From akeshet at imj.org.il  Tue Sep  1 09:43:33 2009
From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet  [akeshet@imj.org.il])
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 18:43:33 +0200
Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG:  Disney to acquire Marvel Entertainment
Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F7CA0FDD9@mailsrv.imj.org.il>

 "Under the deal, Disney will acquire ownership of Marvel including its more than 5,000 Marvel characters" [for something around $4 million].

"We believe that adding Marvel to Disney's unique portfolio of brands provides significant opportunities for
 long-term growth and value creation," Iger said.

http://is.gd/2JnND
____________________________________________________

"Long-term growth and value creation"?

I take that as a threat.  We've already seen the Mickey Mouse Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998. .Now we could see a battle for even longer protection for this vast universe of comic-book characters, dragging every other kind of creative expression with them.


Amalyah Keshet 




 

From dianezorich at comcast.net  Tue Sep  1 11:18:06 2009
From: dianezorich at comcast.net (Diane M. Zorich)
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 14:18:06 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] webcasting a conference presentation
Message-ID: <p0620070bc6c314568eb1@[10.0.1.6]>

Colleagues,

One of the participants in my MCN session finds himself needing to be 
in two places at one time, so he would like to webcast his MCN 
presentation.  (At the time of the session, he will be physically 
located at another hotel that does not have webcasting capabilities.)

Has anyone used a commercial webcasting service for a conference 
presentation?  Would you recommend it?  What was the approximate 
cost?  (We are ruling out Skype because it is less than ideal for 
presentations that include Powerpoint.)

Thanks for any and all ideas.

Diane


-- 
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 lensteinbach at gmail.com  Tue Sep  1 11:25:20 2009
From: lensteinbach at gmail.com (Leonard Steinbach)
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 14:25:20 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] webcasting a conference presentation
In-Reply-To: <p0620070bc6c314568eb1@10.0.1.6>
References: <p0620070bc6c314568eb1@10.0.1.6>
Message-ID: <b07138290909011125o1abeab4dt51158bb15723f2cf@mail.gmail.com>

Are you looking for both video of the speaker and simultaneous
powerpoint/audio or just powerpoint and audio.

On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Diane M. Zorich <dianezorich at comcast.net>wrote:

> Colleagues,
>
> One of the participants in my MCN session finds himself needing to be
> in two places at one time, so he would like to webcast his MCN
> presentation.  (At the time of the session, he will be physically
> located at another hotel that does not have webcasting capabilities.)
>
> Has anyone used a commercial webcasting service for a conference
> presentation?  Would you recommend it?  What was the approximate
> cost?  (We are ruling out Skype because it is less than ideal for
> presentations that include Powerpoint.)
>
> Thanks for any and all ideas.
>
> Diane
>
>
> --
> Diane M. Zorich
> 113 Gallup Road
> Princeton, NJ 08542 USA
> Voice: 609-252-1606
> Email:  dzorich at mindspring.com
> or dianezorich at comcast.net
> _______________________________________________
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From trose at ucsd.edu  Tue Sep  1 11:30:14 2009
From: trose at ucsd.edu (Rose, Tricia)
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 11:30:14 -0700
Subject: [MCN-L] webcasting a conference presentation
In-Reply-To: <p0620070bc6c314568eb1@[10.0.1.6]>
References: <p0620070bc6c314568eb1@[10.0.1.6]>
Message-ID: <82C967D6FFB3824DBC01CAE67E89307203831CB9@LIB-EXCHANGE.AD.UCSD.EDU>

Diane

You might look into ReadyTalk http://www.readytalk.com/about/ which the
UC system uses.  They have audio and web conferencing services which I
believe would accommodate the webcasting.  I have only used the audio
conferencing service so I can't comment on the web conferencing.  


Trish Rose-Sandler
Metadata  Librarian

UC, San Diego
Geisel Library
9500 Gilman Drive 0175K
La Jolla, CA  92093-0175
(858) 822-0611



-----Original Message-----
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
Diane M. Zorich
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 11:18 AM
To: mcn-l at toronto.mediatrope.com
Subject: [MCN-L] webcasting a conference presentation

Colleagues,

One of the participants in my MCN session finds himself needing to be 
in two places at one time, so he would like to webcast his MCN 
presentation.  (At the time of the session, he will be physically 
located at another hotel that does not have webcasting capabilities.)

Has anyone used a commercial webcasting service for a conference 
presentation?  Would you recommend it?  What was the approximate 
cost?  (We are ruling out Skype because it is less than ideal for 
presentations that include Powerpoint.)

Thanks for any and all ideas.

Diane


-- 
Diane M. Zorich
113 Gallup Road
Princeton, NJ 08542 USA
Voice: 609-252-1606
Email:  dzorich at mindspring.com
or dianezorich at comcast.net
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From trose at ucsd.edu  Tue Sep  1 11:30:14 2009
From: trose at ucsd.edu (Rose, Tricia)
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 11:30:14 -0700
Subject: [MCN-L] webcasting a conference presentation
In-Reply-To: <p0620070bc6c314568eb1@[10.0.1.6]>
References: <p0620070bc6c314568eb1@[10.0.1.6]>
Message-ID: <82C967D6FFB3824DBC01CAE67E89307203831CB9@LIB-EXCHANGE.AD.UCSD.EDU>

Diane

You might look into ReadyTalk http://www.readytalk.com/about/ which the
UC system uses.  They have audio and web conferencing services which I
believe would accommodate the webcasting.  I have only used the audio
conferencing service so I can't comment on the web conferencing.  


