From simon.tanner at kcl.ac.uk Mon Jan 5 07:26:04 2009 From: simon.tanner at kcl.ac.uk (Tanner, Simon) Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 15:26:04 +0000 Subject: [MCN-L] Favorite e-commerce system Message-ID: <4962268C.4030306@kcl.ac.uk> Hi everyone, I am wondering if people would be willing to share their favoirte e-commerce systems and providers? This could be the shopping cart software, or the electronic funds transfer system or a bespoke provider of a turn key solution. But what is your favorite (and why would be nice)? Any answers not posted to the list I will provide as a digest. Many thanks for your help. Happy New Year! Simon -- Simon Tanner Director, King's Digital Consultancy Services, King's College London, Centre for Computing in the Humanities, 26-29 Drury Lane, London WC2B 5RL Tel: +44 (0)7887 691716 or Admin: +44 (0)20 7848 2861 Email: simon.tanner at kcl.ac.uk http://www.kdcs.kcl.ac.uk/ From lesleyeharris at comcast.net Mon Jan 5 07:39:02 2009 From: lesleyeharris at comcast.net (lesleyeharris at comcast.net) Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:39:02 +0000 Subject: [MCN-L] Favorite e-commerce system Message-ID: <010520091539.806.49622996000162080000032622120207849C079D9D0E080A970A049C0A04@comcast.net> I have been using Acteva.com for years! I use it for fees for copyright consultations, course registration/payment, payment for Newsletter subscriptions...and it is great. Customer service is outstanding! Acteva is at www.acteva.com. My page is at: www.acteva.com/go/copyright. Happy to answer any specific questions. Lesley Lesley Ellen Harris www.copyrightanswers.blogspot.com -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Tanner, Simon" > Hi everyone, > > I am wondering if people would be willing to share their favoirte > e-commerce systems and providers? > > This could be the shopping cart software, or the electronic funds > transfer system or a bespoke provider of a turn key solution. > > But what is your favorite (and why would be nice)? > > Any answers not posted to the list I will provide as a digest. > > Many thanks for your help. > > Happy New Year! > > Simon > -- > Simon Tanner > Director, King's Digital Consultancy Services, > King's College London, > Centre for Computing in the Humanities, > 26-29 Drury Lane, London WC2B 5RL > Tel: +44 (0)7887 691716 or Admin: +44 (0)20 7848 2861 > Email: simon.tanner at kcl.ac.uk > http://www.kdcs.kcl.ac.uk/ > _______________________________________________ > 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 srothman at fas.harvard.edu Mon Jan 5 07:50:59 2009 From: srothman at fas.harvard.edu (Steve Rothman) Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:50:59 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] POS system for Museum front desk? Message-ID: <49622C63.8060002@fas.harvard.edu> We are thinking about a new POS system to handle admission fees and a very small stock of gift items. A small and simple system would be the best. Any recommendations for equipment or vendors that are museum-friendly? Thanks and happy new year! -- Steve Rothman, Systems Administrator Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 617-495-9968 - srothman at fas.harvard.edu From RStein at imamuseum.org Mon Jan 5 11:58:07 2009 From: RStein at imamuseum.org (Rob Stein) Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 14:58:07 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Job Posting: IMA New Media Project Administrator Message-ID: Hello All, Apologies for cross posting. The IMA is in the process of hiring for a position in its New Media Department. Please direct all inquiries and interest in this position to dincandela at imamuseum.org. Thank You, Rob Robert J. Stein Chief Information Officer - Director of MIS Indianapolis Museum of Art rstein at imamuseum dot org (317) 923-1331 x244 http://www.imamuseum.org/ ================================================ Job Title: New Media Project Administrator Department: New Media Division: MIS Reports To: Director of New Media Purpose This position reports to the Director of New Media and is heavily involved in the planning and implementation of new and creative online and new media projects. This position will work collaboratively with team members both inside and outside the IMA in helping the IMA design award winning art related content. The New Media Project Administrator will provide project management support including the identification of unique opportunities for innovative content development, financial planning, facilitating communication both internally and externally as well as maintaining the processes of development, planning and implementation of assigned projects. Essential Duties * Serve as a creative lead with respect to digital content for New Media initiated projects with a firm understanding of encyclopedic art-related content. Possess a good working knowledge of art history and the contemporary art world. * Lead project teams to organize and implement projects as assigned by the Director of New Media * Actively participate in the creative development of new digital content. Create and maintain web content on IMA-managed sites such as www.imamuseum.org , ArtBabble.org, Flickr, Facebook, YouTube, iTunes U, IMA Blog and other sites as they arise * Be an expert in the use of social media, Web 2.0 and other emerging technologies as they apply to New Media projects. Work closely with the IMA's marketing department to maximize the reach of digital content to develop new audience relationships. * Possess and maintain a deep understanding of the role and function of technology and media online. Collaborate with IMA software developers in the creation of web and online content. * Work with educators, curators, and marketing staff both in teams and one-on-one, to brainstorm, plan and implement projects. Serve on temporary exhibition and special project teams as assigned. * Initiate and lead web and video projects generated by New Media, internal IMA clients as well as external clients and institutions. Manage and meet project budgets and deadlines. * Manage all aspects of the New Media departments work with external collaborators including issues related to rights, contracts and licensing and general communication and coordination of effort. Form and maintain collaborative relationships with external organizations both regionally, nationally and internationally to promote and enhance IMA initiatives. * Serve as an institutional advocate for New Media projects by proactively working with Marketing and Development to generate short and long-range plans for promotion and fundraising * Lead teams to create front and back-end evaluations related to projects that will inform planning processes for future initiatives * Assist Director of New Media in project planning and implementation as needed including travel planning, research, etc Language Skills Ability to read and comprehend instructions, correspondence, documents, and memos. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers and other employees. Knowledge (speaking and/or reading comprehension) of other languages is a plus. 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If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. --------------------------------------------------------------------- From akeshet at imj.org.il Mon Jan 5 22:47:12 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 08:47:12 +0200 Subject: [MCN-L] Gulag Archive Digitization Project Seized Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD780A83AAA532@mailsrv.imj.org.il> -----Original Message----- From: Peter Brantley russian authorities have seized an important collection of materials on the history of the gulag that was being digitized in partnership with american institutions - http://edwired.org/?p=430 http://gulaghistory.org/about "This news is not new, nor it is - alas - very surprising. But it is terrible nonetheless. Acting on what appear to be very trumped up charges, Russian authorities raided the offices of the St. Petersburg based human rights group Memorial in mid-December and seized the extensive files Memorial has gathered on the history of the Gulag in the former Soviet Union. Memorial is our partner on the Gulag: Many Lives, Many Days project [A project of the Center for History and New Media, George Mason University.]. "This seizure included the removal of hard drives containing data Memorial has gathered on tens of thousands of victims of the Gulag and was in the process of making available through their Virtual Gulag Museum. For now, the website remains up and running, but the underlying data - much, if not most, of which is still not available online - is now in the hands of a prosecutor and, we can only assume, now removed from public view until such time as the political winds start blowing a different way in Russia." ________________________________________ From akeshet at imj.org.il Tue Jan 6 03:20:21 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 13:20:21 +0200 Subject: [MCN-L] Favorite e-commerce system In-Reply-To: <4962268C.4030306@kcl.ac.uk> Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD780A83AAA541@mailsrv.imj.org.il> Looking for the same information. Thanks in advance to all. Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources & Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Tanner, Simon Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 5:26 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] Favorite e-commerce system Hi everyone, I am wondering if people would be willing to share their favoirte e-commerce systems and providers? This could be the shopping cart software, or the electronic funds transfer system or a bespoke provider of a turn key solution. But what is your favorite (and why would be nice)? Any answers not posted to the list I will provide as a digest. Many thanks for your help. Happy New Year! Simon -- Simon Tanner Director, King's Digital Consultancy Services, King's College London, Centre for Computing in the Humanities, 26-29 Drury Lane, London WC2B 5RL Tel: +44 (0)7887 691716 or Admin: +44 (0)20 7848 2861 Email: simon.tanner at kcl.ac.uk http://www.kdcs.kcl.ac.uk/ _______________________________________________ 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 dzorich at mindspring.com Tue Jan 6 09:28:42 2009 From: dzorich at mindspring.com (Diane Zorich) Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:28:42 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG: Tune In January 13: Copyright Balance and Fair Use in Networked Learning Message-ID: Free, and only one hour long.... (Thanks to Kathy Spiess for bringing this to our attention.) > > >From: educause at educause.edu [mailto:educause at educause.edu] >Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 11:41 AM >Subject: Tune In January 13: Copyright Balance and Fair Use in >Networked Learning > > > > >January 13-Copyright Balance and Fair Use in Networked Learning: >Lessons from Creators' Codes of Best Practices > > >Patricia >Aufderheide >Professor and Director, Center for Social Media, School of Communication >American University > >Peter >Jaszi >Professor of Law >American University ><> > >Topic: >Copyright >Balance and Fair Use in Networked Learning: Lessons from Creators' >Codes of Best Practices >Date: January 13, 2009 >Time: 1:00 p.m. ET (12:00 p.m. CT, 11:00 a.m. MT, 10:00 a.m. PT). >International participants: You may wish to visit this >external >time-conversion website to calculate the start time in your time >zone. >Duration: 1 hour >Copyright balancing has become a critical issue in the academy as >digital practices increasingly have challenged creaky policies and >practices. 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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 Tue Jan 6 09:36:08 2009 From: jtrant at archimuse.com (j trant) Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:36:08 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Museums and the Web 2009 (MW2009) Update 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 <== We're delighted that Max Anderson has agreed to keynote Museums and the Web 2009. A leader in moving museums on to the Web, Max has challenged each of the art galleries he's directed to think about the Web as a critical part of programming space. He'll push these ideas further in his keynote address, entitled "Moving from Virtual to Visceral" ==> Demonstration Proposals: Deadline extended until Sunday January 11, 2009 <== It's not too late to participate in MW2009. The deadline for Demonstration proposals has been extended until Sunday January 11, 2009. For full details, and a link to the on-line proposal form, see http://www.archimuse.com/mw2009/demos/index.html ==> Best of the Web Nominations Open <== Each year Museums and the Web honours the best work in our field with the Best of the Web awards. We're running the competition in the on-line community space this year, and have begun accepting nominations at http://conference.archimuse.com Nominate your favourite site, review the sites nominated and watch for the announcement about voting for 'People's Choice'. ==> Register On-line <== Registration for Museums and the Web 2009 is open. Register on-line before January 31, 2009 for the best available rates. 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We hope to see you in Indianapolis. 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 kaia at mesahistoricalmuseum.org Tue Jan 6 11:23:58 2009 From: kaia at mesahistoricalmuseum.org (Kaia Landon) Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 12:23:58 -0700 Subject: [MCN-L] Favorite e-commerce system In-Reply-To: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD780A83AAA541@mailsrv.imj.org.il> References: <4962268C.4030306@kcl.ac.uk> <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD780A83AAA541@mailsrv.imj.org.il> Message-ID: I'm surprised this hasn't drawn any responses to the list yet, so I'll bite. For most of our e-commerce needs, we simply use Paypal Payments Standard. We have also used Google Checkout. Between the two, I actually prefer Google Checkout, but it does not have the option to allow people to pay without creating an account, while Paypal does. As far as I am concerned, this is a major drawback. (I also get the feeling that convincing someone to use Paypal right now is easier than Google Checkout, but I have no statistics on that.) For transactions without an account, however, Paypal requires the visitor to click through a TON of screens to actually complete the transaction. This is obnoxious in its own right, and I am quite certain we have lost sales due to this (why it needs to be more than 2 screens I don't know). We have investigated our options for running online card transactions through our regular credit card processor, but the monthly fees on this are prohibitive for the volume of sales we usually do. If we consistently did $2,000 in sales through the website, per month, we would almost certainly use them. We have experimented with CiviCRM for events, but I'm currently waiting for at least 2.2 for it to have more of the features we really need. For simple event ticketing, CiviCRM (in tandem with a payment processor of your choice) can be a good choice, but if you need more complexity (multiple registrations without requiring multiple email addresses, for instance), it's just not quite there yet. We will probably transition our online store to Ubercart later this year. Again, this works with your payment processor, so it isn't perfect, but it is certainly easy to get running, and is also easy to make changes. Ubercart has a lot of nice features, especially compared with hand-coding the store pages with tables and Paypal. (Ubercart and CiviCRM both work with Drupal, although CiviCRM at least can be standalone.) Kaia Landon Curator of Education Mesa Historical Museum On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 4:20 AM, Amalyah Keshet [akeshet at imj.org.il] < akeshet at imj.org.il> wrote: > Looking for the same information. Thanks in advance to all. > > Amalyah Keshet > Head of Image Resources & Copyright Management > The Israel Museum, Jerusalem > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of > Tanner, Simon > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 5:26 PM > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv > Subject: [MCN-L] Favorite e-commerce system > > Hi everyone, > > I am wondering if people would be willing to share their favoirte > e-commerce systems and providers? > > This could be the shopping cart software, or the electronic funds transfer > system or a bespoke provider of a turn key solution. > > But what is your favorite (and why would be nice)? > > Any answers not posted to the list I will provide as a digest. > > Many thanks for your help. > > Happy New Year! > > Simon > -- > Simon Tanner > Director, King's Digital Consultancy Services, King's College London, > Centre for Computing in the Humanities, > 26-29 Drury Lane, London WC2B 5RL > Tel: +44 (0)7887 691716 or Admin: +44 (0)20 7848 2861 > Email: simon.tanner at kcl.ac.uk > http://www.kdcs.kcl.ac.uk/ > _______________________________________________ > 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 lists at rlweiner.com Tue Jan 6 16:22:40 2009 From: lists at rlweiner.com (Robert Weiner) Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 16:22:40 -0800 Subject: [MCN-L] Favorite e-commerce system In-Reply-To: References: <4962268C.4030306@kcl.ac.uk><9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD780A83AAA541@mailsrv.imj.org.il> Message-ID: Dear Simon, The answer isn't simple. Merchandise sales (including the ability to manage an inventory or calculate tax and shipping charges based on zip code and quantity) are pretty different from online donations and memberships, or ticket sales, or subscriptions. And then there's the question of integration with your web site and back-end database. But here are some resources: Idealware and TechSoup published a roundup of online payment "multitaskers" in 2007: http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/webbuilding/page6123.cfm but it's not specific to shopping carts. They reviewed credit card processing options last year: http://techsoup.org/learningcenter/funding/page10327.cfm They also reviewed online donation processing systems, although that report is 4 years old; http://www.idealware.org/donations/ And Affinity Resources maintains a list of online donation processors: http://affinityresources.com/pgs/awz55Online2.shtml Page 2 of that chart lists other services from each vendor, including shopping carts: http://affinityresources.com/pgs/awz55Online3.shtml As to Google Checkout, I'm not wild about it. The price is hard to beat (at least for U.S. charities), but it's limited. Although it can be used for memberships and donations, I think the user experience is too much like buying goods, and the receipts can't be customized sufficiently. PayPal Standard is also limited, but the Pro version is pretty robust. One option might be to use a shopping cart for goods and a donation processor for donations and memberships. 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 Kaia Landon Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 11:24 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Favorite e-commerce system I'm surprised this hasn't drawn any responses to the list yet, so I'll bite. For most of our e-commerce needs, we simply use Paypal Payments Standard. We have also used Google Checkout. Between the two, I actually prefer Google Checkout, but it does not have the option to allow people to pay without creating an account, while Paypal does. As far as I am concerned, this is a major drawback. (I also get the feeling that convincing someone to use Paypal right now is easier than Google Checkout, but I have no statistics on that.) For transactions without an account, however, Paypal requires the visitor to click through a TON of screens to actually complete the transaction. This is obnoxious in its own right, and I am quite certain we have lost sales due to this (why it needs to be more than 2 screens I don't know). We have investigated our options for running online card transactions through our regular credit card processor, but the monthly fees on this are prohibitive for the volume of sales we usually do. If we consistently did $2,000 in sales through the website, per month, we would almost certainly use them. We have experimented with CiviCRM for events, but I'm currently waiting for at least 2.2 for it to have more of the features we really need. For simple event ticketing, CiviCRM (in tandem with a payment processor of your choice) can be a good choice, but if you need more complexity (multiple registrations without requiring multiple email addresses, for instance), it's just not quite there yet. We will probably transition our online store to Ubercart later this year. Again, this works with your payment processor, so it isn't perfect, but it is certainly easy to get running, and is also easy to make changes. Ubercart has a lot of nice features, especially compared with hand-coding the store pages with tables and Paypal. (Ubercart and CiviCRM both work with Drupal, although CiviCRM at least can be standalone.) Kaia Landon Curator of Education Mesa Historical Museum On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 4:20 AM, Amalyah Keshet [akeshet at imj.org.il] < akeshet at imj.org.il> wrote: > Looking for the same information. Thanks in advance to all. > > Amalyah Keshet > Head of Image Resources & Copyright Management > The Israel Museum, Jerusalem > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of > Tanner, Simon > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 5:26 PM > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv > Subject: [MCN-L] Favorite e-commerce system > > Hi everyone, > > I am wondering if people would be willing to share their favoirte > e-commerce systems and providers? > > This could be the shopping cart software, or the electronic funds transfer > system or a bespoke provider of a turn key solution. > > But what is your favorite (and why would be nice)? > > Any answers not posted to the list I will provide as a digest. > > Many thanks for your help. > > Happy New Year! > > Simon > -- > Simon Tanner > Director, King's Digital Consultancy Services, King's College London, > Centre for Computing in the Humanities, > 26-29 Drury Lane, London WC2B 5RL > Tel: +44 (0)7887 691716 or Admin: +44 (0)20 7848 2861 > Email: simon.tanner at kcl.ac.uk > http://www.kdcs.kcl.ac.uk/ > _______________________________________________ > 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 hanan at mada.org.il Wed Jan 7 00:21:42 2009 From: hanan at mada.org.il (Hanan Cohen) Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 10:21:42 +0200 Subject: [MCN-L] Production value of online content Message-ID: <38A562F9B9615940BD347797ACD838C8225340@server.mada.com> Shalom, First, please take a look at a short new video I have just uploaded to YouTube showing an exhibit at the Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem. http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=x7yDZd8oug0 It has very low production value. I shot it once, in sub-optimal lighting conditions, added some simple video effects, slapped opening and closing titles and added a soundtrack I have downloaded from http://ccmixter.org/ This is one way of doing it. (The curator of the exhibition was very pleased with it.) Another way would have been to hire a video production company, write a script, have multiple back-and-forth discussions with them and then show it with fanfare. What I wonder is if online content, that "just does the job" but has low production value, is the right path to take. Does it undermine the public image of the museum? Is accessible, fast and cheap, social media presence good for our outreach efforts? I am not sure where we should draw the line and invest in production of online content. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks, Hanan Cohen - Webmaster The Bloomfield Science Museum Jerusalem http://www.mada.org.il From stanorchard at mac.com Wed Jan 7 05:33:43 2009 From: stanorchard at mac.com (Stan Orchard) Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:33:43 -0800 Subject: [MCN-L] Production value of online content In-Reply-To: <38A562F9B9615940BD347797ACD838C8225340@server.mada.com> References: <38A562F9B9615940BD347797ACD838C8225340@server.mada.com> Message-ID: <6AB6D355-2108-41CD-AC9D-607A7218B570@mac.com> Hanan...you didn't say what is the purpose of the video. What did you hope to accomplish with it? What is the target audience? If you're trying to show young people how this works and illustrate certain math concepts, it seems to work fine for me. If you're trying to do something else then maybe not. Why not give your camera to some young people and have them shoot and produce the video? If young people are the target audience, telling the story from their perspective might be more effective. Stan Orchard Web Publisher Pacific Science Center On Jan 7, 2009, at 1/7/0912:21 AM, Hanan Cohen wrote: > Shalom, > > First, please take a look at a short new video I have just uploaded to > YouTube showing an exhibit at the Bloomfield Science Museum, > Jerusalem. > > http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=x7yDZd8oug0 > > > It has very low production value. > > I shot it once, in sub-optimal lighting conditions, added some simple > video effects, slapped opening and closing titles and added a > soundtrack > I have downloaded from http://ccmixter.org/ > > This is one way of doing it. > > (The curator of the exhibition was very pleased with it.) > > Another way would have been to hire a video production company, > write a > script, have multiple back-and-forth discussions with them and then > show > it with fanfare. > > What I wonder is if online content, that "just does the job" but has > low > production value, is the right path to take. > > Does it undermine the public image of the museum? > > Is accessible, fast and cheap, social media presence good for our > outreach efforts? > > I am not sure where we should draw the line and invest in production > of > online content. > > Any thoughts would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Hanan Cohen - Webmaster > The Bloomfield Science Museum Jerusalem > http://www.mada.org.il > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 calexander at sjmusart.org Wed Jan 7 09:43:10 2009 From: calexander at sjmusart.org (Chris Alexander) Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 09:43:10 -0800 Subject: [MCN-L] Production value of online content Message-ID: Hanan, I can tell you from experience - your next one will be better. After that one, the following one will be better than you second. Your fourth will be better than your third, and so on...and so on. Here at my museum we have been producing our own videos for educational and marketing objectives for the last year and a half. I think they have definitely gotten better and better with each one. We have done interviews, as well as, scripted and storyboarded material. I think with the emergence of YouTube and podcasting that it is the content itself that speaks and not the shell that holds it. However, that's not to say, you shouldn't try to make the best looking content that you possibly can. :0) Best regards, Chris Alexander | Manager of Interactive Technology San Jose Museum of Art 110 South Market Street San Jose, CA 95113 408-271-6875 ph. 408-294-2977 fx. calexander at sjmusart.org __________________________ Go to www.sjmusart.org/podcast to listen to our MUSE Award winning podcast or search for "SJMA" on iTunes. Is video more your thing? Check out our YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/sanjosemuseumofart -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Hanan Cohen Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 12:22 AM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] Production value of online content Shalom, First, please take a look at a short new video I have just uploaded to YouTube showing an exhibit at the Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem. http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=x7yDZd8oug0 It has very low production value. I shot it once, in sub-optimal lighting conditions, added some simple video effects, slapped opening and closing titles and added a soundtrack I have downloaded from http://ccmixter.org/ This is one way of doing it. (The curator of the exhibition was very pleased with it.) Another way would have been to hire a video production company, write a script, have multiple back-and-forth discussions with them and then show it with fanfare. What I wonder is if online content, that "just does the job" but has low production value, is the right path to take. Does it undermine the public image of the museum? Is accessible, fast and cheap, social media presence good for our outreach efforts? I am not sure where we should draw the line and invest in production of online content. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks, Hanan Cohen - Webmaster The Bloomfield Science Museum Jerusalem http://www.mada.org.il _______________________________________________ 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 sbrennan at gmu.edu Thu Jan 8 10:09:28 2009 From: sbrennan at gmu.edu (Sheila Brennan) Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:09:28 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] New Omeka package for Object-based Museum Education sites Message-ID: <002201c971bc$3f0ee1a0$bd2ca4e0$@edu> (Please excuse cross-postings) The Center for History and New Media is excited to announce the release of our Object of History/Omeka software package--a free, open-source, web publishing application for museum educators and curators. OOH/Omeka is based on the successful museum education site, The Object of History: Behind the Scenes with the Curators of the National Museum of American History . Created for small museums and historical societies, OOH/Omeka is designed to help those institutions create online exhibits and educational websites. OOH/Omeka allows curators and museum educators to build meaningful learning experiences focused on key items from institutional collections, using primary sources, expert interviews, and other assorted materials. Most importantly, the OOH/Omeka minimizes the cost and technical expertise needed to reach students, teachers, and members of the interested public through the web. The OOH/Omeka package includes all of the software and structure that curators and museum educators need to create their own Object Lesson sites, as well as a step-by-step guide to using the software and crafting Object Lessons that convey content knowledge as well as emphasize historical thinking skills. Download the OOH/Omeka Package: _________________________________________________________ Object Lessons form the core of OOH/Omeka websites. Each Object Lesson includes sections focusing on the object itself, on the object in historical context, and the object in museum context. Thus, the Object Lessons are designed to present mediated primary sources for student analysis and interactive activities that reinforce both content knowledge and historical thinking skills. Features for Educators and Curators: * The ability to easily create online exhibits using materials from museum collections * The opportunity to use museum objects as the keystone of classroom activities * A repository for lesson plans and classroom activities that are tied to state standards of learning * An Interactive online activity for users to create their own virtual exhibits using materials from the Object Lessons * Space to publish a guide to analyzing and understanding the types of objects featured on in the Object Lessons * A platform to host curator and educator podcasts associated with the Object Lessons [System Requirements: Linux operating system; Apache server (with mod_rewrite enabled); Mysql 5.0 or greater; PHP 5.2.x or greater; and ImageMagick.] _________________________________________________________ The Object of History project is a partnership of the Center for History and New Media and the Smithsonian National Musuem of American History with funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services . ________________________________ Sheila A. Brennan Senior Digital History Associate Center for History and New Media George Mason University 703-879-8366 sbrennan at gmu.edu http://chnm.gmu.edu From jtancil at tenement.org Fri Jan 9 09:47:30 2009 From: jtancil at tenement.org (Jeff Tancil) Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 12:47:30 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Immigration History Web Game Message-ID: <418B72F1D6517F43909FADACA97F381E03E6BAFD@server1.tenement.local> Hi, The Tenement Museum just launched a web-based game about immigration history: http://www.tenement.org/immigrate It's aimed at students grades 3-8. Our hope is that teachers can and will use it in the classrooms. Of course, we'd also be pleased if kids played it at home. And we wouldn't complain if the stray adult poked around with it. This was an internship that mushroomed in to something a tad more involved. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. More information is below, if you are interested. http://www.tenement.org/immigrate Best, Jeff Tancil jtancil at tenement.org Director of Web/IT Lower East Side Tenement Museum Become An Immigrant. Play From Ellis Island to Orchard Street. The Tenement Musuem's new interactive game takes you back to 1916...and on a journey to America. The game begins in old Europe, where players create a virtual identity and pack belongings for the trip to New York City. Once on the shores of their new country, players experience the rigorous inspection at Ellis Island and head to their new neighborhood: the Lower East Side. Along the way, players get advice from Victoria Confino, a young Turkish immigrant who is wise to the ways of America. Victoria even welcomes players in to her crowded tenement apartment, where they make choices about what they will do for money, food and fun in America. >From Ellis Island to Orchard Street has been designed to provide an immersive, fun approach to teaching immigration history. It features: * Primary source documents from the early 20th Century * Period photos of Ellis Island and the Lower East Side * 360-degree, virtual reality views of Victoria Confino's 1916 tenement apartment. * A passport that players can print and bring to be stamped at the Tenement Museum * Videos of Victoria Confino discussing what it was like to immigrate and adjust to life in America. * Postcards that players can write, print and send. From rjurban at illinois.edu Fri Jan 9 12:46:42 2009 From: rjurban at illinois.edu (Richard Urban) Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 14:46:42 -0600 Subject: [MCN-L] Correlation between online/physical visitation References: Message-ID: Begin forwarded message: > Hello all, > > We are preparing a grant for a comprehensive website redesign and I > am turning to you, colleagues, for help. I am trying to find > evidence that suggests a direct correlation between online > visitation and physical visitation?specifically relevant to museums, > if that is possible. Any suggestions? > > Also, for those of you who did recently launch a redesigned website > with full web 2.0 capabilities, what response did you have, in terms > of increased traffic, and how long did it take for you to see the > results? > > So you know, our typical audience member is 45-65 years old, well- > educated, well-traveled, Caucasian, female, and self-identifies as a > ?textile enthusiast,? ?museum enthusiast,? or both. A major reason > we feel a more effective web presence will benefit us is because > approximately half of our members live outside our metropolitan > region and therefore have limited physical access to the museum. > > Thanks for any suggestions you have! > > Cyndi > > Cyndi Bohlin > Communications & Marketing Manager > The Textile Museum > 2320 S Street, NW > Washington, DC 20008 > Tel: 202.667.0441, ext. 78 > Cell: 703.568.1123 > Fax: 202.483.0994 > www.textilemuseum.org > > Please note The Textile Museum?s new hours, effective April 2009: > Monday: CLOSED > Tuesday through Saturday: 10 am to 5 pm > Sunday: 1 to 5 pm From akeshet at imj.org.il Sat Jan 10 23:53:19 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 09:53:19 +0200 Subject: [MCN-L] Favorite e-commerce system In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD780A83AAA585@mailsrv.imj.org.il> Robert and Kaia: thank you! Anybody else have an opinion? Or, in particular, experience with international e-commerce solutions (not related to donations and memberships but to sales)? Amalyah Keshet -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Weiner Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 2:23 AM To: 'Museum Computer Network Listserv' Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Favorite e-commerce system Dear Simon, The answer isn't simple. Merchandise sales (including the ability to manage an inventory or calculate tax and shipping charges based on zip code and quantity) are pretty different from online donations and memberships, or ticket sales, or subscriptions. And then there's the question of integration with your web site and back-end database. But here are some resources: Idealware and TechSoup published a roundup of online payment "multitaskers" in 2007: http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/webbuilding/page6123.cfm but it's not specific to shopping carts. They reviewed credit card processing options last year: http://techsoup.org/learningcenter/funding/page10327.cfm They also reviewed online donation processing systems, although that report is 4 years old; http://www.idealware.org/donations/ And Affinity Resources maintains a list of online donation processors: http://affinityresources.com/pgs/awz55Online2.shtml Page 2 of that chart lists other services from each vendor, including shopping carts: http://affinityresources.com/pgs/awz55Online3.shtml As to Google Checkout, I'm not wild about it. The price is hard to beat (at least for U.S. charities), but it's limited. Although it can be used for memberships and donations, I think the user experience is too much like buying goods, and the receipts can't be customized sufficiently. PayPal Standard is also limited, but the Pro version is pretty robust. One option might be to use a shopping cart for goods and a donation processor for donations and memberships. 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 Kaia Landon Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 11:24 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Favorite e-commerce system I'm surprised this hasn't drawn any responses to the list yet, so I'll bite. For most of our e-commerce needs, we simply use Paypal Payments Standard. We have also used Google Checkout. Between the two, I actually prefer Google Checkout, but it does not have the option to allow people to pay without creating an account, while Paypal does. As far as I am concerned, this is a major drawback. (I also get the feeling that convincing someone to use Paypal right now is easier than Google Checkout, but I have no statistics on that.) For transactions without an account, however, Paypal requires the visitor to click through a TON of screens to actually complete the transaction. This is obnoxious in its own right, and I am quite certain we have lost sales due to this (why it needs to be more than 2 screens I don't know). We have investigated our options for running online card transactions through our regular credit card processor, but the monthly fees on this are prohibitive for the volume of sales we usually do. If we consistently did $2,000 in sales through the website, per month, we would almost certainly use them. We have experimented with CiviCRM for events, but I'm currently waiting for at least 2.2 for it to have more of the features we really need. For simple event ticketing, CiviCRM (in tandem with a payment processor of your choice) can be a good choice, but if you need more complexity (multiple registrations without requiring multiple email addresses, for instance), it's just not quite there yet. We will probably transition our online store to Ubercart later this year. Again, this works with your payment processor, so it isn't perfect, but it is certainly easy to get running, and is also easy to make changes. Ubercart has a lot of nice features, especially compared with hand-coding the store pages with tables and Paypal. (Ubercart and CiviCRM both work with Drupal, although CiviCRM at least can be standalone.) Kaia Landon Curator of Education Mesa Historical Museum On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 4:20 AM, Amalyah Keshet [akeshet at imj.org.il] < akeshet at imj.org.il> wrote: > Looking for the same information. Thanks in advance to all. > > Amalyah Keshet > Head of Image Resources & Copyright Management The Israel Museum, > Jerusalem > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf > Of Tanner, Simon > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 5:26 PM > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv > Subject: [MCN-L] Favorite e-commerce system > > Hi everyone, > > I am wondering if people would be willing to share their favoirte > e-commerce systems and providers? > > This could be the shopping cart software, or the electronic funds > transfer system or a bespoke provider of a turn key solution. > > But what is your favorite (and why would be nice)? > > Any answers not posted to the list I will provide as a digest. > > Many thanks for your help. > > Happy New Year! > > Simon > -- > Simon Tanner > Director, King's Digital Consultancy Services, King's College London, > Centre for Computing in the Humanities, > 26-29 Drury Lane, London WC2B 5RL > Tel: +44 (0)7887 691716 or Admin: +44 (0)20 7848 2861 > Email: simon.tanner at kcl.ac.uk > http://www.kdcs.kcl.ac.uk/ > _______________________________________________ > 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 mjosephy at activatekulture.com Mon Jan 12 00:24:36 2009 From: mjosephy at activatekulture.com (Meira Josephy) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:24:36 +0200 Subject: [MCN-L] Favorite e-commerce Message-ID: <2BE44B90-2168-45C0-8CD7-C3274FD8F600@activatekulture.com> Depending what you need it for, you might consider zencart. It is an open source product using php and mysql and has a strong group of developers as well as a large user group. It has localization into a number of languages, including Hebrew. It supports a variety of payment and shipping methods. Like any product it has advantages and disadvantages, it has a fairly straightforward interface for users to add products, add payment and shipping methods and has a nice number of plugins and contributions from community members that may already provide solutions for things you would like to do. It scales fairly well too. It does not have as an intuitive templating system as joomla or drupal and upgrading versions is a longer process, although not insurmountable. Meira Josephy From gslisce2 at simmons.edu Tue Jan 6 09:55:58 2009 From: gslisce2 at simmons.edu (GSLIS CE2) Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:55:58 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Register Now -- The Open Movement & Libraries -- an online workshop with Ellyssa Kroski Message-ID: <49639B2E.2080107@simmons.edu> (Please excuse cross-postings) The Open Movement and Libraries Online -- February 1 - 28, 2009 $250 ($200 for Simmons GSLIS alums) Please register by January 20th.... "Openness" which has become a hallmark of the new Web has long been a mission in libraries. The philosophy of free and open access to information and technology has become a critical subject for information and technology leaders and practitioners. This month-long session will focus on what's happening in the realm of "open" on today's Web including an overview of open-source technologies (such as content management systems and ILS programs) which are being used by libraries today and an exploration of the latest efforts of the open access movement, open courses and learning initiatives, open conferences and "camps", and open licenses (like GPL and Creative Commons). Students will explore weekly modules which will introduce them to open topics. They will have the opportunity to take part in weekly discussions via a private chat room, and will blog their impressions of the materials on an interactive website custom-designed for the course. Faculty: Ellyssa Kroski, information consultant, reference librarian, and adjunct faculty member at Long Island University, Pratt Institute, and San Jose State University. Author of the blog iLibrarian and the book "Web 2.0 for Librarians and Information Professionals" (2008); ellyssakroski at yahoo.com; http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian For additional information see http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/continuinged/workshops/ or contact gslisce at simmons.edu -- Kris Liberman '87LS Program Manager Simmons GSLIS CE T - 617-521-2803 F - 617-521-3192 gslisce at simmons.edu http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/continuinged/ From afox at famsf.org Mon Jan 12 09:26:17 2009 From: afox at famsf.org (Andrew Fox) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:26:17 -0800 Subject: [MCN-L] Favorite e-commerce In-Reply-To: <2BE44B90-2168-45C0-8CD7-C3274FD8F600@activatekulture.com> Message-ID: Zen Cart is a pretty good tool. I've used it several times and it's robust, flexible, and feature-rich. And of course being open source it's free. Personally, I think the templating system it uses is a bit of a nightmare, with various template files located in a rabbit warren of different directories and subdirectories. The entire process of trying to get your website to *not* look like the standard ugly Zen Cart template is very counterintuitive. This is also one of the reasons that upgrading Zen Cart is so painful, since you need to track down all these modified files and make sure they get put in the right places in the new version. As an alternative, I highly recommend ?bercart, a suite of contributed e-commerce modules for Drupal. Customizing and configuring is much easier, as is adding additional features and functionality, since you have Drupal powering the whole thing. Like Zen Cart, ?bercart is based on OS Commerce, another open-source shopping cart. I've used it in one install so far, but I really like what I see. Community support is very good, too. Andrew Fox Webmaster Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco de Young Museum 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive San Francisco, CA 94118 415.750.3615 voice 415.750.3550 fax de Young Legion of Honor http://www.famsf.org On 1/12/09 12:24 AM, "Meira Josephy" wrote: > > Depending what you need it for, you might consider zencart. It is an > open source product using php and mysql and has a strong group of > developers as well as a large user group. It has localization into a > number of languages, including Hebrew. It supports a variety of > payment and shipping methods. > > Like any product it has advantages and disadvantages, it has a fairly > straightforward interface for users to add products, add payment and > shipping methods and has a nice number of plugins and contributions > from community members that may already provide solutions for things > you would like to do. It scales fairly well too. > > It does not have as an intuitive templating system as joomla or drupal > and upgrading versions is a longer process, although not insurmountable. > > > Meira Josephy > _______________________________________________ > 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 Koven.Smith at metmuseum.org Mon Jan 12 13:25:27 2009 From: Koven.Smith at metmuseum.org (Smith, Koven) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:25:27 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] FW: Employment opportunity at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Senior Analyst for Enterprise Content Management Message-ID: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of the world's finest museums, is seeking a Senior Analyst for Enterprise Content Management in the Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) Department. The Senior Analyst for Enterprise Content Management will play a key role in any initiative that involves the management of digitized assests at the Museum, including interface design for related applications, database design, reporting, digitization procedures, resouce identification, and development of catalouging schemas. Responsibilities include serving as a technical liaison to software vendors, implementers and consultants in all digital asset management activities and related projects. The Senior Analyst for Enterprise Content Management will also be responsible for designing, developing and maintaining reports from the Museum's digital asset management systems, as well as, prepare written procedures, instructions and documentation to assist users and technical staff with the operation and maintenance of digital asset management systems. Successful candidates must have 3-5 years experience in IT analysis (business process analysis, systems analysis, workflow and functional design specifications). Bachelor's degree and expertise in equivalent experience is required. Proficiency with PC-based, client-server systems and architectures is preferred. Experience with and knowledge of digitization processes for content, including digital image capture, digital scanning, manipulation of metadata and cataloguing of digital files is essential. Programming experience with web services (e.g. .NET, SOAP) required. Experience with technical implementation and maintenance of digital management systems (e.g. Interwoven MediaBin) preferred. Understanding of cultural heritage cataloguing standards (Dublin Core, CDWALite, CIDOC, Getty Vocabularies) preferred. Must have strong communication skills. Please send cover letter, resume, and salary history as a Word attachment with "Senior Analyst for Enterprise Content Management" in the