From melissa.fournier at yale.edu Thu Oct 1 06:35:53 2009 From: melissa.fournier at yale.edu (Fournier, Melissa) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 09:35:53 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Web position at the Yale Center for British Art Message-ID: The following opportunity at the Yale Center for British Art has been re-posted: Manager of Computing for Collections and Research Yale Center for British Art Yale University The Manager will oversee and work with a small internal staff and coordinate outside vendors to build out and maintain the architecture for creating, managing and publishing information about the collections of the Yale Center for British Art. The chief goals of this effort are to permit staff to more efficiently manage collections and the intellectual property around them, and to provide online access to the information and surrogates of collection works. While the effort is centered on the collections, the Manager must also support the related research and general-public communications and e-commerce needs of the institution. This position reports to and works with the Chief Curator of Art Collections to set strategy and priorities for the use of technology in support of the Center's mission and goals. The Manager is responsible for the administration and maintenance of the Center's collection-related computing as well as all aspects of the newly internalized web management for the Center, including the daily management of budgets, contracts, staff and development projects. The Manager provides high-level expertise and direction for the infrastructure that supports the work of the staff and direct support for all web related projects, maintaining the integrity of the web site's navigation, design logic and usability. Working closely with key staff across the Center, the Manager maintains and communicates a master project schedule that sustains a high level of access to all Center collections, research tools, and program activities while ensuring resources also for new initiatives and unforeseen opportunities. This position will represent the Center with other Yale entities, in particular the Office for Digital Assets and Infrastructure, in the growing use of shared infrastructure, applications, and services. Required: management and strong communication skills, effective at all organizational levels and demonstrated over a course of comparable experience of at least five years, ideally in a museum or academic collecting environment. The successful candidate will have a track record of team-spirited staff and project management in a deadline-driven environment, experience with web architectures and production, application integration, as well as content development, design, and life-cycle management. The ideal candidate will have knowledge of widely used museum applications such as TMS. The Manager must have the technical skills to oversee application managers, direct the production, integration and development of the Center's web site and work closely with other university staff who manage aspects of the shared infrastructure. Finally, the successful candidate will demonstrate an understanding of and keen interest in the particular web opportunities and strategies available to and appropriate for a non-profit cultural heritage and visual arts institution. Application: For more information and immediate consideration, please apply online at www.Yale.edu/jobs - the STARS requisition ID for this position is 8278BR. Please be sure to reference source code IMCNX when applying for this position. Yale University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. Yale values diversity in its faculty, staff, and students and strongly encourages applications from women and members of underrepresented minority groups. Melissa Gold Fournier Associate Museum Registrar Imaging / Rights and Reproductions YALE CENTER FOR BRITISH ART melissa.fournier at yale.edu Mailing: P.O. Box 208280, New Haven, CT 06520 Shipping: 161 York Street, New Haven, CT 06511 Fax: 203 432 6780 Phone: 203 432 2834 From lesleyeharris at comcast.net Thu Oct 1 11:24:35 2009 From: lesleyeharris at comcast.net (Lesley Ellen Harris) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 14:24:35 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Fall copyright educational opportunities Message-ID: <0F5165F3-91C9-4F25-B48D-64CB90AEB3B9@comcast.net> ???? apologies for cross-posting ???? 3 opportunities to learn about copyright management and compliance without leaving your office/home begin online in October: 1. Developing A Copyright Policy -- by completing the assignments in this 6 week online course, you will have a completed Copyright Policy! (see www.acteva.com/go/copyright) 2. CCM 100 - Introduction to Copyright Management -- by participating in this online 2 week course which includes 2 live Webex sessions, you will be on your way to finding practical solutions to your copyright management issues. Offered by SLA and Copyrightlaws.com. (see www.clickuniversity.com ) 3. Canadian Copyright Law -- a primer with hot-off-the-press info about copyright reform in Canada. (see www.acteva.com/go/copyright) Lesley Lesley Ellen Harris lesley at copyrightlaws.com www.copyrightanswers.blogspot.com From mcn-announce at mcn.edu Thu Oct 1 14:05:46 2009 From: mcn-announce at mcn.edu (MCN Announcements) Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:05:46 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] MCN Conference Hotel Registration Raffle Message-ID: <4AC519AA.5020306@mcn.edu> We are excited about your participation in the Museum Computer Network 2009 conference in Portland, November 11-14. If you are attending, we strongly encourage you to make your hotel reservation as soon as possible so we can guarantee the $139 (single occupancy) or $159 (double occupancy) room rate at the Double Tree Lloyd Center. Book your room by October 15, 2009 and you will be entered to win free registration to the 2010 MCN Conference. Book your room at http://doubletree.hilton.com/en/dt/groups/personalized/RLLC-DT-MCN-20091111/index.jhtml The winner will be announced during this year's silent auction, Thursday, November 12 from 5-6 pm in the exhibition hall. You must be present to win. More conference info at www.mcn.edu. Thank you very much. See you in Portland! From psully at magnes.org Thu Oct 1 14:52:34 2009 From: psully at magnes.org (Perian Sully) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 14:52:34 -0700 Subject: [MCN-L] Content credit lines within institutional websites Message-ID: Hi all: I have a bit of a philosophical question. I'm in the process of migrating our institutional website and I'm noticing that a lot of content areas, particularly those that are best described as online exhibitions, have a credit line within the description: "Exhibition is a project conceived by so-and-so at the Magnes." It's common practice for a project such as an exhibition to have a credit to the curator, and having a name to the project increases personal connections between the public and staff. But I'm finding myself grousing about it for two reasons: 1) Currently, there is only one person creating such online exhibitions, resulting in a single person's name being reflected all over the site which results in 2) only that one person getting any credit for work done by the institution or at least the public perception that that single person is the only one who creates content. Personally, I'd feel a bit weird about attaching my name to every Tweet, uploads to YouTube, the online collections database, or whatever other project I happen to be working on (though my projects tend to be more on the meta-scale, instead of curated and forcused research efforts). We do have names assigned to individual blog entries, but the blog is pretty egalitarian and we have multiple staff posting to it. Has anyone else run into this problem and, if so, how have you assigned a credit to online exhibition descriptions? Perian From david at zeroonedesign.com Thu Oct 1 15:33:58 2009 From: david at zeroonedesign.com (David Alexander) Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:33:58 -0700 Subject: [MCN-L] Open Source CMS for collection In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <803o7a$4hsodk@pd4mo1so-svcs.prod.shaw.ca> Hi Nicole In addition to all the great suggestions on the listserv, I wanted to let you know that we are launching a new open source collection management system later this year. Madrona Community will be a powerful free collection management system with no limitations. You can find out more information here if you are interested: http://www.madronapro.com/. Let me know if you have any questions. Cheers, David At 12:26 PM 9/28/2009, you wrote: >Hello, >I'm researching open source content management systems/databases for a >collection of objects. Some info- it should be able to be a robust >database with the ability to be accessed from different locations/ >sites, ie CA, OR, NY, etc. It also needs to have the capability to >produce reports, include images, track locations, and eventually >turned into a website. The database is the first priority, but it >needs to be something that will be compatible with an eventual web >database for the public to save the doubling of efforts of having to >re-input things for a public website. > >Any good suggestions out there? > >Thanks, >nicole nathan | principal > >claret associates | exhibition and collections management >5407 SE Pardee Street | Portland, OR 97206 >503 490 8971 >claretassociates.net > >rc-wr | oregon state representative > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum >Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > >To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > >To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: >http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > >The MCN-L archives can be found at: >http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ > >-- >This message has been scanned for viruses and >dangerous content by ESVA, and is >believed to be clean. > > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.115/2403 - Release Date: >09/29/09 17:56:00 >> Find out more about Madrona Web - www.madronapro.com Facebook - www.facebook.com/pages/Madrona/93565573758 Twitter - http://twitter.com/MadronaPro ^~^~^~^^~^~^~^~^^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ David Alexander, BA, MA Zero One Design Inc. http://www.zeroonedesign.com ^~^~^~^^~^~^~^~^^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ From akeshet at imj.org.il Fri Oct 2 04:07:34 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 13:07:34 +0200 Subject: [MCN-L] Google Book Settlement & MCN 2009 Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F7EEF1D53@mailsrv.imj.org.il> Forwarded from another list (thanks to Mary Murrell). Peter Brantley, quoted below, and Tyler Ochoa, Santa Clara Law School, will discuss the Google Books Settlement and the future of reading and publishing, at MCN 2009 in Portland. The articles linked to below are required reading (okay, suggested reading) for those joining this roundtable discussion on Saturday. Nov. 14 for "More From Less: The E-Book Revolution and Mobile Evolution. Amalyah Keshet Chair, MCN IP SIG ________________________________________ For GBS junkies, a few recent pieces of note: 1. Peter Brantley has a piece appearing this evening on Huffington Post: "GBS: Right Goal, Wrong Solution" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-brantley/google-books-right-goal-w_b_307089.html He's arguing .... well, Peter, are you arguing that the Settlement negotiations should now be thrown to Congress?? "The DOJ has raised the alarm, and now it is time for Congress to assume its rightful place in this debate - convening interested voices and arbitrating on behalf of public good. Standard Oil's price fixing conspiracy with the railroads inspired Congress to pass the Sherman Act because they recognized that control over critical transportation and fueling infrastructure could be wielded to impact virtually every aspect of American life. In the modern day, the Internet is the railroad and search technology the coal that powers our cultural, commercial, academic and social existence. Allowing a powerful cartel of commercial actors to possess control over these fundamental elements of networked information promises to create a modern day Standard Oil." 2. Law professor Timothy Wu takes a very different tack in Slate, "Save the Google Book Deal." http://www.slate.com/id/2229391/ "A delivery system for books that few people want is not a business one builds for financial reasons. Over history, such projects are usually built not by the market but by mad emperors. No bean counter would have approved the Library of Alexandria or the Taj Mahal.... "If you want to put Google in its place, the book project is the wrong way to do so. It is Google's monopoly on Internet search that is valuable and potentially dangerous, not a quixotic project to provide access to unpopular books. So hold on to that sense of wariness, but understand that in this case, it's misplaced. To punish Google by killing Book Search would be like punishing Andrew Carnegie by blowing up Carnegie Hall." 3. Alexis Madrigal, a researcher and writer, comes to the project's defense, based on his experiences researching a book, in Wired, "A Writer's Plea: Figure Out How to Preserve Google Books" http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/09/preserve-google-books/ "So, as we sort out the various privacy, competitiveness and profit issues, let?s not just assume the status quo was the best of all possible information-distribution worlds. It wasn?t ? and we know that because Google Books showed us how the system could be better." 4. And, finally, from the ARL, a summary of the court filings, in a handy set of tables, drawn from the Public Index. If you've been following the filings, there's not much here to learn. But if you haven't been following them, you might find the (somewhat crude) summation of filings of interest or otherwise useful. Interesting, for instance, that the foreign filings by class members outnumber the domestic ones by more than 3 to 1. "Who is Filing and What are they Saying?" By Brandon Butler. www.arl.org (there's a link to the pdf there) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From BOYDKF at mailbox.sc.edu Fri Oct 2 05:37:21 2009 From: BOYDKF at mailbox.sc.edu (BOYD, KATE) Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 08:37:21 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Digitizing Guidelines for museum artifacts Message-ID: If anyone has any or knows of any guidelines on digitizing museum artifacts, from setting up and organizing the photo shoot to digital specifications and ending the shoot details, please let me know. Thank you for your time and consideration. Best, Kate Boyd Kate Foster Boyd Digital Collections Librarian University Libraries University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208 803-777-2249 boydkf at mailbox.sc.edu http://www.sc.edu/library/digital/ South Carolina Digital Library http://www.scmemory.org From akeshet at imj.org.il Fri Oct 2 08:17:15 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 17:17:15 +0200 Subject: [MCN-L] =?windows-1255?q?=FE=FERE=3A_Digitizing_Guidelines_for_mu?= =?windows-1255?q?seum_artifacts?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F7EEF1D57@mailsrv.imj.org.il> Kate: MCN 2009, Portland Oregon, Nov. 12, 1:30 : "Speed the Plow: Rapid Capture Digital Workflow" Chair: Stanley Smith, Head of Imaging Services, The J. Paul Getty Museum Participants: Chris Edwards, Digital Studio Production Manager, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University; John ffrench, Associate Director, Visual Resources Department, Yale University; Chris Gallagher, Head of Imaging, the Art Institute of Chicago; Alan Newman, Chief of the Division of Imaging & Visual Services, National Gallery of Art In the best of times, the notion of digitizing our large collections is daunting to contemplate. In the current economic climate, it is imperative that our digitization efforts get the maximum bang for the incredible shrinking buck that most repositories find themselves with. Many institutions have developed careful, deliberate, and high-quality workflows (read: SLOW) in their imaging studios. This session presents alternative working methods that may be appropriate for many collections. Illustrated by several real-life case studies, we will demonstrate that with careful planning, rapid capture methods can indeed work to dramatically cut the cost of large digitization projects?without compromising acceptable quality. The presenters will summarize their own projects with step-by-step descriptions and illustrations, with an emphasis on equipment choices, workflow, tips and tricks, art handling issues, and pitfalls. Following the individual presentations there will be ample time for discussion and questions to the panel. Full conference program available at: www.mcn.edu/conferences _______________________________________ ?????: ??mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] ??? BOYD, KATE [BOYDKF at mailbox.sc.edu] ??????: ????? ???? 02 ??????? 2009 14:37 ????: mcn-l at mcn.edu ??????: [MCN-L] Digitizing Guidelines for museum artifacts If anyone has any or knows of any guidelines on digitizing museum artifacts, from setting up and organizing the photo shoot to digital specifications and ending the shoot details, please let me know. Thank you for your time and consideration. Best, Kate Boyd Kate Foster Boyd Digital Collections Librarian University Libraries University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208 803-777-2249 boydkf at mailbox.sc.edu http://www.sc.edu/library/digital/ South Carolina Digital Library http://www.scmemory.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 Erik_Landsberg at moma.org Fri Oct 2 08:44:27 2009 From: Erik_Landsberg at moma.org (Landsberg, Erik) Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:44:27 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] =?utf-8?b?4oCP4oCPUkUgOiBEaWdpdGl6aW5nIEd1aWRlbGluZXMg?= =?utf-8?q?for_museum_artifacts?= In-Reply-To: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F7EEF1D57@mailsrv.imj.org.il> Message-ID: Kate; Stanley?s conference session will offer valuable information on the productivity/quality balance and many related technical and practical considerations. Good guidance is also available regarding file creation specifications and file delivery considerations in the Universal Photographic Digital Imaging Guidelines: www.updig.org. These guidelines were developed with input from the museum community (and many other industry sectors) via MCN, ImageMuse, etc. Erik Erik Landsberg Head of Collections Imaging The Museum of Modern Art 11 West 53 Street, New York, NY 10019 212-708-9489 erik_landsberg at moma.org www.moma.org From: Reply-To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 11:17:15 -0400 To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] ??RE: Digitizing Guidelines for museum artifacts Kate: MCN 2009, Portland Oregon, Nov. 12, 1:30 : "Speed the Plow: Rapid Capture Digital Workflow" Chair: Stanley Smith, Head of Imaging Services, The J. Paul Getty Museum Participants: Chris Edwards, Digital Studio Production Manager, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University; John ffrench, Associate Director, Visual Resources Department, Yale University; Chris Gallagher, Head of Imaging, the Art Institute of Chicago; Alan Newman, Chief of the Division of Imaging & Visual Services, National Gallery of Art In the best of times, the notion of digitizing our large collections is daunting to contemplate. In the current economic climate, it is imperative that our digitization efforts get the maximum bang for the incredible shrinking buck that most repositories find themselves with. Many institutions have developed careful, deliberate, and high-quality workflows (read: SLOW) in their imaging studios. This session presents alternative working methods that may be appropriate for many collections. Illustrated by several real-life case studies, we will demonstrate that with careful planning, rapid capture methods can indeed work to dramatically cut the cost of large digitization projects?without compromising acceptable quality. The presenters will summarize their own projects with step-by-step descriptions and illustrations, with an emphasis on equipment choices, workflow, tips and tricks, art handling issues, and pitfalls. Following the individual presentations there will be ample time for discussion and questions to the panel. Full conference program available at: www.mcn.edu/conferences _______________________________________ ?????: ??mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] ??? BOYD, KATE [BOYDKF at mailbox.sc.edu] ??????: ????? ???? 02 ??????? 2009 14:37 ????: mcn-l at mcn.edu ??????: [MCN-L] Digitizing Guidelines for museum artifacts If anyone has any or knows of any guidelines on digitizing museum artifacts, from setting up and organizing the photo shoot to digital specifications and ending the shoot details, please let me know. Thank you for your time and consideration. Best, Kate Boyd Kate Foster Boyd Digital Collections Librarian University Libraries University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208 803-777-2249 boydkf at mailbox.sc.edu http://www.sc.edu/library/digital/ South Carolina Digital Library http://www.scmemory.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 rebecca at earley.com Fri Oct 2 10:47:36 2009 From: rebecca at earley.com (Rebecca Allen) Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 10:47:36 -0700 Subject: [MCN-L] (Event) Taxonomy Evaluation Considerations - October 7th Taxonomy Community of Practice Call Message-ID: <1BA1D3B187889949807E12A78D7EA83B713ABD8657@EXMBX04.exchhosting.com> Invitation Please join us for our monthly Taxonomy Community of Practice Call. This month's session discusses Taxonomy Evaluation Considerations. Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 Time: 1:00 - 2:00 Eastern Time Cost: $50 To register, visit: http://www.earley.com/webinars/taxonomy-evaluation-considerations Taxonomies evolve over time and without periodic evaluation can become stale, disorganized, and structurally unsound. Bad navigation leads to bad user experiences. Your website taxonomy also impacts search engine rankings, but how do you balance search engine optimization needs with good navigation? In this session we will discuss the value of evaluating taxonomy for improving user experience and SEO, including the latest best practices. Joseph Busch of Taxonomy Strategies will introduce several types of taxonomy validation based on three key areas - initial design, usability testing, and post-launch evaluations, including some new twists on the usual tried and true taxonomy usability testing methods. Mike Shulha of Earley & Associates continues with a discussion on addressing the "usability black holes" that arise when putting off periodic taxonomy evaluations. Learn critical guidelines for aligning SEO efforts with taxonomy evaluation in order to optimize usability from all perspectives. Hear What You Missed: Fall Jumpstart Series. We're halfway through our free 4-part Fall Jumpstart series. The introductory session held September 24 discussed practical applications of social computing tools and technologies, including a presentation from John Greene, Managing Director at Guy Carpenter & Company. John provided an insider perspective on Guy Carpenter's entrance into the "new frontier" of social media. Our second session on October 1 featured a case study on implementing an enterprise taxonomy to support customer service and underwriting processes, including the migration of 200 million underwriting documents. Mark your calendar for next Thursday October 8, 1p-2:30p ET, for insights on the latest techniques insurance industry leaders are using for managing knowledge assets and collaboration. Register now for access to the recordings and future sessions: http://www.earley.com/webinars/jumpstarts/insurance-and-content-management Participate in our Insurance Industry Research Project, read more here: http://www.earley.com/news/2009/09/17/open-participation-insurance-industry-metadata-survey Thank you, Rebecca Allen Taxonomy Consultant _____________________________ EARLEY & ASSOCIATES Cell: 425-299-5400 Email: rebecca at earley.com Web: www.earley.com From lesliej at loc.gov Sat Oct 3 06:43:16 2009 From: lesliej at loc.gov (Leslie Johnston) Date: Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:43:16 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Digitizing Guidelines for museum artifacts Message-ID: <4AC71CB4020000E4000D85F8@ntgwgate.loc.gov> Kate, You might want to look at the developing work coming out of the still images group in the Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines initiative: http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov/stillimages/ The initiative is not yet complete, but is producing some interesting work. The participants include the National Gallery, the Smithsonian, The Library of Congress, and NARA. Leslie ---------- Leslie Johnston Digital Media Project Coordinator Office of Strategic Initiatives Library of Congress 202-707-2801 lesliej at loc.gov >>> "BOYD, KATE" 10/02/09 8:38 AM >>> If anyone has any or knows of any guidelines on digitizing museum artifacts, from setting up and organizing the photo shoot to digital specifications and ending the shoot details, please let me know. Thank you for your time and consideration. Best, Kate Boyd Kate Foster Boyd Digital Collections Librarian University Libraries University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208 803-777-2249 boydkf at mailbox.sc.edu http://www.sc.edu/library/digital/ South Carolina Digital Library http://www.scmemory.