallon at gmail.com W: www.loictallon.com Please check-out my new book, 'Digital Technologies and the Museum Experience' (Alta Mira Press, August 2008). From lsarasan at willo.com Mon Apr 27 10:50:30 2009 From: lsarasan at willo.com (Lenore Sarasan) Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:50:30 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Where did it start? / first audio guide In-Reply-To: References: <000001c9c74d$90a65980$b1f30c80$@com> Message-ID: <002201c9c760$a8a89c60$f9f9d520$@com> I thought your name was familiar. It's a great name. What is it? Where else have you given the talk? Also, I recently did an in-depth analysis of the Antenna Audio tour and the catalogue for the Frida Kahlo show that was at the SFMOMA in the fall. If you're interested in my analysis, email me off-line and give me a number where I can call you. -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Loic Tallon Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 11:12 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Where did it start? / first audio guide That was me who gave that presentation! Its just that I've only recently found the footage online so can share it better. (I had limited copyright premissions for the original disc copy I owned). Its great you enjoyed the presentation so much though!! :-) Thanks, Loic. 2009/4/27 Lenore Sarasan : > Two years ago the Museums Association held a 1-day presentation at the Tate > Modern sponsored by Antenna Audio. ?The first presentation was absolutely > remarkable and gave the entire history of audio tours and included this > footage. ?I can't remember the guy's name who gave the talk but it was one > of the best sessions I ever attended. ?Contact the MA and I'm sure they can > give you the details. > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Loic > Tallon > Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 8:21 AM > To: mcn-l at mcn.edu > Subject: [MCN-L] Where did it start? / first audio guide > > Dear all. > > I dug this out for a blog post on Musematic, and thought I'd share it > here too. ?It's a link to a piece of Dutch news footage from 1952 > about (what I think was) the world's first audio guide. > I particularly like the commentator's emphasis of the words 'tape > recorder', the latest in new technologies! > > See http://www.snipurl.com/stedelijk > > > Cheers, > Loic. > > > -- > Freelance researcher / designer > Co-Editor, 'Digital Technologies and the Museum Experience' (Alta Mira > Press, August 2008). > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > -- > This message was scanned by ESVA and is believed to be clean. > Click here to report this message as spam. > http://gate.willo.com/cgi-bin/learn-msg.cgi?id=CB9F827EE1.98CBD > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > -- E: loic.tallon at gmail.com W: www.loictallon.com Please check-out my new book, 'Digital Technologies and the Museum Experience' (Alta Mira Press, August 2008). _______________________________________________ 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/ -- This message was scanned by ESVA and is believed to be clean. Click here to report this message as spam. http://gate.willo.com/cgi-bin/learn-msg.cgi?id=6539727EE1.09F4A From loic.tallon at gmail.com Mon Apr 27 11:42:34 2009 From: loic.tallon at gmail.com (Loic Tallon) Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:42:34 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Where did it start? / first audio guide In-Reply-To: <002201c9c760$a8a89c60$f9f9d520$@com> References: <000001c9c74d$90a65980$b1f30c80$@com> <002201c9c760$a8a89c60$f9f9d520$@com> Message-ID: I've been asked about a translation of the Dutch commentary. I believe it is as follows: 'This is not a meeting for the hard-of-hearing. Rather these people are visitors of the Amsterdam Stedelijk museum, who are being guided in a special, modern way. Via a hearing-aid/listening-device, they are given explanations and are guided to the different artworks. The spoken text is recorded in various different languages onto a so-called ?tape-recorder?. [French language audio] The audio from the magnetic tape goes via an amplifier to a ring-wire/antenna that is located along the baseboard/skirting of the galleries. The broadcast that comes from the ring-wire, makes it possible to pick-up the spoken word through a simple hearing aid with built in reel/spool, without disturbing the peace in the museum. The earplugs are being carefully disinfected every time after use. Every visitor now receives such a device, and follows via the ingenious system the directions and indication of an invisible guide. [Voice of guide; "Here we are standing in front of one of the incredulous falsifications by 'van Megeren' of Vermeer. The holes in the canvas are imputed to the forceful attempts by van Megeren to give the canvas an 'old' look. And if you all look to the right, at the original drawing of van Megeren, you will also see that there is great similarity between this head and that of the Christ-figure in the so-called Vermeer. And now we move on to the next example."] This dutch scoop in this way of guiding, has generated interest abroad." 