subject line to employoppty at metmuseum.org. From hanan at mada.org.il Tue Jan 13 06:48:11 2009 From: hanan at mada.org.il (Hanan Cohen) Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:48:11 +0200 Subject: [MCN-L] Production value of online content References: Message-ID: <38A562F9B9615940BD347797ACD838C82255FF@server.mada.com> Shalom, Following some helpful feedback from this list and others in the museum, I have tried to make the video better. After some struggling with several video editors, I have found a rare example of "good, fast & cheap". The Corel Video Studio X2 is a 90$ video editor that can do basic editing + not so basic on a not-the-top-of-the-line PC. And the quality of the result is much much better than the basic Microsoft Movie Maker. Uploaded the new file to Youtube which looks much better and can also be viewed in High Quality. http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=18r2a35r4GU Hanan Cohen - Webmaster The Bloomfield Science Museum Jerusalem http://www.mada.org.il From akeshet at imj.org.il Thu Jan 15 05:21:13 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:21:13 +0200 Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG: concise guide to the google books settlement Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD780A83AAA628@mailsrv.imj.org.il> OCLC's Ricky Erway has written a nice "beginner's guide" to the proposed Google Book Search settlement, from the library perspective largely. only 4 pages long! http://hangingtogether.org/?p=596 "Now I'm not a lawyer (and I've had that confirmed by our folks in legal) and not even a little lawyer-like, but I read the settlement agreement, most of the appendices (I mean, really, at some point do even the lawyers say, I am not going to read that one!?), and the three library-registry agreements and I tried to note the bits that matter to libraries. (That's boiling down about 320 pages into a 4 1/2 page summary, so I've left out a bit of detail.)" From akeshet at imj.org.il Thu Jan 15 05:25:44 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:25:44 +0200 Subject: [MCN-L] Joel Fights Back Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD780A83AAA629@mailsrv.imj.org.il> " Joel Tenenbaum is just like you. Joel has been accused by the music industry of downloading seven songs from a file-sharing network in 2004. In return, the plaintiffs are seeking almost $1 million in damages. One million dollars for seven songs. Professor Charles Nesson * and a team of his students from Harvard Law are helping Joel to defend himself against the Goliath music industry by challenging the Constitutional underpinnings of the witch hunt against the born-digital generation. At some point, the fallout from the early years of music download from file sharing will need to be settled once and for all. This is our story. It is your story too. And we need your support. " http://joelfightsback.com/ * MCN conference keynote speaker, 2003 From akeshet at imj.org.il Thu Jan 15 05:47:31 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:47:31 +0200 Subject: [MCN-L] FW: zooming into paintings in the Prado -- with Google Earth Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD780A83AAA62A@mailsrv.imj.org.il> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123189526780879621.html Spain's Prado Museum has teamed up with Google Earth for a project that allows people to zoom in on the gallery's main works, even on details not immediately discernible to the human eye. "There is no better way to pay tribute to the great masters of the history of art than to universalize knowledge of their works using optimum conditions," Prado director Miguel Zugaza said. Google Spain director Javier Rodriguez Zapatero said the images now available on the Internet were 1,400 times as clear as what would be rendered with a 10-megapixel camera. "With Google Earth technology it is possible to enjoy these magnificent works in a way never previously possible, obtaining details impossible to appreciate through first-hand observation," he said. Google Earth is a free service provided by Google Inc. that uses satellite technology to reproduce maps and finely detailed images of places throughout the world, from people's houses in American cities to beaches or forests in Africa. The Prado idea was the brainchild of Google worker Clara Rivera. "There is nothing comparable to standing before any of these paintings, but this offers a complementary view," she said. "Normally you have to stand a good distance away from these works, but this offers you the chance to see details that you could only see from a big ladder placed right beside them." The images can be seen by going to Google, downloading the Google Earth software, then typing in Prado Museum in the search engine. Once the museum zooms into focus, click on the square with the name of the museum. Copyright (c) 2009 Associated Press From akeshet at imj.org.il Thu Jan 15 07:31:31 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:31:31 +0200 Subject: [MCN-L] =?windows-1255?q?_=FE=FERE=3A_Joel_Fights_Back__-_watch_i?= =?windows-1255?q?t_live?= Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD780A839DDD75@mailsrv.imj.org.il> There's more: "In Internet First, RIAA File Sharing Hearing to Be Webcast" "The internet will get a chance to watch live as lawyers spar in a Recording Industry Association of America file sharing lawsuit this month, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner of Massachusetts granted over-the-internet coverage for a Jan. 22 motions hearing in the RIAA's lawsuit against Boston University student Joel Tenenbaum and others. The defendants are seeking to dismiss allegations they shared copyrighted music over peer-to-peer networks. ...The internet feed will be provided by Courtroom View Network and will be funneled to the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School, which will broadcast the hearing live. Trial in the case is scheduled for March 30. Cameras have only been granted for the 2 p.m. Eastern, Jan. 22 hearing." http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/01/riaa-court-hear.html ________________________________________ ?? ??????: ????? ????? 15 ????? 2009 15:25 ????: 'Museum Computer Network Listserv' ??????: [MCN-L] Joel Fights Back " Joel Tenenbaum is just like you. Joel has been accused by the music industry of downloading seven songs from a file-sharing network in 2004. In return, the plaintiffs are seeking almost $1 million in damages. One million dollars for seven songs. Professor Charles Nesson * and a team of his students from Harvard Law are helping Joel to defend himself against the Goliath music industry by challenging the Constitutional underpinnings of the witch hunt against the born-digital generation. At some point, the fallout from the early years of music download from file sharing will need to be settled once and for all. This is our story. It is your story too. And we need your support. " http://joelfightsback.com/ * MCN conference keynote speaker, 2003 _______________________________________________ From sfishman at westga.edu Thu Jan 15 07:41:10 2009 From: sfishman at westga.edu (Susan Fishman-Armstrong) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:41:10 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Photo Management Software In-Reply-To: <149FDECF7500014B85D070C43C708BE70471A584@mail3.imj.org.il> References: <149FDECF7500014B85D070C43C708BE70471A584@mail3.imj.org.il> Message-ID: <032001c97727$b0c2dc00$12489400$@edu> We are at the very beginning of a digital photo project for one of our collections. I am interested in learning about what software to use to manage these photos and their categories. I know that in the end - we will need something very large and more complex. But, right now I need to start with something simple that can be expanded when we are ready. We have a very small budget. We also have lot of photos taken for publicity about our facility that needs to be managed. We are also looking at something to manage our ~300 photos (still pretty small) I have Microsoft Access and am very good at programming it. Could that work for our photos at this time? Someone suggested FileMaker Pro. I know that it holds lots of memory, but I haven't used it since version 5. Would that work for our needs? Or, is there a cheaper over the counter program we can purchase? I would be happy to hear any suggestions. Thanks, Susie +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Susie Fishman-Armstrong Laboratory Coordinator Antonio J. Waring, Jr. Archaeological Laboratory University of West Georgia Carrollton, GA 30118 678-839-6303 (office) 678-839-6306 (fax) www.westga.edu/~ajwlab/ From jfevans at Princeton.EDU Thu Jan 15 07:50:18 2009 From: jfevans at Princeton.EDU (Jeff Evans) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:50:18 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Photo Management Software In-Reply-To: <032001c97727$b0c2dc00$12489400$@edu> Message-ID: Adobe Bridge Extensis Portfolio Canto Cumulus Lightroom All have demos you download and try. Single-user licenses will be affordable. Jeffrey Evans Digital Imaging Specialist Princeton University Art Museum 609.258.8579 On 1/15/09 10:41 AM, "Susan Fishman-Armstrong" wrote: > We are at the very beginning of a digital photo project for one of our > collections. I am interested in learning about what software to use to > manage these photos and their categories. I know that in the end - we will > need something very large and more complex. But, right now I need to start > with something simple that can be expanded when we are ready. We have a > very small budget. > > We also have lot of photos taken for publicity about our facility that needs > to be managed. We are also looking at something to manage our ~300 photos > (still pretty small) > > I have Microsoft Access and am very good at programming it. Could that work > for our photos at this time? > > Someone suggested FileMaker Pro. I know that it holds lots of memory, but I > haven't used it since version 5. Would that work for our needs? Or, is > there a cheaper over the counter program we can purchase? > > I would be happy to hear any suggestions. > > > Thanks, > > Susie > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Susie Fishman-Armstrong > Laboratory Coordinator > Antonio J. Waring, Jr. Archaeological Laboratory > University of West Georgia > Carrollton, GA 30118 > > 678-839-6303 (office) > 678-839-6306 (fax) > www.westga.edu/~ajwlab/ > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Jan 15 07:54:34 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:54:34 +0200 Subject: [MCN-L] =?windows-1255?q?=FE=FEIP_SIG=3A__Copyright_Reformer_Land?= =?windows-1255?q?s_Key_Legislative_Post?= Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD780A839DDD77@mailsrv.imj.org.il> Here's a headline I thought I'd never see: __________________ ?? Copyright Reformer Lands Key Legislative Post by Wendy Davis, Friday, January 9, 2009, 8:36 AM Media Post News Online Media Daily A shorter URL for the above link: Some digital rights advocates cheered the appointment of longtime copyright-reform champion Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) as chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. ...As a longtime proponent of consumers' rights to lawfully copy films, books and other material, Boucher is considered a likely opponent of any entertainment industry efforts to restrict the Web. Among other measures, he is likely to oppose attempts to require Internet service providers to filter networks for pirated material. Boucher also has tried to revamp the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to make it more consumer-friendly. Two years ago, Boucher and another lawmaker, John Doolittle (R-Calif.), introduced the Freedom and Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship Act (H.R. 1201), which would have softened the DMCA's anti-circumvention provisions. ------------------------- Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources & Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem From akeshet at imj.org.il Thu Jan 15 08:04:42 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:04:42 +0200 Subject: [MCN-L] =?windows-1255?q?_=FE=FE=FE=FEIP_SIG=3A_Obama_Picks_Pro-R?= =?windows-1255?q?IAA=2C_Pro-Copyright_Lawyers_for_Top_Justice_Department_?= =?windows-1255?q?Slots?= Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD780A839DDD78@mailsrv.imj.org.il> Now for the bad news: "Obama Picks Pro-RIAA, Pro-Copyright Lawyers for Top Justice Department Slots." By Victor Godinez, Dallas Morning News, January 7, 2009. http://tinyurl.com/9bej2p "If you hoped that Barack Obama's election would lead to a different government attitude towards filesharing lawsuits and draconian copyright restrictions, well, don't bet on it." ________________________________________ ?? ??????: ????? ????? 15 ????? 2009 17:54 ????: mcn-l at mcn.edu ??????: [MCN-L] ??IP SIG: Copyright Reformer Lands Key Legislative Post Here's a headline I thought I'd never see: __________________ ?? Copyright Reformer Lands Key Legislative Post by Wendy Davis, Friday, January 9, 2009, 8:36 AM Media Post News Online Media Daily A shorter URL for the above link: Some digital rights advocates cheered the appointment of longtime copyright-reform champion Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) as chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. ...As a longtime proponent of consumers' rights to lawfully copy films, books and other material, Boucher is considered a likely opponent of any entertainment industry efforts to restrict the Web. Among other measures, he is likely to oppose attempts to require Internet service providers to filter networks for pirated material. Boucher also has tried to revamp the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to make it more consumer-friendly. Two years ago, Boucher and another lawmaker, John Doolittle (R-Calif.), introduced the Freedom and Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship Act (H.R. 1201), which would have softened the DMCA's anti-circumvention provisions. ------------------------- Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources & Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem _______________________________________________ From RealW at CarnegieMuseums.Org Thu Jan 15 08:24:47 2009 From: RealW at CarnegieMuseums.Org (Real, Will) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:24:47 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Photo Management Software In-Reply-To: References: <032001c97727$b0c2dc00$12489400$@edu> Message-ID: <04EFDDC9208D114890720783D4924BEB187D98A7@EXCHANGE-4.Private.CarnegieMuseums.Org> Another option, which is built on Access, is ThumbsPlus 7 http://www.cerious.com/thumbnails.shtml Relatively inexpensive, free demo, though not available for Mac. -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Jeff Evans Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 10:50 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Photo Management Software Adobe Bridge Extensis Portfolio Canto Cumulus Lightroom All have demos you download and try. Single-user licenses will be affordable. Jeffrey Evans Digital Imaging Specialist Princeton University Art Museum 609.258.8579 On 1/15/09 10:41 AM, "Susan Fishman-Armstrong" wrote: > We are at the very beginning of a digital photo project for one of our > collections. I am interested in learning about what software to use > to manage these photos and their categories. I know that in the end - > we will need something very large and more complex. But, right now I > need to start with something simple that can be expanded when we are > ready. We have a very small budget. > > We also have lot of photos taken for publicity about our facility that > needs to be managed. We are also looking at something to manage our > ~300 photos (still pretty small) > > I have Microsoft Access and am very good at programming it. Could > that work for our photos at this time? > > Someone suggested FileMaker Pro. I know that it holds lots of memory, > but I haven't used it since version 5. Would that work for our needs? > Or, is there a cheaper over the counter program we can purchase? > > I would be happy to hear any suggestions. > > > Thanks, > > Susie > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Susie Fishman-Armstrong > Laboratory Coordinator > Antonio J. Waring, Jr. Archaeological Laboratory University of West > Georgia Carrollton, GA 30118 > > 678-839-6303 (office) > 678-839-6306 (fax) > www.westga.edu/~ajwlab/ > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 julie at openedit.org Thu Jan 15 08:26:14 2009 From: julie at openedit.org (Julie Riley OpenEdit) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:26:14 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Photo Management Software In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <496F63A6.8040706@openedit.org> Susie, Please take a look at our open source software, OpenEdit Digital Asset Management. Because it is open source, it is free to download, install and use. OpenEdit is used by small and enterprise organizations, so it can scale to handle the most complex needs. When I mention it can be scaled, I certainly don't mean that we charge for additional modules, they are all included in the software, you only need to turn on the modules you need. Our user base includes single users with small collections to enterprise users with millions of assets. We have online documentation and a free User Forum to post support questions. You can check out a demo here: http://www.openeditdam.com/DAMDemo/archive/search/resultsthumbnails.html And see some videos here: http://www.openeditdam.com/dam/videos/index.html It can be downloaded here: http://www.openeditdam.com/dam/download/index.html By the way, the permissions are pretty locked down on our demo, this helps us to control the demo from hackers and the like! If anyone would like to see a demo of OpenEdit, let me know. I'll arrange a time to do a remote demo and have a Q&A session. Would love to do it! Regards, Julie Riley OpenEdit Inc 937-671-6212 Jeff Evans wrote: > Adobe Bridge > Extensis Portfolio > Canto Cumulus > Lightroom > > All have demos you download and try. Single-user licenses will be > affordable. > > > Jeffrey Evans > Digital Imaging Specialist > Princeton University Art Museum > 609.258.8579 > > > > > > > > > > On 1/15/09 10:41 AM, "Susan Fishman-Armstrong" wrote: > > >> We are at the very beginning of a digital photo project for one of our >> collections. I am interested in learning about what software to use to >> manage these photos and their categories. I know that in the end - we will >> need something very large and more complex. But, right now I need to start >> with something simple that can be expanded when we are ready. We have a >> very small budget. >> >> We also have lot of photos taken for publicity about our facility that needs >> to be managed. We are also looking at something to manage our ~300 photos >> (still pretty small) >> >> I have Microsoft Access and am very good at programming it. Could that work >> for our photos at this time? >> >> Someone suggested FileMaker Pro. I know that it holds lots of memory, but I >> haven't used it since version 5. Would that work for our needs? Or, is >> there a cheaper over the counter program we can purchase? >> >> I would be happy to hear any suggestions. >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Susie >> >> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Susie Fishman-Armstrong >> Laboratory Coordinator >> Antonio J. Waring, Jr. Archaeological Laboratory >> University of West Georgia >> Carrollton, GA 30118 >> >> 678-839-6303 (office) >> 678-839-6306 (fax) >> www.westga.edu/~ajwlab/ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ > > -- ---------------------- 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 From plaskey at smm.org Thu Jan 15 12:48:24 2009 From: plaskey at smm.org (Tilly Laskey) Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:48:24 -0600 (CST) Subject: [MCN-L] Association of Midwest Museums call for Proposals Message-ID: <1547866855.1263851232052504744.JavaMail.root@smm-zm-mail1.smm.org> Hello, The deadline is extended to 1/20/09. We are especially interested in receiving proposals on technology and museums. Thanks much! Association of Midwest Museums Press Release 2009 Association of Midwest Museums Conference Deadline for Submitting Session Proposals Friday , January 16, 2009 This is a friendly reminder that the deadline for submitting a session proposal for the 2009 AMM Conference, Inspiration and Innovation: Engagement in a Changing Landscape, is Friday , January 16. The AMM (Association of Midwest Museums) will collaborate with the Minnesota Association of Museums to present this special conference, which is scheduled for September 27-30, 2009 in St. Paul, Minnesota. To download a proposal form, visit the AMM Web site at http://www.midwestmuseums.org/ . The conference will address the many opportunities available to and the challanges confronting museums in the 21st Century. AMM and MAM encourage proposals that address new audiences, new technologies, and new practices! Sessions should focus on best practices and innovative approaches that lead to new and creative solutions for museums. Types of sessions that will be considered include: ? Roundtable ? Panel ? Poster Session/Coffee Break ? Student Panel Presentation ? Workshops If you have any questions, contact AMM Executive Director Brian Bray at 314-746-4557 or at info at midwestmuseums.org . Tilly Laskey Curator of Ethnology Science Museum of Minnesota 651.221.9432 phone 651.221.4750 fax www.smm.org From rjurban at illinois.edu Fri Jan 16 10:10:11 2009 From: rjurban at illinois.edu (Richard Urban) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:10:11 -0600 Subject: [MCN-L] Fwd: Free Webcast: Gaming the Future of Museums References: Message-ID: <2F95D3F8-6F83-4CF3-A457-917828C5B9A7@illinois.edu> Begin forwarded message: > From: "Guzel duChateau" > Date: January 16, 2009 9:51:08 AM CST > To: aamemp at googlegroups.com > Subject: [EMP] Free Webcast: Gaming the Future of Museums > > Dear Colleagues, > > Are you ready for the future? The world is changing at a rapid pace, > and the American Association of Museum's new Center for the Future > of Museums helps museums be prepared by bringing you forecasts of > the future and provocative ideas from leading thinkers on how > museums can help build a better future. > > One trend, highlighted by the new CFM forecasting report "Museums > and Society 2034," [hyperlink to http://www.futureofmuseums.org/reading/publications/ > ] is the growing expectation of our audiences that they be engaged > in creating their own museum experience. This is driven, in part, by > the massive popularity of computer gaming. CFM has recruited leading > games designer and researcher Dr. Jane McGonigal to share her > thoughts on how museums can take advantage of this trend. Please > join us for a free webcast on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009, 1 p.m. EST > as she addresses "Gaming the Future of Museums," challenging museums > to consider: > > ? What makes games so compelling, even addictive? > ? How can museums become experiences as engaging as games? > ? Given the vast number of hours millions of people invest in > playing complex online games, how can museums harness this > creativity with opportunities for their audiences to contribute to > advancing their missions? > > For more information and to register for this free webcast (lecture > followed by online discussions) visit http://www.futureofmuseums.org/events/lecture/index.cfm > . > > Want a preview? > The lecture was featured in a recent NPR story "Interactive Games > Make Museums A Place To Play" by Elizabeth Blair. > > Sincerely, > Guzel > > Program Coordinator, Center for the Future of Museums > American Association of Museums > Futureofmuseums at aam-us.org From rjurban at illinois.edu Fri Jan 16 13:42:51 2009 From: rjurban at illinois.edu (Richard Urban) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:42:51 -0600 Subject: [MCN-L] The IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf - Third and Final Round References: Message-ID: > From: "Terry Jackson" > Date: January 16, 2009 3:37:46 PM CST > To: > Subject: The IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf - Third and > Final Round > > > Bookshelf Application Period Now Open > > 1,000 FREE Sets of theIMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelfto be > Awarded! > Apply today. > > Don?t miss the third andfinalapplication period for theIMLS > Connecting to Collections Bookshelf. These free publications contain > vital information and resources that are essential for the care of > your collections. Over 1,800 institutions have already received this > set of materials, valued at approximately $800, during the first two > application periods. The final application period will close on > March 9, 2009. > Who Should Apply? > > TheIMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelfis intended for small to > mid-sized museums, libraries