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 hanan at mada.org.il Mon Oct 5 00:11:58 2009 From: hanan at mada.org.il (Hanan Cohen) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 09:11:58 +0200 Subject: [MCN-L] EnterMedia Digital Asset Management Message-ID: <38A562F9B9615940BD347797ACD838C850E6D3@server.mada.com> Hello, This just passed through my browser so I thought I would share it with you. I have no personal experience with this system. OpenEdit's EnterMedia Digital Asset Management * 100% Web Based - Open Source - FREE to Download * Archive, Manage, Share and Track your Digital Files * No Client Licenses - Unlimited Users * Handles Thousands of Users and Millions of Assets http://entermediasoftware.com/ --- Hanan Cohen Webmaster Bloomfield Science Museum Jerusalem www.mada.org.il - Facebook - Twitter - YouTube From hmwells at springdalear.gov Tue Oct 6 07:50:06 2009 From: hmwells at springdalear.gov (Heather Marie Wells) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 09:50:06 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [MCN-L] Content credit lines within institutional websites In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Perian, We don't give credit lines for our online exhibits. However, a staff member does all of ours and I'm guessing if we had a non-staff member curate an online exhibit for us we would give them credit for it. I'm not sure how it was decided not to credit the curator, but it may be for the same reasons you are thinking. We have 10 online exhibits and one of two people does them all. But then again, it may just be because we're pretty laid back and causal here in Arkansas. HM Heather Marie Wells Collections Assistant/Podcast Producer Shiloh Museum of Ozark History Springdale, AR 72764 Phone: (479) 750-8165 Website: http://www.springdalear.gov/shiloh/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/ShilohMuseum Podcast blog: http://www.shilohcast.blogspot.com/ iTunes U: http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/shiloh.org -----Original Message----- From: Perian Sully [mailto:psully at magnes.org] Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 4:53 PM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] Content credit lines within institutional websites Hi all: I have a bit of a philosophical question. I'm in the process of migrating our institutional website and I'm noticing that a lot of content areas, particularly those that are best described as online exhibitions, have a credit line within the description: "Exhibition is a project conceived by so-and-so at the Magnes." It's common practice for a project such as an exhibition to have a credit to the curator, and having a name to the project increases personal connections between the public and staff. But I'm finding myself grousing about it for two reasons: 1) Currently, there is only one person creating such online exhibitions, resulting in a single person's name being reflected all over the site which results in 2) only that one person getting any credit for work done by the institution or at least the public perception that that single person is the only one who creates content. Personally, I'd feel a bit weird about attaching my name to every Tweet, uploads to YouTube, the online collections database, or whatever other project I happen to be working on (though my projects tend to be more on the meta-scale, instead of curated and forcused research efforts). We do have names assigned to individual blog entries, but the blog is pretty egalitarian and we have multiple staff posting to it. Has anyone else run into this problem and, if so, how have you assigned a credit to online exhibition descriptions? Perian _______________________________________________ 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 TAMSEN_SCHWARTZMAN at exchange.fitnyc.edu Tue Oct 6 08:07:15 2009 From: TAMSEN_SCHWARTZMAN at exchange.fitnyc.edu (TAMSEN SCHWARTZMAN) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 11:07:15 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Information Management & Technology plan Message-ID: Hi All, We are in the midst of writing a info management/ technology plan and I was wondering if any of you have one you'd be willing to share. I feel I have some of the major items covered, but am not sure how detailed to get. Some kind of guideline would be most, most helpful. Cheers -- Tamsen Schwartzman Museum Media Manager The Museum at FIT, Room E116 Seventh Avenue at 27th Street New York, NY 10001 212~217~4547 ** 212~217~4561 fax www.fitnyc.edu/museum Visit our collections online at fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter @MuseumFIT Opens Novemeber 6: American Beauty Closes November 7: Fashion and Politics Opens December 3: Night & Day From bgawronski at albrightknox.org Tue Oct 6 11:18:03 2009 From: bgawronski at albrightknox.org (Bryan Gawronski) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 14:18:03 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Albright-Knox Art Gallery Job Postings - Buffalo NY Message-ID: <378F1A23A5BDA849AEFEAD70072D1D71132A48@akag4.albrightknox.com> Good afternoon, The Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo NY has the following positions available. Please contact the museum?s HR department at 716-270-8287 or aharden at albrightknox.org if you are interested. INFORMATION COORDINATOR Responsible for: Managing information found in Gallery?s databases. This includes collection of information, development of procedures and policies for information, ensuring consistent maintenance standards of recorded information. Overseeing the training and ongoing support for staff to insure that information is being recorded correctly following defined standards. Verifying existing information recorded in currently used databases and make changes to this information where needed to comply with newly established standards. Leading project teams to develop new databases where a need exists. Manage information based on selected community standards and best practices for description and authority control to ensure information consistency and exchangeability. Develop, implement and maintain Digital Asset Management database. Review and implement new standards, procedures, and policies for other administrative museum databases including the creation of manuals and training materials. Contribute to the creation of a strategic plan, which will include the creation, management, and use of information. Control dissemination of information and associated media to partner organizations. Qualifications: Candidate should possess a BA in art history, MA in museum studies, or a MLIS. Two plus years experience in a related field. Knowledge of industry cataloging and standards such as the Getty Vocabularies. Detail oriented with demonstrated problem solving skills. Project Management experience preferred. Self motivated and able to work on many projects simultaneously. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. ? Location: Buffalo, NY VISTA COORDINATOR (GALLERY ADMISSIONS COORDINATOR) DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Meet and greet visitors and guests to the Albright-Knox Art Gallery Adhere to ticketing, accounting, order fulfillment, and computer procedures Process tickets, gift certificates, and coupons Actively sell Gallery memberships Reconcile own cash drawer at opening and closing of each day Provide highest degree of security and organization in cash drawer reconciliation and management of sales reports Ensure accuracy and conformity of information entered into Gallery?s VISTA system Administer VISTA ticketing database Create ticket programs in VISTA Supervise Admissions staff in relation to ticketing and data entry into the VISTA system Enter and maintain all events into the VISTA system Assist the Tour Coordinator with VISTA upgrades and reports Generate reports on all events/programs within the VISTA system Create work schedule for the Guest Services staff Write Crystal Reports Process and maintain class registrations Assist Head of Guest Services in key initiatives, such as minute taking in Master Calendar, Guest Services, GUSTO meetings, and special VIP treatment for guests REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS Competency in Crystal Reports and credit card processing Demonstrated ability to provide exceptional internal and external customer service Strong technology competency in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook and Internet applications, VISTA (ticketing and special events management system) and Ticketmaster Previous experience in of box office management preferred Team player with strong attention to detail and excellent organizational skills Exceptional interpersonal communication skills and extreme diplomacy Must have an understanding of and sensitivity to working within a facility housing priceless assets EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE BA/ BS (Hospitality, Tourism, or Marketing) preferred Retail Sales experience Customer Service experience Experience in creating/managing ticket programs ? Location: Buffalo, NY Thank you for your time. Bryan Gawronski Head of Technology Services Albright-Knox Art Gallery 1285 Elmwood Ave Buffalo NY 14222 716-270-8269 bgawronski at albrightknox.org From kamoroso at mainehistory.org Wed Oct 7 08:07:23 2009 From: kamoroso at mainehistory.org (Kathy Amoroso) Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:07:23 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Content credit lines within institutional websites In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Take a look at what we do in our online exhibits at Maine Memory Network? http://www.mainememory.net/sitebuilder/site/182/page/441/display http://www.mainememory.net/sitebuilder/site/161/page/420/display http://www.mainememory.net/sitebuilder/site/172/page/431/display ************************ Kathy Bolduc Amoroso Director of Digital Projects kamoroso at mainehistory.org or kathy at mainememory.net Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101 (207)774-1822 x227 | www.mainehistory.org | www.mainememory.net From rcherry at balboaparkonline.org Wed Oct 7 09:59:51 2009 From: rcherry at balboaparkonline.org (Rich Cherry) Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:59:51 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] CDW Purchasing Agreement Message-ID: <0758790FE14FAD4FB84FE71572FD910C027FFD96F7@MAILR005.mail.lan> Technology Purchasing Decision Makers: MCN has been discussing a purchasing agreement with CDW Non-Profit which would extend a discount on purchases from CDW by MCN members. As you know CDW Non-Profit was a major sponsor of MCN last year and they are also supporting this year's conference. This plan would give a discount based on overall purchases made by MCN members through this channel. Please complete this short survey so that we can gauge interest in this offering (each response will be kept confidential, with only aggregated reporting of poll results): http://tinyurl.com/ydt2zmr If you have questions please reply *offlist* to me at rcherry at balboaparkonline.org . Thanks, Rich Rich Cherry MCN Vendor and Marketing Chair Director Balboa Park Online Collaborative A Project of the Benbough Operating Foundation 2131 Pan American Plz San Diego, CA 92101 B: (619) 819-8331 F: (619) 819-8230 rcherry at balboaparkonline.org From aridavidow at gmail.com Wed Oct 7 13:07:13 2009 From: aridavidow at gmail.com (Ari Davidow) Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 16:07:13 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Preservation Survey - DuraSpace Small Archives Group Message-ID: <747cfaf50910071307o57b08a5ei8fb1ae6a1009c383@mail.gmail.com> Small archives represent the long tail of cultural heritage. Most of us are coping with inadequate resources available for addressing our primary missions, and lack the time, staff, skills, and other resources to address long-term access to that cultural heritage. This includes the challenge of locating and securing tools and resources to address the long-term preservation required to assure that access. The mission of the DuraSpace Small Archives Group is to address these needs. As a community, not only can we further preservation access and foster knowledge sharing, but we can collaborate. This community is intended for the thousands of small cultural heritage organizations who lack resources to implement a solution on their own. For most of us, a ?small archive? is a cultural heritage institution with one or fewer software developers on staff, perhaps even without an active webmaster. To ensure that we are focusing on those concerns most relevant to small archives, we would appreciate your responses to a short (10-15 minutes) survey to better understand what is being done, and what is needed to ensure long-term access and preservation in small cultural heritage institutions. We hope to share results of the survey at a BOF session at the Museum Computer Network conference in Portland, OR on November 11-14, 2009 and at the DISH conference in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on December 8-10, 2009. We will also share results and information online at our wiki home: http://fedora-commons.org/confluence/display/FCCWG/Small+Archives You can also participate by clicking: http://www.fedora-commons.org/confluence/display/FCCWG/SA-Get+Involved! We greatly appreciate your participation. Many thanks, Ari Davidow From megan_forbes at hotmail.com Wed Oct 7 13:10:09 2009 From: megan_forbes at hotmail.com (Megan Forbes) Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 16:10:09 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Join us for a CollectionSpace webinar! Message-ID: We are hosting three webinars in three weeks to introduce you to CollectionSpace, the open-source, web-based collections information management system for museums and other collecting institutions. The use of CollectionSpace software will help bring critical and necessary collections and collections information management procedures such as cataloging, location and movement tracking, loans, and media handling into the Web 2.0+ era, and has the potential to redefine the ways in which collections information is captured, managed, preserved, and leveraged. Webinar participants will get an advance look at CollectionSpace, meet our design and development teams, learn about the software's advanced architecture, functionality, and user experience, hear about our production schedule and deployment plans, and learn how to get involved with the project. Each webinar will conclude with a question-and-answer session. Each webinar will be one hour in duration, and will be held twice per day - once to accommodate US/Canadian time zones, and once for European time zones. All webinars will be recorded and available for viewing on the CollectionSpace website. CollectionSpace for Technology Service Providers and Developers October 22, 2009 For: hosted service providers, IT consultants, independent software and web developers, vendors of museum-related software solutions, academic computing professionals, and others wishing to learn about providing consulting services and support around CollectionSpace. CollectionSpace?s robust and flexible technical architecture makes it an ideal offering in a hosted, standalone, or enterprise computing environment, and an effective base line for the development and maintenance of custom solutions for the cultural heritage and academic communities. The webinar will focus on CollectionSpace technical architecture, installation and deployment, supporting software-as-a-service (SaaS) for hosted solutions, system requirements for server and client, and becoming a CollectionSpace service provider. The webinar will be led by the CollectionSpace Technical team. Register for the webinar: 3pm BST or 1pm EDT CollectionSpace for Museum and Academic Technology Professionals October 29, 2009 For: museum-based information technology professionals and academic computing professionals who would like to learn more about deploying and customizing CollectionSpace at their institutions, and those wishing to learn about using CollectionSpace as a platform for development. CollectionSpace is designed to accommodate, empower, and engage museums' in-house IT, Web, and new media staff through the software?s ease of configuration and customization. Institutions adopting CollectionSpace will not merely replace vendor dependence with developer dependence; rather, they will be able to work directly with their colleagues to customize the software for their needs. The webinar will focus on CollectionSpace technical architecture as it supports and facilitates configuration and customization, deployment, web services that support development of research applications, and systems integration. The webinar will be led by the CollectionSpace technical team. Register for the webinar: 3pm GMT or 1pm EDT CollectionSpace for Museum and Cultural Heritage Professionals November 5, 2009 For: museum executive and collections staff, consultants, and anyone interested in previewing the advanced, end-user experience of CollectionSpace. CollectionSpace provides support for the ever-expanding world of information required to describe, interpret, care for, and share our collections. While early collections management systems were little more than electronic representations of paper records, CollectionSpace offers a novel, workflow-centered approach to collections information management. The webinar will focus on the software?s functionality, user interface, and customization capabilities. The webinar will be led by the project?s collections information management and user experience design teams. Register for the webinar: 3pm GMT or 1pm EST CollectionSpace is a project of the Museum of the Moving Image; University of California, Berkeley, Information Services and Technology; University of Cambridge, Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies; and the University of Toronto, Adaptive Technology Resource Centre. Generous support for the development of CollectionSpace has been provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222985/direct/01/ From megan_forbes at hotmail.com Wed Oct 7 13:54:21 2009 From: megan_forbes at hotmail.com (Megan Forbes) Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 16:54:21 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Join us for a CollectionSpace webinar! Message-ID: If you received the below without registration links, please visit http://www.collectionspace.org/content/webinars to register. Apologies for the re-post. ************************************** We are hosting three webinars in three weeks to introduce you to CollectionSpace, the open-source, web-based collections information management system for museums and other collecting institutions. The use of CollectionSpace software will help bring critical and necessary collections and collections information management procedures such as cataloging, location and movement tracking, loans, and media handling into the Web 2.0+ era, and has the potential to redefine the ways in which collections information is captured, managed, preserved, and leveraged. Webinar participants will get an advance look at CollectionSpace, meet our design and development teams, learn about the software's advanced architecture, functionality, and user experience, hear about our production schedule and deployment plans, and learn how to get involved with the project. Each webinar will conclude with a question-and-answer session. Each webinar will be one hour in duration, and will be held twice per day - once to accommodate US/Canadian time zones, and once for European time zones. All webinars will be recorded and available for viewing on the CollectionSpace website. CollectionSpace for Technology Service Providers and Developers October 22, 2009 For: hosted service providers, IT consultants, independent software and web developers, vendors of museum-related software solutions, academic computing professionals, and others wishing to learn about providing consulting services and support around CollectionSpace. CollectionSpace?s robust and flexible technical architecture makes it an ideal offering in a hosted, standalone, or enterprise computing environment, and an effective base line for the development and maintenance of custom solutions for the cultural heritage and academic communities. The webinar will focus on CollectionSpace technical architecture, installation and deployment, supporting software-as-a-service (SaaS) for hosted solutions, system requirements for server and client, and becoming a CollectionSpace service provider. The webinar will be led by the CollectionSpace Technical team. CollectionSpace for Museum and Academic Technology Professionals October 29, 2009 For: museum-based information technology professionals and academic computing professionals who would like to learn more about deploying and customizing CollectionSpace at their institutions, and those wishing to learn about using CollectionSpace as a platform for development. CollectionSpace is designed to accommodate, empower, and engage museums' in-house IT, Web, and new media staff through the software?s ease of configuration and customization. Institutions adopting CollectionSpace will not merely replace vendor dependence with developer dependence; rather, they will be able to work directly with their colleagues to customize the software for their needs. The webinar will focus on CollectionSpace technical architecture as it supports and facilitates configuration and customization, deployment, web services that support development of research applications, and systems integration. The webinar will be led by the CollectionSpace technical team. CollectionSpace for Museum and Cultural Heritage Professionals November 5, 2009 For: museum executive and collections staff, consultants, and anyone interested in previewing the advanced, end-user experience of CollectionSpace. CollectionSpace provides support for the ever-expanding world of information required to describe, interpret, care for, and share our collections. While early collections management systems were little more than electronic representations of paper records, CollectionSpace offers a novel, workflow-centered approach to collections information management. The webinar will focus on the software?s functionality, user interface, and customization capabilities. The webinar will be led by the project?s collections information management and user experience design teams. CollectionSpace is a project of the Museum of the Moving Image; University of California, Berkeley, Information Services and Technology; University of Cambridge, Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies; and the University of Toronto, Adaptive Technology Resource Centre. Generous support for the development