Trish Rose-Sandler
Metadata  Librarian

UC, San Diego
Geisel Library
9500 Gilman Drive 0175K
La Jolla, CA  92093-0175
(858) 822-0611



-----Original Message-----
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
Diane M. Zorich
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 11:18 AM
To: mcn-l at toronto.mediatrope.com
Subject: [MCN-L] webcasting a conference presentation

Colleagues,

One of the participants in my MCN session finds himself needing to be 
in two places at one time, so he would like to webcast his MCN 
presentation.  (At the time of the session, he will be physically 
located at another hotel that does not have webcasting capabilities.)

Has anyone used a commercial webcasting service for a conference 
presentation?  Would you recommend it?  What was the approximate 
cost?  (We are ruling out Skype because it is less than ideal for 
presentations that include Powerpoint.)

Thanks for any and all ideas.

Diane


-- 
Diane M. Zorich
113 Gallup Road
Princeton, NJ 08542 USA
Voice: 609-252-1606
Email:  dzorich at mindspring.com
or dianezorich at comcast.net
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From dianezorich at comcast.net  Tue Sep  1 11:32:16 2009
From: dianezorich at comcast.net (Diane M. Zorich)
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 14:32:16 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] webcasting a conference presentation
In-Reply-To: <b07138290909011125o1abeab4dt51158bb15723f2cf@mail.gmail.com>
References: <p0620070bc6c314568eb1@10.0.1.6>
	<b07138290909011125o1abeab4dt51158bb15723f2cf@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <p0620070dc6c31902a6cf@[10.0.1.6]>

Len,

Looking for the former - (speaker and simultaneous ppt/audio).

Diane



>Are you looking for both video of the speaker and simultaneous
>powerpoint/audio or just powerpoint and audio.
>
>On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Diane M. Zorich 
><dianezorich at comcast.net>wrote:
>
>>  Colleagues,
>>
>>  One of the participants in my MCN session finds himself needing to be
>>  in two places at one time, so he would like to webcast his MCN
>>  presentation.  (At the time of the session, he will be physically
>>  located at another hotel that does not have webcasting capabilities.)
>>
>>  Has anyone used a commercial webcasting service for a conference
>>  presentation?  Would you recommend it?  What was the approximate
>>  cost?  (We are ruling out Skype because it is less than ideal for
>>  presentations that include Powerpoint.)
>>
>>  Thanks for any and all ideas.
>>
>>  Diane
>>
>>
>>  --
>>  Diane M. Zorich
>>  113 Gallup Road
>>  Princeton, NJ 08542 USA
>>  Voice: 609-252-1606
>>  Email:  dzorich at mindspring.com
>>  or dianezorich at comcast.net
>>  _______________________________________________
>>  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
>>
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>>  http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
>>
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>>  http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
>>
>_______________________________________________
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>Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu)
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-- 
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 akeshet at imj.org.il  Tue Sep  1 12:36:09 2009
From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet  [akeshet@imj.org.il])
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 21:36:09 +0200
Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG:  Louis Vuitton wins, Internet Service Providers lose
Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F7CA0FDDD@mailsrv.imj.org.il>

"In a startling legal verdict that could send chills through the American Internet service provider industry, a California jury has awarded Louis Vuitton, the signature division of worldwide luxury titan LVMH, $32.4 million in damages in a key test of ISP liability in Web counterfeiting.
A federal district court jury found California-based ISP Akanoc Solutions, and an individual named Steven Chen, liable for "contributory trademark and copyright infringement." The defendants' ISP hosted websites peddling LV knockoffs. Louis Vuitton argued that Akanoc should have known that the infringing sites were selling fake LV merchandise.

The ruling sends a clear -- and mildly terrifying -- message to internet service providers across America: you could be liable for counterfeit or otherwise infringing material sold by websites hosted on your servers -- even if you try, but fail, to stop the activity."
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/09/01/jury-orders-isp-to-pay-louis-vuitton-32-4-million-over-knock-of/


From A-Newman at NGA.GOV  Tue Sep  1 13:06:08 2009
From: A-Newman at NGA.GOV (Newman, Alan)
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:06:08 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] webcasting a conference presentation
In-Reply-To: <p0620070dc6c31902a6cf@[10.0.1.6]>
Message-ID: <C6C2F6F0.2D969%A-Newman@NGA.GOV>

Diane,

I haven't set this up (I've been a client a number of times) but I hear
www.gotomeeting.com is easy to setup, has a free 30 day trial period and
works very well across platforms.

Best,
Alan




On 9/1/09 2:32 PM, "Diane M. Zorich" <dianezorich at comcast.net> wrote:

> Len,
> 
> Looking for the former - (speaker and simultaneous ppt/audio).
> 
> Diane
> 
> 
> 
>> Are you looking for both video of the speaker and simultaneous
>> powerpoint/audio or just powerpoint and audio.
>> 
>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Diane M. Zorich
>> <dianezorich at comcast.net>wrote:
>> 
>>>  Colleagues,
>>> 
>>>  One of the participants in my MCN session finds himself needing to be
>>>  in two places at one time, so he would like to webcast his MCN
>>>  presentation.  (At the time of the session, he will be physically
>>>  located at another hotel that does not have webcasting capabilities.)
>>> 
>>>  Has anyone used a commercial webcasting service for a conference
>>>  presentation?  Would you recommend it?  What was the approximate
>>>  cost?  (We are ruling out Skype because it is less than ideal for
>>>  presentations that include Powerpoint.)
>>> 
>>>  Thanks for any and all ideas.
>>> 
>>>  Diane
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  --
>>>  Diane M. Zorich
>>>  113 Gallup Road
>>>  Princeton, NJ 08542 USA
>>>  Voice: 609-252-1606
>>>  Email:  dzorich at mindspring.com
>>>  or dianezorich at comcast.net
>>>  _______________________________________________
>>>  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
>>> 
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>>>  http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
>>> 
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>>>  http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
>>> 
>> _______________________________________________
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> 


From johanna at thenewgallery.org  Tue Sep  1 14:37:09 2009
From: johanna at thenewgallery.org (Johanna Plant)
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 15:37:09 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: [MCN-L] Open source version of SlideRoom?
Message-ID: <51079.70.75.3.10.1251841029.squirrel@mail5.webfaction.com>

Hello,

The small artist-run centre where I work is looking for a way to
streamline our submissions process. Normally, artists submit hard copies
of their exhibition proposals to us, our programming director photocopies
them, and then they get distributed to our jury members. It seems that
this method is now a bit old fashioned, not to mention a waste of paper!