with special collections, archives, > botanical gardens, nature centers, aquariums, and zoos. However, > larger institutions are also eligible to apply. In addition, for > this final round, state libraries and state museum associations may > also apply. > More Information > > You can find more information, instructions, special requirements, > and the contents of the Bookshelf atwww.aaslh.org/Bookshelf. IMLS > has additional information aboutConnecting to Collections: A Call to > Actionavailable atwww.imls.gov/collections. As the cooperating > partner with IMLS, AASLH is proud to bring you this opportunity. > Please contact Terry Jackson atJackson at aaslh.orgor 615-320-3203 with > any questions about the Bookshelf. -------------- next part -------------- > > > > > Terry Jackson > American Association for State and Local History > Project Coordinator > 1717 Church St. > Nashville, TN 37203 > 615-320-3203 > jackson at aaslh.org > ========================================= > So you think you missed out on the Bookshelf? > Not true! The third application round is now open! > Apply Now! Don't miss out on this great > resource from IMLS and AASLH. For more > information, visit www.aaslh.org/Bookshelf. > ========================================= > > > From Amanda.Birnstengel at themim.org Sat Jan 17 14:12:04 2009 From: Amanda.Birnstengel at themim.org (Amanda Birnstengel) Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:12:04 -0700 Subject: [MCN-L] 2 Positions at Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) Message-ID: <68298022D2B4BC4C8FDBA80B548FD3AD399337@mim02.mim.local> MIM is hiring an Image/Graphics Assistant and a Media Technician. The Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) will celebrate the similarities and differences of the world's cultures as expressed through music - a language common to us all. With musical instruments from every country in the world, MIM will pay homage to the history and diversity of instruments and introduce museum guests to their varied and unique sounds. MIM will be an engaging, entertaining, and informative experience, in which the uninitiated and the knowledgeable, the young and the old will feel welcome. MIM is an approximately $125 million project. The 190,000 square foot building is currently under construction in Phoenix, Arizona and is scheduled to open in early 2010. Further information on MIM may be found at www.themim.org. IMAGE/GRAPHICS ASSISTANT The Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) is looking for a highly motivated and creative individual to work as an Image/Graphics Assistant. This position will work closely with the Media Curator, Director of Technology, and exhibit team members to find, edit, and produce images and graphics for informative and stimulating displays at MIM. This position will have a duration of at least 18 months from date of hire and includes medical and other benefits. The technician may choose to work as a contracted consultant or as an employee of MIM. Job Responsibilities: Edit digital images and graphics in a variety of standard formats (RAW, TIF, JPG, etc.) for exhibit and/or web design and use. Scan and upload images to a server for museum-wide use and archiving. Assist Media Curator with photo research using stock agencies, photographer archives, academic archives, and other relevant sources. Organize and create metadata for images. Liaise with the Exhibits Department on image- and graphics-related projects. Minimum Qualifications: A bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline. Working knowledge of and experience with standard design applications (Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, etc.) and/or related software packages. Detailed knowledge of image quality standards and image file formats. Experience with photo digitization. Ability to manage multiple projects and knowledge of basic office procedures. Independent problem-solving, self-direction, and excellent organizational skills. Preferred Qualifications: BFA in Photography or Design. Library Science degree and/or experience working in an image library/archive. Working knowledge of image archiving standards. 2 years experience developing image/graphics projects in an academic or museum environment, on a variety of computer platforms and in diverse work situations MEDIA TECHNICIAN The Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) is looking for a highly motivated and creative individual to work as a Media Technician. This position will work closely with the Media Curator, Director of Technology, and exhibit team members to produce audio and video displays that will add informative and stimulating content to the exhibits at MIM. This position will have a duration of at least 18 months from date of hire and includes full medical and other benefits. The technician may choose to work as a contracted consultant or as an employee of MIM. * Job Responsibilities: * Edit completed video productions, under curatorial supervision, for a variety of delivery formats. * Transfer existing video and film assets from heritage formats into a digital environment. * Assist with media production and optimization for the web, including embedding audio/video within Flash. * Assist Media Curator and Director of Technology with equipment, hardware, and software selection and inventories. * Minimum Qualifications: * A bachelor's degree in film, video, or computer-based media development, or the equivalent combination of education and experience. * Documented experience editing video. * Extensive knowledge of and experience with the Final Cut Studio software package. * Familiarity with the requirements of high-definition video. * Experience with video and film digitization. * Ability to manage multiple projects and knowledge of basic office procedures. * Independent problem-solving, self-direction, and excellent organizational skills. * Preferred Qualifications: * Working knowledge of and some experience with the Logic Studio software package. * Working knowledge of and experience with standard design applications (Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, After Effects, Flash, Apple Shake, etc.) or other video-production related software. * Working knowledge of video archiving standards. * Experience with "run-and-gun"-style production and studio production. * 2 years experience developing video/media projects in an academic or museum environment, on a variety of computer platforms and in diverse work situations. Other: Positions are located in the Phoenix, AZ metropolitan area. Salary is commensurate with education and experience. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled Love for world music and musical instruments a plus! Qualified candidates should submit a letter of interest directly addressing the qualifications detailed above, resume or CV, 3 samples of selected work, and contact information for three professional references to: (POSITION TITLE) Musical Instrument Museum 8550 S. Priest Drive Tempe, AZ 85284 HR at themim.org Amanda Birnstengel | Operations Manager | MIM-Musical Instrument Museum 84 S. 10th St. Suite 450 | Minneapolis, MN 55403 | 612.746.2070 main | 612.746.2072 direct | www.themim.org From Zalut at wagnerfreeinstitute.org Mon Jan 19 11:32:34 2009 From: Zalut at wagnerfreeinstitute.org (Lauren Zalut) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:32:34 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Podcasting Advice Message-ID: <278835DC50C47F4CBE375BE3466D364FAF9A6A@ml330g3.main.wagnerfreeinstitute.org> Hi, I am new to the Museum Computer Network and I am looking for any advice regarding podcasting. I work for a small natural history museum with a very limited budget and we are looking to make podcasts of past museum lectures available to the public on our website. I have been told by senior staff that we do not have enough space on our website, I wonder if anyone knows how much space a 60 minute podcast would take up. Also, what kind of technology would be required to post a podcast on our website? The museum has a myspace profile, and part of the reason we established it was the possibility that the podcast could be downloaded from there. Is that really a viable option? We do have a completely edited podcast ready to go and hope to have it up and running by the summer. I would appreciate any suggestions or advice, it would be very helpful to hear about others' experiences with podcasting in museums. Thank you in advance. Sincerely yours, Lauren Zalut Museum Educator and Communications Coordinator Wagner Free Institute of Science 1700 W. Montgomery Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19121 phone: (215) 763-6529 ext. 17 www.wagnerfreeinstitute.org Become a fan of the Wagner on www.facebook.com! Follow us on www.twitter.com! From museumpods at gmail.com Mon Jan 19 12:05:18 2009 From: museumpods at gmail.com (MuseumPods) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:05:18 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Podcasting Advice References: <278835DC50C47F4CBE375BE3466D364FAF9A6A@ml330g3.main.wagnerfreeinstitute.org> Message-ID: <01e401c97a71$416dae50$0302a8c0@harvardugddap5> Lauren, You're welcome to use FeedMe http://texas.museumpods.com for your podcast. Just upload the files and the RSS feed is generated with unlimited bandwidth and it is iTunes ready. I must tell you a 60 minute podcast is pretty long. You can archive the lectures as episodes in the RSS feed for people to use. It won't cost you anything. Email me if you have any questions. Kurt Stuchell stuchell at museumpods.com http://museumpods.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lauren Zalut" To: Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 2:32 PM Subject: [MCN-L] Podcasting Advice > Hi, > I am new to the Museum Computer Network and I am looking for any advice > regarding podcasting. I work for a small natural history museum with a > very limited budget and we are looking to make podcasts of past museum > lectures available to the public on our website. I have been told by > senior staff that we do not have enough space on our website, I wonder if > anyone knows how much space a 60 minute podcast would take up. Also, what > kind of technology would be required to post a podcast on our website? > > The museum has a myspace profile, and part of the reason we established it > was the possibility that the podcast could be downloaded from there. Is > that really a viable option? We do have a completely edited podcast ready > to go and hope to have it up and running by the summer. I would appreciate > any suggestions or advice, it would be very helpful to hear about others' > experiences with podcasting in museums. > > Thank you in advance. > > Sincerely yours, > > Lauren Zalut > Museum Educator and Communications Coordinator > Wagner Free Institute of Science > 1700 W. Montgomery Ave. > Philadelphia, PA 19121 > phone: (215) 763-6529 ext. 17 > www.wagnerfreeinstitute.org > > Become a fan of the Wagner on www.facebook.com! > > Follow us on www.twitter.com! > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 aridavidow at gmail.com Mon Jan 19 18:19:17 2009 From: aridavidow at gmail.com (Ari Davidow) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:19:17 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Podcasting Advice In-Reply-To: <278835DC50C47F4CBE375BE3466D364FAF9A6A@ml330g3.main.wagnerfreeinstitute.org> References: <278835DC50C47F4CBE375BE3466D364FAF9A6A@ml330g3.main.wagnerfreeinstitute.org> Message-ID: <747cfaf50901191819l44feaf3di9ecb7e34f99a044f@mail.gmail.com> Space is dirt cheap these days, so I'm not sure I buy the idea that there is no room for an occasional podcast. To the best of my knowledge, however, you =could= use MySpace as a place to upload the podcasts, and they could be downloaded from there. I do not know what limits might exist space-wise. I could have sworn that several museums are using MySpace though, so someone will likely chime in soon. My sense is that an okay mp3 averages about 1MB/minute, with considerable variance depending on the quality settings. In theory, any mp3 can just be linked from your webpage or blog and that will be treated as a podcast. In reality, mp3 doesn't stream well, and the experience of listening via Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, or Quicktime can be distracting. We use a modified version of one of the flash media players that we found on one of the opensource sites, and that gives us some control over look and feel (no weird backgrounds, no ads). Years ago it was important to use a streaming server such as Apple's Darwin, or the Real's Helix server. If you use a reasonable flash player, the user experience should be quite good, and barring a circumstance where you get lots of simultaneous hits, there should be no bandwidth issues, nor any other issues that would merit maintaining the separate server. If you had a lot of media files, or if they were very popular, chewing up lots of bandwidth, that would/could change, though. ari On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Lauren Zalut wrote: > Hi, > I am new to the Museum Computer Network and I am looking for any advice regarding podcasting. I work for a small natural history museum with a very limited budget and we are looking to make podcasts of past museum lectures available to the public on our website. I have been told by senior staff that we do not have enough space on our website, I wonder if anyone knows how much space a 60 minute podcast would take up. Also, what kind of technology would be required to post a podcast on our website? > > The museum has a myspace profile, and part of the reason we established it was the possibility that the podcast could be downloaded from there. Is that really a viable option? We do have a completely edited podcast ready to go and hope to have it up and running by the summer. I would appreciate any suggestions or advice, it would be very helpful to hear about others' experiences with podcasting in museums. > > Thank you in advance. > > Sincerely yours, > > Lauren Zalut > Museum Educator and Communications Coordinator > Wagner Free Institute of Science > 1700 W. Montgomery Ave. > Philadelphia, PA 19121 > phone: (215) 763-6529 ext. 17 > www.wagnerfreeinstitute.org > > Become a fan of the Wagner on www.facebook.com! > > Follow us on www.twitter.com! > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 bwyman at denverartmuseum.org Mon Jan 19 20:08:43 2009 From: bwyman at denverartmuseum.org (Bruce Wyman) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:08:43 -0700 Subject: [MCN-L] Podcasting Advice In-Reply-To: <278835DC50C47F4CBE375BE3466D364FAF9A6A@ml330g3.main.wagnerfreeinstitute.o rg> References: <278835DC50C47F4CBE375BE3466D364FAF9A6A@ml330g3.main.wagnerfreeinstitute.o rg> Message-ID: > I have been told by senior staff that we do not have enough space >on our website, I wonder if anyone knows how much space a 60 minute >podcast would take up. Also, what kind of technology would be >required to post a podcast on our website? Both Kurt and Avi have given some good answers; I'll chime in with a little more. Doing a quick round of snooping, it looks like you have about 10gb of disk space with your hosted web account. (I'm making some assumptions, but it looks like the IP address for your website is owned by web.com and their hosting plans based off their sitebuilder tool each have 10gb of disk space. See and click on hosting features) For what you're trying to do, 10gb is a fairly good chunk of space. Looking at the sizes of a half-dozen podcasts I have on my computer, that are all 45-55 minutes long, they're about 25-35mb (podcasts from NPR that are mostly talk). Based on that math, and not knowing what else is part of your site, you could potentially put 250+ podcasts on your site. (That being said, Kurt's made a great offer that potentially solves your problem without doing much additional work). The other part to consider is what you actually want to deliver. If you really just want to be able to play audio from your website, or let someone download the audio file, then Ari's advice is pretty good. If you want to make a true 'podcast' that other software will recognize (such as iTunes) and treat as a podcast rather than just another audio mp3 file, then you'll want to create an rss feed for the series (you *are* going to do more than one, right?). There are a variety of tools that will help you package up your audio as a true podcast -- if you want to head down this path, contact me offline and let me know if you're using windows or a mac and I can point you in a few directions. >The museum has a myspace profile, and part of the reason we >established it was the possibility that the podcast could be >downloaded from there. You can certainly do that, although it looks like people are generally just hosting audio files rather than true podcasts. One thing you'll want to be mindful of, no matter where you decide to upload your files, is making sure that the site's terms and conditions let you retain ownership and copyright to the files you're uploading. With Myspace, you're in the clear - and scroll down to section 6, "Proprietary Rights on Content...". >We do have a completely edited podcast ready to go and hope to have >it up and running by the summer. If you've already done the hard part -- getting it ready to go -- get it out there. You'll get quicker feedback about what you're doing right (and wrong) and keep learning as you actually go through the process. Nothing says that you can't try to host in more than one place - the museum's website, Kurt's offer of Museumpods, and Myspace. I'm wiling to bet that they serve generally different audiences but in each case, you'll learn something. Don't aim for this summer. Aim for February to get it going. ;) -bw. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Bruce Wyman, Director of Technology Denver Art Museum / 100 W 14th Ave. Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204 office: 720.913.0159 / fax: 720.913.0002 From david.whaples at yale.edu Tue Jan 20 06:30:02 2009 From: david.whaples at yale.edu (Whaples, David) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:30:02 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Podcasting Advice In-Reply-To: <01e401c97a71$416dae50$0302a8c0@harvardugddap5> Message-ID: Good Morning Amy, On 1/19/09 3:05 PM, "MuseumPods" wrote: Lauren, You're welcome to use FeedMe http://texas.museumpods.com for your podcast. Just upload the files and the RSS feed is generated with unlimited bandwidth and it is iTunes ready. I must tell you a 60 minute podcast is pretty long. You can archive the lectures as episodes in the RSS feed for people to use. It won't cost you anything. Email me if you have any questions. Kurt Stuchell stuchell at museumpods.com http://museumpods.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lauren Zalut" To: Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 2:32 PM Subject: [MCN-L] Podcasting Advice > Hi, > I am new to the Museum Computer Network and I am looking for any advice > regarding podcasting. I work for a small natural history museum with a > very limited budget and we are looking to make podcasts of past museum > lectures available to the public on our website. I have been told by > senior staff that we do not have enough space on our website, I wonder if > anyone knows how much space a 60 minute podcast would take up. Also, what > kind of technology would be required to post a podcast on our website? > > The museum has a myspace profile, and part of the reason we established it > was the possibility that the podcast could be downloaded from there. Is > that really a viable option? We do have a completely edited podcast ready > to go and hope to have it up and running by the summer. I would appreciate > any suggestions or advice, it would be very helpful to hear about others' > experiences with podcasting in museums. > > Thank you in advance. > > Sincerely yours, > > Lauren Zalut > Museum Educator and Communications Coordinator > Wagner Free Institute of Science > 1700 W. Montgomery Ave. > Philadelphia, PA 19121 > phone: (215) 763-6529 ext. 17 > www.wagnerfreeinstitute.org > > Become a fan of the Wagner on www.facebook.com! > > Follow us on www.twitter.com! > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 robin at mediacombo.net Tue Jan 20 12:22:13 2009 From: robin at mediacombo.net (Robin White) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:22:13 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] mcn-l Digest, Vol 40, Issue 13-re video podcast In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Lauren, One question, are you talking about a 60 min video podcast or audio podcast? As a rough guide, audio podcasts are about 1Mb per minute, but if it's speech only, you can fit about 2 minutes into 1Mb, which would make a 60 min talk about 30Mbs. This is not very much space and should pretty easily fit on your web server. Depending on the speed of your listener's connections, there should be a smooth download or streaming of the material. A one hour video podcast is a whole other kettle of fish. I'd recommend editing just the highlights into short separate programs to present as individual podcasts in that case. There' s a lot of information out there about how to do this. This site has some excellent links: http://www.podcastfm.co.uk/podcasting_resources.php Best, Robin Robin White Owen Web 2.0 Strategy & Implementation M: 917/407-7641 T: 646/472-5145 E: robin at mediacombo.net www.mediacombo.net On Jan 19, 2009, at 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. Podcasting Advice (Lauren Zalut) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:32:34 -0500 > From: "Lauren Zalut" > Subject: [MCN-L] Podcasting Advice > To: > Message-ID: > > <278835DC50C47F4CBE375BE3466D364FAF9A6A at ml330g3.main.wagnerfreeinstitu > te.org> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi, > I am new to the Museum Computer Network and I am looking for any > advice regarding podcasting. I work for a small natural history > museum with a very limited budget and we are looking to make > podcasts of past museum lectures available to the public on our > website. I have been told by senior staff that we do not have > enough space on our website, I wonder if anyone knows how much > space a 60 minute podcast would take up. Also, what kind of > technology would be required to post a podcast on our website? > > The museum has a myspace profile, and part of the reason we > established it was the possibility that the podcast could be > downloaded from there. Is that really a viable option? We do have a > completely edited podcast ready to go and hope to have it up and > running by the summer. I would appreciate any suggestions or > advice, it would be very helpful to hear about others' experiences > with podcasting in museums. > > Thank you in advance. > > Sincerely yours, > > Lauren Zalut > Museum Educator and Communications Coordinator > Wagner Free Institute of Science > 1700 W. Montgomery Ave. > Philadelphia, PA 19121 > phone: (215) 763-6529 ext. 17 > www.wagnerfreeinstitute.org > > Become a fan of the Wagner on www.facebook.com! > > Follow us on www.twitter.com! > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > mcn-l mailing list > mcn-l at mcn.edu > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > > End of mcn-l Digest, Vol 40, Issue 13 > ************************************* Robin White Owen Web 2.0 Strategy & Implementation M: 917/407-7641 T: 646/472-5145 E: robin at mediacombo.net www.mediacombo.net From Zalut at wagnerfreeinstitute.org Wed Jan 21 12:05:19 2009 From: Zalut at wagnerfreeinstitute.org (Lauren Zalut) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:05:19 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Thanks MCN! Message-ID: <278835DC50C47F4CBE375BE3466D364FAF9A72@ml330g3.main.wagnerfreeinstitute.org> Thank you to everyone who responded to my posting about podcasts. The information I have received has been incredibly helpful. I hope to attend the AAM podcasting tutorial - the session seems like it will go over exactly what we have been striving to do. I can't thank you enough! Sincerely yours, Lauren Zalut Museum Educator and Communications Coordinator Wagner Free Institute of Science 1700 W. Montgomery Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19121 phone: (215) 763-6529 ext. 17 www.wagnerfreeinstitute.org Become a fan of the Wagner on www.facebook.com! Follow us on www.twitter.com! From proctorn at si.edu Wed Jan 21 12:21:16 2009 From: proctorn at si.edu (Proctor, Nancy) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:21:16 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Podcasting mcn-l Digest, Vol 40, Issue 15 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Useful tips, Robin, and great questions, Lauren! I like the idea of using a MySpace account for hosting podcasts because I don't think they charge you for data transfer or set limits on it - is that right? In addition to the storage space, every time someone downloads your podcast, there is potentially a fee for that amount of data transfer, depending on what your hosting situation is. I'm sure MySpace would have something to say if your podcast were to become as popular as, say, This American Live, which recently put out a call for donations to cover the $160k bill just the downloading of their podcast racks up annually, but as long as the audience for your archived lectures is modest, this may be a very economical solution that will fly under their radar. There is a Wiki on mobile interpretation that grew out of Tate's Sept 2008 Handheld conference where we're trying to gather questions and tips like this for the full range of mobile platforms so it can be a resource for all. If you'd like to check it out & join, please visit: http://tatehandheldconference.pbwiki.com/ I'll add Robin's link to the wiki's resource page! Many thanks, Nancy On 1/21/09 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: mcn-l Digest, Vol 40, Issue 13-re video podcast (Robin White) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:22:13 -0500 > From: Robin White > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] mcn-l Digest, Vol 40, Issue 13-re video podcast > To: mcn-l at mcn.edu > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > Dear Lauren, > > One question, are you talking about a 60 min video podcast or audio > podcast? > > As a rough guide, audio podcasts are about 1Mb per minute, but if > it's speech only, you can fit about 2 minutes into 1Mb, which would > make a 60 min talk about 30Mbs. This is not very much space and > should pretty easily fit on your web server. Depending on the speed > of your listener's connections, there should be a smooth download or > streaming of the material. > > A one hour video podcast is a whole other kettle of fish. I'd > recommend editing just the highlights into short separate programs to > present as individual podcasts in that case. > > There' s a lot of information out there about how to do this. This > site has some excellent links: > > http://www.podcastfm.co.uk/podcasting_resources.php > > Best, > > Robin > Robin White Owen > Web 2.0 Strategy & Implementation > M: 917/407-7641 > T: 646/472-5145 > E: robin at mediacombo.net > www.mediacombo.net > On Jan 19, 2009, at 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. Podcasting Advice (Lauren Zalut) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:32:34 -0500 >> From: "Lauren Zalut" >> Subject: [MCN-L] Podcasting Advice >> To: >> Message-ID: >> >> <278835DC50C47F4CBE375BE3466D364FAF9A6A at ml330g3.main.wagnerfreeinstitu >> te.org> >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> Hi, >> I am new to the Museum Computer Network and I am looking for any >> advice regarding podcasting. I work for a small natural history >> museum with a very limited budget and we are looking to make >> podcasts of past museum lectures available to the public on our >> website. I have been told by senior staff that we do not have >> enough space on our website, I wonder if anyone knows how much >> space a 60 minute podcast would take up. Also, what kind of >> technology would be required to post a podcast on our website? >> >> The museum has a myspace profile, and part of the reason we >> established it was the possibility that the podcast could be >> downloaded from there. Is that really a viable option? We do have a >> completely edited podcast ready to go and hope to have it up and >> running by the summer. I would appreciate any suggestions or >> advice, it would be very helpful to hear about others' experiences >> with podcasting in museums. >> >> Thank you in advance. >> >> Sincerely yours, >> >> Lauren Zalut >> Museum Educator and Communications Coordinator >> Wagner Free Institute of Science >> 1700 W. 