of CollectionSpace has been provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft?s powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/ From davidgreen at knowledgeculture.com Thu Oct 8 08:48:08 2009 From: davidgreen at knowledgeculture.com (David Green) Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:48:08 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Trends in "Discoverability" of Resources - U. Minnesota Message-ID: Discoverability is a report produced by the Digital Conservancy team at the University of Minnesota , charged with "recommending ways to make relevant resources more visible and easier to find, particularly within the user?s workflow." Even though they were formulated for librarians, I think there's some obvious relevance for the museum community... Thanks to Lorcan Dempsey in his blog for pointing this out. David Green Principal, Knowledge Culture Consulting www.knowledgeculture.com davidgreen at knowledgeculture.com redgen at twitter.com 203-345-3228 203-520-9155 (mobile) From mcn-announce at mcn.edu Thu Oct 8 10:14:38 2009 From: mcn-announce at mcn.edu (MCN Announcements) Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:14:38 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Last chance for half off MCN conference registration! Message-ID: <4ACE1DFE.4000003@mcn.edu> Submission deadline is tomorrow - Friday, October 9, 2009! The Museum Computer Network is delighted to offer the Digital Asset Management Scholarship sponsored by Extensis. This scholarship is designed to help offset costs to attend the MCN annual conference in November. The annual meeting provides an occasion where you can meet and learn from experts on the technology topics challenging today?s museums. It?s also a great time for networking and establishing new relationships to strengthen your resources for the coming year. SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION What? Thanks to Extensis, a limited number of scholarships are available to help offset the costs of attending MCN?s 2009 annual conference. The scholarship will provide 50% off MCN conference registration and automatic registration in the digital asset management workshop offered at the conference. Who? Anyone who is interested in digital image management! The scholarship is open to MCN members and non-members alike. Where? Museum Information, Museum Efficiency: Doing More with Less 37th Annual MCN Conference November 11-14, 2009 Portland, Oregon Why? The annual MCN conference offers tremendous personal and professional benefits and rewards. Not only do attendees gain professional knowledge from sessions, they also have the opportunity to network with professionals from around the world. How? Complete the Digital Asset Management Scholarship Application and submit according to instructions available online at http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=2538. Questions? Please contact Jana Hill, 2009 Scholarship Committee chair, jana.hill at cartermuseum.org. From aridavidow at gmail.com Fri Oct 9 06:59:44 2009 From: aridavidow at gmail.com (Ari Davidow) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 09:59:44 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Take 2: Preservation Survey - DuraSpace Small Archives Group Message-ID: <747cfaf50910090659u281e827ax258ee58ad7009f7c@mail.gmail.com> I apologize. I sent this e-amil out on Wednesday announcing a survey, and did not have the sense to include a link to the actual survey. Let me try again. --------------------------------------------------------- Small archives represent the long tail of cultural heritage. Most of us are coping with inadequate resources available for addressing our primary missions, and lack the time, staff, skills, and other resources to address long-term access to that cultural heritage. This includes the challenge of locating and securing tools and resources to address the long-term preservation required to assure that access. The mission of the DuraSpace Small Archives Group is to address these needs. As a community, not only can we further preservation access and foster knowledge ?sharing, but we can collaborate. This community is intended for the thousands of small cultural heritage organizations who lack resources to implement a solution on their own. For most of us, a ?small archive? is a cultural heritage institution with one or fewer software developers on staff, perhaps even without an active webmaster. To ensure that we are focusing on those concerns most relevant to small archives, we would appreciate your responses to a short (10-15 minutes) survey to better understand what is being done, and what is needed to ensure long-term access and preservation in small cultural heritage institutions. ?We hope to share results of the survey at a BOF session at the Museum Computer Network conference in ?Portland, OR on November 11-14, 2009 and at the DISH conference in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on December 8-10, 2009. ?We will also share results and information online at our wiki home: --> http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB229DKEFJWUP <-- You can find out more about the Small Archives group at: http://fedora-commons.org/confluence/display/FCCWG/Small+Archives You can also participate by clicking: http://www.fedora-commons.org/confluence/display/FCCWG/SA-Get+Involved! We greatly appreciate your participation. Many thanks, Ari Davidow From Christinad at SeattleArtMuseum.org Fri Oct 9 13:31:55 2009 From: Christinad at SeattleArtMuseum.org (Christina DePaolo) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 13:31:55 -0700 Subject: [MCN-L] MCN 2009 Conference Early Bird Registration Closes Today Message-ID: <6440C474B3F6FE4EB44B34421B3E501E166EA806FC@dtes01.SAM.Home> Dear MCN-L, Today is the last day to get the early bird registration rate for the conference. We want to make sure you take advantage of this rate, and the other discounts available to small museums, emerging professionals and students. Complete registration information at http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=2424 Helpful Conference links: Complete conference program http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=2516 Google Map of Portland http://secondstory.com/mcn_map/ Twitter http://twitter.com/mcn2009 Thanks! Christina DePaolo | New Media Manager Seattle Art Museum | 1300 1st Avenue | Seattle WA 98101 christinad at seattleartmuseum.org | 206.654.3162 Follow SAM on Facebook and Twitter at http://facebook.com/seattleartmuseum http://twitter.com/iheartSAM From virginiarutledge at yahoo.com Fri Oct 9 14:40:50 2009 From: virginiarutledge at yahoo.com (Virginia Rutledge) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 14:40:50 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [MCN-L] NYC area program on Orphan Works, Tuesday, October 20, 6-8pm Message-ID: <956501.66000.qm@web39704.mail.mud.yahoo.com> On Tuesday, October 20th, from 6-8pm, the New York City Bar Association will present Lost and Found: A Practical Look at Orphan Works. Please join us? for a discussion of the latest proposals for use of orphan works, and particularly, orphan images. ? Speakers: Brendan M. Connell, Jr., Director and Counsel for Administration, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation ? Frederic Haber, Vice President and General Counsel, Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. ? Eugene H. Mopsik, Executive Director, American Society of Media Photographers ? Maria Pallante, Associate Register for Policy & International Affairs, U.S. Copyright Office ? Charles Wright, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Legal and Business Affairs, A&E Television Networks ? Moderator: June M. Besek, Executive Director, Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts, Columbia Law School ? The program is free and open to all. For more information and to register: http://www.nycbar.org/EventsCalendar/show_event.php?eventid=1222. From rcherry at balboaparkonline.org Fri Oct 9 16:44:15 2009 From: rcherry at balboaparkonline.org (Rich Cherry) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 19:44:15 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Important Survey In-Reply-To: <0758790FE14FAD4FB84FE71572FD910C027FFD96F7@MAILR005.mail.lan> References: <0758790FE14FAD4FB84FE71572FD910C027FFD96F7@MAILR005.mail.lan> Message-ID: <0758790FE14FAD4FB84FE71572FD910C027FFD9D31@MAILR005.mail.lan> MCN'ers I know there are more museums on the list than filled out the survey below so far. If you are not a technology purchaser can you forward this to the person at your museum that does? One of the questions is about what other purchasing agreements that you would like to see us pursue. Thanks, Rich -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Rich Cherry Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 10:00 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] CDW Purchasing Agreement Technology Purchasing Decision Makers: MCN has been discussing a purchasing agreement with CDW Non-Profit which would extend a discount on purchases from CDW by MCN members. As you know CDW Non-Profit was a major sponsor of MCN last year and they are also supporting this year's conference. This plan would give a discount based on overall purchases made by MCN members through this channel. Please complete this short survey so that we can gauge interest in this offering (each response will be kept confidential, with only aggregated reporting of poll results): http://tinyurl.com/ydt2zmr If you have questions please reply *offlist* to me at rcherry at balboaparkonline.org . Thanks, Rich Rich Cherry MCN Vendor and Marketing Chair Director Balboa Park Online Collaborative A Project of the Benbough Operating Foundation 2131 Pan American Plz San Diego, CA 92101 B: (619) 819-8331 F: (619) 819-8230 rcherry at balboaparkonline.org _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ From akeshet at imj.org.il Sun Oct 11 03:53:43 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:53:43 +0200 Subject: [MCN-L] =?utf-8?b?4oCP4oCPRlc6IEp1c3QgUHVibGlzaGVkOiBWaXN1YWwg?= =?utf-8?q?Resources_25=3A3_=28September_2009=29?= In-Reply-To: <81dfc00a0910041416q3ee7b7d8redfab0e45997ef3e@mail.gmail.com> References: <81dfc00a0910041416q3ee7b7d8redfab0e45997ef3e@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F814222BF@mailsrv.imj.org.il> ________________________________ The editors of Visual Resources are pleased to announce the publication of the September 2009 issue. Below is a summary listing of the contents of the issue. For free access to the abstracts of the articles as well as several sample full-text articles, please visit http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=g910561939~db=all VISUAL RESOURCES: An International Journal of Documentation Vol. XXV, No. 3 (ISSN 0197-3762) TABLE OF CONTENTS 167 Editorial: Archives ARTICLES 169 Annette Joy Jemison, Barrenness and Abjection?: The Iconography of the Wasteland in the Photographs and Collages of Julian Trevelyan, 1937?1938 193 J?lia Papp, Artwork Photography in Hungary: The Early Years (1859?1885) 249 Catherine Larkin, A Reappraisal of the William Randolph Hearst Archive at Long Island University: Information, Preservation, and Access 269 Catherine Johnson-Roehr, From Visual Data to Fine Art: Photography Collections at The Kinsey Institute REVIEWS 291 Patricia Mainardi, reviewing Art in Reproduction: Nineteenth-Century Prints after Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Jozef Isra?ls and Ary Scheffer, by Robert Verhoogt 300 Amy Woodson-Boulton, reviewing The Mass Image: A Social History of Photomechanical Reproduction in Victorian London, by Gerry Beegan 305 David L. Jacobs, reviewing The Art of the American Snapshot, 1888?1978, by Sarah Greenough and Diane Waggoner 310 Jasmine Alinder, reviewing A Shoemaker?s Story: Being Chiefly about French Canadian Immigrants, Enterprising Photographers, Rascal Yankees, and Chinese Cobblers in a Nineteenth-Century Factory Town, by Anthony W. Lee The next issue of VR (25:4), scheduled for publication in December 2009, is a special issue, "Digital Crossroads: New Directions in 3D Architectural Modeling in the Humanities," edited by Arne R. Flaten and Alyson A. Gill. For more information about VR and our previous publication history, please visit http://www.mindspring.com/~sundt-vr/ for the complete tables of contents and list of special issues, in addition to information about the journal, including subscriptions. Through special arrangements with the journal's publisher, Taylor & Francis/Routledge, we have been able to secure a reduced rate for individual subscribers who are members of the College Art Association, the Visual Resources Association, and the Association of Art Historians. See http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/offer/gvir-so.asp for details. Christine L. Sundt, Editor Helen Ronan, Reviews Editor Murtha Baca, News Editor -- Christine L. Sundt, Editor Visual Resources: An International Journal of Documentation P.O. Box 5316 Eugene, OR 97405-0316 USA phone: 541.485.1420 VR Website: http://www.mindspring.com/~sundt-vr/ csundt(at)mindspring.com or csundt(at)gmail.com From aida at acorweb.net Mon Oct 12 05:05:30 2009 From: aida at acorweb.net (Aida Slavic) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:05:30 +0100 Subject: [MCN-L] LAST CALL FOR REGISTRATION: Classification at a Crossroads, 29-30 October 2009, The Hague Message-ID: <4AD31B8A.3070303@acorweb.net> *** Apologies for cross-posting *** === REGISTRATION CLOSES 20 OCTOBER === CLASSIFICATION AT A CROSSROADS: MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS TO USABILITY International UDC Seminar The Hague, 29-30 October 2009. VENUE: Koninklijke Bibliotheek (The National Library of The Netherlands) FEE: 140 EUR (Students 110 EUR) To register go to http://www.udcc.org/seminar2009/php/registration.php The final Programme with abstracts and speakers' biographies containing a selection of 22 talks is now available at http://www.udcc.org/seminar2009/programme.htm The programme highlights are talks by our keynote speakers Dagobert Soergel "Illuminating the Chaos: Using Classification to Harness the Web" and Dan Brickley "Open Web Standards and Classification: Foundations for a Hybrid Approach". This conference will cover a variety of topics: classification of web resources, automatic classification, relationships between thesaurus and classification, terminology services, web ontology standards, new approaches in using or presenting classification and classification use in library networks. Ergon Verlag will exhibit and sell books from its series "Advances in Knowledge Organization" at a special 50% discount. All delegates are given 20% discount to Facet Publishing Titles. Both publishers contribute a number of books to a lottery draw. ============ __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4499 (20091012) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com From dianezorich at comcast.net Mon Oct 12 09:37:12 2009 From: dianezorich at comcast.net (Diane M. Zorich) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:37:12 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG: Fwd: Press Release re Orphan Works Best Practices for archival collections Message-ID: Though written for archivists, thought this might be of interest to the museum IP community as well. Diane >X-CAA-SPAM: 00000 >Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:10:49 -0400 >Reply-To: Visual Resources Association >Sender: Visual Resources Association >From: Margaret N Webster >Subject: Press Release re Orphan Works Best Practices >To: VRA-L at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU >List-Help: , > >List-Unsubscribe: >List-Subscribe: >List-Owner: >List-Archive: > >I'm forwarding this message at the request of my >collegue,Peter Hirtle. Margaret > > > >-----Original Message----- >> >> VRA list subscribers may be interested in the following press release: >> >> CHICAGO??The Society of American Archivists (SAA) >> has issued ?Orphan Works: Statement of Best >> Practices,? a 16-page report that provides what >> professional archivists consider the best methods >> to use when attempting to identify and locate >> copyright holders. The statement, which primarily >> focuses on unpublished materials because they are >> usually found in archives, is available on the >> association?s website as a PDF at http://www.archivists.org/standards/. >> >> ?Orphan works? is a term used to >> describe the situation in which the owner of a >> copyrighted work cannot be identified and located >> by someone who wishes to make use of the work in >> a manner that requires permission of the >> copyright owner. Eight archivists and a >> recognized legal expert in intellectual property >> and copyright law developed the statement, based >> upon their experiences researching copyright status. >> >> ?We created this statement to provide >> archivists with a framework to discover what >> materials they hold are truly orphaned works, and >> in the hopes of empowering them to provide wider >> access and use of those materials as a result,? >> said Heather Briston, chair of SAA?s Intellectual Property Working Group. >> >> The primary authors of the statement >> include Briston (University of Oregon), Mark >> Allen Greene (University of Wyoming), Cathy >> Henderson (University of Texas, Austin), Peter >> Hirtle (Cornell University), Peter Jaszi >> (American University) , William Maher (University >> of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Aprille Cooke >> McKay (University of Michigan), Richard >> Pearce-Moses (Arizona State Library), and >> Merrilee Proffitt (OCLC). Financial and >> administrative support was provided for this >> project by OCLC Research and the RLG Partnership. >> >> More information on SAA?s Intellectual >> Property Working Group can be found at: >> http://www.archivists.org/saagroups/ipwg/. >> >> -- Diane M. Zorich 113 Gallup Road Princeton, NJ 08542 USA Voice: 609-252-1606 Email: dzorich at mindspring.com or dianezorich at comcast.net From evesinaiko at earthlink.net Wed Oct 7 08:24:47 2009 From: evesinaiko at earthlink.net (Eve Sinaiko) Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 11:24:47 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] FW: NYCBA program on Orphan Works, Tuesday, October 20 6-8pm Message-ID: <000001ca4762$4eaedc10$ec0c9430$@net> Here?s an upcoming panel on orphan works, of possible interest to list members in the New York area. Please forward to other lists. Regards, Eve Sinaiko Lost and Found: A Practical Look at Orphan Works On Tuesday, October 20th, from 6-8pm, the Art Law Committee and the Copyright and Literary Property Law Committees of the New York City Bar Association, in conjunction with Columbia Law School?s Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts, will present Lost and Found: A Practical Look at Orphan Works. Please join us in the Association Meeting Hall at 42 W. 44th Street for a discussion of the latest proposals for use of orphan works, and particularly, orphan images. Speakers: Brendan M. Connell, Jr., Director and Counsel for Administration, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Frederic Haber, Vice President and General Counsel, Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. Eugene H. Mopsik, Executive Director, American Society of Media Photographers Maria Pallante, Associate Register for Policy & International Affairs, U.S. Copyright Office Charles Wright, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Legal and Business Affairs, A&E Television Networks Moderator: June M. Besek, Executive Director, Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts, Columbia Law School The program is free and open to all. More information can be found in the attached flyer. Please register at http://www.nycbar.org/EventsCalendar/show_event.php?eventid=1222. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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On Tuesday, October 20th, from 6-8pm, the Art Law Committee and the Copyright and Literary Property Law Committees of the New York City Bar Association, in conjunction with Columbia Law School?s Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts, will present Lost and Found: A Practical Look at Orphan Works. Please join us in the Association Meeting Hall at 42 W. 44th Street for a discussion of the latest proposals for use of orphan works, and particularly, orphan images. ? Speakers: Brendan M. Connell, Jr., Director and Counsel for Administration, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation ? Frederic Haber, Vice President and General Counsel, Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. ? Eugene H. Mopsik, Executive Director, American Society of Media Photographers ? Maria Pallante, Associate Register for Policy & International Affairs, U.S. Copyright Office ? Charles Wright, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Legal and Business Affairs, A&E Television Networks ? Moderator: June M. Besek, Executive Director, Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts, Columbia Law School ? ? The program is free and open to all. More information can be found in the attached flyer. Please register at http://www.nycbar.org/EventsCalendar/show_event.php?eventid=1222. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 10-20-09 Lost and Found--A Practical Look at Orphan Works - Flyer.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 325029 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/attachments/20091007/0c21cddf/attachment-0001.pdf From akeshet at imj.org.il Wed Oct 14 03:02:23 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:02:23 +0200 Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG: NYCBA program on Orphan Works, Tuesday, October 20 6-8pm Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F81561D0C@mailsrv.imj.org.il> N.b. "This program is free and open to the public; registration is not required." Attendence is mandatory for MCN IP SIG members in NYC! (Okay, only wishing...) Amalyah Keshet Chair, MCN IP SIG -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Eve Sinaiko Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 5:25 PM Subject: [MCN-L] FW: NYCBA program on Orphan Works, Tuesday, October 20 6-8pm Here's an upcoming panel on orphan works, of possible interest to list members in the New York area. Please forward to other lists. Regards, Eve Sinaiko Lost and Found: A Practical Look at Orphan Works On Tuesday, October 20th, from 6-8pm, the Art Law Committee and the Copyright and Literary Property Law Committees of the New York City Bar Association, in conjunction with Columbia Law School's Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts, will present Lost and Found: A Practical Look at Orphan Works. Please join us in the Association Meeting Hall at 42 W. 44th Street for a discussion of the latest proposals for use of orphan works, and particularly, orphan images. Speakers: Brendan M. Connell, Jr., Director and Counsel for Administration, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Frederic Haber, Vice President and General Counsel, Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. Eugene H. Mopsik, Executive Director, American Society of Media Photographers Maria Pallante, Associate Register for Policy & International Affairs, U.S. Copyright Office Charles Wright, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Legal and Business Affairs, A&E Television Networks Moderator: June M. Besek, Executive Director, Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts, Columbia Law School The program is free and open to all. More information can be found in the attached flyer. 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Please visit and become a member today! best regards, Rob Rob Lancefield, President Museum Computer Network (MCN), The membership organization for museum information professionals From lists at rlweiner.com Thu Oct 15 08:42:32 2009 From: lists at rlweiner.com (Robert Weiner) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:42:32 -0700 Subject: [MCN-L] Check out my photos on Facebook In-Reply-To: <664a56d2ffcff0c564fb1a30a9517f4d@localhost.localdomain> References: <664a56d2ffcff0c564fb1a30a9517f4d@localhost.localdomain> Message-ID: <9958E2BCB0634E5BAE2CEFF06D1276D1@RLWT400> This could just be Facebook getting overly friendly with someone's address book. But it sounds like a Facebook virus. Be cautious. Robert __________________________ Robert L. 