2009/4/27 Lenore Sarasan : > I thought your name was familiar. ?It's a great name. ?What is it? ?Where > else have you given the talk? ?Also, I recently did an in-depth analysis of > the Antenna Audio tour and the catalogue for the Frida Kahlo show that was > at the SFMOMA in the fall. ?If you're interested in my analysis, email me > off-line and give me a number where I can call you. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Loic > Tallon > Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 11:12 AM > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Where did it start? / first audio guide > > That was me who gave that presentation! > Its just that I've only recently found the footage online so can share > it better. ?(I had limited copyright premissions for the original disc > copy I owned). > > Its great you enjoyed the presentation so much though!! ?:-) > > > Thanks, > Loic. > > > 2009/4/27 Lenore Sarasan : >> Two years ago the Museums Association held a 1-day presentation at the > Tate >> Modern sponsored by Antenna Audio. ?The first presentation was absolutely >> remarkable and gave the entire history of audio tours and included this >> footage. ?I can't remember the guy's name who gave the talk but it was one >> of the best sessions I ever attended. ?Contact the MA and I'm sure they > can >> give you the details. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of > Loic >> Tallon >> Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 8:21 AM >> To: mcn-l at mcn.edu >> Subject: [MCN-L] Where did it start? / first audio guide >> >> Dear all. >> >> I dug this out for a blog post on Musematic, and thought I'd share it >> here too. ?It's a link to a piece of Dutch news footage from 1952 >> about (what I think was) the world's first audio guide. >> I particularly like the commentator's emphasis of the words 'tape >> recorder', the latest in new technologies! >> >> See http://www.snipurl.com/stedelijk >> >> >> Cheers, >> Loic. >> >> >> -- >> Freelance researcher / designer >> Co-Editor, 'Digital Technologies and the Museum Experience' (Alta Mira >> Press, August 2008). >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ >> >> -- >> This message was scanned by ESVA and is believed to be clean. >> Click here to report this message as spam. >> http://gate.willo.com/cgi-bin/learn-msg.cgi?id=CB9F827EE1.98CBD >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ >> > > > > -- > E: loic.tallon at gmail.com > W: www.loictallon.com > > Please check-out my new book, 'Digital Technologies and the Museum > Experience' (Alta Mira Press, August 2008). > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > -- > This message was scanned by ESVA and is believed to be clean. > Click here to report this message as spam. > http://gate.willo.com/cgi-bin/learn-msg.cgi?id=6539727EE1.09F4A > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > From jims at ideum.com Tue Apr 28 07:30:31 2009 From: jims at ideum.com (Jim Spadaccini) Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:30:31 -0600 Subject: [MCN-L] Survey on Computer-Based Exhibits, closing soon Message-ID: <6AB30582-4856-4DF3-AFC1-F3ADE865DB89@ideum.com> Everyone, We're hoping to get a few more respondents to survey we posted last month. You can go directly to: http://tinyurl.com/openexhibits As of today we have collected 87 responses, we're hoping to break 100. If you have 5 to 10 minutes to spare we would appreciate your participation. We will share the results with anyone who completes the survey. Below is the message I sent out last month.... We are resubmitting a grant proposal to fund Open Exhibits, a project that will allow us to develop, test, and disseminate open source software built specifically for museum exhibits. The Open Exhibits software, templates, modules, source code, training opportunities, and prototype exhibits will be made freely available to museums. The exhibits will be built using Adobe Flash (ActionScript 3 and Flex). We are planning on building-in support for multitouch gestures and multiuser applications. We also intend to build-in support for external devices such as sensors, cameras, buttons, and unusual displays. Once again, we are