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I'm curious as to what other museums are doing, or have done, regarding PCI. The potential cost, not only to become PCI-qualified but to run the annual scans, is staggering, according to the information that I've received from the approved scanning vendors. Cyndi Sayce Information Services Manager Oregon Museum of Science and Industry 1945 SE Water Avenue Portland, OR 97214 (V) 503-797-4504 (Fax) 503-239-7819 csayce at omsi.edu www.omsi.edu Experience the art and science of Leonardo da Vinci at Da Vinci: The Genius, opening January 31 From nrpii at hotmail.com Wed Jan 21 12:42:52 2009 From: nrpii at hotmail.com (sarah johnson) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:42:52 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Additional Podcasting Questions Message-ID: I have greatly enjoyed the podcasting thread, which has been quite timely for me as we are also currently creating a procedure and system for podcasting. I do have an additional question to ask, though. I have been asked to write a short instruction manual for creating a podcast. Partly it will deal with the technical issues of our software and workflow steps. That will be pretty easily researched. However, it will also discuss tips and tricks for actually creating the video/audio in the first place. This would include items such as 'don't sit in a dark room with the camera 30 feet away and forget to use the mike' as well as content development and scripting advice, appropriate lengths, and ideas for how to achieve an interesting experience for the users--informal without being hokey. Has anyone created such a tips and tricks list, or know where there are some particularly good ones available? My initial google searches haven't turned up too many that discuss the content aspect of how to podcast.Your assistance is greatly appreciated! Sarah JohnsonDigital ArchivistDigital Video ServicesGrand Rapids, MI616-787-7357 EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOODJoin me From jasonh3 at u.washington.edu Wed Jan 21 14:01:16 2009 From: jasonh3 at u.washington.edu (Jason Herrington) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:01:16 -0800 Subject: [MCN-L] Gallery video projector reccomendations? Message-ID: <2a9469770901211401x7cd210dayddc3a8ee5c6af10a@mail.gmail.com> Hi all, In the next two years my museum will be hosting exhibitions that incorporate still images and video. Part of the artistic vision for the exhibitions is to use ceiling mounted projectors, rather than video monitors, to display the images and video. This is the first time we will have attempted something like this, and I'd like to make sure we get the proper equipment. There are so many projectors on the market, and I'm curious if the list as a preference toward a particular brand or vendor. DLP, CRT or LCD? Is there an HD option that we should invest in? Thanks! -- Jason Herrington Master's Candidate Department of Museology University of Washington From jbondy at okhistory.org Wed Jan 21 14:28:58 2009 From: jbondy at okhistory.org (Jason Bondy) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:28:58 -0600 Subject: [MCN-L] Gallery video projector reccomendations? In-Reply-To: <2a9469770901211401x7cd210dayddc3a8ee5c6af10a@mail.gmail.com> References: <2a9469770901211401x7cd210dayddc3a8ee5c6af10a@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: I don't have any particular recommendations, but an experience that may be helpful. We have several LCD projectors, about three and a half years old, which are on nine hours per day every day. About two years into the life of these projectors, the LCD panels required replacement at a cost of $800 each. Now the replacement LCDs are starting show the same discoloration. I have been told that this is just something that happens with LCD projectors. It has been recommended by a local dealer that we replace them with DLP projectors, but the funds are not available for that yet. You may contact me off list if I may be of more assistance. Jason _______________________________________________________ Jason Bondy Exhibit AV/IT Systems Oklahoma History Center 2401 N. Laird Ave. Oklahoma City, OK 73105 405-522-0783 - Office 405-522-5402 - Fax www.okhistory.org -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Jason Herrington Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 4:01 PM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] Gallery video projector reccomendations? Hi all, In the next two years my museum will be hosting exhibitions that incorporate still images and video. Part of the artistic vision for the exhibitions is to use ceiling mounted projectors, rather than video monitors, to display the images and video. This is the first time we will have attempted something like this, and I'd like to make sure we get the proper equipment. There are so many projectors on the market, and I'm curious if the list as a preference toward a particular brand or vendor. DLP, CRT or LCD? Is there an HD option that we should invest in? Thanks! -- Jason Herrington Master's Candidate Department of Museology University of Washington _______________________________________________ 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 smith at sfu.ca Wed Jan 21 14:36:53 2009 From: smith at sfu.ca (Richard Smith) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:36:53 -0800 Subject: [MCN-L] Gallery video projector reccomendations? In-Reply-To: <2a9469770901211401x7cd210dayddc3a8ee5c6af10a@mail.gmail.com> References: <2a9469770901211401x7cd210dayddc3a8ee5c6af10a@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <7c93fa0b0901211436v336439dcx8cc6c91e7acc22bb@mail.gmail.com> If you do nothing else, make sure it is a *quiet* projector. Way too many purchase decisions are made on factors that are "nice to have" but silence is NEED to have. You'd be surprised how dreadful the incessant fan noise can be. One of my classrooms has recently been upgraded to a nice new projector and while the resolution and brightness is great, the really big difference is how we aren't shouting to be heard over the noise. ...r On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Jason Herrington wrote: > Hi all, > > In the next two years my museum will be hosting exhibitions that > incorporate > still images and video. Part of the artistic vision for the exhibitions is > to use ceiling mounted projectors, rather than video monitors, to display > the images and video. This is the first time we will have attempted > something like this, and I'd like to make sure we get the proper equipment. > There are so many projectors on the market, and I'm curious if the list as > a > preference toward a particular brand or vendor. DLP, CRT or LCD? Is there > an HD option that we should invest in? > > Thanks! > > -- > Jason Herrington > Master's Candidate > Department of Museology > University of Washington > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > -- Richard Smith, Professor, School of Communication Simon Fraser University, 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, CANADA V6B 5K3 Phone: 778 782 5116 Web: http://www.sfu.ca/~smith From rjurban at illinois.edu Wed Jan 21 17:46:36 2009 From: rjurban at illinois.edu (Richard Urban) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:46:36 -0600 Subject: [MCN-L] Form submission software and time-lapse video References: Message-ID: <0D6192E1-6FF7-4AF7-A61F-8225F2EAC326@illinois.edu> Begin forwarded message: > > Hello MCN-L, > > I have a couple unrelated questions I would like to throw out to the > List. > > First, we in the Photo Department at VMFA are looking for some sort > of form submission solution. Currently, requests for photography > from the museum staff come to us on paper. We are looking for a > software solution, in a box (via intranet) or web-based, that will > allow our internal staff to digitally submit requests for > photography from their own computers. It would be ideal if these > forms could be exported into a spreadsheet like Excel. Another perk > would be if the form submission system would allow tracking, so that > we can acknowledge receipt of the request and acknowledge > completion. We do not currently have a museum-wide digital asset > management system, though I know some of the ?enterprise? systems > allow this feature. We are looking for recommendations, if anyone > has any, for systems, packages, or web-based systems that would > allow this sort of online form submission and tracking that would be > separate from an asset management system. > > Secondly, we are looking for recommendations for inexpensive digital > video cameras that have a time-lapse capture feature. If anyone is > using anything to accomplish these sort of videos, we would > appreciate hearing about what you are using. We are looking > specifically for small, light, and inexpensive camera systems for > documenting installations and construction. > > Thanks in advance... > > > Travis Fullerton > Assistant Photographer > Photography Department > > Virginia Museum of Fine Arts > 200 N Boulevard / Richmond, VA 23220-4007 > T 804.340.1538 / F 804.340.1548 > travis.fullerton at vmfa.museum > > www.vmfa.museum > > > > From dlewisarfm at aol.com Wed Jan 21 20:46:26 2009 From: dlewisarfm at aol.com (dlewisarfm at aol.com) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:46:26 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Form submission software and time-lapse video In-Reply-To: <0D6192E1-6FF7-4AF7-A61F-8225F2EAC326@illinois.edu> References: <0D6192E1-6FF7-4AF7-A61F-8225F2EAC326@illinois.edu> Message-ID: <8CB4A638485DA27-1094-631@WEBMAIL-MC02.sysops.aol.com> In answer to the first question.... You might look at and play around with Google Documents as an inexpensive (FREE!) solution.?? They have pretty good integration between Gmail, Google Docs (with a spread sheet and a simple form creating template). I've mussed around enough to know that it probably CAN be done, but not enough to know exactly how to do it -- good luck.?? *smile* - David - David Lewis, Curator Aurora Regional Fire Museum www.AuroraRegionalFireMuseum.org -----Original Message----- From: Richard Urban To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Sent: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 7:46 pm Subject: [MCN-L] Form submission software and time-lapse video Begin forwarded message: > > Hello MCN-L, > > I have a couple unrelated questions I would like to throw out to the > List. > > First, we in the Photo Department at VMFA are looking for some sort > of form submission solution. Currently, requests for photography > from the museum staff come to us on paper. We are looking for a > software solution, in a box (via intranet) or web-based, that will > allow our internal staff to digitally submit requests for > photography from their own computers. It would be ideal if these > forms could be exported into a spreadsheet like Excel. Another perk > would be if the form submission system would allow tracking, so that > we can acknowledge receipt of the request and acknowledge=2 0 > completion. We do not currently have a museum-wide digital asset > management system, though I know some of the ?enterprise? systems > allow this feature. We are looking for recommendations, if anyone > has any, for systems, packages, or web-based systems that would > allow this sort of online form submission and tracking that would be > separate from an asset management system. > > Secondly, we are looking for recommendations for inexpensive digital > video cameras that have a time-lapse capture feature. If anyone is > using anything to accomplish these sort of videos, we would > appreciate hearing about what you are using. We are looking > specifically for small, light, and inexpensive camera systems for > documenting installations and construction. > > Thanks in advance... > > > Travis Fullerton > Assistant Photographer > Photography Department > > Virginia Museum of Fine Arts > 200 N Boulevard / Richmond, VA 23220-4007 > T 804.340.1538 / F 804.340.1548 > travis.fullerton at vmfa.museum > > www.vmfa.museum > > > > _______________________________________________ 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 j.stevenson at vam.ac.uk Thu Jan 22 01:23:04 2009 From: j.stevenson at vam.ac.uk (James Stevenson) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:23:04 +0000 Subject: [MCN-L] Form submission software and time-lapse video In-Reply-To: <0D6192E1-6FF7-4AF7-A61F-8225F2EAC326@illinois.edu> References: <0D6192E1-6FF7-4AF7-A61F-8225F2EAC326@illinois.edu> Message-ID: <49783AF7.ABAA.00EA.0@vam.ac.uk> Travis, The Canon electronic cable release for their range of digital cameras allows you to use it like an intervalometer hence enables you to set up time-lapse. Contact my colleague p.kelleher at vam.ac.uk offline and he will explain more fully Regards James Stevenson Photographic Manager Victoria and Albert Museum South Kensington London UK tel +44 (0) 207 942 2545 fax +44 (0) 207 942 2746 www.vam.ac.uk >>> Richard Urban 22/01/2009 01:46 >>> Begin forwarded message: > > Hello MCN-L, > > I have a couple unrelated questions I would like to throw out to the > List. > > First, we in the Photo Department at VMFA are looking for some sort > of form submission solution. Currently, requests for photography > from the museum staff come to us on paper. We are looking for a > software solution, in a box (via intranet) or web-based, that will > allow our internal staff to digitally submit requests for > photography from their own computers. It would be ideal if these > forms could be exported into a spreadsheet like Excel. Another perk > would be if the form submission system would allow tracking, so that > we can acknowledge receipt of the request and acknowledge > completion. We do not currently have a museum-wide digital asset > management system, though I know some of the ?enterprise? systems > allow this feature. We are looking for recommendations, if anyone > has any, for systems, packages, or web-based systems that would > allow this sort of online form submission and tracking that would be > separate from an asset management system. > > Secondly, we are looking for recommendations for inexpensive digital > video cameras that have a time-lapse capture feature. If anyone is > using anything to accomplish these sort of videos, we would > appreciate hearing about what you are using. We are looking > specifically for small, light, and inexpensive camera systems for > documenting installations and construction. > > Thanks in advance... > > > Travis Fullerton > Assistant Photographer > Photography Department > > Virginia Museum of Fine Arts > 200 N Boulevard / Richmond, VA 23220-4007 > T 804.340.1538 / F 804.340.1548 > travis.fullerton at vmfa.museum > > www.vmfa.museum > > > > _______________________________________________ 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 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 MParadis at Gallery.ca Thu Jan 22 06:40:03 2009 From: MParadis at Gallery.ca (MParadis at Gallery.ca) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:40:03 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Gallery video projector reccomendations? In-Reply-To: <2a9469770901211401x7cd210dayddc3a8ee5c6af10a@mail.gmail.com> References: <2a9469770901211401x7cd210dayddc3a8ee5c6af10a@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <7EB3F7DBBD8F794C9976C9619F86D558086B70547A@MERCURY.NGC.MBAC> Hi Jason, Here at the NGC we have used projections extensively since the beginning of this medium. My first recommendation is to avoid LCD like the plague. DLP and LCOS have been the only suitable systems robust enough to stand the rigours of museum life. There are many brands and options to chose from, including the emerging sector of TrueHD (1080p) projectors. We have many lower resolution projectors of all descriptions but are finding this year that the new flavour is HD. Of course HD comes in flavours too! There's 720p resolution and 1080p resolution (Blu-Ray for example). Price points are mixed as well. There's very affordable TrueHD units available under 2000 lumens in brightness. Most presentations are well served at this power output and can therefore create a good base unit to build an inventory upon. Makes such as Optoma TX1080 provide both power and resolution for this purpose. Most 1080p machines at a good price don't yet offer the high horsepower for large scale works at this time but like all technology, this will change. If you look to 720p resolution the market is much wider but you'll likely be asked for the full 1080p in the very near future so it's not the best option to build an inventory on. As far as reliability we've been extremely pleased with NEC, Panasonic, some Sanyo models, and on occasion Dell (5100MP model). To date NEC has been our workhorse for both performance and automation of installations where no network is available. I have NEC projectors pushing 40,000 without failure other than bulb replacements. Brands we have avoided due to past performance are Elmo, Sony, BenQ and certain Sanyo LCD (older inventory). Just a cautionary note on warranties. If you buy industrial units you're likely to have a replacement warranty available. If you buy "Home Theatre" TrueHD units check the warranty carefully as they seldom offer consumer units with a replacement warranty. This could leave an installation down during a service period verses an industrial unit which has replacement warranties. Hope this intor to projection helps. Thanks, Mark Paradis Chief, Multimedia Services-Chef de services multim?dia National Gallery of Canada, Mus?e des beaux-arts du Canada 380 Sussex Drive,Ottawa, Ontario K1N 9N4 ph. 613-990-1788, fx. 613-991-2680 cell 613-797-0558 -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Jason Herrington Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 5:01 PM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] Gallery video projector reccomendations? Hi all, In the next two years my museum will be hosting exhibitions that incorporate still images and video. Part of the artistic vision for the exhibitions is to use ceiling mounted projectors, rather than video monitors, to display the images and video. This is the first time we will have attempted something like this, and I'd like to make sure we get the proper equipment. There are so many projectors on the market, and I'm curious if the list as a preference toward a particular brand or vendor. DLP, CRT or LCD? Is there an HD option that we should invest in? Thanks! -- Jason Herrington Master's Candidate Department of Museology University of Washington _______________________________________________ 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 Jan 22 08:54:05 2009 From: psully at magnes.org (Perian Sully) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:54:05 -0800 Subject: [MCN-L] Form submission software and time-lapse video In-Reply-To: <8CB4A638485DA27-1094-631@WEBMAIL-MC02.sysops.aol.com> References: <0D6192E1-6FF7-4AF7-A61F-8225F2EAC326@illinois.edu> <8CB4A638485DA27-1094-631@WEBMAIL-MC02.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: We were having very similar problems. I had set up an HTML-based form, as well as a PDF form, but neither were working. I finally got the PDF form to work, but I eventually realized that the HTML form required a mailman program on our web host (Yahoo, at the moment). Yahoo's mailman wouldn't allow us to custom-set the email address the form was supposed to go to. If you have a less-draconian hosting service, or host internally, it's actually pretty easy (I think...) to use their mailman. You would just have to specify the location of the mailman and the email address the form should go to. (Hopefully someone with more info about this process can confirm or deny my rumors...!) We finally ended up using Google Docs and their form-building tool. It uses an Excel-like format to collect the responses, and you can download the responses into Excel. Pretty cool! I'm likely to create another one this week for exactly what you're planning to do. If you end up using a PDF, you can specify that the responses get sent back to you in an XML or CSV format which can be imported into Excel. You'll need Adobe Acrobat to create the form, however. Good luck! 