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California Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94304. _______________________________________________ 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 jana.hill at cartermuseum.org Thu Oct 15 10:18:32 2009 From: jana.hill at cartermuseum.org (Jana Hill) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:18:32 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Silent auction at MCN 2009 Message-ID: <49A6E411EE69EA4898AFA579D8A06DFC0124827E@exchange.cartermuseum.org> Hello all, Are you gearing up for the MCN annual meeting in Portland? This year's conference is only ONE MONTH away, and it's time to start thinking about the silent auction! As usual, this year's auction benefits our Scholarship Program, helping emerging museum professionals attend our conference by providing registration and funds towards expenses. We were only able to fund 10% of the applications we received this year and need your help to provide more scholarships next year. What can you do to help? Donate your stuff to be auctioned off! What kind of stuff? * Items of any sort--new or old, seriously useful or cheerfully unrelated to museum work--that may be carried by airline passengers * Exhibition catalogues, institutional publications, museum bags, clothing, and other souvenirs * "Intangible" things like free services or discounted registration for professional events * Your crafts, i.e., photography, paintings, prints, knitting, embroidery, mosaics or anything else that will fit into a suitcase Show off your creativity and help us raise some bucks! Auction donations are tax deductible and all proceeds benefit next year's scholarship recipients. We need you to make this an event a success! Auction items will be accepted at the Conference Registration Desk on all day Wednesday and Thursday until noon. You may place your bids until 5:30 Thursday, when we stop the bidding and announce the winners. Bring in those items, then come to Thursday's silent auction reception hosted and get ready to outbid the competition! Looking forward to seeing (and selling!) some great items! Jana Hill MCN 2009 Silent Auction Chair From evesinaiko at earthlink.net Fri Oct 16 09:34:37 2009 From: evesinaiko at earthlink.net (Eve Sinaiko) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:34:37 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] The Copyright Wars - a historical perspective In-Reply-To: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F814222BF@mailsrv.imj.org.il> References: <81dfc00a0910041416q3ee7b7d8redfab0e45997ef3e@mail.gmail.com> <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F814222BF@mailsrv.imj.org.il> Message-ID: <002101ca4e7e$8d651be0$a82f53a0$@net> Of possible interest (and amusement) to MCN members: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/100-years-of-big-content-fearing-technologyin-its-own-words.ars Regards, Eve Sinaiko From amarshal at heard.org Fri Oct 16 09:29:40 2009 From: amarshal at heard.org (Ann Marshall) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:29:40 -0700 Subject: [MCN-L] The Copyright Wars - a historical perspective (Out of the office until 10/5) Message-ID: I am out of the office and will return on Monday, October 19. >>> mcn-l 10/16/09 09:34 >>> Of possible interest (and amusement) to MCN members: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/100-years-of-big-content-fearing-technologyin-its-own-words.ars Regards, Eve Sinaiko _______________________________________________ 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 khamma at me.com Fri Oct 16 10:03:24 2009 From: khamma at me.com (Kenneth Hamma) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:03:24 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] The Copyright Wars - a historical perspective In-Reply-To: <002101ca4e7e$8d651be0$a82f53a0$@net> References: <81dfc00a0910041416q3ee7b7d8redfab0e45997ef3e@mail.gmail.com> <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F814222BF@mailsrv.imj.org.il> <002101ca4e7e$8d651be0$a82f53a0$@net> Message-ID: Thanks, Eve. It is amusing, but anyone who has seen Lessig's PPT knows that the presentation lacks, um, spice. Is that available anywhere? ken Kenneth Hamma +1 310 270 8008 khamma at me.com 368 Patel Pl Palm Springs CA 92264 On Oct 16, 2009, at 12:34 PM, Eve Sinaiko wrote: > Of possible interest (and amusement) to MCN members: > > http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/100-years-of-big-content-fearing-technologyin-its-own-words.ars > > Regards, > Eve Sinaiko > > _______________________________________________ > 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 evesinaiko at earthlink.net Fri Oct 16 10:35:49 2009 From: evesinaiko at earthlink.net (Eve Sinaiko) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:35:49 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] The Copyright Wars - a historical perspective In-Reply-To: References: <81dfc00a0910041416q3ee7b7d8redfab0e45997ef3e@mail.gmail.com> <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F814222BF@mailsrv.imj.org.il> <002101ca4e7e$8d651be0$a82f53a0$@net> Message-ID: <002b01ca4e87$1a4ac660$4ee05320$@net> > Thanks, Eve. It is amusing, but anyone who has seen Lessig's PPT > knows that the presentation lacks, um, spice. Is that available > anywhere? > > ken TED has a version of it, if this is the one you mean: http://www.ted.com/talks/larry_lessig_says_the_law_is_strangling_creativity. html Eve From chris at mccastle.com Fri Oct 16 12:30:26 2009 From: chris at mccastle.com (Christine Castle) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:30:26 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] CFP - Taking Stock: Museum Studies and Museum Practices in Canada Message-ID: CALL FOR PAPERS Taking Stock: Museum Studies and Museum Practices in Canada Museum Studies Program, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, Canada April 22-24, 2010 http://takingstockmuseumstudies.ischool.utoronto.ca/ Over the past 40 years, the discipline of Museum Studies has grown beyond its foundational premise as the study of museum organization and management to become a field informed by interdisciplinarian approaches, pedagogies and techniques. Some have argued that Museum Studies has not only come of age, as an academic discipline it has moved into the mainstream. Yet for many, the very formulation of this discipline continues to be a subject of intense reflection and debate, while its relationship with the community of professional practitioners it intends to serve is complex. While much has been written on Museum Studies/Museology from the UK, US, Australian and European perspectives, less has been articulated about Canadian traditions in the field. Despite over four decades of formal academic training and almost two centuries of professional practices, there are no Canadian national journals, nor annual academic conferences dedicated to the subject of Museum Studies. Doubtless a Canadian museology exists, however the research of Canadian museum scholars continues to be diffused across regional, linguistic, and disciplinarian lines. The Master of Museum Studies program at the University of Toronto marks its 40th anniversary with a conference that aims to create a forum for a nation-wide debate and critical examination of the academic discipline of Museum Studies in Canada in historical and contemporary contexts, and how this discipline registers within broader global traditions, pedagogies and practices. Robert R. Janes will be providing the keynote address on Thursday, April 22, 2010. **Instructions for submission of paper abstracts: We invite proposals for twenty-minute papers (8-10 pp) that address the field of Museum Studies in Canada, as academic discipline and in terms of the nature of research this field and its practitioners undertake. We welcome contributions from a wide range of viewpoints that interrogate the field of Museum Studies, its histories, epistemologies, theoretical underpinnings and practices. Acknowledging that the discipline is itself informed by a variety of other disciplines, we are interested in diverse methodological and subject-area approaches. Presentations may include analyses of case studies, historical overviews, and comparative frameworks, as well as theoretical articulations of and for museological practice. Possible trajectories of enquiry may arise from the following themes: ? What is ?Canadian? about Museum Studies in Canada? ? National/regional traditions in the discipline of Museum Studies: its curriculum and research interests; ? The relationship of Museum Studies to professional museum practice in Canada; ? Citizenship and national museology; ? Museology and Canadian cultural policy; ? History and theory of Canadian museological practices; ? Canadian museological theory and praxis in contemporary political context; ? How Canadian museological practices respond to contemporary issues of citizenship, identity, community, and meaning-making. Please send a 300-word paper proposal and one page C.V. to takingstock at gmail.com no later than November 30, 2009. Please indicate ?Taking Stock? in the subject box of your message, and include the title of your presentation and your institutional affiliation in your correspondence. Successful applicants will be notified in December 2009. Delegates who would like to participate in the event but who wish not to present are encouraged to contact Nina Boric at nina.boric at utoronto.ca (416.505.8009) to register their interest. Information is also available on the website http://takingstockmuseumstudies.ischool.utoronto.ca/ Please feel free to post and/or share this call with interested others! [Apologies for cross-postings] From capeannmuseum at comcast.net Fri Oct 16 19:02:21 2009 From: capeannmuseum at comcast.net (John Harrington) Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:02:21 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [MCN-L] INTEGRATION OF PC AND MAC USERS In-Reply-To: <467264878.3558671255744562276.JavaMail.root@sz0004a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net> Message-ID: <1668168534.3560101255744941318.JavaMail.root@sz0004a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net> Any advise on the best way we can link our PC and MAC users. John Harrington Special Project Volunteer Technology Strategic Plan Cape Ann Museum From ACarrier at MarinersMuseum.org Sat Oct 17 07:20:00 2009 From: ACarrier at MarinersMuseum.org (Adam Carrier) Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:20:00 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] INTEGRATION OF PC AND MAC USERS References: <1668168534.3560101255744941318.JavaMail.root@sz0004a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net> Message-ID: <419F10D4185BC14BAF9056D59B735526029CAED7@data3.tmm.local> Can you describe for us what you want to accomplish for both PC and Mac users (e.g., file sharing)? You should check out a June '09 thread on this topic --start here: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/2009-June/003090.html Adam Carrier Audiovisual Technician II Digital Media & Exhibit Technology Department The Mariners' Museum 100 Museum Drive Newport News, Virginia 23606 Phone (757) 952-0431 Fax (757) 591-7335 acarrier at MarinersMuseum.org www.MarinersMuseum.org America's National Maritime Museum -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of John Harrington Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 10:02 PM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] INTEGRATION OF PC AND MAC USERS Any advise on the best way we can link our PC and MAC users. John Harrington Special Project Volunteer Technology Strategic Plan Cape Ann 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 virginiarutledge at yahoo.com Sun Oct 18 15:03:52 2009 From: virginiarutledge at yahoo.com (Virginia Rutledge) Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:03:52 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [MCN-L] Reception for NYCBA program on Orphan Works, Tuesday, October 20 6-8pm In-Reply-To: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F81561D0C@mailsrv.imj.org.il> Message-ID: <784744.93841.qm@web39707.mail.mud.yahoo.com> (Many thanks to Amalyah and Eve for the publicity push here!) Let me add that there is a reception at 5pm, and we'd be delighted to welcome any MCN member. Just reply off list and a lovely computer-printed nametag will await you. Cheers, Virginia --- On Wed, 10/14/09, Amalyah Keshet [akeshet at imj.org.il] wrote: From: Amalyah Keshet [akeshet at imj.org.il] Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG: NYCBA program on Orphan Works, Tuesday, October 20 6-8pm To: "'Museum Computer Network Listserv'" Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 3:02 AM N.b.? "This program is free and open to the public; registration is not required." Attendence is mandatory for MCN IP SIG members in NYC! (Okay, only wishing...) Amalyah Keshet Chair, MCN IP SIG -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Eve Sinaiko Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 5:25 PM Subject: [MCN-L] FW: NYCBA program on Orphan Works, Tuesday, October 20 6-8pm Here's an upcoming panel on orphan works, of possible interest to list members in the New York area. Please forward to other lists. Regards, Eve Sinaiko Lost and Found: A Practical Look at Orphan Works On Tuesday, October 20th, from 6-8pm, the Art Law Committee and the Copyright and Literary Property Law Committees of the New York City Bar Association, in conjunction with Columbia Law School's Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts, will present Lost and Found: A Practical Look at Orphan Works. Please join us in the Association Meeting Hall at 42 W. 44th Street for a discussion of the latest proposals for use of orphan works, and particularly, orphan images. Speakers: Brendan M. Connell, Jr., Director and Counsel for Administration, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Frederic Haber, Vice President and General Counsel, Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. Eugene H. Mopsik, Executive Director, American Society of Media Photographers Maria Pallante, Associate Register for Policy & International Affairs, U.S. Copyright Office Charles Wright, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Legal and Business Affairs, A&E Television Networks Moderator: June M. Besek, Executive Director, Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts, Columbia Law School The program is free and open to all. More information can be found in the attached flyer. Please register at? http://www.nycbar.org/EventsCalendar/show_event.php?eventid=1222. -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ 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 Mon Oct 19 03:25:15 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:25:15 +0200 Subject: [MCN-L] FW: IP SIG meeting at MCN 2009, Portland Oregon Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781FC40DF1C9@mailsrv.imj.org.il> MCN's Intellectual Property SIG will meet on on Friday, Nov. 13, 12:45-2:00pm Topic of discussion: Possible participation in the New York City Bar Association's Art Law Committee proposal to create a Fair Use best practices guidelines for artists and museums, along the model of American University's excellent guidelines for documentary film makers (a project headed by MCN 2008 speaker Prof. Peter Jaszi): http://www.wcl.american.edu/pijip_static/documents/Documentarybestpractices.pdf?rd=1 Please have a look at this document before the meeting, if you can. Your input is requested. Following this intense and important meeting, we will all need a drink! MCN's now-traditional SIGs Pub Crawl will take place the same evening, starting at 7 o'clock. As your ever-dutiful SIG Chair, I have chosen for us a really cool pub with lots of local microbrews, the name of which I have of course forgotten (help! Christina?). Discussion can continue there, on this topic or any other. Copyright in microbrew labels. Whatever. A plan to crawl to and disturb the CAL SIG in their chosen pub is under consideration. n.b. The definition of an IP SIG member is: anyone affected by copright and/or beer. All are welcome! Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources & Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Chair, MCN IP SIG From general at e-conservationline.com Mon Oct 19 09:34:23 2009 From: general at e-conservationline.com (general at e-conservationline.com) Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:34:23 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Issue no. 11 of e-conservation magazine is now online Message-ID: <7a0157b98353699d8b810cb0b0fb106f@e-conservationline.com> Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that issue no. 11 of e-conservation magazine is now online and available for free download from our website. We hope you will enjoy the reading! INDEX - Issue 11, October 2009 ISSN: 1646-9283 *News Conference Review CAPITAL CULTURA Development through Culture: the Road to Sustainability September 21-22, 2009, Sibiu, Romania Review by Raluca Pop Announcements Culture (2007-2013) Programme Florence?s 1st International Art and Restoration Fair *Upcoming Events: October - November 2009 *Articles Conservation on the Cyber Frontier By Daniel Cull Let's Paint a Ruin The Conservation of the Steel Coal Tower in Voelklinger Huette By Kornelius Goetz and Axel Boecker *Case Study The Ghalwar Mosque and Girls School. A Project Recently Re-examined Danish Contribution in Post-War Conservation of Afghanistan Heritage in Herat, 1993-94 By Abdul Wasay Najimi *ARP Proceedings Knowing Hodart and His Work The Conservation-Restoration of the Last Supper By Catarina Gers?o de Alarc?o The Monastery of Saint Mary of Alcoba?a The Conservation-Restoration of the Sanctuary Reliquaries By Andr? Varela Rem?gio The Use of Wax-Resin in Conservation Treatments of Gilded Surfaces By Elsa Filipe de Andrade Murta -- www.e-conservationline.com general at e-conservationline.com From akeshet at imj.org.il Tue Oct 20 01:18:35 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:18:35 +0200 Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG: Google's book scanning prompts review of EU copyright laws Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781FC40DF1DE@mailsrv.imj.org.il> Forwarded from another list (With thanks to Peter Brantley) ______________________________________________ By AOIFE WHITE (AP) BRUSSELS - The European Commission said Monday it may revise copyright law to make it easier for companies like Google Inc. to scan printed books and distribute digital copies over the Internet. Such changes would likely include ways to more easily compensate authors and publishers, possibly through a statutory license in which a company would automatically get rights to scanning and would pay royalties to a collective pool. Money from that pool would then get distributed to copyright holders. Under Europe's current patchwork of copyright laws, rights are now managed separately in each of the European Union's 27 nations, making it difficult to seek permission to republish or digitize content, especially when the rights holder is hard to find. The European Commission said it would start work next year, with the goal of encouraging mass-scale digitization and suggesting ways for compensating copyright holders. Any suggested changes to European law would have to be approved by EU governments and lawmakers. The commission said the move was partly triggered by a hearing it held in September where European authors, publishers, libraries and technology companies spoke out about how they would be affected by a deal Google is negotiating in the U.S. Google has been scanning millions of books still under U.S. copyright. Under a tentative settlement with U.S. authors and publishers, that will cover all books unless the copyright holders object. A judge still needs to approve the settlement after the parties make changes to address U.S. Justice Department concerns. EU antitrust authorities are not examining it. The European Commission, the EU executive, said that deal would create a situation where "the vast number of European works in U.S. libraries that have been digitized by Google would only be available to consumers and researchers in the U.S. but not in Europe itself." EU regulators want to study this year the impact of new rules on so-called orphan works - books in which the copyright holder can't be traced or where copyright is unclear. One idea under consideration is having a manager stand in for authors who aren't represented by the existing copyright agencies that collect and distribute royalties. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hgxcBsVhsOgXVGn04IJaUOqk2qqwD9BE8AU01 From akeshet at imj.org.il Wed Oct 21 03:09:58 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:09:58 +0200 Subject: [MCN-L] MCN 2009 - More from Less: the e-Book Revolution and Mobile Evolution Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781FC40DF1F9@mailsrv.imj.org.il> At MCN 2009 in Portland, Oregon, next month, Prof. Tyler Ochoa of Santa Clara Law School will discuss the Google Book Settlement and how it affects us, not only as individuals but as museums. "More from Less: the e-Book Revolution and Mobile Evolution" will happen on Nov. 14. Peter Brantley of the Internet Archive and Cheryle Robertson from LACMA will round out the roundtable, so to speak, but you the audience will be an important part of the discussion. All are welcome. For more on what Peter Brantley is up to, see this article from yesterday's Register: "Internet Archive uncloaks open ebook dream machine" The Internet Archive and various like-minded partners have launched an open architecture for selling and lending digital books online, an effort to consolidate the fledgling market for net texts - and give Google a little food for thought... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/20/internet_archive_bookserver_la Amalyah Keshet ________________________________ From: Amalyah Keshet [akeshet at imj.org.il] Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 10:19 AM To: 'Museum Computer Network Listserv' Subject: IP SIG: Google's book scanning prompts review of EU copyright laws Forwarded from another list (With thanks to Peter Brantley) ______________________________________________ By AOIFE WHITE (AP) BRUSSELS - The European Commission said Monday it may revise copyright law to make it easier for companies like Google Inc. to scan printed books and distribute digital copies over the Internet. Such changes would likely include ways to more easily compensate authors and publishers, possibly through a statutory license in which a company would automatically get rights to scanning and would pay royalties to a collective pool. Money from that pool would then get distributed to copyright holders. Under Europe's current patchwork of copyright laws, rights are now managed separately in each of the European Union's 27 nations, making it difficult to seek permission to republish or digitize content, especially when the rights holder is hard to find. The European Commission said it would start work next year, with the goal of encouraging mass-scale digitization and suggesting ways for compensating copyright holders. Any suggested changes to European law would have to be approved by EU governments and lawmakers. The commission said the move was partly triggered by a hearing it held in September where European authors, publishers, libraries and technology companies spoke out about how they would be affected by a deal Google is negotiating in the U.S. Google has been scanning millions of books still under U.S. copyright. Under a tentative settlement with U.S. authors and publishers, that will cover all books unless the copyright holders object. A judge still needs to approve the settlement after the parties make changes to address U.S. Justice Department concerns. EU antitrust authorities are not examining it. The European Commission, the EU executive, said that deal would create a situation where "the vast number of European works in U.S. libraries that have been digitized by Google would only be available to consumers and researchers in the U.S. but not in Europe itself." EU regulators want to study this year the impact of new rules on so-called orphan works - books in which the copyright holder can't be traced or where copyright is unclear. One idea under consideration is having a manager stand in for authors who aren't represented by the existing copyright agencies that collect and distribute royalties. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hgxcBsVhsOgXVGn04IJaUOqk2qqwD9BE8AU01 From consulmuseum at gmail.com Wed Oct 21 21:00:01 2009 From: consulmuseum at gmail.com (Consul Musuem) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:00:01 -0600 Subject: [MCN-L] Use of your mailing list Message-ID: <94f12f0b0910212100j59cc7109w8e84639c4f99465f@mail.gmail.com> Dear Sir/Madame: If we have a question to ask, how do we go about asking it through your website? What is the procedure to follow? Yours truly, Nancy-Jean Taylor President Consul Museum -- Thank you for supporting Consul Museum. From rcherry at balboaparkonline.org Wed Oct 21 21:14:29 2009 From: rcherry at balboaparkonline.org (Rich Cherry) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:14:29 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Use of your mailing list In-Reply-To: <94f12f0b0910212100j59cc7109w8e84639c4f99465f@mail.gmail.com> References: <94f12f0b0910212100j59cc7109w8e84639c4f99465f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <0758790FE14FAD4FB84FE71572FD910C0280066385@MAILR005.mail.lan> Nancy, Just send your question to this list and someone will answer it. Rich Rich Cherry Director Balboa Park Online Collaborative A Project of the Benbough Operating Foundation 2131 Pan American Plz San Diego, CA 92101 B: (619) 819-8331 F: (619) 819-8230 rcherry at balboaparkonline.org -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Consul Musuem Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 9:00 PM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] Use of your mailing list Dear Sir/Madame: If we have a question to ask, how do we go about asking it through your website? What is the procedure to follow? Yours truly, Nancy-Jean Taylor President Consul Museum -- Thank you for supporting Consul 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 David.Farrell at peelregion.ca Thu Oct 22 05:25:02 2009 From: David.Farrell at peelregion.ca (Farrell, David) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:25:02 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Use of your mailing list In-Reply-To: <0758790FE14FAD4FB84FE71572FD910C0280066385@MAILR005.mail.lan> References: <94f12f0b0910212100j59cc7109w8e84639c4f99465f@mail.gmail.com> <0758790FE14FAD4FB84FE71572FD910C0280066385@MAILR005.mail.lan> Message-ID: <29F014C27675F34E9171D31EC87F896D266A361F0F@EXMB01.region.peel> Hi Nancy, Just as Rich says but if the question speaks to being a small museum (I'm presuming that your museum is in Consul, Saskatchewan) I would ask that you prefix the question line with "SM SIG:" for Small Museum Special Interest Group. It was the practice in the past to prefix the submissions to MCN-L with initials of the Special Interest Groups so that the general subject of the question could be readily determined by just looking at the subject line. David David Farrell, Collections Registrar Peel Heritage Complex 9 Wellington Street East Brampton, ON L6W 1Y1 905-791-4055 x3628 david.farrell@ peelregion.ca http://www.peelregion.ca/heritage -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Rich Cherry Sent: October 22, 2009 12:14 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Use of your mailing list Nancy, Just send your question to this list and someone will answer it. Rich Rich Cherry Director Balboa Park Online Collaborative A Project of the Benbough Operating Foundation 2131 Pan American Plz San Diego, CA 92101 B: (619) 819-8331 F: (619) 819-8230 rcherry at balboaparkonline.org -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Consul Musuem Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 9:00 PM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] Use of your mailing list Dear Sir/Madame: If we have a question to ask, how do we go about asking it through your website? What is the procedure to follow? Yours truly, Nancy-Jean Taylor President Consul Museum -- Thank you for supporting Consul 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 consulmuseum at gmail.com Thu Oct 22 22:18:03 2009 From: consulmuseum at gmail.com (Consul Musuem) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:18:03 -0600 Subject: [MCN-L] How to Write A Request For Proposal for Website Development Message-ID: <94f12f0b0910222218w726ebfb2i24845f2a60c4ebaa@mail.gmail.com> The Consul Museum (2006) is to be an on-line museum only. Does anyone have an example of an RFP for a museum website that they would be willing to share? (The website is to be our "building" and will be empty of exhibits at first. The frame work will function in a similar fashion to a templated website which will be filled as the exhibits are completed.) In conjunction with the request for help writing a RFP, the Consul Museum Board would like referrals to web design companies that have worked satisfactorily for other museums. Yours truly, Nancy-Jean Taylor President Consul Museum From akeshet at imj.org.il Fri Oct 23 02:22:42 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:22:42 +0200 Subject: [MCN-L] EFF on Google Books Settlement Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781FC410C297@mailsrv.imj.org.il> The Electronic Frontier Foundation has written to the Court seeking a fair hearing process for the next Google Books settlement proposal . http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/10/eff-urges-court-ensure-fairness-google-book-search http://www.eff.org/files/Chin%20Timing%20Letter%20102209.pdf "The Google Book Settlement is simply too important -- and too complex -- to be rushed through the court approval processes without sufficient opportunity for analysis and comment." ______________________________________________ And while we're at it: "Business Group Tries to Take Down Parody Site After Embarrassing Prank San Francisco - Attorneys for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have issued a takedown notice in an attempt to silence a parody website that was posted in support of the Yes Men's embarrassing prank poking fun at the Chamber's stance on climate change legislation. In a letter sent to the Chamber's attorneys today, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) demands that the baseless claims be withdrawn immediately." http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2009/10/22 From akeshet at imj.org.il Fri Oct 23 04:45:16 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:45:16 +0200 Subject: [MCN-L] D is for Digitize summary and video Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781FC410C29F@mailsrv.imj.org.il> For those who are really caught up in the on-going saga known as the Google Books Settlement (by far the best reality show now running) and the issues of book digitization for our culture in general, here are the links to Peter Hirtle's extensive summaries of the D for Digitize conference at NY Law School, Institue for Information Law & Policy, October 8-10. And to full video of the conference. Among the distinguished panelists were past MCN conference speakers Jonathan Band and Wendy Gordon. Amalyah Keshet http://blog.librarylaw.com/librarylaw/2009/10/d-is-for-digitize-day-1.html Full video of the conference is now also available: Links are on our program page at: http://www.nyls.edu/centers/harlan_scholar_centers/institute_for_information_law_and_policy/events/d_is_for_digitize/program From akeshet at imj.org.il Fri Oct 23 07:14:58 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:14:58 +0200 Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG: NYC Bar Assoc event on Orphaned Works Oct 20 Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781FC410C2A2@mailsrv.imj.org.il> Below, two first-hand, anonymous reports: ________________________________ The summary below covers most of the topics discussed (also talked about why commercial users are important distributors of content, and -- never long enough -- about why there's no "piggybacking" allowed in proposed US legislation --- meaning, once a work is found by someone to be orphaned, why don't we require at least that those works be indexed/accessible somehow making a further use more likely?). But there's a larger point/purpose that the summary below may miss: the program served a diverse audience, many of whom do not have the amount of information and expertise "insiders" have. The very large size of the audience -- on a Tuesday night in NYC? a panel on orphan works? -- was a strong indicator that more people are starting to feel the need for more information. Also, there were a lot of lawyers in the audience who heard why this shouldn't be in lawyers' hands! Many of those interested in the practicalities think we just have to keep pushing on the point that there is no real solution being presented, at present. We need legislation, we need "business"/tech solutions -- and we need to deal with the international dimension of the problem, which was only addressed briefly. If Congress thinks no one is interested anymore (or that a private solution is going to emerge and take care of the problem entirely), that's not helpful. So programs such as these also serve the purpose of keeping the issue visible.... ------------ An expected cast of characters from different points of view. The photographers, the museums (Gugg), CCC, Maria Pallante, and 2 other guys who didn't contribute much. Maria explained where we are(senate passed a bill but house didn't get to it in time because of presidential elections, so it died and has to be reintroduced. The bill used to be 29 pages but is now just one (all on copyright.gov), lots of talk about registries and image recognition, esp technical impracticality but inevitability of both. Think about adding metadata and uploading to a registry all the images a pro photographer would take In one week alone daunting! Discussions happening with software companies (adobe, aperture, etc.) about auto addition of meta data during post production work of photographers and illustrators. None of this helps out the small time orphaned work (copyright holder for small but nice painting in museum storage). Discussion about reducing the pool of orphaned works by changing the duration laws [not likely!]. Discussion of sliding scale on penalties vis extent of use vis infringement. On the whole there were no solutions - only puzzles to keep lawyers busy. It sounded like 30 steps forward in detailing the issues and 29 steps back in inability to resolve any of them. WIPO meeting in Spain(?) right now looking at same issues. Not much new! ..... From loic.tallon at gmail.com Fri Oct 23 07:37:44 2009 From: loic.tallon at gmail.com (Loic Tallon) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:37:44 +0100 Subject: [MCN-L] The role, challenges & future of Mobile Interpretation Message-ID: A quick email to draw your attention to an online survey into the use, challenges + future of mobile interpretation in museums.? See http://tr.im/ALUg 'Thank you' to all those that have taken the survey already. Since its launch a couple of weeks ago we've had over 100 responses from museums around the world. The survey was developed together with Learning Times - hosts of the 2009 Handheld Conference Online last June - and explores: 1. why museums use (or don?t use) handheld guides 2. the challenges relating to their use 3. how they saw the medium?s future 4. and how to improve knowledge share in this field At a time when mobile interpretation is an increasingly ?hot-topic? for museums, and with the medium is becoming evermore powerful/ubiquitous, we're hopeful the community will find the findings timely and valuable. We'll be publishing these online, alongside the raw survey data. If you?ve not taken the survey yet, it would be fantastic if you could please find 10 minutes to do so. The survey is for all museums, whether you use handheld guides and/or are interested in doing so or not. And obviously, the more responses we get, the more interesting the results. The survey is online at http://tr.im/ALUg Thank you, and we look forward to sharing the results later in the year! Loic Tallon & Learning Times. From deborahwythe at hotmail.com Fri Oct 23 08:18:31 2009 From: deborahwythe at hotmail.com (Deborah Wythe) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:18:31 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] how paperless is your museum? Message-ID: We had a conversation this morning with the director about greening the museum and one of the things that came up was going paperless (where it makes sense -- I'm use to be the archivist, after all). He asked for some examples of museums who were doing it and doing it well. Anybody out there want to put their museum out there as an example of a (pretty much) paperless shop? What have you automated? Payroll? Personnel files? Purchase orders? Financial records? Loans? (I'm assuming that with CMS systems, a lot of object documentation is now paperless.) And a related question: anyone with a full-fledged electronic records program up and running successfully? I browsed this year's MCN program (how I wish it was searchable...) and didn't find any references to "paperless" or "electronic records." Thanks, everybody! Deb Wythe Brooklyn Museum deborahwythe at hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: I wanted more reliable, now it's more reliable. Wow! http://microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default-ga.aspx?h=myidea?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_myidea:102009 From sweeting at frick.org Fri Oct 23 08:49:31 2009 From: sweeting at frick.org (Sweeting III, Floyd) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:49:31 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] how paperless is your museum? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <84853E7BA4DD944C91ECF76DD3DF669D225D4E@tfcmail.frick.org> Here at the Frick after much discussion, we finally were able to get the PR office to post press clippings packets to the intranet instead of photocopying many thick packets to distribute to staff. Floyd Sweeting Head, Information Technology and New Media -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Deborah Wythe Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 11:19 AM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] how paperless is your museum? We had a conversation this morning with the director about greening the museum and one of the things that came up was going paperless (where it makes sense -- I'm use to be the archivist, after all). He asked for some examples of museums who were doing it and doing it well. Anybody out there want to put their museum out there as an example of a (pretty much) paperless shop? What have you automated? Payroll? Personnel files? Purchase orders? Financial records? Loans? (I'm assuming that with CMS systems, a lot of object documentation is now paperless.) And a related question: anyone with a full-fledged electronic records program up and running successfully? I browsed this year's MCN program (how I wish it was searchable...) and didn't find any references to "paperless" or "electronic records." Thanks, everybody! Deb Wythe Brooklyn Museum deborahwythe at hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: I wanted more reliable, now it's more reliable. Wow! http://microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default-ga.aspx?h=myidea?ocid=PID 24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_myidea:102009 _______________________________________________ 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 NRAVENEL at shelburnemuseum.org Fri Oct 23 09:04:47 2009 From: NRAVENEL at shelburnemuseum.org (Nancie Ravenel) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:04:47 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] how paperless is your museum? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <831C2E61E09EF642868B6750DA9872850102D3BD@sm-srv1.shelburne.local> Hi Deb, Not us, but you might check in with the folks at Colonial Williamsburg. Patty Silence talked about their electronic records program as a greening practice at the IMLS Connecting to Collections Forum in Buffalo, NY this summer. There's a webcast of the forum http://www.tvworldwide.com/events/heritage_preservation/090616/default.c fm Nancie Ravenel Shelburne Museum -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Deborah Wythe Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 11:19 AM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] how paperless is your museum? We had a conversation this morning with the director about greening the museum and one of the things that came up was going paperless (where it makes sense -- I'm use to be the archivist, after all). He asked for some examples of museums who were doing it and doing it well. Anybody out there want to put their museum out there as an example of a (pretty much) paperless shop? What have you automated? Payroll? Personnel files? Purchase orders? Financial records? Loans? (I'm assuming that with CMS systems, a lot of object documentation is now paperless.) And a related question: anyone with a full-fledged electronic records program up and running successfully? I browsed this year's MCN program (how I wish it was searchable...) and didn't find any references to "paperless" or "electronic records." Thanks, everybody! Deb Wythe Brooklyn Museum deborahwythe at hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: I wanted more reliable, now it's more reliable. Wow! http://microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default-ga.aspx?h=myidea?ocid=PID 24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_myidea:102009 _______________________________________________ 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 pjohnson at skirball.org Fri Oct 23 10:45:00 2009 From: pjohnson at skirball.org (Johnson, Peter) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:45:00 -0700 Subject: [MCN-L] anyone using Extensis Portfolio? In-Reply-To: <831C2E61E09EF642868B6750DA9872850102D3BD@sm-srv1.shelburne.local> References: <831C2E61E09EF642868B6750DA9872850102D3BD@sm-srv1.shelburne.local> Message-ID: <2A6CDDE8F1CB5D428E7CA6014794A58202530D29@scc-mail.skirball.org> Colleagues, If you are using Extensis Portfolio for managing your digital photos, and are willing to identify yourself, I'd like to be in touch with you. Thanks in advance. Peter Johnson Project Manager for Records, Documents & Images Skirball Cultural Center 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90049 310-440-4707 pjohnson at skirball.org From daniel.a.dubravec at verizon.com Fri Oct 23 11:34:38 2009 From: daniel.a.dubravec at verizon.com (daniel.a.dubravec at verizon.com) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:34:38 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] anyone using Extensis Portfolio? In-Reply-To: <2A6CDDE8F1CB5D428E7CA6014794A58202530D29@scc-mail.skirball.org> References: <831C2E61E09EF642868B6750DA9872850102D3BD@sm-srv1.shelburne.local> <2A6CDDE8F1CB5D428E7CA6014794A58202530D29@scc-mail.skirball.org> Message-ID: <0F50D0973E8FED49BB42DF601D0C027707BFB48635@USTXCOPSV1M01P1.prod.it.vso.verizon.com> Hello, Yes We use it extensively (but not a museum) Dan Daniel A. DuBravec Group Manager - Technology Verizon 1320 N. Court House Rd., 8th Fl. Arlington, VA 22201 703 974-0840 571-289-5675 cell ? Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Johnson, Peter Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 1:45 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] anyone using Extensis Portfolio? Colleagues, If you are using Extensis Portfolio for managing your digital photos, and are willing to identify yourself, I'd like to be in touch with you. Thanks in advance. Peter Johnson Project Manager for Records, Documents & Images Skirball Cultural Center 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90049 310-440-4707 pjohnson at skirball.org _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ From rcherry at balboaparkonline.org Fri Oct 23 11:36:52 2009 From: rcherry at balboaparkonline.org (Rich Cherry) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:36:52 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] anyone using Extensis Portfolio? In-Reply-To: <2A6CDDE8F1CB5D428E7CA6014794A58202530D29@scc-mail.skirball.org> References: <831C2E61E09EF642868B6750DA9872850102D3BD@sm-srv1.shelburne.local> <2A6CDDE8F1CB5D428E7CA6014794A58202530D29@scc-mail.skirball.org> Message-ID: <0758790FE14FAD4FB84FE71572FD910C02800F11F3@MAILR005.mail.lan> At MCN in Portland there is a great workshop called " Digital Asset Management Forum for Heritage and Culture" (http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=2519) that you should take a look at. Extensis is organizing that workshop. Rich Rich Cherry Director Balboa Park Online Collaborative A Project of the Benbough Operating Foundation 2131 Pan American Plz San Diego, CA 92101 B: (619) 819-8331 F: (619) 819-8230 rcherry at balboaparkonline.org -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Johnson, Peter Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 10:45 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] anyone using Extensis Portfolio? Colleagues, If you are using Extensis Portfolio for managing your digital photos, and are willing to identify yourself, I'd like to be in touch with you. Thanks in advance. Peter Johnson Project Manager for Records, Documents & Images Skirball Cultural Center 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90049 310-440-4707 pjohnson at skirball.org _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ From akeshet at imj.org.il Fri Oct 23 12:09:18 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:09:18 +0200 Subject: [MCN-L] =?windows-1255?q?=FE=FERE=3A__how_paperless_is_your_museu?= =?windows-1255?q?m=3F?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781FC410C2A6@mailsrv.imj.org.il> I'm (in)famous for my rants about our purchase order pads, which were printed up in zillions in the mid-20th century and require carbon paper (which is damn hard to find these days). I huffed and I puffed and swore I wouldn't shut up until I could do purchase orders online. Well, I won. And the application for online purchase orders is so awkward and time-consuming that I realized we can do the hand-written ones in a fraction of the time. In the end, either one has to be signed, so it makes no difference if we have to shelpp a paper pad or a printout from office to office for signatures. By now, using up all those fin-de-siecle purchase order pads seems ecologically justified as a means of SAVING paper... Amalyah Keshet ________________________________________ ?????: ??mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] ??? Deborah Wythe [deborahwythe at hotmail.com] ??????: ????? ???? 23 ??????? 2009 17:18 ????: mcn-l at mcn.edu ??????: [MCN-L] how paperless is your museum? We had a conversation this morning with the director about greening the museum and one of the things that came up was going paperless (where it makes sense -- I'm use to be the archivist, after all). He asked for some examples of museums who were doing it and doing it well. Anybody out there want to put their museum out there as an example of a (pretty much) paperless shop? What have you automated? Payroll? Personnel files? Purchase orders? Financial records? Loans? (I'm assuming that with CMS systems, a lot of object documentation is now paperless.) And a related question: anyone with a full-fledged electronic records program up and running successfully? I browsed this year's MCN program (how I wish it was searchable...) and didn't find any references to "paperless" or "electronic records." Thanks, everybody! Deb Wythe Brooklyn Museum deborahwythe at hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: I wanted more reliable, now it's more reliable. Wow! http://microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default-ga.aspx?h=myidea?