seeking feedback from other museum professionals so we can tailor our project to meet the needs of the field. We have put together a survey to help us assess those needs: to gain insight into the state of computer-based interactive exhibits in a variety of museums, to gauge interest in the Open Exhibits software, and to better understand museums? technical expertise and constraints. We will gladly share the results with anyone who completes the survey. Anyone from any type of museum or informal educational organization is encouraged to respond. You can take the survey and learn more about the project at: http://www.openexhibits.org Thanks for your help and participation. Jim Spadaccini Jim Spadaccini Ideum "ideas + media" 4895 1/2 Corrales Road Corrales, NM 87048 phone: 505-792-1110 portfolio & blog: http://www.ideum.com museum blogs & podcasts: http://www.museumblogs.org Have you seen our multitouch table? http://www.ideum.com/products/multitouch.html From rebecca at earley.com Tue Apr 28 10:03:49 2009 From: rebecca at earley.com (Rebecca Allen) Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:03:49 -0700 Subject: [MCN-L] (Event) Global Taxonomy Management - May 6 Taxonomy Community of Practice Call Message-ID: <1BA1D3B187889949807E12A78D7EA83B7002FD94BF@EXMBX04.exchhosting.com> Invitation Please join us for our monthly Taxonomy Community of Practice Call. This month's topic is Global Taxonomy Management. Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2009 Time: 1:00 - 2:00 Eastern Time Cost: $50 For additional details, visit: http://earley.com/_May2009.asp. To register, please contact Rebecca Allen at rebecca at earley.com or call direct 425-299-5400. You will receive dial-in instructions and slides in advance of the call. Session Description Managing taxonomies on a global scale presents new challenges. How are terms localized and translated? Who has responsibility for changes and updates? How can differences in culture and the nuances of meaning be handled from one language and locale to another? Even subtle variations in meaning and interpretation can have far reaching implications for your taxonomy processes. Michael Shulha, IA & Taxonomy Consultant at Earley & Associates, will present: Global Taxonomy Governance: Fundamentals Successful governance is critical for the ongoing development and success of your organization's taxonomy. In smaller organizations often times the day to day maintenance of taxonomy can be the concern of a relatively small number of people. In global organizations however the number of people, processes, and systems within the scope of governance becomes exponentially larger. This presentation will discuss some of the major challenges surrounding governance team composition, governance procedures, service agreements, and common issues with consuming IT systems in a global environment. Best practices and common pitfalls will be explored, and leave you with a solid understanding of the fundamentals of global taxonomy Governance. Jennifer Borrell, Marketing Taxonomy & Search Analyst at Motorola, will present: Global Taxonomy Management at Motorola Presenting the same information to different countries in different languages on its website is a full-time job and a full-time challenge at Motorola. A simple change to the content for one country can negatively impact the content of other countries. As a result, stakeholders across the globe must be kept up-to-date on changes, have the proper understanding of taxonomy and how changes affect them, and work to maintain a taxonomy that has the flexibility to be shared worldwide. In addition, technical limitations of taxonomy- and content-management systems must be balanced with business needs. The management of Motorola's global taxonomy will be explored in-depth from the obvious translations to the not-so-obvious SEO-optimization. Upcoming AIIM Webinar Search and Find: Return on Your Information Join us for the next AIIM Webinar to hear Seth Earley and Jeannine Bartlett speak about squeezing the most value from your existing information, and why you should address the common business challenge of information access. When: May 6, 2009 2:00-3:00pm ET Cost: Free Register: http://www.aiim.org/resourcecenter/redirect.aspx?WT.mc_id=1769&url=www.aiim.org/Events/register.aspx?id=326 Our Next Appearances UIE Virtual Seminars May 7, 2009 1:30-3:00pm New Ways to Think About Taxonomy: The Role of Taxonomies in Your Organization Register now for the lowest price of $99 Use code EARLEY Register: http://www.uie.com/events/virtual_seminars/ Free Preview: http://www.slideshare.net/achurchill/uie-virtual-seminar-preview-new-ways-to-think-about-taxonomies