We're looking for some kind of open source software that artists could use
to make online submissions, similar to SlideRoom
(http://www.slideroom.com/). (SlideRoom would be perfect, but it doesn't
fit our non-existent budget). Artists would need to be able upload low to
medium res images, as well as artist statements. Jurors would then need
access to those files. It would also be great if the submissions could be
made anonymous for jurors, and if jurors could leave online comments about
the work. There would also have to be some kind of security measure so
that the submissions were only available to jurors and administrators.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Many thanks,

Johanna

Johanna Plant
Resource Centre Coordinator
The New Gallery
403.233.2399
http://www.thenewgallery.org/

From tim at kairosphoto.com  Tue Sep  1 17:04:25 2009
From: tim at kairosphoto.com (Tim Atherton)
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 18:04:25 -0600
Subject: [MCN-L] Open source version of SlideRoom?
In-Reply-To: <51079.70.75.3.10.1251841029.squirrel@mail5.webfaction.com>
Message-ID: <JOEDIIAOJNCLFHGHOMKKEEDAMDAA.tim@kairosphoto.com>

I'm not sure about any such software that's around (I'm losing track of what
comes out these days...), but there may well be something suitable.

BUT - if you do get a system set up, one of your first tasks will be to set
out clear simple but well defined rules/requirements for image submissions.

If you don't (or if your requirements are in the least bit ambiguous...) you
will end up with everything from 72dpi jpeg thumbnails to 350mb tif files to
.psd files to all sorts of obscure formats, varying sizes, resolutions and
colour spaces.

He says knowingly from experience :-)

tim a



Tim Atherton
e. tim at kairosphoto.com <mailto:tim at kairosphoto.com>
t. 780.292.3881
archivist  . curator  . photographer


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From crignall at me.com.au  Tue Sep  1 19:05:13 2009
From: crignall at me.com.au (Charles Rignall)
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 12:05:13 +1000
Subject: [MCN-L] Diane M. Zorich - webcast
Message-ID: <005801ca2b71$cef65770$6ce30650$@com.au>

Hi Diane:

 

I've used

Adobe Connect Now

Go to Meeting

And other free webcasting services, however the above have proved the most
reliable and allow presenter to show 'ppt slides' or 'video of presenter'.

 

Regards, Charles

 

Charles Rignall

International Marketing Consultant

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From heather.a.vaughan at gmail.com  Wed Sep  2 09:17:50 2009
From: heather.a.vaughan at gmail.com (Heather)
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:17:50 +0000
Subject: [MCN-L] Review of #sfmetrix Social Collections, New Metrics,
	Maps and Other 	Australi...
Message-ID: <00163623aa37c7c6dd04729a9b36@google.com>

Thanks to Tamsen for sending me to this conference!

http://www.wornthrough.com/2009/09/02/review-of-sfmetrix-social-collections-new-metrics-maps-and-other-australian-oddities/

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On the advise of Tamsen Schwartzmen (of the F.I.T. Museum), I recently
attended the workshop, Social Collections, New Metrics, Maps and Other
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From gerrymck at iastate.edu  Wed Sep  2 09:42:41 2009
From: gerrymck at iastate.edu (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB])
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 11:42:41 -0500
Subject: [MCN-L] Medscape Mobile > WebMD Launches Free Mobile Application
	For Physicians
In-Reply-To: <4F6D7F02E570D846825FD3A8B8C2526501A5561D@exchs018.its.iastate.edu>
References: <4F6D7F02E570D846825FD3A8B8C2526501A555EC@exchs018.its.iastate.edu>
	<4F6D7F02E570D846825FD3A8B8C2526501A555FF@exchs018.its.iastate.edu>
	<4F6D7F02E570D846825FD3A8B8C2526501A55613@exchs018.its.iastate.edu>
	<4F6D7F02E570D846825FD3A8B8C2526501A5561D@exchs018.its.iastate.edu>
Message-ID: <4F6D7F02E570D846825FD3A8B8C2526501A5562D@exchs018.its.iastate.edu>

Colleagues/

 

A Wednesday AM Discovery ! / A Model For Other Communities [?]

 

/Gerry 

 

NEW YORK, July 21, 2009 / PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/
WebMD Health Corp. (Nasdaq: WBMD), the leading source of health
information, today announced the launch of Medscape Mobile, a free
medical application for physicians. Medscape Mobile provides physicians
with Medscape's industry-leading medical information in a convenient
mobile format that can be accessed on demand on the iPhone(TM) and iPod
touch(R). 

 

Medscape Mobile includes the most comprehensive drug information,
clinical reference tools, medical news and continuing medical education
(CME). It is the only mobile application to include specialty-specific
news from Medscape's award-winning professional news team. Medscape
Mobile also includes CME activities organized by specialty and designed
for use on a mobile device. 

 

[snip]

 

Medscape Mobile is currently available on the iPhone(TM) and iPod
touch(R) and will be offered on additional mobile platforms, including
BlackBerry(R), later this year. Medscape will launch additional mobile
features this year, further enhancing its value to physicians at the
point-of-care.