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_myidea:102009 _______________________________________________ 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 Sat Oct 24 00:24:06 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:24:06 +0200 Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG: No Internet Access for French Copyright Pirates After Constitutional Ruling Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781FC410C2AD@mailsrv.imj.org.il> ________________________________________ "France's Constitutional Council has validated the so-called 'three strikes' law, clearing the way for an accelerated judicial process that will cut off the access of Internet users accused three times of downloading copyright content without authorization. A group of opposition deputies had challenged the law, passed by the National Assembly last month, on constitutional grounds, but the Council found all but one clause of the law constitutional. However, it threw out a clause that gave copyright holders the possibility to use the fast-track court hearings to claim damages for copyright infringement. With that clause ruled as unconstitutional, copyright holders seeking damages will have to bring a separate legal action, with all the costs that that entails. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2009/10/23/urnidgns852573C40069388000257658003B3FB0.DTL#ixzz0UpsayfSI http://j.mp/gWT0t From sweaver at experienceology.com Sat Oct 24 13:28:32 2009 From: sweaver at experienceology.com (Stephanie Weaver) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:28:32 -0700 Subject: [MCN-L] Question about firewalls Message-ID: <50F1947D-29AA-44B3-A040-0086297C4793@experienceology.com> Hi MCN, I have a question for network administrators. I have started offering online classes (webinars). The web page is hosted on my server and consists of 3 components: an embedded Slideshare presentation (which Slideshare displays using Flash), and two embeds from uStream, which is a live video hosting site. One is the live chat box, the other is the live video stream. These are displayed using Flash. So if the person within the firewall at a museum has Flash installed, they should be able to see and use all three components. However, sometimes one of them doesn't work for that viewer. Sometimes it's both of the uStream embeds. In that specific case, I was told that the firewall blocks sites like YouTube. My questions are: Is it a firewall issue? Is there a way for that viewer to request from their IT department access for those components (i.e. access to uStream for that day) in order to view the live class? If so, what language would they use with their IT department to make that request? I have found out from uStream which ports need to be open. Is that a reasonable request to make? Any workarounds you can suggest to help make this work for people, like a reliable proxy server? I really appreciate you sharing your expertise with me. Feel free to respond off-list. Thank you! Stephanie Weaver Visitor experience consultant experienceology?: Because happy visitors return. San Diego, CA Ph/Fax: 619-284-5473 Cell: 619-279-6779 E-news: http://www.experienceology.com/newsletter/ For information on our book, blog, podcast, upcoming classes, and e- news, visit www.experienceology.com or follow me on twitter.com/ experienceology. See samples of my classes here: www.youtube.com/experienceology . Watch the free archived version of my class on the visitor experience here: http://bit.ly/NlunE Live online classes: e-Clinic on outdoor signage: Wed. Nov. 11 at 9 am PDT: http://bit.ly/102Obo Dr. John H. Falk on identity: Wed. Dec. 2 at 9 am PDT: http://bit.ly/fwYpb Next presentations: Western Museums Association: October 25 & 28, 2009 NERRS Conference: November 12, 2009 Ass'n of Partners for Public Lands: February 7, 2010 From Documentatieinfo at rijksmuseum.nl Mon Oct 26 00:32:51 2009 From: Documentatieinfo at rijksmuseum.nl (documentatieinfo) Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:32:51 +0100 Subject: [MCN-L] how paperless is your museum? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1417924BB841B14C98A90E1C1569C0A313966127E1@S-MAIL-1.rijksmuseum.intra> The Rijksmuseum is implementing Sharepoint as an interactif portal (intranet) for information and severe applications (for instance ordering images and recordsmanagement). It is also a program where you can work in projects and share documents. At this moment a few applications are working. An incoming letter addressed to someone is visible for this person and the cc's by clicking on a link in the e-mail (the digital document is kept on a central place). The workflow is visible as well. Also approving documents by the directors are going to be digitized. It is not totally paperless, because you cannot influence peoples habits to print out everything. Our running projects in Sharepoint are: The workflow of the financial administration The workflow of conservation of paintings (as a pilot) The workflow of acquisition of museum objects A project: rewriting the registration manual of our CMS We hope with this portal to speed up the workflow, visualize when someone has to take action and for control (because sometimes papers get lost in the process). For the users it must be a relief to work with the same portal (one interface) and not with a lot of different programs and interfaces. With regards, Susan van Gelderen Documentalist, Registration & Documentation Department Rijksmuseum Amsterdam -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] Namens mcn-l-request at mcn.edu Verzonden: zaterdag 24 oktober 2009 21:00 Aan: mcn-l at mcn.edu Onderwerp: mcn-l Digest, Vol 49, Issue 23 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: how paperless is your museum? (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet at imj.org.il]) 2. IP SIG: No Internet Access for French Copyright Pirates After Constitutional Ruling (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet at imj.org.il]) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:09:18 +0200 From: "Amalyah Keshet [akeshet at imj.org.il]" Subject: [MCN-L] ??RE: how paperless is your museum? To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781FC410C2A6 at mailsrv.imj.org.il> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1255" I'm (in)famous for my rants about our purchase order pads, which were printed up in zillions in the mid-20th century and require carbon paper (which is damn hard to find these days). I huffed and I puffed and swore I wouldn't shut up until I could do purchase orders online. Well, I won. And the application for online purchase orders is so awkward and time-consuming that I realized we can do the hand-written ones in a fraction of the time. In the end, either one has to be signed, so it makes no difference if we have to shelpp a paper pad or a printout from office to office for signatures. By now, using up all those fin-de-siecle purchase order pads seems ecologically justified as a means of SAVING paper... Amalyah Keshet ________________________________________ ?????: ??mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] ??? Deborah Wythe [deborahwythe at hotmail.com] ??????: ????? ???? 23 ??????? 2009 17:18 ????: mcn-l at mcn.edu ??????: [MCN-L] how paperless is your museum? We had a conversation this morning with the director about greening the museum and one of the things that came up was going paperless (where it makes sense -- I'm use to be the archivist, after all). He asked for some examples of museums who were doing it and doing it well. Anybody out there want to put their museum out there as an example of a (pretty much) paperless shop? What have you automated? Payroll? Personnel files? Purchase orders? Financial records? Loans? (I'm assuming that with CMS systems, a lot of object documentation is now paperless.) And a related question: anyone with a full-fledged electronic records program up and running successfully? I browsed this year's MCN program (how I wish it was searchable...) and didn't find any references to "paperless" or "electronic records." Thanks, everybody! Deb Wythe Brooklyn Museum deborahwythe at hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: I wanted more reliable, now it's more reliable. Wow! http://microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default-ga.aspx?h=myidea?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_myidea:102009 _______________________________________________ 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/ ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:24:06 +0200 From: "Amalyah Keshet [akeshet at imj.org.il]" Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG: No Internet Access for French Copyright Pirates After Constitutional Ruling To: "mcn-l at mcn.edu" Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781FC410C2AD at mailsrv.imj.org.il> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ________________________________________ "France's Constitutional Council has validated the so-called 'three strikes' law, clearing the way for an accelerated judicial process that will cut off the access of Internet users accused three times of downloading copyright content without authorization. A group of opposition deputies had challenged the law, passed by the National Assembly last month, on constitutional grounds, but the Council found all but one clause of the law constitutional. However, it threw out a clause that gave copyright holders the possibility to use the fast-track court hearings to claim damages for copyright infringement. With that clause ruled as unconstitutional, copyright holders seeking damages will have to bring a separate legal action, with all the costs that that entails. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2009/10/23/urnidgns852573C40069388000257658003B3FB0.DTL#ixzz0UpsayfSI http://j.mp/gWT0t ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ mcn-l mailing list mcn-l at mcn.edu http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l End of mcn-l Digest, Vol 49, Issue 23 ************************************* From nina at museumtwo.com Mon Oct 26 00:39:00 2009 From: nina at museumtwo.com (Nina Simon) Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:39:00 -0700 Subject: [MCN-L] how paperless is your museum? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Deb, The Mattress Factory is hard at work at being a green museum, and they have blogged about their many efforts - from the galleries to the shop to membership to air conditioning - in this regard: http://artyoucangetinto.blogspot.com/search/label/GREEN%20INITIATIVES Nina Nina Simon Museum 2.0 - www.museumtwo.com 831.331.5460 nina at museumtwo.com 1040 Mystery Spot Road Santa Cruz, CA 95065 skype, twitter, yahooIM, flickr, facebook: ninaksimon On Oct 23, 2009, at 8:18 AM, Deborah Wythe wrote: > > We had a conversation this morning with the director about greening > the museum and one of the things that came up was going paperless > (where it makes sense -- I'm use to be the archivist, after all). He > asked for some examples of museums who were doing it and doing it > well. > > Anybody out there want to put their museum out there as an example > of a (pretty much) paperless shop? > What have you automated? Payroll? Personnel files? Purchase orders? > Financial records? Loans? (I'm assuming that with CMS systems, a lot > of object documentation is now paperless.) > > And a related question: anyone with a full-fledged electronic > records program up and running successfully? > > I browsed this year's MCN program (how I wish it was searchable...) > and didn't find any references to "paperless" or "electronic records." > > Thanks, everybody! > > Deb Wythe > Brooklyn Museum > > deborahwythe at hotmail.com > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows 7: I wanted more reliable, now it's more reliable. Wow! > http://microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default-ga.aspx?h=myidea? > ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_myidea:102009 > _______________________________________________ > 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 valasec at fastmail.fm Mon Oct 26 03:44:56 2009 From: valasec at fastmail.fm (VALA Executive Officer) Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:44:56 +1100 Subject: [MCN-L] VALA2010 Conference - Register NOW! Message-ID: <1256557496.30362.1341985181@webmail.messagingengine.com> ****Apologies for cross-postings**** Dear Colleague, VALA - Libraries, Technology and the Future, Inc Australia Only 35 days to go to the earlybird deadline of 30 November, so register and pay *now* for VALA2010 and make your dollars go further. The VALA2010 15th Biennial Conference and Exhibition is the premier library technology conference for this region. With an exciting line- up of international and local speakers, and a packed programme focused on the challenges we face today, VALA2010 is a conference you can?t afford to miss. The theme for VALA2010 is Connections, Content, Conversations. This theme focuses on the processes, applications and technologies used to connect content, as well as collaborative and social networking services, with our patrons and fellow professionals. In attending VALA2010, you will be treated to presentations on the use of open source solutions, services delivered on portable devices, the strategic use of social networking to build online communities, eBooks, discovery layers, digitisation, repositories, and much, much more. VALA2010 will be held at the new Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Australia, from Tuesday 9 to Thursday 11 February 2010. The very popular L-Plate Series will be on Monday 8 February, as will the first sessions of our new VALAtech Boot Camp, a practical and technical stream for your systems staff. Monday 8 February and Friday 12 February are also for associated events, meetings or workshops: contact the VALA2010 Conference at info at wsm.com.au if you are interested in holding a workshop or associated event - full details on the Website. Go to http://www.vala.org.au/conf2010.htm for all the latest information about this exciting Conference or to download a brochure. This is where you will find the list of Keynote Speakers, Conference Programme and Registration information - and you can register and pay online, or just download a Registration form and pay by cheque or credit card. Remember, you and your organisation will be able to get best value for money by being full members of VALA and paying for your registrations by 30 November 2009, so finalise your plans today. If you have already registered, congratulations! We look forward to seeing you in February 2010. Please feel free to pass on this notice. Alyson Kosina Executive Officer VALA - Libraries, Technology and the Future Inc. Reg No A0011933K ABN 75 344 574 577 P.O. Box 509 Mooroolbark VIC 3138 Phone: (03) 9725 2725 Fax: (03) 8625 0079 Email: vala at vala.org.au From Douglas.Hegley at metmuseum.org Mon Oct 26 04:32:05 2009 From: Douglas.Hegley at metmuseum.org (Hegley, Douglas) Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:32:05 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] MCN 2009 and the SIG Pub Crawls Message-ID: Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and MCN Within MCN, the SIGs are smaller groups made up of members with shared interests. Anyone (experts, novices, and anyone in-between) with an interest in the topic of a SIG is invited to become a part of the group. SIGs provide all members with opportunities for learning, leading, and sharing. A list of current SIGs can be found here: http://www.mcn.edu/groups/ At this year's MCN Conference in Portland, there will be many opportunities to meet SIG Chairs and members to learn more about each group. The SIGs sponsor and/or conduct conference sessions, provide topics for the new members breakfast, and this year will be leading the way on Friday night with a Pub crawl that will allow you to meet and talk with SIG members in a fun and informal atmosphere. Don't miss this great evening event! We look forward to seeing you in Portland and to helping you connect with like-minded professional colleagues. Douglas Hegley The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10028 212-650-2931 douglas.hegley at metmuseum.org From marco.deniet at den.nl Mon Oct 26 07:34:07 2009 From: marco.deniet at den.nl (Marco de Niet) Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:34:07 +0100 Subject: [MCN-L] Get inspired and connected at DISH2009, 8-10 December 2009 Message-ID: <66E4984ED123AA4B85031AB80E75E94B22689B@server01.den.nl> Dear all, We are proud to present the full conference programme of the conference 'Digital Strategies for Heritage' at www.dish2009.nl. DISH is a new bi-annual international conference on digital heritage and the opportunities it offers to cultural institutions. The first edition of DISH takes place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on 8-10 December 2009. DISH2009 will host speakers from 11 countries in keynotes, debates, workshops and paper presentations. Among the keynote speakers are Alex Osterwalder (leading thinker on business model innovation), Simone Brummelhuis (The Next Women, Business Magazine for Female Internet Heroes), Josh Greenberg (director Digital Strategies at the NYPL), Andrew Payne (Head of Education & Outreach at the UK National Archives) and Ross Parry (Lecturer in Museums and New Media at the University of Leicester). In the parallel sessions topics like open technology, heritage on the map and the mobile future will be explored and discussed. On 8 December, various heritage institutions in the Netherlands and Flanders open their doors for the DISH participants in pre-conference sessions on site. Learn more about the digital collaboration among 15 maritime museums; discuss the digital projects of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam; join a workshop on innovation for audiovisual archives; hear Matt Adams talk about e-culture; visit some outstanding institutions in the Antwerp network; get an overview of what Europeana is all about; and is it really true: No game, no fame? Get inspired and connected, and join us at DISH2009. More information and registration at www.dish2009.nl On behalf of the organisers, Frans Hoving (Institute for Cultural Heritage, Amsterdam) Marco de Niet (the DEN foundation, The Hague) ========================= Marco de Niet Directeur DEN Postbus 90407 2509 LK Den Haag W: www.den.nl E: marco.deniet at den.nl T: 070-3140343 M: 06-43435643 F: 070-3140100 Get inspired and connected at DISH2009 ========================= From calexander at sjmusart.org Mon Oct 26 09:45:45 2009 From: calexander at sjmusart.org (Chris Alexander) Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:45:45 -0700 Subject: [MCN-L] The role, challenges & future of Mobile Interpretation In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hey Loic, Is there a deadline for when the survey will close? And, how soon until the results are available? Chris Alexander Manager of Interactive Technology San Jose Museum of Art calexander at sjmusart.org -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Loic Tallon Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 7:38 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] The role, challenges & future of Mobile Interpretation A quick email to draw your attention to an online survey into the use, challenges + future of mobile interpretation in museums.? See http://tr.im/ALUg 'Thank you' to all those that have taken the survey already. Since its launch a couple of weeks ago we've had over 100 responses from museums around the world. The survey was developed together with Learning Times - hosts of the 2009 Handheld Conference Online last June - and explores: 1. why museums use (or don't use) handheld guides 2. the challenges relating to their use 3. how they saw the medium's future 4. and how to improve knowledge share in this field At a time when mobile interpretation is an increasingly 'hot-topic' for museums, and with the medium is becoming evermore powerful/ubiquitous, we're hopeful the community will find the findings timely and valuable. We'll be publishing these online, alongside the raw survey data. If you've not taken the survey yet, it would be fantastic if you could please find 10 minutes to do so. The survey is for all museums, whether you use handheld guides and/or are interested in doing so or not. And obviously, the more responses we get, the more interesting the results. The survey is online at http://tr.im/ALUg Thank you, and we look forward to sharing the results later in the year! Loic Tallon & Learning Times. _______________________________________________ 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 loic.tallon at gmail.com Mon Oct 26 10:17:22 2009 From: loic.tallon at gmail.com (Loic Tallon) Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:17:22 +0000 Subject: [MCN-L] The role, challenges & future of Mobile Interpretation In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Chris. The survey closes a week today, and the results will be out mid-November. Loic. 2009/10/26 Chris Alexander : > Hey Loic, > > Is there a deadline for when the survey will close? ?And, how soon until the results are available? > > Chris Alexander > Manager of Interactive Technology > San Jose Museum of Art > calexander at sjmusart.org > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Loic Tallon > Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 7:38 AM > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv > Subject: [MCN-L] The role, challenges & future of Mobile Interpretation > > A quick email to draw your attention to an online survey into the use, > challenges + future of mobile interpretation in museums.? See > http://tr.im/ALUg > > 'Thank you' to all those that have taken the survey already. ?Since > its launch a couple of weeks ago we've had over 100 responses from > museums around the world. > > The survey was developed together with Learning Times - hosts of the > 2009 Handheld Conference Online last June - and explores: > 1. why museums use (or don't use) handheld guides > 2. the challenges relating to their use > 3. how they saw the medium's future > 4. and how to improve knowledge share in this field > > At a time when mobile interpretation is an increasingly 'hot-topic' > for museums, and with the medium is becoming evermore > powerful/ubiquitous, we're hopeful the community will find the > findings timely and valuable. ?We'll be publishing these online, > alongside the raw survey data. > > If you've not taken the survey yet, it would be fantastic if you could > please find 10 minutes to do so. > The survey is for all museums, whether you use handheld guides and/or > are interested in doing so or not. ?And obviously, the more responses > we get, the more interesting the results. > > The survey is online at http://tr.im/ALUg > > Thank you, and we look forward to sharing the results later in the year! > > Loic Tallon & Learning Times. > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > -- Loic blogs on mobile interpretation @ www.musematic.net For info on my book "Digital Technologies and the Museum Experience" (Alta Mira, 2008) see http://tr.im/mnfP This e-mail (and any attachment) is intended only for the attention of the addressee(s). Its unauthorised use, disclosure, storage or copying is not permitted. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy all copies and inform the sender by return e-mail. From akeshet at imj.org.il Mon Oct 26 11:22:27 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:22:27 +0200 Subject: [MCN-L] Peter Brantley on GBS in the Huffington Post Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781FC410C2D0@mailsrv.imj.org.il> New article in the Huffington Post by MCN 2009 Portland speaker Peter Brantley of the Internet Archive. This is the first of a planned three-part series on what's behind the Dept. of Justice's investigation into the Google Book Settlement. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-brantley/google-books-a-high-bar-f_b_331579.html Peter is the co-founder of Open Book Alliance http://www.openbookalliance.org Amalyah Keshet Chair, MCN IP SIG From info at museumpods.com Tue Oct 27 10:15:09 2009 From: info at museumpods.com (MuseumPods) Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:15:09 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] QR image mobile museum media directory References: <94f12f0b0910212100j59cc7109w8e84639c4f99465f@mail.gmail.com><0758790FE14FAD4FB84FE71572FD910C0280066385@MAILR005.mail.lan> <29F014C27675F34E9171D31EC87F896D266A361F0F@EXMB01.region.peel> Message-ID: <84CD35C66BE147D0A20D908F9072DCA1@harvardugddap5> Hello, Anyone interested in QR mobile media for iPhones and cell phones I have created a QR museum media directory at http://bit.ly/museum-qr-mobile-media of most existing museum podcasts. You can download the directory in a variety of formats to learn how you can start using QR imaging to direct users to you mobile podcast media. Apologize for the cross-posting. Regards, Kurt Stuchell Founder MuseumPods http://museumpods.com stuchell at museumpods.com From ProctorN at si.edu Tue Oct 27 18:18:41 2009 From: ProctorN at si.edu (Proctor, Nancy) Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:18:41 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Tiny URLs Message-ID: <810FAC44-32B5-4981-A1E1-801181EAEC6C@si.edu> Does anyone know or have experience of the life span of compressed URLs from the various services? (tiny, bit.ly, is.gd, etc.) I know what they promise, but... I may need to use them in txt message replies that visitors can get as a sort of bookmark or aide memoire when taking our new cellphone tour. Links to related info for objects in the collection would be useful and space is short, but I don't want to txt out URLs that will expire too quickly. Nor do I know how quickly is too quickly. Some earlier research with 'bookmark' emails in Tate Modern's multimedia tour by Silvia Filippini Fantoni showed that people will keep the info they've emailed themselves for months in their in-boxes. What's the half-life of a txt message? I started a blog thread on the topic on the Museum Mobile wiki: http://wiki.museummobile.info/archives/645 Thanks for any insights you have! Nancy From ytau at ucalgary.ca Tue Oct 27 19:48:48 2009 From: ytau at ucalgary.ca (Tim Au Yeung) Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:48:48 -0600 Subject: [MCN-L] Tiny URLs In-Reply-To: <810FAC44-32B5-4981-A1E1-801181EAEC6C@si.edu> References: <810FAC44-32B5-4981-A1E1-801181EAEC6C@si.edu> Message-ID: <4AE7BF20.7050700@ucalgary.ca> As with any such service, these things are entirely at the whims of the people involved. tr.im recently declared they were closing up shop because of decisions on the Twitter side of things so in all likelihood, the answer is your mileage may vary. On the other hand tr.im is releasing their source code into open source so if you run (or can run) Ruby on Rails, you could setup your own shorting server and be in charge of your own destiny. Another route is a persistent ID service like DOI although PID systems tend to generate a URL that's still pretty long. The California Digital Library is also spearheading a resolver service (n2t.info) for pointing to a digital object. Tim -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Au Yeung Manager, Digital Object Repository Technology Libraries and Cultural Resources University of Calgary ytau(at)ucalgary.ca 403.220.8975 Proctor, Nancy wrote: > Does anyone know or have experience of the life span of compressed > URLs from the various services? (tiny, bit.ly, is.gd, etc.) I know > what they promise, but... > > I may need to use them in txt message replies that visitors can get as > a sort of bookmark or aide memoire when taking our new cellphone tour. > Links to related info for objects in the collection would be useful > and space is short, but I don't want to txt out URLs that will expire > too quickly. > > Nor do I know how quickly is too quickly. Some earlier research with > 'bookmark' emails in Tate Modern's multimedia tour by Silvia Filippini > Fantoni showed that people will keep the info they've emailed > themselves for months in their in-boxes. What's the half-life of a txt > message? > > I started a blog thread on the topic on the Museum Mobile wiki: http://wiki.museummobile.info/archives/645 > > Thanks for any insights you have! > > Nancy > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ > > > From lists at rlweiner.com Wed Oct 28 08:46:00 2009 From: lists at rlweiner.com (Robert Weiner) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:46:00 -0700 Subject: [MCN-L] Tiny URLs In-Reply-To: <810FAC44-32B5-4981-A1E1-801181EAEC6C@si.edu> References: <810FAC44-32B5-4981-A1E1-801181EAEC6C@si.edu> Message-ID: <615AB62845D8495F914E5F67375B61DC@RLWT400> Dear Nancy, FYI, here's an article on the limitations of free URL shorteners: http://www.businessinsider.com/why-you-shouldnt-rely-on-url-shorteners-2009- 8 Here's a comparison of services, but it doesn't address the longevity of the links: http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/08/18/url-shortener-speed-and-reliability-shoo tout/ The answer may be to create your own service on your own server. Google the phrase: create your own link shortener and you'll find lots of articles. Here's one: http://lifehacker.com/5335216/make-your-own-url-shortening-service Robert __________________________ Robert L. Weiner Consulting 415/643-8955 robert at rlweiner.com www.rlweiner.com Strategic Technology Advisors to Nonprofit and Educational Institutions -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Proctor, Nancy Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 7:19 PM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] Tiny URLs Does anyone know or have experience of the life span of compressed URLs from the various services? (tiny, bit.ly, is.gd, etc.) I know what they promise, but... I may need to use them in txt message replies that visitors can get as a sort of bookmark or aide memoire when taking our new cellphone tour. Links to related info for objects in the collection would be useful and space is short, but I don't want to txt out URLs that will expire too quickly. Nor do I know how quickly is too quickly. Some earlier research with 'bookmark' emails in Tate Modern's multimedia tour by Silvia Filippini Fantoni showed that people will keep the info they've emailed themselves for months in their in-boxes. What's the half-life of a txt message? I started a blog thread on the topic on the Museum Mobile wiki: http://wiki.museummobile.info/archives/645 Thanks for any insights you have! Nancy _______________________________________________ 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 NKrause at clevelandart.org Wed Oct 28 09:46:49 2009 From: NKrause at clevelandart.org (Niki Krause) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:46:49 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] JOB POSTING: Cleveland Museum of Art -- Director of Information Management and Technology Services Message-ID: <5CF048364B79B24694B5430B00F92C1C2CE972BC92@MAIL02.clevelandart.org> Apologies for cross-postings... _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The Cleveland Museum of Art seeks a Director of Information Management and Technology Services to compliment its Senior Management staff. The Director of Information Management and Technology Services fulfills five key areas of responsibility: * Creation, ongoing iteration and advocacy of a vision for how technology and information assets should be best applied in service of the museum's mission * Development and successful implementation of an ongoing, long-term strategic plan for IMTS; this plan will consist of both annual and multi-year budgetary and milestone targets that are tied directly to the museum's goals for each period * Personal leadership to seek and implement new ways in which information and technology assets can be leveraged to expand and improve museum services, increase earned revenue and optimize the efficiency of existing systems and processes at the museum * Management and direction of competent day-to-day staff(s) who maintain and operate existing systems and are responsible for the successful evaluation, selection, design and implementation of new solutions and systems that are essential to completing the IMTS strategic plan; this includes the development, security, utilization and usability of these systems and solutions throughout the museum * Works with the executive and senior management of the museum to help align areas in support of the IMTS vision and the opportunities that can be created through the maintenance, growth and thoughtful application of the museum's information and technology assets The Director of Information Management and Technology Services has primary accountability for leveraging the museum's digital information systems and assets, including the development, management, integrations and effective utilization of the museum's digital information systems. This includes, but is not limited to, its object collections catalog and collections management system, the online catalogue and related bibliographic products of the Ingalls Library, the information resources associated with the Lifelong Learning Center, the digital asset management system and a variety of membership, development, web, and administrative/financial systems. S/He also works in coordination with the museum archives to ensure long-term preservation of the museum's key digital assets. The Director of Information Management and Technology Services ensures that the required hardware, software and network services and capital investments in these areas are both cost effective and sufficient to meet the needs of the institution. This position oversees a staff of approximately twelve information management and technology services professionals and is responsible for budget planning, the day-to-day management of the department and the coordination of the work of the IMTS department with other administrative units in the museum. Qualified candidates will have a Bachelors or Advanced degree at the Master's level in Information Management, Business, Communications, or MLS with specialization in information systems management or digital media desired, with a minimum of at least five years relevant experience in a museum, library or educational environment and demonstrating cooperative and innovative use of digital information systems and solutions. The successful candidate must have significant experience in planning for the acquisition, development, and management of data or information management systems, including commercial collections management, integrated library systems, or digital asset management systems. S/He must have demonstrated experience with hardware and software applications used to convert, store, protect, process, transmit, and securely retrieve data. S/He should have a demonstrated ability to work successfully with others to achieve the institutional mission, goals and objectives, a broad understanding of the needs of museums, libraries and archives with respect to information management, and an up-to-date knowledge of the field. Excellent interpersonal and written and oral communication skills are essential. Please submit a letter of interest and resume to resume at clevelandart.org From akeshet at imj.org.il Wed Oct 28 12:41:57 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:41:57 +0200 Subject: [MCN-L] =?windows-1255?q?=FE=FEFW=3A_VRA_White_Paper_Advocating_f?= =?windows-1255?q?or_Visual_Resources?= Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781FC410C2E8@mailsrv.imj.org.il> ________________________________ Apologies for cross-postings. VISUAL RESOURCES ASSOCIATION PUBLISHES WHITE PAPER ADVOCATING FOR VISUAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS LOS ANGELES, California -- The Visual Resources Association (VRA), the international organization for image media professionals, has published a White Paper to promote holistic thinking about effectively meeting institutional as well as individual image user needs. In an environment of rapid technological change and in the face of challenging economic conditions, Advocating for Visual Resources Management in Educational and Cultural Institutions identifies six strategic areas for consideration in planning for the future: multiple sources for images; ways of integrating personal and institutional collections; social computing and collaborative projects; the life-cycle continuum of image assets and their description; rights and copyright compliance; and visual literacy. The paper argues that managers of image collections have successfully re-aligned operations to meet digital demands and that new technologies, extended responsibilities, and closer alliances with related services-such as information technology, rights management, and course management-typify the changes in the work of visual resources professionals. This work now involves building institution-wide resources tied into central digital information infrastructures for the management and preservation of content in a variety of media. Image managers are increasingly involved in inter-institutional efforts to share collections and distribute labor-intensive tasks. VRA asserts that eliminating visual resources services carries high risk during this transitional era and does not serve an institution's broader educational mission. Current VRA President Allan Kohl states "At a time when more academic disciplines are using images as primary teaching resources, and visual literacy is increasingly understood as being central to learning, it is more important than ever to support the building of shared collections to reduce redundancy, facilitate resource sharing, increase efficiencies, and minimize costs." In fact, many institutions have begun to re-examine the appropriate administrative home of visual resources collections in response to the changes brought about by the increasing demand for digital media in pedagogy. The VRA White Paper concludes by describing several successful administrative scenarios that offer flexible options for building shared image collections and providing support for the constituents of educational and cultural institutions. Advocating for Visual Resources Management in Educational and Cultural Institutions is available online and may be freely distributed: http://www.vraweb.org/resources/general/vra_white_paper.pdf -- Maureen Burns, Ed.D. Images and Education moaburns at gmail.com or maburns at uci.edu (sent by Rebecca Moss, University of Minnesota) From mcn-announce at mcn.edu Wed Oct 28 12:58:23 2009 From: mcn-announce at mcn.edu (MCN Announcements) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:58:23 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Join MCN 2009 Online with Webcasts and More! Message-ID: <4AE8B06F.8010202@mcn.edu> Hello everyone, The Museum Computer Network is pleased to announce that five MCN 2009 sessions will be webcast live, free of charge. MCN 2009 takes place week after next in Portland, Oregon. While we urge everyone who is interested to attend the conference in person as the only way to engage with its full array of workshops, sessions, events, exhibitors, and networking opportunities, we know that some are unable to do so because of especially acute funding issues this year. If you can't be with us at the conference, we hope these webcasts may enable you still to benefit from some of its knowledge sharing. If you find this useful, we encourage you to join MCN to help support these efforts for the wider community. The webcasts will be on Thursday and Friday, November 12 and 13. We'll use Twitter to harvest online questions during Q&A in those sessions, which are: Museum Data Exchange Tweets to Sweeten Collaborations for Archives, Libraries, and Museums Libraries, Archives, and Museums: From Collaboration to Convergence Ramping Up while Scaling Down: Strategic Innovation in Challenging Times 2009 Conference Roundup Roundtable has more information. Short URL leads to the same page. Please plan to join us online even if you can't join us onsite! Rob Lancefield President, MCN From jana.hill at cartermuseum.org Wed Oct 28 14:08:10 2009 From: jana.hill at cartermuseum.org (Jana Hill) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:08:10 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Silent auction reminder! Message-ID: <49A6E411EE69EA4898AFA579D8A06DFC01248346@exchange.cartermuseum.org> Just a reminder that the annual MCN conference is a mere TWO WEEKS away, so it's time to start gathering up donations for the silent auction! Proceeds from the silent auction benefit our scholarship program, which helps emerging museum professionals attend our conference. Some very lovely gadgets (camera! printer! LCD screens!) have already been committed...what are you bringing? Here are some ideas... * Items of any sort--new or old, seriously useful or cheerfully unrelated to museum work--that may be carried by airline passengers * Exhibition catalogues, institutional publications, museum bags, clothing, and other souvenirs * "Intangible" things like free services or discounted registration for professional events * Your crafts, i.e., photography, paintings, prints, knitting, embroidery, mosaics or anything else that will fit into a suitcase Remember, all auction donations are tax deductible! Auction items will be accepted at the Conference Registration Desk on all day Wednesday and Thursday until noon. You may place your bids until 5:30 Thursday, when we stop the bidding and announce the winners. Jana Hill MCN 2009 Silent Auction Chair From laura at mediatrope.com Wed Oct 28 16:54:58 2009 From: laura at mediatrope.com (Laura Mann) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:54:58 -0700 Subject: [MCN-L] JOB POSTING: International Museum of Women -- Web Master / Social Media Expert In-Reply-To: <5CF048364B79B24694B5430B00F92C1C2CE972BC92@MAIL02.clevelandart.org> Message-ID: International Museum of Women Position: Web Master / Social Media Expert Full time, Exempt. 6 month contract with potential to extend. The International Museum of Women is seeking an energetic, web-savvy multimedia professional with a flair for words and a passion for using social media to inspire social change. About the International Museum of Women: The International Museum of Women (www.imow.org ) is an innovative, online, social change museum. Through vibrant online exhibitions we inspire global action, connect people across borders, and transform hearts and minds. Our new exhibition, Economica, looks at women?s experiences of the global economy and kick-starts a conversation about how everything in the economy ? from microfinance to philanthropy to GDP ? might look different if we asked women for answers. Position Summary: The Web Master oversees the International Museum of Women's Web site, media-rich global online exhibitions, online community and forum, online promotions, social media outreach, and traffic analysis. The Web Master is the primary contact for Web site content development, design and technology, and manages editorial and production volunteers. The ideal candidate will be highly creative, a flexible and enthusiastic team-player, supremely organized and passionate about leveraging social media to make a global impact on the lives of women. Reports to: Vice President, Exhibitions and Programs Responsibilities: The Web Master is responsible for the creation, implementation, quality assurance, daily maintenance, and promotion of I.M.O.W.?s Web site, multilingual online exhibitions, and global community including: ? Web site multimedia development and production including preparation of all image, text and multi media assets for uploading into content management system. ? Web site content creation including soliciting and developing feature content such as stories, interviews, art, photography, podcasts, and videos. ? As senior editor, leads Web site writing and editing and provides final review and edit for all content. ? Manages online community tools including community registrations, online submissions, forum conversations, and blogs. ? Develops online promotional strategies to drive traffic to site. ? Accelerates the museum?s effective use of social media including Facebook, Twitter and You Tube. ? Refreshes, re-launches and energizes the IMOW blog. ? Creates and disseminates e-newsletters and other online communications and promotions. ? Provides site-wide traffic analysis and reporting, and implements traffic-building and participation-building strategies. ? Creates day-to-day timelines, manages deliverables, and supervises volunteers and interns. Serves as primary liaison with Web development and design firm, and Web site freelancers, as needed. ? Keeps content fresh, relevant, and aligned with global news agendas. ? Keeps current on Web and social media trends and innovations and makes recommendations on new Web site features and applications. Qualifications: ? A 4-year degree and 5 years work experience in media design, Web site production, or related field is required. ? Excellent writing, editing, and communication skills. ? Deep expertise in social media, including an excellent track record in social media marketing. ? Experience producing popular content for online audiences. ? Strong project management skills with a demonstrated ability to deliver results in a small organization with limited resources. ? Excellent communication, collaborative, and organizational abilities and ability to multi-task. ? Experience managing traffic and analysis of online traffic patterns. Familiarity with best practices for online traffic generation and search engine optimization. ? Technical expertise with content management systems, media editing tools and software, knowledge of Web site design and production. Proficient in Windows Media Player, HTML, Photoshop, Acrobat as well as MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Familiarity with new developments in multimedia technology. ? Cultural awareness and sensitivity. ? Well versed in contemporary international affairs and plugged into the blogosphere and the online news agenda. Experience with or interest in policy issues affecting women globally. ? Multilingual skills are desirable. The International Museum of Women is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Salary: Competitive and commensurate with experience. Start Date: Immediate To Apply: Email resume, cover letter and a statement about how you would evolve and energize our current online exhibition, Economica, to jobs at imow.org, subject line Web Master and your last name; include salary requirements. No phone calls please. Applications without cover letters and statements will not be considered. A digital portfolio may be requested of applicants. From akeshet at imj.org.il Wed Oct 28 22:07:47 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:07:47 +0200 Subject: [MCN-L] FW: 11/3 at U. Maryland: "The Great Ebook Throwdown" Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781FC40DF2AE@mailsrv.imj.org.il> For anyone within range of University of Maryland, College Park, who wants to warm up for our MCN 2009 session in Portland, "More for Less:the e-Book Revolution and Mobile Evolution".: --------------------------- A MITH Digital Dialogue Tuesday, November 3, 12:30-1:45 MITH Conference Room, Mckeldin Library B0135 ?The Great Ebook Throwdown? with Ben Bederson, Nick Chen, and Matt Kirschenbaum Ebooks are suddenly everywhere again. Kindle, Nook, iPhone, Android . . . after 2000 years, the codex is getting an upgrade. But what kind of electronic books and electronic reading devices do we really want? This roundtable discussion led by Ben Bederson, Nick Chen, and Matt Kirschenbaum will feature as many electronic reading and electronic book devices as we can lay our hands on, including some prototypes being developed here at the University of Maryland. We'll hold them up, pass them around, turn them on, talk some trash, and, in the process, maybe gain just a little bit of insight into what we all want from our electronic book readers. Attendees are encouraged to bring along electronic?book and reading devices of their own. Benjamin B. Bederson is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and the previous director of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab at the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies and iSchool at the University of Maryland. His research is on mobile device interfaces, information visualization, interaction strategies, digital libraries, and accessibility issues such as voting system usability. ? He is also co-founder and Chief Scientist of Zumobi, a startup offering a mobile content platform based on that research. Nicholas Chen is a doctoral candidate in the department of Computer Science at the University of Maryland and is affiliated with the Human Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL) at UMD. He is advised by Professor Francois Guimbretiere in the