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 dlewisarfm at aol.com Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 8:46 PM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Form submission software and time-lapse video In answer to the first question.... You might look at and play around with Google Documents as an inexpensive (FREE!) solution.?? They have pretty good integration between Gmail, Google Docs (with a spread sheet and a simple form creating template). I've mussed around enough to know that it probably CAN be done, but not enough to know exactly how to do it -- good luck.?? *smile* - David - David Lewis, Curator Aurora Regional Fire Museum www.AuroraRegionalFireMuseum.org -----Original Message----- From: Richard Urban To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Sent: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 7:46 pm Subject: [MCN-L] Form submission software and time-lapse video Begin forwarded message: > > Hello MCN-L, > > I have a couple unrelated questions I would like to throw out to the > List. > > First, we in the Photo Department at VMFA are looking for some sort > of form submission solution. Currently, requests for photography > from the museum staff come to us on paper. We are looking for a > software solution, in a box (via intranet) or web-based, that will > allow our internal staff to digitally submit requests for > photography from their own computers. It would be ideal if these > forms could be exported into a spreadsheet like Excel. Another perk > would be if the form submission system would allow tracking, so that > we can acknowledge receipt of the request and acknowledge=2 0 > completion. We do not currently have a museum-wide digital asset > management system, though I know some of the ?enterprise? systems > allow this feature. We are looking for recommendations, if anyone > has any, for systems, packages, or web-based systems that would > allow this sort of online form submission and tracking that would be > separate from an asset management system. > > Secondly, we are looking for recommendations for inexpensive digital > video cameras that have a time-lapse capture feature. If anyone is > using anything to accomplish these sort of videos, we would > appreciate hearing about what you are using. We are looking > specifically for small, light, and inexpensive camera systems for > documenting installations and construction. > > Thanks in advance... > > > Travis Fullerton > Assistant Photographer > Photography Department > > Virginia Museum of Fine Arts > 200 N Boulevard / Richmond, VA 23220-4007 > T 804.340.1538 / F 804.340.1548 > travis.fullerton at vmfa.museum > > www.vmfa.museum > > > > _______________________________________________ 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 NHoneysett at getty.edu Thu Jan 22 09:00:07 2009 From: NHoneysett at getty.edu (Nik Honeysett) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:00:07 -0800 Subject: [MCN-L] Form submission software and time-lapse video In-Reply-To: References: <0D6192E1-6FF7-4AF7-A61F-8225F2EAC326@illinois.edu> <8CB4A638485DA27-1094-631@WEBMAIL-MC02.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <4978358D.65B4.001D.0@getty.edu> For the form submission, I think this pretty much does what you need: http://www.SeaGreenSoftware.com -nik >>> "Perian Sully" 1/22/2009 8:54 AM >>> We were having very similar problems. I had set up an HTML-based form, as well as a PDF form, but neither were working. I finally got the PDF form to work, but I eventually realized that the HTML form required a mailman program on our web host (Yahoo, at the moment). Yahoo's mailman wouldn't allow us to custom-set the email address the form was supposed to go to. If you have a less-draconian hosting service, or host internally, it's actually pretty easy (I think...) to use their mailman. You would just have to specify the location of the mailman and the email address the form should go to. (Hopefully someone with more info about this process can confirm or deny my rumors...!) We finally ended up using Google Docs and their form-building tool. It uses an Excel-like format to collect the responses, and you can download the responses into Excel. Pretty cool! I'm likely to create another one this week for exactly what you're planning to do. If you end up using a PDF, you can specify that the responses get sent back to you in an XML or CSV format which can be imported into Excel. You'll need Adobe Acrobat to create the form, however. Good luck! 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 dlewisarfm at aol.com Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 8:46 PM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Form submission software and time-lapse video In answer to the first question.... You might look at and play around with Google Documents as an inexpensive (FREE!) solution. They have pretty good integration between Gmail, Google Docs (with a spread sheet and a simple form creating template). I've mussed around enough to know that it probably CAN be done, but not enough to know exactly how to do it -- good luck. *smile* - David - David Lewis, Curator Aurora Regional Fire Museum www.AuroraRegionalFireMuseum.org -----Original Message----- From: Richard Urban To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Sent: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 7:46 pm Subject: [MCN-L] Form submission software and time-lapse video Begin forwarded message: > > Hello MCN-L, > > I have a couple unrelated questions I would like to throw out to the > List. > > First, we in the Photo Department at VMFA are looking for some sort > of form submission solution. Currently, requests for photography > from the museum staff come to us on paper. We are looking for a > software solution, in a box (via intranet) or web-based, that will > allow our internal staff to digitally submit requests for > photography from their own computers. It would be ideal if these > forms could be exported into a spreadsheet like Excel. Another perk > would be if the form submission system would allow tracking, so that > we can acknowledge receipt of the request and acknowledge=2 0 > completion. We do not currently have a museum-wide digital asset > management system, though I know some of the ?enterprise? systems > allow this feature. We are looking for recommendations, if anyone > has any, for systems, packages, or web-based systems that would > allow this sort of online form submission and tracking that would be > separate from an asset management system. > > Secondly, we are looking for recommendations for inexpensive digital > video cameras that have a time-lapse capture feature. If anyone is > using anything to accomplish these sort of videos, we would > appreciate hearing about what you are using. We are looking > specifically for small, light, and inexpensive camera systems for > documenting installations and construction. > > Thanks in advance... > > > Travis Fullerton > Assistant Photographer > Photography Department > > Virginia Museum of Fine Arts > 200 N Boulevard / Richmond, VA 23220-4007 > T 804.340.1538 / F 804.340.1548 > travis.fullerton at vmfa.museum > > www.vmfa.museum > > > > _______________________________________________ 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 lesleyeharris at comcast.net Thu Jan 22 09:08:57 2009 From: lesleyeharris at comcast.net (Lesley Ellen Harris) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:08:57 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] More copyright courses.... In-Reply-To: <4978358D.65B4.001D.0@getty.edu> References: <0D6192E1-6FF7-4AF7-A61F-8225F2EAC326@illinois.edu> <8CB4A638485DA27-1094-631@WEBMAIL-MC02.sysops.aol.com> <4978358D.65B4.001D.0@getty.edu> Message-ID: <58919CEE-2401-4FBB-AB17-1DB5BF285B10@comcast.net> CCM 200 and CCM 201- Primers on U.S. and Canadian Copyright Law, respectively, begin next week. These two courses are the second of 7 courses in the SLA/Copyrightlaws.com Certificate in Copyright Management -- a unique certificate program for librarians and others. See: www.clickuniversity.org. February 23, 2009 is the beginning of the following courses: -Copyright Education: Demystifying Copyright in your Enterprise -Developing a Copyright Policy (in which you will create your own draft policy) Syllabi are www.copyrightlawscom.blogspot.com and registration at www.acteva.com/go/copyright. Lesley From akeshet at imj.org.il Thu Jan 22 09:22:22 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:22:22 +0200 Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG: Yes we can Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD780A85AB00BC@mailsrv.imj.org.il> Forwarded message, below. Might be interesting to see what other cultural heritage / copyright comments have been submitted and can be commented upon. Amalyah Keshet ________________________________________ You may have read that MPAA submitted some fairly mpaa-like comments to the transition team. Said transition team also accepts comments on the submissions. There are 11 filed so far on MPAA, and personally, I think a few more are needed. Anyone who has a minute or two to contribute to the discussion can go here: http://change.gov/open_government/entry/mpaas_key_international_trade_issues/ Click on the link and let our future [now present] officials know what you think of MPAA. -- Art Brodsky Communications Director Public Knowledge (202) 518-0020 ext 103 (o) (301) 908-7715 (c) 1875 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Suite 650 Washington, D.C. 20009 www.publicknowledge.org From akeshet at imj.org.il Sat Jan 24 22:35:16 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 08:35:16 +0200 Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG: The CC Whitehouse Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD780A85AFC3F7@mailsrv.imj.org.il> No comment necessary: http://www.whitehouse.gov/copyright/ "Copyright Notice "Pursuant to federal law, government-produced materials appearing on this site are not copyright protected. The United States Government may receive and hold copyrights transferred to it by assignment, bequest, or otherwise. "Except where otherwise noted, third-party content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Visitors to this website agree to grant a non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free license to the rest of the world for their submissions to Whitehouse.gov under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License." From irene.van.bavel at pch.gc.ca Mon Jan 26 08:24:20 2009 From: irene.van.bavel at pch.gc.ca (irene.van.bavel at pch.gc.ca) Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:24:20 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Fw: Welcome to the "mcn-l" mailing list (Digest mode) Message-ID: Irene van Bavel Analyste de partenariats et programmes | Partnership and Programs Analyst R?sau canadien d'information sur le patrimoine | Canadian Heritage Information Network 15 Eddy St., 4th floor | 15, rue Eddy, 4i?me ?tage Gatineau QC K1A 0M5 T : 819.934.5018 | F : 819.994.9555 | E : irene.van.bavel at pch.gc.ca ----- Forwarded by Irene Van Bavel/HullOttawa/PCH/CA on 2009-01-26 11:24 ----- mcn-l-request at mcn .edu Sent by: To mcn-l-bounces at mcn irene.van.bavel at pch.gc.ca .edu cc Subject 2009-01-26 11:23 Welcome to the "mcn-l" mailing list (Digest mode) Welcome to the mcn-l at mcn.edu mailing list! To post to this list, send your email to: mcn-l at mcn.edu General information about the mailing list is at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l If you ever want to unsubscribe or change your options (eg, switch to or from digest mode, change your password, etc.), visit your subscription page at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/options/mcn-l/irene.van.bavel%40pch.gc.ca You can also make such adjustments via email by sending a message to: mcn-l-request at mcn.edu with the word `help' in the subject or body (don't include the quotes), and you will get back a message with instructions. You must know your password to change your options (including changing the password, itself) or to unsubscribe. It is: izkowexo Normally, Mailman will remind you of your mcn.edu mailing list passwords once every month, although you can disable this if you prefer. This reminder will also include instructions on how to unsubscribe or change your account options. There is also a button on your options page that will email your current password to you. From dzorich at mindspring.com Mon Jan 26 12:49:55 2009 From: dzorich at mindspring.com (Diane M. Zorich) Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:49:55 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Best Practices for Access to Images: Recommendations for Scholarly Use and Publishing Message-ID: From: H-NET List on Art History/Die E-Mail-Liste fuer Kunstgeschichte im H-Net [mailto:H-ARTHIST at H-NET.MSU.EDU] On Behalf Of H-ArtHist (Livia Cardenas) Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 4:28 AM To: H-ARTHIST at H-NET.MSU.EDU Subject: ANN: Call for Open Access to Digital Images From: Dr. Christine von Oertzen coertzen at mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de Date: 22 January 2009 Subject: Call for Open Access to Digital Images Call for Open Access to Digital Images The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG), a co-initiator of the OpenAccess movement, has drawn up a set of best-practice recommendations concerning thescholarly use of visual media. The recommendations aimed at facilitating the scholarly useand publication of historical digital images were drafted following consultations withscholars and representatives of leading museums, libraries, image archives and publishers.The aim of the document is to create a network of mutual trust and cooperation betweenscholars and curators of cultural heritage collections with a view to facilitating access toand the scholarly use of visual media. The recommendations can be downloaded from theMIPWG website which currently features a detailed report on the initiative. The recommendations were prompted by the barriers encountered by those who wish touse and publish images of cultural heritage objects. High licence fees and complicatedaccess regulations make it increasingly difficult for scholars in the humanities to work withdigital images. It is true that the digitization of image collections has acted as a catalyst forscholarly research. However, archives, collections and libraries differ greatly with respectto the question of how, where and on what basis images may be used for scholarlypurposes. Moreover, their policies in this regard are becoming increasingly restrictive,especially when it comes to new forms of e-publishing. The MPIWG drew up its recommendations for facilitating the scholarly use of digital imagesfollowing consultations with international experts which took place in January 2008. Therecommendations call on curators and scholars to develop a mutually binding network oftrust. The aim of the initiative is to encourage stakeholders jointly to address the currentand future challenges raised by the digital age. The document urges curators to refrainfrom restricting the public domain arbitrarily and calls on them to accommodate the needsof scholars for reasonably-priced or freely-accessible high-resolution digital images - bothfor print publications and new Web-based forms of scholarly publishing. It exhorts scholarsto recognise museums, libraries and collections as owners and custodians of physicalobjects of cultural heritage and to acknowledge their efforts in making digital imagesavailable. Moreover, it urges them to take their role as guarantors of authenticity andaccurate attribution extremely seriously. Website: http://www.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/en/news/features/feature4/ -- 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 dzorich at mindspring.com Mon Jan 26 18:52:27 2009 From: dzorich at mindspring.com (Diane M. Zorich) Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:52:27 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG: CC focus group on noncommercial use Message-ID: From Creative Commons... NonCommercial study focus groups next month: SF, NYC, and online Jennifer Yip, January 20th, 2009 As previously announced, Creative Commons is researching "noncommercial use". Last year we conducted a number of focus groups and fielded a survey (thank you everyone who responded!) designed to collect information about how creators understand the distinction between commercial and noncommercial uses of their content. Now we want to talk to people about their experience as users of content they find online, regardless of whether the content is licensed under a CC license, with or without the NC term, or even licensed at all. We hope to connect with individuals and organizations from a variety of communities and industries, using a variety of content, in many different media. We seek insight and experience, not any endorsement of Creative Commons, its licenses, or any particular perspective. We are currently scheduling a limited number of in-person focus groups, to be held in New York City, on Thursday, February 12, and San Francisco, on Tuesday, February 17. In order to get input from persons who live outside these regions, we are also conducting a limited number of online bulletin board type focus groups, which will take place over the course of three days, from Wednesday, February 18 through Friday, February 20. The time commitment for both the in-person and online focus groups is approximately two hours. Please note and understand that all groups, including the online focus groups, will be conducted in English. Unfortunately, we are not able to cover any travel or other expenses you may have in connection with participating. If you are interested in participating in one of these focus groups, please fill out a questionnaire (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=GUQwAaFo8qdRCeeha7dHWw_3d_3d), which will explain what we plan to do with the data we collect, and will also ask you for some basic background information. There are a limited number of spaces in each focus group. Please understand that we may not be able to respond individually to everyone who fills out the questionnaire, but if you are selected to participate, we will contact you as soon as possible to confirm your participation. Thank you for your interest and help with this study. See http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/12285 for more info. -- 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 akeshet at imj.org.il Tue Jan 27 07:06:21 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:06:21 +0200 Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG: April 15, 2009, Copyright Conference at Ball State University Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD780A85AFC447@mailsrv.imj.org.il> Anything with the words "Star E-Wars" would seem to be worth looking into. -------------------------------------------------------- The University Libraries at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, is pleased to announce the Sixth Annual Copyright Conference, Star E-Wars, April 15, 2009. Registration until March 15 is a reasonable and affordable $65.00 and this includes a buffet lunch. The Conference homepage URL is: www.bsu.edu/library/conference/copyright/ Speakers for this year's Conference: . Dwayne K. Buttler, J.D., Evelyn J. Schneider Endowed Chair for Scholarly Communication, University of Louisville . Michelle L. Cooper, J.D., Education Law Group at Bose McKinney & Evans LLP . Donna L. Ferullo, J.D., Director of the University Copyright Office, Purdue University . Janice Pilch, Associate Professor of Library Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign . James R. Williams, J.D., Ball State University's legal counsel for education law, DeFur Voran LLP If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact: Fritz Dolak, fdolak at bsu.edu, 765-285-5330 ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Mike.Ellis at eduserv.org.uk Tue Jan 27 08:01:13 2009 From: Mike.Ellis at eduserv.org.uk (Mike Ellis) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:01:13 -0000 Subject: [MCN-L] Your use of API's - quick survey In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <05CBF355F7317545AB0F8BF401F960529FAB6E@edu-win-eml-l01.edu2000.com> Hi all Dan Zambonini and I are writing a paper for Museums and the Web (see our abstract here: http://www.archimuse.com/mw2009/abstracts/prg_335001935.html) We'd love it if you'd fill in this quick form about your use of API's. It'll take about 3 minutes http://bit.ly/C7Xk (links to Google form) Thanks in advance, Mike ________________________________________ Mike Ellis Professional Services Group Eduserv mike.ellis at eduserv.org.uk tel: 01225 470522 mob: 07017 031522 fax: 01225 474301 www.eduserv.org.uk From WWeinstein at philamuseum.org Tue Jan 27 13:42:18 2009 From: WWeinstein at philamuseum.org (Weinstein, William) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:42:18 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Annual reports online References: Message-ID: I am trying to get a sense of policy for posting annual reports online. I see many institutions do this and they range from plain, no image, and sanitized finances to the full color pdf. I would love to get responses on why and how people are doing this along with any problems. Bill William Weinstein Director of Information Services Philadelphia Museum of Art PO Box 7646 Philadelphia, PA 19101 215-684-7741 wweinstein at philamuseum.org From sweeting at frick.org Tue Jan 27 13:48:14 2009 From: sweeting at frick.org (Sweeting III, Floyd) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:48:14 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Annual reports online In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <3C55506774456C4690AB556143F5434D032EAB18@tfcmail.frick.org> We do full color pdfs at the Frick as well as printing copies to pass out. No problems that I know of. We are now going to investigate posting online as an alternative to printing (to save money). http://www.shopfrick.org/support/annualreports.htm Floyd Sweeting Head, Information technology & New Media The Frick Collection -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Weinstein, William Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 4:42 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] Annual reports online I am trying to get a sense of policy for posting annual reports online. I see many institutions do this and they range from plain, no image, and sanitized finances to the full color pdf. I would love to get responses on why and how people are doing this along with any problems. Bill William Weinstein Director of Information Services Philadelphia Museum of Art PO Box 7646 Philadelphia, PA 19101 215-684-7741 wweinstein at philamuseum.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/ ***************************************************************************** The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. ***************************************************************************** From lharper at MAG.Rochester.edu Tue Jan 27 13:50:14 2009 From: lharper at MAG.Rochester.edu (Harper, Lucy) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:50:14 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Annual reports online In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: We have cut back the print run for our biennial report by putting full color pdf online. 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 Weinstein, William Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 4:42 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] Annual reports online I am trying to get a sense of policy for posting annual reports online. I see many institutions do this and they range from plain, no image, and sanitized finances to the full color pdf. I would love to get responses on why and how people are doing this along with any problems. Bill William Weinstein Director of Information Services Philadelphia Museum of Art PO Box 7646 Philadelphia, PA 19101 215-684-7741 wweinstein at philamuseum.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 WWeinstein at philamuseum.org Tue Jan 27 13:52:04 2009 From: WWeinstein at philamuseum.org (Weinstein, William) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:52:04 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Annual reports online References: Message-ID: No image rights issues? Donor privacy issues? Can your pdfs be indexed for searches? 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 Harper, Lucy Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 4:50 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Annual reports online We have cut back the print run for our biennial report by putting full color pdf online. 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 Weinstein, William Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 4:42 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] Annual reports online I am trying to get a sense of policy for posting annual reports online. I see many institutions do this and they range from plain, no image, and sanitized finances to the full color pdf. I would love to get responses on why and how people are doing this along with any problems. Bill William Weinstein Director of Information Services Philadelphia Museum of Art PO Box 7646 Philadelphia, PA 19101 215-684-7741 wweinstein at philamuseum.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 aridavidow at gmail.com Tue Jan 27 15:51:28 2009 From: aridavidow at gmail.com (Ari Davidow) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:51:28 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Annual reports online In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <747cfaf50901271551l27ce1cd5v68f5bd31545046b0@mail.gmail.com> We provide a PDF. Our Development folks say that it is helpful to have it available. Ours isn't overly fancy, but it is typeset, and is a PDF: http://jwa.org/aboutjwa/annualreport/ On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Weinstein, William wrote: > I am trying to get a sense of policy for posting annual reports online. > I see many institutions do this and they range from plain, no image, and > sanitized finances to the full color pdf. I would love to get responses > on why and how people are doing this along with any problems. > > Bill > > > > > William Weinstein > Director of Information Services > Philadelphia Museum of Art > PO Box 7646 > Philadelphia, PA 19101 > 215-684-7741 > wweinstein at philamuseum.