 

Medscape Mobile is a free information service and its comprehensive
features include:

 

>Drug database of over 6,000 generic and brand name drugs, plus hundreds
of herbals, supplements and antidotes.

 

>> Drug interaction checker that quickly shows interactions for a
combination of up to 30 drugs, herbals and/or supplements

 

>>> Medscape Medical News with up-to-date, specialty-focused medical
content across more than 30 specialties. 

 

>>>>Continuing Medical Education from MedscapeCME in formats created
specifically for the mobile device.

 

>>>>>The WebMD Health Directory featuring contact information for over
400,000 physicians, 57,000 pharmacies, and 6,000 hospitals in a
convenient search format. 

 

 

An interactive demo is available.

 

Links to all appropriate site links including The App are accessible
from 

 

[ http://tinyurl.com/n4ljk4 ]

 

!!! Thanks To Aktuelles Nachrichten aus der Zweigbibliothek Medizin For
The HeadsUp !!!

 

/Gerry 

 

Gerry McKiernan

Associate Professor

Science and Technology Librarian

Iowa State University Library

Ames IA 50011

 

gerrymck at iastate.edu

 

 

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From akeshet at imj.org.il  Wed Sep  2 23:45:32 2009
From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet  [akeshet@imj.org.il])
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 08:45:32 +0200
Subject: [MCN-L] =?windows-1255?q?FW=3A_=FEVisual_Resources_-_Celebrating_?=
 =?windows-1255?q?25_Years_in_2009_with_Free_Online_Access?=
Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F7EEFA1D6@mailsrv.imj.org.il>

---------- Forwarded message ----------

Visual Resources

Celebrating 25 Years in 2009 with Free Online Access

2009 sees the silver anniversary of Visual Resources: An International Journal of Documentation (VR).

Over the years, VR has published articles about verbal descriptions of art and architecture; copies, casts, and facsimiles; drawings, paintings, and prints; photography; library, archive, and museum collections; iconography; and computers and electronic imagery - and how these have functioned as documents of art and culture.

To celebrate the journal?s silver anniversary ? looking back to highlight the range and quality of articles published, and also looking forward to new possibilities with online dissemination ? we are offering free online access to a selection of articles for the remainder of 2009.

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From marty at fsu.edu  Thu Sep  3 07:53:58 2009
From: marty at fsu.edu (Paul Marty)
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 10:53:58 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] CFP: Library Trends -- Digital Knowledge
Message-ID: <1CB27637-A89B-4118-B660-87917AB02D75@fsu.edu>


CALL FOR PAPERS -- LIBRARY TRENDS

The editors of Library Trends are pleased to announce plans for a  
special issue titled "Involving Users in the Co-Construction of  
Digital Knowledge in Libraries, Archives, and Museums."

This special issue will be guest edited by Drs. Paul F. Marty and  
Michelle M. Kazmer, College of Communication and Information, Florida  
State University, with Dr. Corinne Jorgensen (Florida State  
University), Katherine Burton Jones (Harvard Divinity School), and  
Richard J. Urban (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign).


DESCRIPTION

Many libraries, archives, and museums provide their users with social  
computing environments that include the ability to tag collections,  
annotate objects, and otherwise contribute their thoughts to the  
knowledge base of the institution. Information professionals and users  
have responded to the transition to a web 2.0 world of user-created  
content by developing open source tools to coordinate these activities  
and researching the best ways to involve users in the co-creation of  
digital knowledge.

This rapid influx of new technologies and new methods of interacting  
with users has come at a time when libraries, archives, and museums  
still struggle to share data across their own institutions, let alone  
between different types of institutions. Information professionals in  
libraries, archives, and museums had barely begun to make progress  
developing crosswalks and data interoperability standards when, as  
social computing became the norm on the web, providing the ability for  
users to manipulate data changed from a cool toy to a basic  
expectation. Moving forward -- and keeping pace with user expectations  
-- requires the coordination of many different users (in all their  
variety) as they contribute, participate, shape, and create all types  
of data in all types of contexts.

We need to consider what social computing really means for the future  
of libraries, archives, and museums, and think carefully about the  
future trends and long-term implications of involving users in the co- 
construction of knowledge online. It is important to have broad-based  
discussions about what happens when users are involved in shaping and  
directing and guiding the development of online libraries, archives,  
and museums and their information resources.

For this issue of Library Trends, therefore, we seek authors who can  
step back and think broadly about those issues that are raised when we  
bring users into the mix in various ways and at various points in the  
data/information/knowledge life-cycle. We are interested in receiving  
high-level theory pieces, supported by research data of course, but  
with a focus on the long-term trends involved and their implications  
for libraries, archives, and museums. In particular, we are looking  
for papers that explore the future trends and long-term implications  
of the many different ways in which information professionals in  
libraries, archives, and museums have, can, and should involve their  
users in the co-construction of digital knowledge based on their  
online collections.

Sample questions include, but are certainly not limited to:

* How are libraries, archives, and museums implementing user- 
contributed data / descriptions of artifacts, objects, or collections  
on their websites? What are the long-term implications of involving  
users in the co-description, co-cataloguing of digital knowledge?

* How are libraries, archives, and museums encouraging users to create  
online collections of personal favorites or similar items on their  
websites? What are the long-term implications of involving users in  
the co-creation, co-curation of digital knowledge?

* How are libraries, archives, and museums encouraging users to  
create / structure their own online environments, designing  
personalized websites or portals specifically suited to individual  
needs? What are the implications of involving users in the design and  
structuring of online interfaces for the development and presentation  
of digital knowledge?

* How is the education of library, archives, and museum practitioners  
(and in particular the increase in online and hybrid learning  
technologies) influencing the ways practitioners subsequently  
incorporate technology into their user service environments in  
libraries, archives, and museums?