Cornell University Information Science Department. His research is on electronic reading devices, pen-based user interfaces, and interactions for supporting simultaneous use of multiple devices. Previously, he performed the first-ever evaluation of a dual-display electronic reading device. Matthew G. Kirschenbaum is Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Maryland, Associate Director of the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH), and Director of Digital Cultures and Creativity, a new ?living/learning? program in the Honors College. -- Matthew Kirschenbaum Associate Professor of English Associate Director, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) Director, Digital Cultures and Creativity (DCC, a new Living/Learning Program in the Honors College) University of Maryland 301-405-8505 or 301-314-7111 (fax) http://mkirschenbaum.net From lesleyeharris at comcast.net Thu Oct 29 07:54:40 2009 From: lesleyeharris at comcast.net (Lesley Ellen Harris) Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:54:40 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Openings in copyright and licensing.... Message-ID: <210CF467-6E0C-4FF6-A9F9-0D47E82941B7@comcast.net> A new feature in the blog www.copyrightanswers.blogspot.com is relevant job listings...these are the current listings...please email me if you have others to add...thanks. Lesley 1. Legal Officer, WIPO, Traditional Knowledge Division (Geneva) Looking for a lawyer/policy person See http://www.wipo.int/hr/en/vacancies/2009/article_0049.html?part=qualif Closing date: 23 November 2009 2. Copyright Policy Officer position, IFLA (The Hague) Great opportunity for a librarian or lawyer with experience in library- copyright issues. See http://www.ifla.org/en/job-description/91001 Closing date: 13 November 2009 3. Electronic Resources Library, Ontario Colleges Library Service (Toronto, Canada) Interesting opportunity for a librarian with licensing experience. Seehttp://joomla.ischool.utoronto.ca/component/option,com_jobline/Itemid,/task,view/id,3095/ Closing date: 31 October 2009 4. Law Clerk, Access Copyright (Toronto, Canada) See http://www.accesscopyright.ca/docs/LawClerk.pdf Closing date: Not provided 5. A source I recently came across with positions for students, lawyers and others in copyright is at: http://www.iposgoode.ca/career-opportunities/ . Lesley Ellen Harris lesley at copyrightlaws.com www.copyrightanswers.blogspot.com From loic.tallon at gmail.com Thu Oct 29 08:27:46 2009 From: loic.tallon at gmail.com (Loic Tallon) Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:27:46 +0000 Subject: [MCN-L] The role, challenges & future of Mobile Interpretation In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: A quick reminder about this online survey into the use, challenges + future of mobile interpretation in museums. http://tr.im/ALUg We'll be closing the survey at the end of the week, so if you haven't done so yet, these are the last few days to add your views and experiences to the project. It would be fantastic if today or tomorrow you could find 10 minutes to take the survey. It is open to all museums, whether you use handheld guides or not. And obviously, the more responses we get, the more interesting the results. The survey is online at http://tr.im/ALUg We hope you chose to participate, and we look forward to sharing the results with you in a few weeks time. Thank you, Loic Tallon & Learning Times 2009/10/23 Loic Tallon : > A quick email to draw your attention to an online survey into the use, > challenges + future of mobile interpretation in museums.? See > http://tr.im/ALUg > > 'Thank you' to all those that have taken the survey already. ?Since > its launch a couple of weeks ago we've had over 100 responses from > museums around the world. > > The survey was developed together with Learning Times - hosts of the > 2009 Handheld Conference Online last June - and explores: > 1. why museums use (or don?t use) handheld guides > 2. the challenges relating to their use > 3. how they saw the medium?s future > 4. and how to improve knowledge share in this field > > At a time when mobile interpretation is an increasingly ?hot-topic? > for museums, and with the medium is becoming evermore > powerful/ubiquitous, we're hopeful the community will find the > findings timely and valuable. ?We'll be publishing these online, > alongside the raw survey data. > > If you?ve not taken the survey yet, it would be fantastic if you could > please find 10 minutes to do so. > The survey is for all museums, whether you use handheld guides and/or > are interested in doing so or not. ?And obviously, the more responses > we get, the more interesting the results. > > The survey is online at http://tr.im/ALUg > > Thank you, and we look forward to sharing the results later in the year! > > Loic Tallon & Learning Times. > -- Loic blogs on mobile interpretation @ www.musematic.net For info on my book "Digital Technologies and the Museum Experience" (Alta Mira, 2008) see http://tr.im/mnfP This e-mail (and any attachment) is intended only for the attention of the addressee(s). Its unauthorised use, disclosure, storage or copying is not permitted. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy all copies and inform the sender by return e-mail. From pbh6 at cornell.edu Thu Oct 29 10:29:29 2009 From: pbh6 at cornell.edu (Peter Hirtle) Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:29:29 +0000 Subject: [MCN-L] Book on U.S. copyright for libraries, archives, and museums published Message-ID: <6.2.5.6.2.20091029181947.02d60b98@cornell.edu> [please crosspost] Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for Digitization for U.S. Libraries, Archives, and Museums by Peter B. Hirtle, Emily Hudson, and Andrew T. Kenyon was published today by Cornell University Library. A description of the 260 page book with instructions on how to download a free PDF copy follows. Printed copies are also available for $39.95 from CreateSpace and, in a few weeks, from Amazon. Please consider asking your employer to get a print copy if you can't afford one yourself. While written with digital issues in mind, there is much in the book that would be useful to anyone who wants to understand better copyright issues in American cultural institutions. From http://communications.library.cornell.edu/com/news/PressReleases/manual.cfm: Cornell University Library Publishes New Digitization Manual ?Copyright and Cultural Institutions? Will Assist Cultural Heritage Institutions ITHACA, N.Y. (Oct. 29, 2009) ? How can cultural heritage institutions legally use the Internet to improve public access to the rich collections they hold? "Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for Digitization for U.S. Libraries, Archives, and Museums,? a new book by published today by Cornell University Library, can help professionals at these institutions answer that question. Based on a well-received Australian manual written by Emily Hudson and Andrew T. Kenyon of the University of Melbourne, the book has been developed by Cornell University Library?s senior policy advisor Peter B. Hirtle, along with Hudson and Kenyon, to conform to American law and practice. The development of new digital technologies has led to fundamental changes in the ways that cultural institutions fulfill their public missions of access, preservation, research, and education. Many institutions are developing publicly accessible Web sites that allow users to visit online exhibitions, search collection databases, access images of collection items, and in some cases create their own digital content. Digitization, however, also raises the possibility of copyright infringement. It is imperative that staff in libraries, archives, and museums understand fundamental copyright principles and how institutional procedures can be affected by the law. ?Copyright and Cultural Institutions? was written to assist understanding and compliance with copyright law. It addresses the basics of copyright law and the exclusive rights of the copyright owner, the major exemptions used by cultural heritage institutions, and stresses the importance of ?risk assessment? when conducting any digitization project. Case studies on digitizing oral histories and student work are also included. Hirtle is the former director of the Cornell Institute for Digital Collections, and the book evolved from his recognition of the need for such a guide when he led museum and library digitization projects. After reading Hudson and Kenyon?s Australian guidelines, he realized that an American edition would be invaluable to anyone contemplating a digital edition. Anne R. Kenney, the Carl A. Kroch University Librarian at Cornell University, noted: ?The Library has a long tradition of making available to other professionals the products of its research and expertise. I am delighted that this new volume can join the ranks with award-winning library publications on digitization and preservation.? As an experiment in open-access publishing, the Library has made the work available in two formats. Print copies of the work are available from CreateSpace, an Amazon subsidiary. In addition, the entire text is available as a free download through eCommons, Cornell University?s institutional repository, and from SSRN.com, which already distributes the Australian guidelines. Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for Digitization for U.S. Libraries, Archives, and Museums by Peter B. Hirtle, Emily Hudson, and Andrew T. Kenyon. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Library, 2009. ISBN: 978-0-935995-10-7. Price: $39.95. Available for purchase at https://www.createspace.com/3405063, and for free download at: <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1495365> and <http://hdl.handle.net/1813/14142>. About Cornell University Library Cornell University is an Ivy League institution and New York's land-grant university. Among the top ten academic research libraries in the country, Cornell University Library reflects the university's distinctive mix of eminent scholarship and democratic ideals. The Library offers cutting-edge programs and facilities, a full spectrum of services, extensive collections that represent the depth and breadth of the university, and a deep network of digital resources. Its impact reaches beyond campus boundaries with initiatives that extend the land grant mission to a global focus. To learn more, visit library.cornell.edu. Best, Peter From g.durbin at vam.ac.uk Thu Oct 29 11:20:11 2009 From: g.durbin at vam.ac.uk (Gail Durbin) Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:20:11 +0000 Subject: [MCN-L] how paperless is your museum? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4AE9EAEB.A9F8.0072.0@vam.ac.uk> Deb, Not quite what you were asking about but the V&A has been looking at its carbon footprint : http://www.vam.ac.uk/about_va/reports_plans/carbonwatch/index.html More recently it has been studying the impact of travelling exhibitions where it turns out the impact has been unexpectedly low. This work has yet to be published. Best wishes Gail Gail Durbin Head of V&A Online >>> Nina Simon 26 October 2009 >>> Deb, The Mattress Factory is hard at work at being a green museum, and they have blogged about their many efforts - from the galleries to the shop to membership to air conditioning - in this regard: http://artyoucangetinto.blogspot.com/search/label/GREEN%20INITIATIVES Nina Nina Simon Museum 2.0 - www.museumtwo.com 831.331.5460 nina at museumtwo.com 1040 Mystery Spot Road Santa Cruz, CA 95065 skype, twitter, yahooIM, flickr, facebook: ninaksimon On Oct 23, 2009, at 8:18 AM, Deborah Wythe wrote: > > We had a conversation this morning with the director about greening > the museum and one of the things that came up was going paperless > (where it makes sense -- I'm use to be the archivist, after all). He > asked for some examples of museums who were doing it and doing it > well. > > Anybody out there want to put their museum out there as an example > of a (pretty much) paperless shop? > What have you automated? Payroll? Personnel files? Purchase orders? > Financial records? Loans? (I'm assuming that with CMS systems, a lot > of object documentation is now paperless.) > > And a related question: anyone with a full-fledged electronic > records program up and running successfully? > > I browsed this year's MCN program (how I wish it was searchable...) > and didn't find any references to "paperless" or "electronic records." > > Thanks, everybody! > > Deb Wythe > Brooklyn Museum > > deborahwythe at hotmail.com > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows 7: I wanted more reliable, now it's more reliable. Wow! > http://microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default-ga.aspx?h=myidea? > ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_myidea:102009 > _______________________________________________ > 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/ ______________________________________________________________________ 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 MessageLabs Email Security System www.messagelabs.com/email From justin.heideman at walkerart.org Thu Oct 29 13:11:28 2009 From: justin.heideman at walkerart.org (Justin Heideman) Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:11:28 -0500 Subject: [MCN-L] Tiny URLs In-Reply-To: <810FAC44-32B5-4981-A1E1-801181EAEC6C@si.edu> References: <810FAC44-32B5-4981-A1E1-801181EAEC6C@si.edu> Message-ID: <15FF0C29-6FEA-4B9F-A5BD-62A6581D3AD5@walkerart.org> The creator of tinyurl.com happens to be from our neck of the woods. We had a local blog/tech seminar recently where he attended and said he plans to keep the shortened URLs around forever. Here's an article where it is mentioned: http://minnov8.com/2008/07/09/tinyurl/ Can't speak for the other services, but tr.im did eventually find a way to keep it's urls working. -- Justin Heideman / New Media Designer / Walker Art Center justin.heideman at walkerart.org / 612.375.7545 On Oct 27, 2009, at 9:18 PM, Proctor, Nancy wrote: > Does anyone know or have experience of the life span of compressed > URLs from the various services? (tiny, bit.ly, is.gd, etc.) I know > what they promise, but... From Christinad at SeattleArtMuseum.org Thu Oct 29 23:24:40 2009 From: Christinad at SeattleArtMuseum.org (Christina DePaolo) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:24:40 -0700 Subject: [MCN-L] MCN 2009 conference mentors needed Message-ID: <6440C474B3F6FE4EB44B34421B3E501E166EB62E9D@dtes01.SAM.Home> Dear MCN folks, If you are attending the conference in Portland, we need ten more people to volunteer to be mentors. Mentors help first-time MCN conference attendees navigate the conference and answer questions. Remember the first time you attended a conference? It can be a very intimidating experience when you don't know anyone. Please sign up, help out your fellow museum colleague, and make a new friend. Email me directly at christinad at seattleartmuseum.org if you are interested. Thank you, Christina DePaolo MCN 2009 Conference Chair Christina DePaolo | New Media Manager Seattle Art Museum | 1300 1st Avenue | Seattle WA 98101 christinad at seattleartmuseum.org | 206.654.3165 Find SAM at: http://samblog.seattleartmuseum.org http://facebook.com/seattleartmuseum http://twitter.com/iheartSAM From rebecca at earley.com Fri Oct 30 07:24:27 2009 From: rebecca at earley.com (Rebecca Allen) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:24:27 -0700 Subject: [MCN-L] (Event) Developing an Ontology - November 4th Taxonomy Community of Practice Call Message-ID: <1BA1D3B187889949807E12A78D7EA83B71412CC139@EXMBX04.exchhosting.com> Invitation Please join us for our monthly Taxonomy Community of Practice Call, presented by Earley & Associates. This month's topic is Developing an Ontology. Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Time: 1:00 - 2:00 Eastern Time Cost: $50 Free preview: http://www.slideshare.net/Earley/developing-an-ontology-november-4th-taxonomy-cop To register, visit: http://www.earley.com/webinars/developing-ontology An ontology is both a flexible and exciting way to organize information. In this session, we will discuss such issues as bridging concepts amongst taxonomy, thesauri, and ontology, the details of ontology representation in RDF/OWL, implementing ontologies within systems, and use cases for how ontologies are being used for systems integration and vocabulary mapping. Hear Christine Connors of TriviumRLG and Irene Polikoff of TopQuadrant discuss moving from building taxonomies to ontologies, ways in which ontologies provide greater power in information access, and best practices for applications. Fall Jumpstart Series We recently finished our 4-part Fall Jumpstart series on optimizing business processes through effective content management. With a focus on case studies from the insurance industry, content management and industry experts addressed how to gain competitive advantage by leveraging new developments in ECM technologies. Additional background readings and session recordings are available at: http://www.earley.com/webinars/jumpstarts/insurance-and-content-management Thank you, Rebecca Allen Taxonomy Consultant _____________________________ EARLEY & ASSOCIATES Cell: 425-299-5400 Email: rebecca at earley.com Web: www.earley.com From simon.tanner at kcl.ac.uk Wed Oct 28 03:00:47 2009 From: simon.tanner at kcl.ac.uk (Tanner, Simon) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:00:47 +0000 Subject: [MCN-L] DIGITAL FUTURES ACADEMY 2010 Message-ID: <4AE8245F.1060706@kcl.ac.uk> DIGITAL FUTURES ACADEMY 2010 We are are pleased to announce the Digital Futures Academy 5 day training event: Digital Futures Academy: Sydney, Australia. 1st - 5th February 2010 Digital Futures Academy: from digitization to delivery, London,UK 19th - 23rd April 2010 Book early as places are limited and early bird discounts are available! http://www.digitalconsultancy.net/digifutures/ Led by international experts, Digital Futures focuses on the creation, delivery and preservation of digital resources from cultural and memory institutions. Lasting 5 days, Digital Futures is aimed at managers and other practitioners from the library, museum, heritage, media and cultural sectors looking to understand the strategic and management issues involved in developing digital resources from digitisation to delivery. Digital Futures will cover the following core areas: o Planning and management o Fund raising o Understanding the audience o Metadata - introduction and implementation o Copyright and intellectual property o Sustainability o Financial issues o Visual and image based resource creation and delivery o Implementing digital resources o Digital preservation Sydney highlights: There will be visits to the State Library, NSW and the Powerhouse Museum to see behind the scenes and receive expert presentations. London highlights: The visits will be tot he National Gallery and The National Archives to see behind the scenes and gain expert advice and presentations. Digital Futures aims for no more than 25-30 delegates and every delegate will have the opportunity to also spend one-to-one time with a Digital Futures leader to discuss issues specific to them. Digital Futures will issue a certificate of achievement to each delegate. The Digital Futures leaders are: * Simon Tanner - Director of King's Digital Consultancy Services, King's College London http://www.kdcs.kcl.ac.uk/ * Tom Clareson - Director for New Initiatives, Lyrasis http://www.lyrasis.org/ The leaders have over 30 years of experience in the digital realm between them. Other experts will be invited to speak in their areas of expertise. What past delegates say about Digital Futures: * "Excellent - I would recommend DF to anyone anticipating a digitization program" * "The team was exceptionally knowledgeable, friendly and personable." * "Excellent, informative and enjoyable. Thank you." * "A really useful course and great fun too!" Digital Futures is run by King's Digital Consultancy Services and the Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London working in co-operation with Lyrasis, USA. Digital Futures Australasia is made possible with the co-operation of the Library of the University of Technology, Sydney. -- 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 ProctorN at si.edu Fri Oct 30 12:15:06 2009 From: ProctorN at si.edu (Proctor, Nancy) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:15:06 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Tiny URLs Message-ID: Thanks, Justin! I've started aggregating the replies to the question of lifespan in compressed URLs in the comments for this post on the Museum Mobile wiki: http://wiki.museummobile.info/archives/645 -- Nancy Proctor, PhD Head of New Media Initiatives Smithsonian American Art Museum MRC 970 PO Box 37012 Washington DC 20013-7012 USA t: +1-202-633-8439 c: +1-301-642-6257 f: +1-202-633-8455 http://www.americanart.si.edu http://eyelevel.si.edu/ From akeshet at imj.org.il Sat Oct 31 10:02:09 2009 From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet [akeshet@imj.org.il]) Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:02:09 +0200 Subject: [MCN-L] GeoCities RIP Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781FC410C31D@mailsrv.imj.org.il> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8325749.stm From A-Newman at NGA.GOV Sat Oct 31 17:48:22 2009 From: A-Newman at NGA.GOV (Newman, Alan) Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:48:22 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] Bloomsbury Academic References: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781FC410C31D@mailsrv.imj.org.il> Message-ID: <6CEED63FF7AF5A4FA7C39551EAD89A1A02991A07@SV-MAIL-TDP.NGA.GOV> Bloomsbury Academic is a "new academic imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, one of Europe?s leading independent publishing houses, with a distinguished list of fiction and non-fiction. Bloomsbury Academic will publish world-class research-based books across the humanities and social sciences, with a strong commitment to the traditional virtues of scholarly publishing, including rigorous peer-review. We use current technologies and licensing developments and have established an innovative publishing business model that will better meet the needs of the academic community." excerpted from their business model: "We?re committed to publishing the best scholarship in the social sciences and humanities ? and for the content to be as widely accessed as possible. Our research publications will be made available online on a Creative Commons non-commercial license. Unlike open access journals we are not looking for authors (or their research funders) to pay for the publishing process. From early 2010 they will appear on our new platform in html. Until then PDFs will be posted on this website. At the same time we will be publishing in traditional print book formats as well as ebooks with enhanced functionalities. The debate over whether or not free availability increases or decreases sales rages on, not just in publishing but also in the music and film industries. Pilot projects in academic publishing indicate that book sales are not harmed, and authors are happy to reach a wider audience." http://www.bloomsburyacademic.com/business.htm posted by Alan Newman, National Gallery of Art From matt.morgan at metmuseum.org Sat Oct 31 18:11:43 2009 From: matt.morgan at metmuseum.org (Morgan, Matt) Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:11:43 -0400 Subject: [MCN-L] GeoCities RIP In-Reply-To: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781FC410C31D@mailsrv.imj.org.il> References: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781FC410C31D@mailsrv.imj.org.il> Message-ID: I got a kick out of this translation of an eyeball-searing geocities page into beautiful CSS: http://csszengarden.com/?cssfile=http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/zen/sample.css ________________________________________ From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Amalyah Keshet [akeshet at imj.org.il] [akeshet at imj.org.il] Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 2:02 PM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] GeoCities RIP http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8325749.stm _______________________________________________ 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/