Henry Stewart Digital Asset Management June 1-2, 2009 Hilton, New York $150 discount with code DAMNY150A Conference Program: http://www.damusers.com/events/conference-program.php?eventid=1&PHPSESSID=527547024c6925b280edf27d9d5085b3 Semantic Technology Conference June 14-18, 2009 San Jose, California Register by May 29 and save $200 Use code ST9SPKR Conference Site: http://www.semantic-conference.com/ Sincerely, Rebecca Allen Taxonomy Consultant _____________________________ EARLEY & ASSOCIATES Cell: 425-299-5400 Email: rebecca at earley.com Web: www.earley.com From J-Champagne at NGA.GOV Wed Apr 29 15:10:39 2009 From: J-Champagne at NGA.GOV (Champagne, Joanna) Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:10:39 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Questions for Museum IT Strategy Message-ID: Hello, How are you? Can anyone share what kind of questions they asked of themselves and IT vendors/consultants when developing your own IT strategy for your Institution- one for the long haul or say seven years? Best, Joanna ................. Joanna Champagne Chief of Web and New Media Initiatives National Gallery of Art NGA.GOV From akeshet at imj.org.il Thu Apr 30 01:16:35 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:16:35 +0300 Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG: Copyright expires ...when? Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781D3B43FA68@mailsrv.imj.org.il> Spot-on warning (and good link) from Peter Brantley: ________________________________________ great summary at lawdit (uk) on how one goes about determining the copyright status of a work in the united states ... don't drink before reading - http://www.lawdit.co.uk/reading_room/room/view_article.asp?name=../articles/20-APR-CR-investegations-p3.htm ________________________________________ From shazan at netvision.net.il Thu Apr 30 04:07:29 2009 From: shazan at netvision.net.il (Susan Hazan) Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:07:29 +0200 Subject: [MCN-L] The Israel Museum, Jerusalem - now in Chinese In-Reply-To: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781D3B43FA68@mailsrv.imj.org.il> References: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781D3B43FA68@mailsrv.imj.org.il> Message-ID: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem - now in Chinese http://www.english.imjnet.org.il/HTMLs/page_551.aspx?c0=13995&bsp=13856 Susan Hazan, Curator of New Media New Media Unit, Computer and Information Systems The Israel Museum, Jerusalem http://www.imj.org.il Tel: +972-2-6708066 Fax: +972-2-6708077 Mobile: +972-545-550686 Please consider the environment before printing this email -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From jbedard at artsmia.org Thu Apr 30 06:21:32 2009 From: jbedard at artsmia.org (John Bedard) Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:21:32 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Questions for Museum IT Strategy In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <49F95F8C.50A4.0031.0@artsmia.org> My two cents First - Does the Museum have a strategic plan. IT strategy should be based on Museum strategy. Second- I feel seven years is way too long. I used to be able to do a five year plan (back in the ice age of IT). Now I think three years is the longest I would attempt. In fact, at our Museum we just did a Museum Strategic Plan and limited it to three years. Change, both technology and society, are changing too fast to do meaningful planning for seven years. John John R. Bedard | Director of Information Systems Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2400 Third Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55404 612-870-3268 | JBedard at artsmia.org | www.artsmia.org ( http://www.artsmia.org/ ) >>> "Champagne, Joanna" 4/29/2009 5:10 PM >>> Hello, How are you? Can anyone share what kind of questions they asked of themselves and IT vendors/consultants when developing your own IT strategy for your Institution- one for the long haul or say seven years? Best, Joanna ................. Joanna Champagne Chief of Web and New Media Initiatives National Gallery of Art NGA.GOV _______________________________________________ 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/ From akeshet at imj.org.il Thu Apr 30 07:05:54 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:05:54 +0300 Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG: Prof. James Grimmelman on the Google Books Settlement Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781D3B43FA72@mailsrv.imj.org.il> An excellent, very readable interview with Prof. James Grimmelman of New York Law School, about the Google Books Settlement. Really