IMPORTANT DATES

  * Optional Abstract: December 1, 2009 (see below)

  * Submission Deadline: March 1, 2010

  * Review Decisions: May 15, 2010 (all submissions will be peer- 
reviewed)

  * Final Versions Due: July 15, 2010

  * Publication: Early 2011


SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

All submissions should be emailed directly to Paul Marty at marty at fsu.edu 
  or Michelle Kazmer at mkazmer at fsu.edu.

For formatting instructions, please see the Library Trends Author  
Guidelines available here:
http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/library_trends/guidelines.html

If you wish, you may submit an optional abstract (by email to Paul  
Marty at marty at fsu.edu or Michelle Kazmer at mkazmer at fsu.edu) for  
feedback by December 1, 2009.

If you have any questions about the special issue, please contact Paul  
Marty at marty at fsu.edu or Michelle Kazmer at mkazmer at fsu.edu.

For more information about Library Trends, please see: http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/library_trends/

A PDF version of this CFP is available at: http://marty.ci.fsu.edu/misc/cfp_librarytrends.pdf


--------------
Paul F. Marty, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Studies
College of Communication and Information, Florida State University
240 Louis Shores Building, Tallahassee, FL 32306-2100
http://marty.ci.fsu.edu | marty at fsu.edu


From kboughida at gelman.gwu.edu  Thu Sep  3 12:45:36 2009
From: kboughida at gelman.gwu.edu (Karim Boughida)
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:45:36 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] Job Posting: Digital Library Programmer Analyst (GWU,
	Washington, DC)
Message-ID: <4A9FE49F.7420.00E1.0@gelman.gwu.edu>

Hi All,
Please visit
http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/about/organization/jobs/staff/digital-library-programmer-analyst 
If you have questions, send me an email offline.
Thank you

Karim Boughida
Associate University Librarian for 
Digital Initiatives and Content Management
George Washington University
Gelman Library
2130 H Street NW
Washington, DC 20052
kboughida at gelman.gwu.edu 





From capeannmuseum at comcast.net  Fri Sep  4 07:16:57 2009
From: capeannmuseum at comcast.net (John Harrington)
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 14:16:57 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [MCN-L] Help with Small Museum Technology Plan
In-Reply-To: <1174130956.1021311252073766655.JavaMail.root@sz0004a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net>
Message-ID: <798116708.1021611252073817503.JavaMail.root@sz0004a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net>





At the Cape Ann Museum we have started to develop a technology plan. . We are a small regional museum and currently have only a few stand-alone system applications and would like to have the benefit of your museum?s experience in developing an integrated I/T plan. Any information you can provide to answer our questions below would be greatly appreciated. 



1) What equipment, systems or software are used at the front desk / visitor check-in to: record member and non-member visitors, enroll new members and automate collection of visitor data? 



2) What other equipment, systems or software are being used on the public side of the museum (e.g., registers or terminals, display kiosks, audio tours, exhibit alarms, etc.)? 



3) How does your museum create, store and manage digital images? 



4) What programs and hardware are used to catalog and manage collections and archives? 



5) What type and size of servers, networks and back-up systems are used? 



6) What integration tools are used to access diverse data? (e.g., Intranet ?) 



7) Does your organization use both PC?s and Mac?s and how have you integrated them? 



8) What internal and external communication tools are used to connect staff and members? (type of email programs / blog software / constant contact / etc.) 

9) Who developed and maintains your web site and what are the underlying systems used to provide functionality (e.g., on line purchasing) and retrieve web content? 



10) Can you tell us about your records management and retention policies? 



Even if you only have time to answer one of the questions your efforts would be greatly appreciated. 


Best Regards, 

John Harrington 

capeannmuseum at comcast.net 

Special Project Volunteer 
Technology Strategic Plan 
Cape Ann Museum 



http://www.capeannhistoricalmuseum.org/ 



From hmwells at springdalear.gov  Fri Sep  4 08:59:27 2009
From: hmwells at springdalear.gov (Heather Marie Wells)
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 10:59:27 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: [MCN-L] Twitter Analytics
In-Reply-To: <352278394.176451252079928002.JavaMail.root@mail.springdaleark.org>
Message-ID: <790255330.176471252079967300.JavaMail.root@mail.springdaleark.org>


Porbably not the type of stats you are looking for, but a service called Mr. Tweet tracks how often you post, reply, include links, and your ratio of followers/friends.  So it gives you a picture of how active a Twitterer you are.

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: JonathanC at ag.nsw.gov.au
To: "Museum Computer Network Listserv" <mcn-l at mcn.edu>
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 6:24:05 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Twitter Analytics

Hi John,

I know this is a late reply, but...
Have you heard of Twitoaster? I just read about it this morning in David
Pogue's "Personal Tech" column:

Twitoaster.com...
bestows Twitter with something that it otherwise lacks:
threading. In other words, it groups replies with the
tweets that inspired them.

It's also filled with analysis tools, showing, for a
particular Twitter member, how many replies he or she is
generating, how various Twitterers rank, and...
what day of the week, or time of day,
seems to produce the most replies. (There's a handy visual
instruction sheet at http://twitoaster.com/quick-guide)

Better yet, Twitoaster holds onto your tweets and replies
forever, which is a lot longer than Twitter does.