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 setchell at ica.org Wed Jan 28 05:43:14 2009 From: setchell at ica.org (Naomi Setchell) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:43:14 +0100 Subject: [MCN-L] Call for bids: ICA website development Message-ID: <8E90C1786FEB9547B0DC3B410035AF534A6E0E@srv-ica.ica.org> *Apologies for cross-posting* The International Council on Archives (ICA) is seeking a creative company with a proven track record to develop a new website that will be a leading platform for archives and records professionals throughout the world. Further details on the call to bid for the creation of a new ICA website are available to download here: http://www.ica.org/en/2009/01/28/call-bids-ica-website-development . Alternatively, send an email to setchell at ica.org requesting details. The closing date for bids is Monday February 23 2009. We invite you to forward this document to any colleagues or companies who may be interested in bidding. From jbedard at artsmia.org Wed Jan 28 05:53:00 2009 From: jbedard at artsmia.org (John Bedard) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:53:00 -0600 Subject: [MCN-L] Annual reports online In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <49800EDC.50A4.0031.0@artsmia.org> Last year we did both print and full color pdf available on-line. This year we eliminated the print version. My understanding is that it was a budget decision to eliminate the print version. You can view them at http://www.artsmia.org/index.php?section_id=80 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/ ) >>> "Weinstein, William" 1/27/2009 3:42 PM >>> I am trying to get a sense of policy for posting annual reports online. I see many institutions do this and they range from plain, no image, and sanitized finances to the full color pdf. I would love to get responses on why and how people are doing this along with any problems. Bill William Weinstein Director of Information Services Philadelphia Museum of Art PO Box 7646 Philadelphia, PA 19101 215-684-7741 wweinstein at philamuseum.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 aridavidow at gmail.com Wed Jan 28 06:11:57 2009 From: aridavidow at gmail.com (Ari Davidow) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:11:57 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Annual reports online In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <747cfaf50901280611t45207836yb8e9a50cca1073d1@mail.gmail.com> We do make sure that we have rights to put images online, as well as in print for the annual report. I think in our case most/all of the images come from the archive, itself. There are donor privacy issues, but for the most part, donors want to be acknowledged as much as we want others to see who is donating. It's something the development department has to keep in mind when preparing the report. And almost all public search engines (as well as our website's search engine) index pdf these days, so that is not an issue. ari On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Weinstein, William wrote: > No image rights issues? Donor privacy issues? Can your pdfs be indexed > for searches? > > > 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 > Harper, Lucy > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 4:50 PM > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Annual reports online > > We have cut back the print run for our biennial report by putting full > color pdf online. > > 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 > Weinstein, William > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 4:42 PM > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv > Subject: [MCN-L] Annual reports online > > > I am trying to get a sense of policy for posting annual reports online. > I see many institutions do this and they range from plain, no image, and > sanitized finances to the full color pdf. I would love to get responses > on why and how people are doing this along with any problems. > > Bill > > > > > William Weinstein > Director of Information Services > Philadelphia Museum of Art > PO Box 7646 > Philadelphia, PA 19101 > 215-684-7741 > wweinstein at philamuseum.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 SterbenkYM at cmog.org Wed Jan 28 06:54:02 2009 From: SterbenkYM at cmog.org (Sterbenk, Yvette M.) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:54:02 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Job opening - Digital Communications Supervisor - Corning Museum of Glass Message-ID: <7134A53C0111BF498F8FC895B9A0652F019E04E2@glass.cmog.org> > Digital Communications Supervisor > The Corning Museum of Glass, the foremost museum in the world > dedicated to the art, history, science and technology of glass, has an > opening for the newly created position of Digital Communications > Supervisor. Responsibilities include developing and implementing the > content for the Museum's digital communications, including website, > social media site pages, onsite digital signage, etc. Creates targeted > content for Museum's e-mail marketing and develops search engine > optimization strategy. > Successful candidate will possess Bachelor's degree in communications > or related field, minimum five years' digital communications > experience, strong writing and editing skills, ability to develop and > implement content in a user-friendly, attractive way and knowledge and > experience with online communities, taxonomies, SEO, and web > analytics. > We are located in the beautiful Finger Lakes region of New York State > and we offer an excellent compensation and benefits package. E-mail > resume and cover letter to mcalinnja at cmog.org. An Equal Opportunity > Employer. > > > Yvette Sterbenk > Communications Manager > Corning Museum of Glass > Phone: 607.974.8124 > Cell: 607.368.1026 > www.cmog.org > > From Christinad at SeattleArtMuseum.org Wed Jan 28 17:30:07 2009 From: Christinad at SeattleArtMuseum.org (Christina DePaolo) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:30:07 -0800 Subject: [MCN-L] lost my podcast in iTunes store - block tag question Message-ID: <6440C474B3F6FE4EB44B34421B3E501E163D18835E@dtes01.SAM.Home> Hi, I put a block tag on our special exhibition audio podcast, removed the block tag a few days later, and since then the podcast has disappeared from the iTunes store. Yesterday, I put the block tag back in with "no", thinking that may help. No luck. Has anyone had a similar experience and can help me out? The feed is valid, and I pinged it, so I know it is still on apple's server. http://feeds.feedburner.com/SAMAudioSpecialExhibition http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/podcasts/exhibit.xml Thanks for your help. Christina From jmaza at thewalters.org Thu Jan 29 08:45:21 2009 From: jmaza at thewalters.org (James Maza) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:45:21 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Usage of On Demand Publishing Message-ID: Expanding on Bill Weinstein's posting about publishing annual reports on the web, we are trying to get a better understanding of the use of 'On Demand Publishing'. Are your institutions doing this? For what kinds of publications? What have been the issues - good, bad or ugly? Thanks for any insights ... Jim Jim Maza Chief Technology Officer, The Walters Art Museum, 600 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21201 jmaza at thewalters.org; http://www.thewalters.org/ ; 410.547.9000 ext 339 The Saint John's Bible: A Modern Vision through Medieval Methods opens February 15 Portraits Re/Examined: A Dawoud Bey Project through February 16 The Romance of the Rose: Visions in Love in Illuminated Medieval Manuscripts January 24 through April 19 Mummified through November 8 From info at museumpods.com Thu Jan 29 10:10:26 2009 From: info at museumpods.com (MuseumPods) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:10:26 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] RSS feeds and iPhones References: <278835DC50C47F4CBE375BE3466D364FAF9A72@ml330g3.main.wagnerfreeinstitute.org> Message-ID: <00e701c9823c$de281ff0$0502a8c0@harvardugddap5> Hello, I am looking for a couple of museums with existing RSS feeds that would like to have them converted for iPhone use from your museum website. 1. You need a validated RSS feed (no iTunes feeds please) If you have existing media and no RSS feed and would like to participate you're welcome to upload the content to http://texas.museumpods.com and email us the RSS feed. 2. You will need to post the iPhone image link on your website for visitors to access 3. You will be asked to participate in a short online survey We will supply you with demographic usage. Thanks for participating, Kurt Stuchell http://museumpods.com stuchell at museumpods.com From tdavenport at npowercharlotteregion.org Thu Jan 29 10:59:04 2009 From: tdavenport at npowercharlotteregion.org (Tracy Davenport) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:59:04 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Art & Copyright - Transformative? Message-ID: <15150CBCC92A2E45B65B6CD7582A974725C5F3DE10@EVS-RED.coloflorida.com> A reasonably good article in the Wall St. Journal today discussing the difficulty in defining a *transformative* use: http://online.wsj.com/wsjgate?subURI=%2Farticle%2FSB123319795753727521-email.html&nonsubURI=%2Farticle_email%2FSB123319795753727521-lMyQjAxMDI5MzIzOTEyOTk3Wj.html Tracy A. Davenport Senior Consultant NPower Charlotte Region Charlotte, NC From JonathanC at ag.nsw.gov.au Thu Jan 29 20:10:05 2009 From: JonathanC at ag.nsw.gov.au (JonathanC at ag.nsw.gov.au) Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:10:05 +1100 Subject: [MCN-L] Hosting hardware requirements Message-ID: [Sorry if you receive this twice. I sent it 24 hours ago but it still hasn't appeared.] I'm the website manager at a mid-sized art museum (220 full-time staff, 1.35 million physical visitors pa) in Sydney, Australia. Currently we host our websites externally (in a hosting facility in the USA, for cost reasons) but it is clear that our server is now underpowered. So, we are considering hosting internally on TWO, more powerful servers, one for the application and one for the database. The company that provides support for our content management system (Squiz.net) also manages our server in the USA remotely, so they could continue to do that. We would just need to upgrade our Internet connection. The question I have is this: How powerful a system do we need? Squiz.net have quoted for 2 quad-core dual-Xeon commercial-grade servers, running at 2.0 GHz (detailed specs below). Our network manager believes this is "MASSIVE overkill". I COULD ask Squiz.net to provide details of other, comparable organisations and THEIR web server specs, but since they'd probably all be their clients too, this may not be a strong argument for management. So, I would actually appreciate answers to ANY of the following 3 questions: 1. From your own experience, do these specs seem reasonable, allowing for some room to grow? 2. If your institution and/or websites are comparable to ours, what are your server specs... and are they adequate? 3. If your hosting setup is similar to what we were recommended, how big is your website (or websites)? To give you a better idea of our needs, here's what we have now: * Total web traffic: approx. 150-200 GB per month * 1 main website + 8 smaller, CMS-driven websites + 9 static HTML websites * 2 content management systems (1 phasing out the other) + collection management system customised web interface * Monthly email newsletter: approx. 150,000 subscribers * Online video: New content (~ 25 minutes, 55 MB) weekly, currently hosted on internal server * Online audio: currently 2 audio-tours, but set to expand, currently hosted on internal server And here are the detailed specs we were recommended for each server: Dell PowerEdge 2950 Dual Xeon Commercial grade server Dual Xeon 2.0 GHz (1333MHz Bus) Quad Core (8 Cores Total) Memory: ECC Registered DDR 8GB * Application server: 2 x 73 GB SAS/SCSI Hard Disk - RAID 1 * Database server: 6 x 73 GB SAS/SCSI Hard Disk - RAID 1+0 Intel 10/100Mb Network Card Intel 10/100/1000mbps TX Network Card Red Hat Enterprise Linux Thanks. Regards, Jonathan Cooper Manager of Information / Website Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney, Australia http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au - - - Please consider the environment before printing my email - - - This e-mail message is intended only for the addressee(s) and contains information which may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please advise the sender by return email, do not use or disclose the contents, and delete the message and any attachments from your system. Unless specifically indicated, this email does not constitute formal advice or commitment by the sender or the Art Gallery of NSW (ABN 24 934 492 575) or its related entities. From tim.roberts at artsoz.com.au Thu Jan 29 21:05:09 2009 From: tim.roberts at artsoz.com.au (Tim Roberts www.artsoz.com.au) Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:05:09 +1100 Subject: [MCN-L] Hosting hardware requirements In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4F64770EB69A45EDB55A9AD22873F8A7@artsoz4> Hi Jonathan Try this, it may help http://www.mediatemple.net/ Regards Tim Roberts A rts R esearch & T icketing S ervices AUSTRALIA [:]:[:]:[:]:[:]:[:]:[:]:[:]:[:]:[:]:[:]:[:]:[:]:[:]:[:]:[:]:[:]:[:]:[:] m:- Tim Roberts ARTS Australia 280 Barcom Avenue Paddington NSW 2021 AUSTRALIA t:- 61 (0)2 9356 3777 m:- 61 (0)419 277 694 e:- tim.roberts at artsoz.com.au w:- http://www.artsoz.com.au The Australia Council for the Arts with the assistance of Arts Victoria, WA Department for Culture and the Arts, Arts Queensland, Arts SA and Arts NT commissioned Roger Tomlinson and Tim Roberts to revise and update the book Boxing Clever for Australia. Boxing Clever originally published by Arts Council England in 1993, discusses ticketing and its greater potential to facilitate sophisticated arts marketing. The new book FULL HOUSE: Turning Data into Audiences was published in print in Australia in November 2006 followed by an edition commissioned for New Zealand by Creative New Zealand, in December 2006. Editions in other markets and languages are in development for 2008/9. Available for purchase online now -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of JonathanC at ag.nsw.gov.au Sent: Friday, 30 January 2009 3:10 PM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] Hosting hardware requirements [Sorry if you receive this twice. I sent it 24 hours ago but it still hasn't appeared.] I'm the website manager at a mid-sized art museum (220 full-time staff, 1.35 million physical visitors pa) in Sydney, Australia. Currently we host our websites externally (in a hosting facility in the USA, for cost reasons) but it is clear that our server is now underpowered. So, we are considering hosting internally on TWO, more powerful servers, one for the application and one for the database. The company that provides support for our content management system (Squiz.net) also manages our server in the USA remotely, so they could continue to do that. We would just need to upgrade our Internet connection. The question I have is this: How powerful a system do we need? Squiz.net have quoted for 2 quad-core dual-Xeon commercial-grade servers, running at 2.0 GHz (detailed specs below). Our network manager believes this is "MASSIVE overkill". I COULD ask Squiz.net to provide details of other, comparable organisations and THEIR web server specs, but since they'd probably all be their clients too, this may not be a strong argument for management. So, I would actually appreciate answers to ANY of the following 3 questions: 1. From your own experience, do these specs seem reasonable, allowing for some room to grow? 2. If your institution and/or websites are comparable to ours, what are your server specs... and are they adequate? 3. If your hosting setup is similar to what we were recommended, how big is your website (or websites)? To give you a better idea of our needs, here's what we have now: * Total web traffic: approx. 150-200 GB per month * 1 main website + 8 smaller, CMS-driven websites + 9 static HTML websites * 2 content management systems (1 phasing out the other) + collection management system customised web interface * Monthly email newsletter: approx. 150,000 subscribers * Online video: New content (~ 25 minutes, 55 MB) weekly, currently hosted on internal server * Online audio: currently 2 audio-tours, but set to expand, currently hosted on internal server And here are the detailed specs we were recommended for each server: Dell PowerEdge 2950 Dual Xeon Commercial grade server Dual Xeon 2.0 GHz (1333MHz Bus) Quad Core (8 Cores Total) Memory: ECC Registered DDR 8GB * Application server: 2 x 73 GB SAS/SCSI Hard Disk - RAID 1 * Database server: 6 x 73 GB SAS/SCSI Hard Disk - RAID 1+0 Intel 10/100Mb Network Card Intel 10/100/1000mbps TX Network Card Red Hat Enterprise Linux Thanks. Regards, Jonathan Cooper Manager of Information / Website Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney, Australia http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au - - - Please consider the environment before printing my email - - - This e-mail message is intended only for the addressee(s) and contains information which may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please advise the sender by return email, do not use or disclose the contents, and delete the message and any attachments from your system. Unless specifically indicated, this email does not constitute formal advice or commitment by the sender or the Art Gallery of NSW (ABN 24 934 492 575) or its related entities. _______________________________________________ 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 aridavidow at gmail.com Fri Jan 30 05:05:42 2009 From: aridavidow at gmail.com (Ari Davidow) Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:05:42 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Hosting hardware requirements In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <747cfaf50901300505v3f64a40al63f0ea0d19db4350@mail.gmail.com> This question is one of the reasons why we set up our repository on Amazon Web Services, and why we are moving are general websites in that direction. We just don't want to be in the business of sinking capital we need in hardware that we may need. Moving to metered service in such a situation lets you pay for what you need, and removes the cost of forecasting and maintaining the physical servers. It also makes it easier to move away from the metaphor that every significant application requires its own server--you use virtual servers (the sort of situation that VMWare supports, as one good example; AWS has its own virtualization software) instead. It is also critical that you think not in terms of a single production set, but that you accomodate development and staging sets, as well. (You never want to be in a situation where you are manually updating your production server--you would stage changes, ensure that they are okay, then automatically update production; similarly, you want your development environment entirely out of the path of regular staging and production.) This becomes significantly more affordable when all of these servers are virtualized (which may or may not happen on AWS, although we are now moving in that direction). Beyond that, attempts to "right-size" your physical infrastructure depend on the database traffic and webserver traffic, something that you can triangulate by looking at your average and peak load averages on the servers and the response time degradation when you move from average to peak. "Building for future growth" should probably not be a large factor unless you are, in fact, experiencing significant growth in traffic (or have reason to believe that it will happen), or if you are adding significant new content and believe that the new content will lead to significant growth. In our experience, for those operations still based on physical co-located servers, we have generally been able to move periodically to faster servers with larger hard disks every year or two, for about the same cost as we had been paying for the previous services. At times we are paying for servers far in excess of need, but worth purchasing that level of service because the price is reasonable and lets us sleep at night. Hope some of this helps, Ari Davidow On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 11:10 PM, wrote: > > > [Sorry if you receive this twice. I sent it 24 hours ago but it still > hasn't appeared.] > > I'm the website manager at a mid-sized art museum (220 full-time staff, > 1.35 million physical visitors pa) in Sydney, Australia. Currently we host > our websites externally (in a hosting facility in the USA, for cost > reasons) but it is clear that our server is now underpowered. So, we are > considering hosting internally on TWO, more powerful servers, one for the > application and one for the database. The company that provides support for > our content management system (Squiz.net) also manages our server in the > USA remotely, so they could continue to do that. We would just need to > upgrade our Internet connection. > > The question I have is this: How powerful a system do we need? > > Squiz.net have quoted for 2 quad-core dual-Xeon commercial-grade servers, > running at 2.0 GHz (detailed specs below). Our network manager believes > this is "MASSIVE overkill". I COULD ask Squiz.net to provide details of > other, comparable organisations and THEIR web server specs, but since > they'd probably all be their clients too, this may not be a strong argument > for management. > > So, I would actually appreciate answers to ANY of the following 3 > questions: > 1. From your own experience, do these specs seem reasonable, allowing for > some room to grow? > 2. If your institution and/or websites are comparable to ours, what are > your server specs... and are they adequate? > 3. If your hosting setup is similar to what we were recommended, how big is > your website (or websites)? > > To give you a better idea of our needs, here's what we have now: > * Total web traffic: approx. 150-200 GB per month > * 1 main website + 8 smaller, CMS-driven websites + 9 static HTML websites > * 2 content management systems (1 phasing out the other) + collection > management system customised web interface > * Monthly email newsletter: approx. 150,000 subscribers > * Online video: New content (~ 25 minutes, 55 MB) weekly, currently hosted > on internal server > * Online audio: currently 2 audio-tours, but set to expand, currently > hosted on internal server > > And here are the detailed specs we were recommended for each server: > Dell PowerEdge 2950 Dual Xeon Commercial grade server > Dual Xeon 2.0 GHz (1333MHz Bus) Quad Core (8 Cores Total) > Memory: ECC Registered DDR 8GB > * Application server: 2 x 73 GB SAS/SCSI Hard Disk - RAID 1 > * Database server: 6 x 73 GB SAS/SCSI Hard Disk - RAID 1+0 > Intel 10/100Mb Network Card > Intel 10/100/1000mbps TX Network Card > Red Hat Enterprise Linux > > Thanks. > > Regards, > > Jonathan Cooper > Manager of Information / Website > Art Gallery of New South Wales > Sydney, Australia > http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au > > - - - Please consider the environment before printing my email - - - > > This e-mail message is intended only for the addressee(s) and contains > information which may be confidential. If you are not the intended > recipient please advise the sender by return email, do not use or disclose > the contents, and delete the message and any attachments from your system. > Unless specifically indicated, this email does not constitute formal advice > or commitment by the sender or the Art Gallery of NSW (ABN 24 934 492 575) > or its related entities. > _______________________________________________ > 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.parsell at yale.edu Fri Jan 30 05:25:09 2009 From: david.parsell at yale.edu (Parsell, David) Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:25:09 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Hosting hardware requirements In-Reply-To: <747cfaf50901300505v3f64a40al63f0ea0d19db4350@mail.gmail.com> References: <747cfaf50901300505v3f64a40al63f0ea0d19db4350@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Ari, Your statement about using Amazon as a repository is very interesting. Can you discuss the size of the images you are sending to the repository and how many MBs or TBs you are storing each month? How is the speed on ingest and retrieval? I've been looking at Amazon as well, but have concerns about the speed and security of the images. We have approx. 200mb images to store and will have approx. 