lays out the issues in a way anyone can understand. http://fictioncircus.com/grimmelmann.php Any interview on a burning legal issue that begins, "I believe you went to Harvard AND Yale?" "Yes, but not at the same time," shows promise from the outset. And it delivers. In further news... The settlement deadline has been delayed for another four months. http://www.scribd.com/doc/14741799/SDNY-Order-Extending-Deadline-to-September-4 Amalyah Keshet Chair, MCN IP SIG From jmartin at nedcc.org Thu Apr 30 07:26:54 2009 From: jmartin at nedcc.org (Julie Martin) Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:26:54 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Developing a digital project? Attend Digital Directions, May 27-29, San Diego - Deadline Extended! Message-ID: <47E4285788DDFD40BF43C4F178A0486636088F@NEDCCMAIL01.NEDCC.local> ARE YOU PLANNING TO DIGITIZE A COLLECTION and want to learn where to begin? Or are you already knee-deep in a digital project and asking yourself: NOW what? At DIGITAL DIRECTIONS, a faculty of national experts will lead you through the steps in creating and managing sustainable digital collections and records. ************************************** DEADLINE EXTENDED! The Northeast Document Conservation Center Presents: DIGITAL DIRECTIONS: Fundamentals of Creating and Managing Digital Collections MAY 27-29, 2009 Westin San Diego San Diego, California REGISTRATION DEADLINE EXTENDED to MAY 22 GROUP & STUDENT DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE RESERVE YOUR SPACE NOW - REGISTER ONLINE AT: http://www.nedcc.org/education/ddsd09.php ***************************************** AT THE DIGITAL DIRECTIONS CONFERENCE, YOU WILL: CONNECT WITH OTHER PARTICIPANTS from your state or institution type at a networking luncheon on Day One (included in your registration fee). Share ideas and discuss issues relating to the wide variety of digital collections represented at the conference. LEARN WHAT WORKED - AND WHAT DIDN'T WORK - IN CASE STUDIES of recent local digital projects, including municipal records for the City of San Diego; local history collections at the South Pasadena Public Library and the San Diego Historical Society; a century of botanical exploration in Baja California at the San Diego Natural History Museum. EXPLORE LOW-COST, HIGH-IMPACT PRESERVATION SERVICES that help ensure the long-term accessibility of digital assets for cultural heritage institutions - presented by Keynote Speaker Martin Halbert, Director of the MetaArchive Cooperative. LEARN ABOUT HIGH-END REPLICA DIGITAL PRINTING with a panel of experts, including R. Mac Holbert, co-founder of Nash Editions, one of the premier fine art digital print studios in the country, and Stanley Smith, Head of Imaging Services at the J. Paul Getty Museum. SHARE THE "FUN" IN FUNDRAISING with Ginny Steel, University Librarian, UC Santa Cruz, as she recounts her experience with the Grateful Dead Archives and its vast and colorful collection that documents the band from 1965 to the present. GIVE A DAM with Stanley Smith, of the J. Paul Getty Museum as he discusses why you need a Digital Asset Management system (DAM). It's one thing to create thousands of digital images, but quite another to find them again when you need them-and when you do find them you need to know what you are looking at! Digital Asset Management (DAM) has achieved buzzword status in the digital community, and the term is often evoked in diverse and creative ways. MEET THE LEADING PROVIDERS of digitization hardware, software, and services at the Digital Directions Vendor Showcase and Spotlight Sessions. (If you are a vendor interested in exhibiting at Digital Directions, contact Julie Martin, jmartin at nedcc.org.) FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION ABOUT CONFERENCE CONTENT: http://www.nedcc.org/education/ddsd09.php CONFERENCE SESSION ABSTRACTS: http://www.nedcc.org/education/ddsd09abs.php#dale2 FACULTY BIOS: http://www.nedcc.org/education/ddsd09bio.php#dale ********************************************************* CONFERENCE FEE: $700 (includes a Networking luncheon on Day 1 and the Conference Reception) CONFERENCE FEE DISCOUNTS are available: STUDENTS: $595 with a valid student ID GROUPS of 3 or more from the same institution registering at the same time: $595 each NEDCC IS GRATEFUL FOR SUPPORT FROM the National Endowment for the Humanities for the Center's preservation services. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. SAVE A TREE / STAY INFORMED: Join NEDCC's E-Announcement List to receive grant opportunity reminders, conference and workshop information, and other NEDCC news. GO TO: www.nedcc.org and click on the green sign-up button. TO VIEW EXAMPLES: of recent E-Announcements: http://www.nedcc.org/about/newsletter.php From Thomas.Deliduka at cmaohio.org Thu Apr 30 08:24:13 2009 From: Thomas.Deliduka at cmaohio.org (Thomas Deliduka) Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:24:13 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Questions for Museum IT Strategy In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <307ABFF8E627124A8D6449D1292A162E24F062@cma-srv-xch-01.cmaohio.org> I think of what kind of bandwidth are we going to need or want in-house and how can I make the network last without having to change equipment in 5 years. Also, what am I going to be doing for servers. Continue to get used or go with new. The CMA here is going through a major renovation. We're rebuilding our network from the ground up. We're going with all new equipment and a 10GB backbone to last us 15 years. It's going to cost us a ton, but we're committed to having a good IT structure in place for years to come. We commissioned a company smwinc.com (SM & W) (Jon Burris) who came and visited us and they're doing an IT Master Plan for us. It cost us a decent amount (although less than 50k) but it's a plan for the future and it's got some great information in there. Thomas Deliduka Director of Information Technology Columbus Museum of Art 480 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43215 ph 614/629-0345 fax 614/629-0950 thomas.deliduka at cmaohio.org ? ART SPEAKS. JOIN THE CONVERSATION -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Champagne, Joanna Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 6:11 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] Questions for Museum IT Strategy Hello, How are you? Can anyone share what kind of questions they asked of themselves and IT vendors/consultants when developing your own IT strategy for your Institution- one for the long haul or say seven years? Best, Joanna ................. Joanna Champagne Chief of Web and New Media Initiatives National Gallery of Art NGA.GOV _______________________________________________ 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/ From akeshet at imj.org.il Thu Apr 30 11:05:54 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:05:54 +0300 Subject: =?windows-1256?Q?=FE=FEPrivacy, _Libraries, _and_the_Google_Books_Settlemen?= =?windows-1256?Q?t?= Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781D3B43FA77@mailsrv.imj.org.il> http://booksquare.com/google-book-search-and-reader-privacy-a-consideration-and-call-to-action/#more-3252 "Part of the problem, of course, was that a subset of interested parties created the class, a subset of interested parties negotiated the settlement, and it just now that everyone is able to look at the final results and ask questions." "Physical libraries have long held firm against law enforcement seeking to use customer records against individuals (and it’s just one more reason to love librarians!). What we read should remain private to us. However, once we, as a society move beyond the physical into the digital, new rules seemingly apply. Now is the time to ensure that the GBS includes consumer privacy protections. "This might seem like a “what are the chances of that happening?” worry, but history has proved this is a real concern. Just because my reading is done in the digital realm doesn’t mean I should give up basic rights of privacy. The EFF is asking authors who believe lack of reasonable protection to add their voices by May 1st. Though the judge has extended certain deadlines, it is important that the reader perspective — woefully neglected in the original settlement — be considered before it’s too late." http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04/google-book-search-s --- Amalyah Keshet Chair, MCN IP SIG From eisenhardt at bostonkids.org Thu Apr 30 11:15:36 2009 From: eisenhardt at bostonkids.org (Eisenhardt, Chuck) Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:15:36 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Questions for Museum IT Strategy In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <390190D57098A14BB2E7BFCEA227FB5902DCD4FD@opus.kidlan.org> You mean 7 years is *not* a long haul? Chuck Eisenhardt Boston Children's Museum -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Champagne, Joanna Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 6:11 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] Questions for Museum IT Strategy Hello, How are you? Can anyone share what kind of questions they asked of themselves and IT vendors/consultants when developing your own IT strategy for your Institution- one for the long haul or say seven years? Best, Joanna