Here's the link to the full article:
http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2009/08/27/technology/circuitsemail/index.html?8cir&emc=cir


Regards,
Jonathan

Jonathan Cooper
Manager of information / website
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery Road, Sydney NSW 2000
AUSTRALIA
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
+61 2 9225 1796 / (02) 9225 1796

mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu wrote on 07/08/2009 11:21:19 PM:

> We are looking for a way to get Twitter analytics like we can get
> for Flicker. It tells us which specific posts are the most
> successful and what time of day people pay the most attention to us etc.
>
> Any Suggestions?
>
> Thanks
>
> John
>
> John R. Bedard  |  Director of Information Systems
> Minneapolis Institute of Arts
> 2400 Third Avenue South
> Minneapolis, MN 55404
>
> 612-870-3268  |  JBedard at artsmia.org  |  http://www.artsmia.org
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From mcn-announce at mcn.edu  Fri Sep  4 11:56:15 2009
From: mcn-announce at mcn.edu (MCN Announcements)
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:56:15 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] MCN Conference - Save the Date
Message-ID: <4AA162CF.1080107@mcn.edu>

With apologies for cross-postings?

***

Save the Date!

Join the Museum Computer Network for the 37th annual conference in
Portland, Oregon, November 11th ? 14th.

Museum Information, Museum Efficiency: Doing More with Less!

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM AVAILABLE ONLINE NOW

Join MCN for four days of programming with innovative sessions ? panels,
papers, case studies, and workshops ? that illustrate how institutions
are effectively functioning and planning to function during the tough
times ahead.

Visit www.mcn.edu/conferences to view the preliminary program and for
registration, hotel & travel information.

***

About the Museum Computer Network
Mission: The Museum Computer Network (MCN) supports the greater museum
community by providing continuing opportunities to explore, implement,
and disseminate new technologies and best practices in the field.

Founded in 1967, MCN is a nonprofit organization with members
representing a wide range of information professionals from hundreds of
museums and cultural heritage institutions in the United States and
around the world.  MCN helps museum information professionals and people
interested in technology in the cultural heritage community seek out and
share ideas and information through a wide range of activities,
including an annual conference, special interest groups, website, and
other outstanding resources such as the new MCN Project Registry at
MuseTechCentral (http://musetechcentral.org/)

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From cathryng at Princeton.EDU  Sat Sep  5 06:50:04 2009
From: cathryng at Princeton.EDU (Cathryn Goodwin)
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2009 09:50:04 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] facebook advice
References: <4AA162CF.1080107@mcn.edu>
Message-ID: <85A35CF72F0592499E91363FB21589671720D2@EXCLUSTER.pu.win.princeton.edu>

Does anyone have experience with setting up an institutional facebook and also allowing for groups?  It seems facebook will only allow personal profiles to create groups - do others have staff people create museum-related groups under their personal profile?

thanks
Cathryn

From shazan at netvision.net.il  Sat Sep  5 11:48:12 2009
From: shazan at netvision.net.il (Susan Hazan)
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:48:12 +0300
Subject: [MCN-L] facebook advice
In-Reply-To: <85A35CF72F0592499E91363FB21589671720D2@EXCLUSTER.pu.win.princeton.edu>
References: <4AA162CF.1080107@mcn.edu>
	<85A35CF72F0592499E91363FB21589671720D2@EXCLUSTER.pu.win.princeton.edu>
Message-ID: <4AA2B26C.9090200@netvision.net.il>

please join the 'Museums on Facebook group' - on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=8173798651
Susan Hazan

On 9/5/2009 4:50 PM, Cathryn Goodwin wrote:
> Does anyone have experience with setting up an institutional facebook and also allowing for groups?  It seems facebook will only allow personal profiles to create groups - do others have staff people create museum-related groups under their personal profile?
>
> thanks
> Cathryn
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From sweaver at experienceology.com  Sat Sep  5 12:57:21 2009
From: sweaver at experienceology.com (Stephanie Weaver)
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2009 12:57:21 -0700
Subject: [MCN-L] Creating a Facebook page for your museum
Message-ID: <CC58B1DC-423A-4505-80DC-D7AC971EB63B@experienceology.com>

Hi Cathryn,
I created a tech tutorial for this very purpose... shows you how some  
museums are using Facebook and takes you through all the details of  
setting up your Facebook Page, including how to embed your Twitter  
feed on the Page (a little tricky).

You have to be an official rep for your institution to set up the Page  
(which is different than a profile). You also need to have more than  
100 fans in order to claim your organization's custom name for your  
Page.

If you're interested, the tutorial is $5 and you'll find it here:
http://bit.ly/mwXe5

Hope this helps!

Best,

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 
.

Live webinars:
Intro to visitor experiences:                      	Wed. Sept. 30 at 9  
am PDT: http://bit.ly/HLdIF
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Customer service:					Wed. Oct. 14 at 	9 am PDT: http://bit.ly/3TIctM
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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 gerrymck at iastate.edu  Tue Sep  8 13:41:27 2009
From: gerrymck at iastate.edu (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB])
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 15:41:27 -0500
Subject: [MCN-L] GMcK eList Posts Now Tweets |  09-09-09 |
In-Reply-To: <4F6D7F02E570D846825FD3A8B8C252650158FF11@exchs018.its.iastate.edu>
References: <4F6D7F02E570D846825FD3A8B8C252650158FF11@exchs018.its.iastate.edu>
Message-ID: <4F6D7F02E570D846825FD3A8B8C252650158FF17@exchs018.its.iastate.edu>

Colleagues/

 

As of tomorrow, 09-09-09, I will no longer submit postings to the
various listservs and e-lists to which I currently subscribe [There may
be exceptions if the news is of Major/Major Importance (IMHO)]

 

I have decided to create a Twitter feed for any/all posts for each/most
of my major blogs

 

[ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490  ]

 

The Twitter name is 

 

[ http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs  ]

 

Soooo ... >>>

 

If you are interested in any/all of my postings to most of my Major
Blogs >>>

 

Please Follow Me on Twitter ...

 

Thanks For Considering.