10tb by the end of 2009. Are any other museums using "Cloud computing" as a repository? Thanks, David David Parsell Systems Manager Yale Center for British Art 1080 Chapel Street PO Box 208280 New Haven, CT 06520-8280 203 432-9603 203 432-9414 f david.parsell at yale.edu -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Ari Davidow Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 8:06 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Hosting hardware requirements This question is one of the reasons why we set up our repository on Amazon Web Services, and why we are moving are general websites in that direction. We just don't want to be in the business of sinking capital we need in hardware that we may need. Moving to metered service in such a situation lets you pay for what you need, and removes the cost of forecasting and maintaining the physical servers. It also makes it easier to move away from the metaphor that every significant application requires its own server--you use virtual servers (the sort of situation that VMWare supports, as one good example; AWS has its own virtualization software) instead. It is also critical that you think not in terms of a single production set, but that you accomodate development and staging sets, as well. (You never want to be in a situation where you are manually updating your production server--you would stage changes, ensure that they are okay, then automatically update production; similarly, you want your development environment entirely out of the path of regular staging and production.) This becomes significantly more affordable when all of these servers are virtualized (which may or may not happen on AWS, although we are now moving in that direction). Beyond that, attempts to "right-size" your physical infrastructure depend on the database traffic and webserver traffic, something that you can triangulate by looking at your average and peak load averages on the servers and the response time degradation when you move from average to peak. "Building for future growth" should probably not be a large factor unless you are, in fact, experiencing significant growth in traffic (or have reason to believe that it will happen), or if you are adding significant new content and believe that the new content will lead to significant growth. In our experience, for those operations still based on physical co-located servers, we have generally been able to move periodically to faster servers with larger hard disks every year or two, for about the same cost as we had been paying for the previous services. At times we are paying for servers far in excess of need, but worth purchasing that level of service because the price is reasonable and lets us sleep at night. Hope some of this helps, Ari Davidow On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 11:10 PM, wrote: > > > [Sorry if you receive this twice. I sent it 24 hours ago but it still > hasn't appeared.] > > I'm the website manager at a mid-sized art museum (220 full-time staff, > 1.35 million physical visitors pa) in Sydney, Australia. Currently we host > our websites externally (in a hosting facility in the USA, for cost > reasons) but it is clear that our server is now underpowered. So, we are > considering hosting internally on TWO, more powerful servers, one for the > application and one for the database. The company that provides support for > our content management system (Squiz.net) also manages our server in the > USA remotely, so they could continue to do that. We would just need to > upgrade our Internet connection. > > The question I have is this: How powerful a system do we need? > > Squiz.net have quoted for 2 quad-core dual-Xeon commercial-grade servers, > running at 2.0 GHz (detailed specs below). Our network manager believes > this is "MASSIVE overkill". I COULD ask Squiz.net to provide details of > other, comparable organisations and THEIR web server specs, but since > they'd probably all be their clients too, this may not be a strong argument > for management. > > So, I would actually appreciate answers to ANY of the following 3 > questions: > 1. From your own experience, do these specs seem reasonable, allowing for > some room to grow? > 2. If your institution and/or websites are comparable to ours, what are > your server specs... and are they adequate? > 3. If your hosting setup is similar to what we were recommended, how big is > your website (or websites)? > > To give you a better idea of our needs, here's what we have now: > * Total web traffic: approx. 150-200 GB per month > * 1 main website + 8 smaller, CMS-driven websites + 9 static HTML websites > * 2 content management systems (1 phasing out the other) + collection > management system customised web interface > * Monthly email newsletter: approx. 150,000 subscribers > * Online video: New content (~ 25 minutes, 55 MB) weekly, currently hosted > on internal server > * Online audio: currently 2 audio-tours, but set to expand, currently > hosted on internal server > > And here are the detailed specs we were recommended for each server: > Dell PowerEdge 2950 Dual Xeon Commercial grade server > Dual Xeon 2.0 GHz (1333MHz Bus) Quad Core (8 Cores Total) > Memory: ECC Registered DDR 8GB > * Application server: 2 x 73 GB SAS/SCSI Hard Disk - RAID 1 > * Database server: 6 x 73 GB SAS/SCSI Hard Disk - RAID 1+0 > Intel 10/100Mb Network Card > Intel 10/100/1000mbps TX Network Card > Red Hat Enterprise Linux > > Thanks. > > Regards, > > Jonathan Cooper > Manager of Information / Website > Art Gallery of New South Wales > Sydney, Australia > http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au > > - - - Please consider the environment before printing my email - - - > > This e-mail message is intended only for the addressee(s) and contains > information which may be confidential. If you are not the intended > recipient please advise the sender by return email, do not use or disclose > the contents, and delete the message and any attachments from your system. > Unless specifically indicated, this email does not constitute formal advice > or commitment by the sender or the Art Gallery of NSW (ABN 24 934 492 575) > or its related entities. > _______________________________________________ > 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 sbrennan at gmu.edu Fri Jan 30 06:10:28 2009 From: sbrennan at gmu.edu (Sheila Brennan) Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:10:28 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Museums and Mobile Content Delivery Message-ID: <023b01c982e4$815ed540$841c7fc0$@edu> (Please excuse cross-postings) Greetings, The Center for History and New Media is taking a quick survey to find out how museums are offering visitors content for mobile or handheld delivery. We know that podcasting has become popular, and wonder how many museums are working on mobile projects: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=KrJUX778buWWN90N6V4Bsg_3d_3d We plan to publish our results as part of a larger white paper on museums and the mobile web later this year, and will be designing some mobile application prototypes. And if you have some favorite mobile experiences/apps, please share them with the list. Thanks for your time. Sheila ________________________________ Sheila A. Brennan Senior Digital History Associate Center for History and New Media George Mason University 703-879-8366 sbrennan at gmu.edu http://chnm.gmu.edu From aridavidow at gmail.com Fri Jan 30 06:32:26 2009 From: aridavidow at gmail.com (Ari Davidow) Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:32:26 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Hosting hardware requirements In-Reply-To: References: <747cfaf50901300505v3f64a40al63f0ea0d19db4350@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <747cfaf50901300632w5632c26cnd222c6dc34f7d63e@mail.gmail.com> We are moving about 6TB of data, mostly audio and video, to AWS. I think we're only about 500GB in, though--it's a long project since we invested in a T1 and everything has to upload through that pipe. We have found no serving issues--this is the same service that delivers Amazon's own web pages. The way that pieces fit together is a bit different from what is done in a non-virtualized environment. The security issues are probably on the same level as with your ISP in terms of hackability--maybe somewhat less, depending on what you might introduce in your own configuration. Integrity issues (the other security headache) have been non-existent--we have no data gone missing or corrupted--but that doesn't mean that we don't have our local RAID server backup. I actually like the slight decrease in worry when I compare AWS's staff and 24/7 likelihood vs. our remaining ISP--which has been good, but is still much smaller and much more vulnerable to disaster (however unlikely disaster is, overall, in this context). We are actually also using AWS to backup our network drives--the day-to-day working files of the Archive, via an inexpensive utility called "JungleDisk." I believe that the Indianapolis Museum is also using AWS--Rob Stein is speaking on the subject at Museums on the Web this spring. Not sure who else.... ari On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 8:25 AM, Parsell, David wrote: > Ari, > > Your statement about using Amazon as a repository is very interesting. > > Can you discuss the size of the images you are sending to the repository and how many MBs or TBs you are storing each month? > > How is the speed on ingest and retrieval? > > I've been looking at Amazon as well, but have concerns about the speed and security of the images. We have approx. 200mb images to store and will have approx. 10tb by the end of 2009. > > Are any other museums using "Cloud computing" as a repository? > > Thanks, David > > > > > David Parsell > Systems Manager > Yale Center for British Art > 1080 Chapel Street > PO Box 208280 > New Haven, CT 06520-8280 > > 203 432-9603 > 203 432-9414 f > david.parsell at yale.edu > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Ari Davidow > Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 8:06 AM > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Hosting hardware requirements > > This question is one of the reasons why we set up our repository on > Amazon Web Services, and why we are moving are general websites in > that direction. We just don't want to be in the business of sinking > capital we need in hardware that we may need. Moving to metered > service in such a situation lets you pay for what you need, and > removes the cost of forecasting and maintaining the physical servers. > It also makes it easier to move away from the metaphor that every > significant application requires its own server--you use virtual > servers (the sort of situation that VMWare supports, as one good > example; AWS has its own virtualization software) instead. > > It is also critical that you think not in terms of a single production > set, but that you accomodate development and staging sets, as well. > (You never want to be in a situation where you are manually updating > your production server--you would stage changes, ensure that they are > okay, then automatically update production; similarly, you want your > development environment entirely out of the path of regular staging > and production.) This becomes significantly more affordable when all > of these servers are virtualized (which may or may not happen on AWS, > although we are now moving in that direction). > > Beyond that, attempts to "right-size" your physical infrastructure > depend on the database traffic and webserver traffic, something that > you can triangulate by looking at your average and peak load averages > on the servers and the response time degradation when you move from > average to peak. > > "Building for future growth" should probably not be a large factor > unless you are, in fact, experiencing significant growth in traffic > (or have reason to believe that it will happen), or if you are adding > significant new content and believe that the new content will lead to > significant growth. > > In our experience, for those operations still based on physical > co-located servers, we have generally been able to move periodically > to faster servers with larger hard disks every year or two, for about > the same cost as we had been paying for the previous services. At > times we are paying for servers far in excess of need, but worth > purchasing that level of service because the price is reasonable and > lets us sleep at night. > > Hope some of this helps, > Ari Davidow > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 11:10 PM, wrote: >> >> >> [Sorry if you receive this twice. I sent it 24 hours ago but it still >> hasn't appeared.] >> >> I'm the website manager at a mid-sized art museum (220 full-time staff, >> 1.35 million physical visitors pa) in Sydney, Australia. Currently we host >> our websites externally (in a hosting facility in the USA, for cost >> reasons) but it is clear that our server is now underpowered. So, we are >> considering hosting internally on TWO, more powerful servers, one for the >> application and one for the database. The company that provides support for >> our content management system (Squiz.net) also manages our server in the >> USA remotely, so they could continue to do that. We would just need to >> upgrade our Internet connection. >> >> The question I have is this: How powerful a system do we need? >> >> Squiz.net have quoted for 2 quad-core dual-Xeon commercial-grade servers, >> running at 2.0 GHz (detailed specs below). Our network manager believes >> this is "MASSIVE overkill". I COULD ask Squiz.net to provide details of >> other, comparable organisations and THEIR web server specs, but since >> they'd probably all be their clients too, this may not be a strong argument >> for management. >> >> So, I would actually appreciate answers to ANY of the following 3 >> questions: >> 1. From your own experience, do these specs seem reasonable, allowing for >> some room to grow? >> 2. If your institution and/or websites are comparable to ours, what are >> your server specs... and are they adequate? >> 3. If your hosting setup is similar to what we were recommended, how big is >> your website (or websites)? >> >> To give you a better idea of our needs, here's what we have now: >> * Total web traffic: approx. 150-200 GB per month >> * 1 main website + 8 smaller, CMS-driven websites + 9 static HTML websites >> * 2 content management systems (1 phasing out the other) + collection >> management system customised web interface >> * Monthly email newsletter: approx. 150,000 subscribers >> * Online video: New content (~ 25 minutes, 55 MB) weekly, currently hosted >> on internal server >> * Online audio: currently 2 audio-tours, but set to expand, currently >> hosted on internal server >> >> And here are the detailed specs we were recommended for each server: >> Dell PowerEdge 2950 Dual Xeon Commercial grade server >> Dual Xeon 2.0 GHz (1333MHz Bus) Quad Core (8 Cores Total) >> Memory: ECC Registered DDR 8GB >> * Application server: 2 x 73 GB SAS/SCSI Hard Disk - RAID 1 >> * Database server: 6 x 73 GB SAS/SCSI Hard Disk - RAID 1+0 >> Intel 10/100Mb Network Card >> Intel 10/100/1000mbps TX Network Card >> Red Hat Enterprise Linux >> >> Thanks. >> >> Regards, >> >> Jonathan Cooper >> Manager of Information / Website >> Art Gallery of New South Wales >> Sydney, Australia >> http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au >> >> - - - Please consider the environment before printing my email - - - >> >> This e-mail message is intended only for the addressee(s) and contains >> information which may be confidential. If you are not the intended >> recipient please advise the sender by return email, do not use or disclose >> the contents, and delete the message and any attachments from your system. >> Unless specifically indicated, this email does not constitute formal advice >> or commitment by the sender or the Art Gallery of NSW (ABN 24 934 492 575) >> or its related entities. >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 dzorich at mindspring.com Fri Jan 30 06:43:20 2009 From: dzorich at mindspring.com (Diane M. Zorich) Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:43:20 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Museums and Mobile Content Delivery In-Reply-To: <023b01c982e4$815ed540$841c7fc0$@edu> References: <023b01c982e4$815ed540$841c7fc0$@edu> Message-ID: Sheila, If you have not already done so, you should look at the "Handheld Online Conference" at http://www.handheldconference.org/keynote/. Also, see last year's conference at the Tate on this topic ( http://tatehandheldconference.pbwiki.com/). And talk to Nancy Proctor at the Smithsonian American Art Museum - she is the empress of mobile media in museums. Diane >(Please excuse cross-postings) > >Greetings, > >The Center for History and New Media is taking a quick survey to find out >how museums are offering visitors content for mobile or handheld delivery. >We know that podcasting has become popular, and wonder how many museums are >working on mobile projects: >http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=KrJUX778buWWN90N6V4Bsg_3d_3d > >We plan to publish our results as part of a larger white paper on museums >and the mobile web later this year, and will be designing some mobile >application prototypes. > >And if you have some favorite mobile experiences/apps, please share them >with the list. > >Thanks for your time. >Sheila > > >________________________________ >Sheila A. Brennan >Senior Digital History Associate >Center for History and New Media >George Mason University >703-879-8366 > sbrennan at gmu.edu > http://chnm.gmu.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/ -- 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 matt.morgan at metmuseum.org Fri Jan 30 07:04:05 2009 From: matt.morgan at metmuseum.org (Morgan, Matt) Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:04:05 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Hosting hardware requirements In-Reply-To: Message-ID: One of the advantages of internal management vs. hosting is that "massive overkill" on hardware isn't a lot more expensive, in the scheme of things, than "barely good enough." What are those Dells going to cost, maybe $6000US each if you stretch it? An "adequate" server would only save you $2000US. And you want something that's going to last 3-5 years so you're talking about a difference of $400-$600/yr. You and your team probably make a lot more than that annually, so the difference is not worth quibbling over. If you're committed to bringing the servers inside, which it sounds like you are, I vote for massive overkill. Make them twice as powerful, even. Matt On 1/29/09 11:10 PM, "JonathanC at ag.nsw.gov.au" wrote: [Sorry if you receive this twice. I sent it 24 hours ago but it still hasn't appeared.] I'm the website manager at a mid-sized art museum (220 full-time staff, 1.35 million physical visitors pa) in Sydney, Australia. Currently we host our websites externally (in a hosting facility in the USA, for cost reasons) but it is clear that our server is now underpowered. So, we are considering hosting internally on TWO, more powerful servers, one for the application and one for the database. The company that provides support for our content management system (Squiz.net) also manages our server in the USA remotely, so they could continue to do that. We would just need to upgrade our Internet connection. The question I have is this: How powerful a system do we need? Squiz.net have quoted for 2 quad-core dual-Xeon commercial-grade servers, running at 2.0 GHz (detailed specs below). Our network manager believes this is "MASSIVE overkill". I COULD ask Squiz.net to provide details of other, comparable organisations and THEIR web server specs, but since they'd probably all be their clients too, this may not be a strong argument for management. So, I would actually appreciate answers to ANY of the following 3 questions: 1. From your own experience, do these specs seem reasonable, allowing for some room to grow? 2. If your institution and/or websites are comparable to ours, what are your server specs... and are they adequate? 3. If your hosting setup is similar to what we were recommended, how big is your website (or websites)? To give you a better idea of our needs, here's what we have now: * Total web traffic: approx. 150-200 GB per month * 1 main website + 8 smaller, CMS-driven websites + 9 static HTML websites * 2 content management systems (1 phasing out the other) + collection management system customised web interface * Monthly email newsletter: approx. 150,000 subscribers * Online video: New content (~ 25 minutes, 55 MB) weekly, currently hosted on internal server * Online audio: currently 2 audio-tours, but set to expand, currently hosted on internal server And here are the detailed specs we were recommended for each server: Dell PowerEdge 2950 Dual Xeon Commercial grade server Dual Xeon 2.0 GHz (1333MHz Bus) Quad Core (8 Cores Total) Memory: ECC Registered DDR 8GB * Application server: 2 x 73 GB SAS/SCSI Hard Disk - RAID 1 * Database server: 6 x 73 GB SAS/SCSI Hard Disk - RAID 1+0 Intel 10/100Mb Network Card Intel 10/100/1000mbps TX Network Card Red Hat Enterprise Linux Thanks. Regards, Jonathan Cooper Manager of Information / Website Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney, Australia http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au - - - Please consider the environment before printing my email - - - This e-mail message is intended only for the addressee(s) and contains information which may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please advise the sender by return email, do not use or disclose the contents, and delete the message and any attachments from your system. Unless specifically indicated, this email does not constitute formal advice or commitment by the sender or the Art Gallery of NSW (ABN 24 934 492 575) or its related entities. _______________________________________________ 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 SchmitzfuhrigL at si.edu Fri Jan 30 07:17:44 2009 From: SchmitzfuhrigL at si.edu (Schmitz Fuhrig, Lynda) Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:17:44 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] CERP announcement Message-ID: <86E4DD54352CC94DA7B41F550E349F78F81088@SI-ECL03.US.SINET.SI.EDU> January 2009 The Collaborative Electronic Records Project has drawn to a close. This three-year collaboration between the Rockefeller Archive Center and the Smithsonian Institution Archives undertook the challenge of long-term preservation of email collections and their storage in a digital repository. The team is happy to report that it achieved its goal. CERP deliverables included: * Records Management Guidance * Transfer Guidance * Email Management Guidance * METS import file for ingest into DSpace * Preservation parser to output email collection in the XML preservation format * Email Account XML Schema co-developed by CERP and EMCAP (NHPRC-Funded Preservation of Electronic Mail Collaboration Initiative) Read more about CERP at http://siarchives.si.edu/cerp Please excuse cross-postings. Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig Electronic Records Division Archivist Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery Building 600 Maryland Ave SW Suite 3000 MRC 507 Washington, DC 20024-2520 From jtrant at archimuse.com Fri Jan 30 20:15:52 2009 From: jtrant at archimuse.com (j trant) Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:15:52 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Museums and the Web 2009: Deadlines This Weekend 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/ ** There are two key deadlines this weekend for MW2009. ** ** Regular Registration Deadline: January 31, 2009 ** The deadline for regular registration for MW2009 is this Saturday. Payment for regular registrations must be *received by January 31, 2009*. Register on-line with a credit card to ensure your budget goes the furthest. See https://www2.archimuse.com/mw2009/mw2009.registrationForm.html ** Best of the Web Nominations Close February 1, 2009 ** The Best of the Web contest is taking place on-line this year. See http://conference.archimuse.com/page/best_web_2009_nomination_process for details. Nominate your favourite site *by February 1, 2009*. There are no fees, and nominating a site other than your own is encouraged. You can also review -- and comment on -- the sites nominated. Voting for the 'MW2009 People's Choice' award will open in April. Watch for the announcement. ** Why come to Museums and the Web? ** MW is leading international venue where people working in museums, science centers and art galleries share how they are responding to the challenges of our networked world. At MW2009 you can connect with people who understand what you are doing, and who have dealt with the issues you're now facing. As delegates at MW2008 said: "I finally have found a conference that caters to the work that I am doing". And we have fun doing it. There are "so many great people " and MW is "one of the friendliest conferences I've been to ... that's useful". We hope to see you in Indianapolis! 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 --