From J-Champagne at NGA.GOV Thu Apr 30 12:39:56 2009 From: J-Champagne at NGA.GOV (Champagne, Joanna) Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:39:56 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Questions for Museum IT Strategy In-Reply-To: <390190D57098A14BB2E7BFCEA227FB5902DCD4FD@opus.kidlan.org> Message-ID: Hello, We just talked today about 5 years. Even that seems long, but we might reduce it after Market Research. Best, Joanna ................. Joanna Champagne Chief of Web and New Media Initiatives National Gallery of Art NGA.GOV On 4/30/09 2:15 PM, "Eisenhardt, Chuck" wrote: > You mean 7 years is *not* a long haul? > > Chuck Eisenhardt > Boston Children's Museum > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of > Champagne, Joanna > Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 6:11 PM > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv > Subject: [MCN-L] Questions for Museum IT Strategy > > Hello, > > How are you? Can anyone share what kind of questions they asked of > themselves and IT vendors/consultants when developing your own IT > strategy > for your Institution- one for the long haul or say seven years? > > Best, > Joanna > _______________________________________________ > 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/ From WWeinstein at philamuseum.org Thu Apr 30 13:55:20 2009 From: WWeinstein at philamuseum.org (Weinstein, William) Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:55:20 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Questions for Museum IT Strategy References: Message-ID: We also had a technology master plan developed for us using SMW (Jon Burris too). The plan detailed general museum strategic goals, outlined application types that would be needed to accomplish these goals (made recommendations of specific applications when appropriate), and outlined the server types we would need, the network capacity and provided network cabling standards, server and comm closet standards. We have a Museum Strategic plan that runs for five years and a Master Space plan (governing our building expansion) that projects 10 years. Tying the tech plan to both of these was key and the SMW work was directly tied to the space plan. Because of that we were able to use it as a guide when renovating our new building and with SMW as consultants on that project as well were able to implement many of the plan recommendations. Tech is so interwoven into other aspects of the institution that you really have to tie the plan to overall goals. So if you have long term audience development plans for example, then your systems have to accommodate these plans, maybe new electronic signs, maybe a new admissions system (although I guess not in the NGA case), certainly interpretive technology in the galleries, extended technology in the presentation spaces and modifications to the web presence. The plan has to outline the types of applications you would use to support the overall plan and then talk about the type of equipment needed to support the apps and then the network infrastructure to support the systems. Each need is addressed this way with care taken to identify overlap so that the high speed network is justified by several applications requiring bandwidth, so that the server specs are justified by the type of apps needed, and that all expenses are justified as in service to the overall museum strategic plan. Absent an overal strategic plan you should talk to individual departments and find out their plans for the next few years. Then you can craft your plan the same way and pin it to those departmental goals. Bill William Weinstein Director of Information Services Philadelphia Museum of Art PO Box 7646 Philadelphia, PA 19101 215-684-7741 wweinstein at philamuseum.org -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Champagne, Joanna Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 6:11 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] Questions for Museum IT Strategy Hello, How are you? Can anyone share what kind of questions they asked of themselves and IT vendors/consultants when developing your own IT strategy for your Institution- one for the long haul or say seven years? Best, Joanna ................. Joanna Champagne Chief of Web and New Media Initiatives National Gallery of Art NGA.GOV _______________________________________________ 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/ From dtaubmann at googlemail.com Thu Apr 30 15:02:45 2009 From: dtaubmann at googlemail.com (David Taubmann) Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:02:45 +0100 Subject: [MCN-L] Survey on Computer-Based Exhibits, closing soon Message-ID: Jim Spadaccini wrote: > We are resubmitting a grant proposal to fund Open Exhibits, a project > that will allow us to develop, test, and disseminate open source > software built specifically for museum exhibits. > > The Open Exhibits software, templates, modules, source code, training > opportunities, and prototype exhibits will be made freely available to > museums. The exhibits will be built using Adobe Flash (ActionScript 3 > and Flex). We are planning on building-in support for multitouch > gestures and multiuser applications. We also intend to build-in > support for external devices such as sensors, cameras, buttons, and > unusual displays. Could this be done by extending Pachyderm? The community has already invested enormous resources (in the shape of grant and other monies, individual and institutional contributions to the development of, and time learning to use it) in Pachyderm. It too is open source, and templated, and delivers exhibits in Flash. So couldn't the Open Exhibits project create new modules/templates for Pachyderm, building on all the development work that's already been invested, and allowing users to get more from the learning that they've already done (and potentially even to re-use the content that they've already created in Pachyderm); rather than starting from scratch all over again? David From jims at ideum.com Thu Apr 30 15:40:34 2009 From: jims at ideum.com (Jim Spadaccini) Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:40:34 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Survey on Computer-Based Exhibits, closing soon In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: David,It is an excellent question and one that we discussed at length last year. I've talked with both Scott Sayer and Peter Samis from Pachyderm about this back then. (Both are advisors for Open Exhibits.) There are number a legacy technical issues that are at play here. For OpenExhibits, we are looking to make extensive use of Flex and our own emerging multitouch framework--both which are built in ActionScript 3. In addition, we are looking to build modules that are not associated with Web forms--but rather ones that are editable through XML and/or directly editable in Flash or Flex. While the model of web forms is enticing since they are easy to use, it also less flexible. Due to these differences, we felt it best to try do this on our own--but to also work with Pachyderm, Omeka, CollectionSpace, CollectiveAccess, Steve, and other open source initiatives to maximize interoperability. So in the end, it may be that our templates can worth Pachyderm. This Sunday, I'm chairing a session at AAM on Open Source with Scott from Pachyderm, as well as folks from Omeka and CollectionSpace. I'm sure questions about interoperability and resource allocation will be paramount. http://www.aam-us.org/schedule/SearchSessions/details.cfm?fuseaction=DETAILS&PRODUCT_CODE=ANNMTG2009/L20 If you're at AAM, please stop by. Jim On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 6:02 PM, David Taubmann wrote: > Jim Spadaccini wrote: > > We are resubmitting a grant proposal to fund Open Exhibits, a project > > that will allow us to develop, test, and disseminate open source > > software built specifically for museum exhibits. > > > > The Open Exhibits software, templates, modules, source code, training > > opportunities, and prototype exhibits will be made freely available to > > museums. The exhibits will be built using Adobe Flash (ActionScript 3 > > and Flex). We are planning on building-in support for multitouch > > gestures and multiuser applications. We also intend to build-in > > support for external devices such as sensors, cameras, buttons, and > > unusual displays. > > Could this be done by extending Pachyderm? > > The community has already invested enormous resources (in the shape of > grant and other monies, individual and institutional contributions to > the development of, and time learning to use it) in Pachyderm. It too > is open source, and templated, and delivers exhibits in Flash. > > So couldn't the Open Exhibits project create new modules/templates for > Pachyderm, building on all the development work that's already been > invested, and allowing users to get more from the learning that > they've already done (and potentially even to re-use the content that > they've already created in Pachyderm); rather than starting from > scratch all over again? > > David > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > -- Jim Spadaccini Ideum "ideas + media" 4895 1/2 Corrales Road Corrales, NM 87048 phone: 505-792-1110 fax: 505-792-1111 portfolio & blog: http://www.ideum.com read & listen: www.museumblogs.org