 

Regards,

 

/Gerry 

 

Gerry McKiernan

Associate Professor

Science and Technology Librarian

Iowa State University Library

Ames IA 50011

 

gerrymck at iastate.edu

 

There Are No Answers, Only Solutions / Olde Irish Saying

 

The Future Is Already Here, It's Just Not Evenly Distributed /

Attributed To William Gibson, SciFi Author / Coined 'Cyberspace


From deborahwythe at hotmail.com  Wed Sep  9 08:36:28 2009
From: deborahwythe at hotmail.com (Deborah Wythe)
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 11:36:28 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] images in didactics: fair use?  -- response summary
Message-ID: <BLU126-W102863B7AE381F3C134EC9CFE90@phx.gbl>


Hello,
I received a number of thoughtful responses to the question I posed a few weeks ago (thank you!), which I summarize below, as promised.
Deborah Wythe 
Brooklyn Museum 
Digital Collections and Services

Posted on MCN-L (Museum Computer Network) and MUSIP (Museum Intellectual Property) lists, 8/25/2009: We'd be interested in knowing whether any other museums out there have established a policy or set a precedent 
on the use of copyrighted images (especially from commercial sources) as contextual illustrations on didactics 
or wall labels. Do you consider this fair use, or do you acquire permission/pay for rights just as you would for a
book? Does the size of the reproduction play into the decision?


1.   
university
museum

This
came up with explanatory signs . . . Counsel's Office concluded that the use of
a single image in a reduced scale on a sign as part of an educational program
was a fair use. If we wanted to include that same image in a print version of
the explanatory text or on a web version of our signs, then we might need
permission. 



Our experience is that while people may start off thinking that they will only
use it in one place, the ease (and efficiency) of repurposing information makes
this problematic.



2.   
art museum



We
do consider reproduction for gallery didactics to be fair use; however, if we
obtained the image under contract for another use, we will ask permission for
the reuse.  We consider fair use to be
trumped by licensing agreements or loan agreements.  Size of the reproduction is not a
consideration. 


3.    contemporary art museumThe question's come up here too (although not in terms of using images from a commercial source -- 
rather, using images of modern and contemporary artworks), and when it does, this is what we've 
done/decided:

Reproducing one very small image of a copyright-protected work on a wall label for the run of an exhibition 
is a fair use - given the context, size of reproduction, fact that it's local/not distributed, properly attributed,
and we don't believe such use takes money away from artists/estates. 
We don't seek permission in these cases. 4.    art and archaeology museumWe try to use common sense.  If we're reproducing an artist's or photographer's work as a big enlargement 
as part of an exhibtion wall design, we're using that work, in the full sense of the word.  We're doing 
something with it. And we'll get permission and pay.  But if we're reproducing something as a small 
reference image on a wall label -- small on small, let's call it, and definitely didactic -- then we often won't.  
We've never had a problem resulting from this policy.
deborahwythe at hotmail.com 



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From lesleyeharris at comcast.net  Wed Sep  9 18:35:36 2009
From: lesleyeharris at comcast.net (Lesley Ellen Harris)
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 21:35:36 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] Copyright News
Message-ID: <8A99AEB3-599C-49A0-93FD-8FDF8259312E@comcast.net>

FROM THE OFFICES OF LESLEY ELLEN HARRIS

Copyright, New Media Law & E-Commerce News

__________________________________________________________________

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Vol. 13, No. 4, September 9, 2009

ISSN 1489-954X



Contents:



1.              Studies, Legislation and Conventions

Canadian Copyright Law Reform Consultations


2.              Legal Cases:

Reproduction of 11 Words May Be Infringement
Educational Tariff in Canada


3.              Of Interest:

New Anti-Piracy Video
Disney to Acquire Marvel Entertainment

4.              Seminars and Publications:

Copyright Certificate Program
Online Copyright Courses
The Copyright & New Media Law Newsletter 2010
Book:  Licensing Digital Content:  A Practical Guide for Librarians

              
__________________________________________________________________

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Copyright, New Media & E-Commerce News is distributed for free by the  
office of Lesley Ellen Harris. Information contained herein should not  
be relied upon or considered as legal advice. Copyright 2009 Lesley  
Ellen Harris. This e-letter may be forwarded, downloaded or reproduced  
in whole in any print or electronic format for non-commercial purposes  
provided that you cc: lehletter at copyrightlaws.com.



This e-letter, from 1996 to the present, is archived with Library &  
Archives Canada at:  http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/201/300/copyright/.

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1.      STUDIES, LEGISLATION AND CONVENTIONS:



CANADIAN COPYRIGHT LAW REFORM CONSULTATIONS ? During the summer, the  
Canadian government has been holding a number of public consultations  
to establish a ?wish-list? for copyright reform in Canada.  This round  
of consultations comes to an end on September 13, 2009.  See: http://copyright.econsultation.ca/ 
.


__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________



2.      LEGAL CASES:


REPRODUCTION OF 11 WORDS MAY BE INFRINGEMENT ? Danske Dagblades  
Forening, a Danish newspaper industry body, is suing Infopaq, a Danish  
clippings service, over its reproduction of 11-word snippets of news  
for sale to clients.  The European Court of Justice stated that  
copyright law would apply to extracts even if they contained just 11  
words.  However, the Court has not yet ruled in this case.  The Court  
stated that it is up to a national court to decide first whether a  
newspaper article has copyright protection (though generally newspaper  
articles are protected by copyright.)



EDUCATIONAL TARIFF IN CANADA - The Copyright Board of Canada has  
certified a tariff for the reproduction of literary, dramatic and  
artistic works in books, newspaper, magazines and other publications,  
for the use in primary and secondary level educational institutions in  
Canada outside of Quebec.  The previous rate of $2.45 CDN per full- 
time equivalent student per year is now set at $5.16 per full-time  
equivalent student per year.  See:  http://cb-cda.bc.ca.  An article  
discussing this tariff is in Volume 2009, Issue 3 of The Copyright &  
New Media Law Newsletter.

__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________


3.      OF INTEREST:



NEW ANTI-PIRACY VIDEO ? YouTube has become a source for a variety of  
professionally produced videos on various angles of copyright.  Just  
launched today is Don?t Copy That Floppy 2 from the Software and  
Information Industry Association.  It is the sequel to the well-known  
?Don?t Copy that Floppy? video from 1992.  This sequel is a light- 
hearted treatment of a serious subject, complete with dancing  
Klingons.  See: http://www.dct2.com/.



DISNEY TO ACQUIRE MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT ? The Walt Disney Company has  
agreed to acquire Marvel Entertainment, Inc.  Marvel?s 5,000  
characters include Iron Man, Spider-Man, X-Men, Captain America, and  
Thor.  The transaction has to be approved by Marvel shareholders as  
well as various government regulations.



__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________


4.     SEMINARS AND PUBLICATIONS:


COPYRIGHT CERTIFICATE PROGRAM ? Copyrightlaws.com jointly with the  
Special Library Association/Click University is offering a 2 week  
interactive online course, Introduction to Copyright Management,  
beginning October 26, 2009.  This course is open to all, and may be  
used as credit towards the  seven course Certificate in Copyright  
Management.  See:  www.clickuniversity.com.



ONLINE COPYRIGHT COURSES? Copyrightlaws.com is offering the following  
online courses from October 19 to November 27, 2009:

?      Canadian Copyright Law, including special reports on copyright  
reform in Canada.

?      Developing a Copyright Policy.  By completing the assignments  
in this course, you will have a draft Copyright Policy customized for  
your organization.

For further information and registration, see:  www.acteva.com/go/copyright 
.



THE COPYRIGHT & NEW MEDIA LAW NEWSLETTER 2010 ? The 2010  Volume of  
this previously print-only Newsletter (which has been in publication  
since 1997) is now available in a PDF format.  See:  www.acteva.com/go/copyright 
.  A sample copy is at: http://www.copyrightlaws.com/copyrightlaws_5_29_2009_files/NL%202009-1.pdf 
.



BOOK:  LICENSING DIGITAL CONTENT:  A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR LIBRARIANS  -  
Written by Lesley Ellen Harris, the 2nd edition of this book published  
by ALA Editions is now available.  See:  www.alaeditions.org.


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This newsletter is prepared by Copyright Lawyer Lesley Ellen Harris.  
Lesley is the author of the books Canadian Copyright Law (McGraw- 
Hill), Digital Property: Currency of the 21st Century (McGraw-Hill),  
and Licensing Digital Content (ALA Editions).  Lesley edits the print  
newsletter, The Copyright & New Media Law Newsletter. Lesley may be  
reached at:  http://copyrightlaws.com.

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If you are looking for further topical and practical information about  
copyright law, obtain a sample copy of the print newsletter, The  
Copyright & New Media Law Newsletter, from http://copyrightlaws.com.






  

From jtrant at archimuse.com  Thu Sep 10 11:18:28 2009
From: jtrant at archimuse.com (j trant)
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:18:28 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] Museums and the Web 2010: CFP: Sept 30 Deadline
Message-ID: <p0624082cc6cef34f3c89@[192.168.0.113]>

[sorry if you get this more than once: please share it as appropriate]


MW2010 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Deadline September 30, 2009

    Museums and the Web 2010
    the international conference for culture and heritage on-line
    April 13-17, 2010
    Denver, Colorado, USA
    http://www.archimuse.com/mw2010/


Museums and the Web explores the social, cultural, design, 
technological, economic, and organizational issues of culture, 
science and heritage on-line. Taking an international perspective, MW 
reviews and analyzes the issues and impacts of networked cultural, 
natural and scientific heritage. Our community has been meeting since 
1997, imagining, tracking, analyzing, and influencing the role 
museums play on the Web.


* CALL FOR PARTICIPATION *
Proposals are invited from professionals and researchers in all areas 
actively exploring the creation, on-line presentation and use of 
cultural, scientific and heritage content, and its re-use and 
evaluation.

The bibliography of past MW papers (all on-line since 1997) can be 
searched at http://conference.archimuse.com/researchForum/


* PROPOSAL FORM *
On-line proposal submission is required. Use the form at 
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2010/papers/mw2010.proposalForm.html

Please co-ordinate your proposals with your collaborators. Multiple 
proposals about the same project will not be accepted.

Proposals are peer-reviewed individually by an International Program 
Committee; full sessions are rarely accepted. Proposals for sessions 
should be submitted as individual papers with a covering note. The 
committee may choose to accept some papers and not others.


*SESSION FORMATS *
MW sessions vary in format - from formal Papers to informal Birds of 
a Feather lunches, and from structured Professional Forums to timely 
Unconference Sessions. Find the best format for your idea, by 
reviewing the session formats at 
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2010/sessions/sessionFormats.html


* DEADLINES *
Proposals due September 30, 2009
  - for papers, mini-workshops + professional forums (written paper 
required by Jan. 31, 2010)

Proposals due December 31, 2009
  - for demonstrations (written paper optional)


* PROGRAM SUGGESTIONS *
The Museums and the Web program is built from the ground up, from 
your proposals. Add your ideas to the on-line discussion at 
http://conference.archimuse.com/forum/ideas_mw2010_program


* NEED FURTHER DETAILS? *
Review the MW2010 Call for Participation on-line at
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2010/call.html


Contact the MW2010 Conference Co-Chairs
David Bearman + Jennifer Trant, Archives & Museum Informatics
mw2010 at archimuse.com

We hope to see you in Denver.

jennifer and David

-- 
Jennifer Trant and David Bearman
Co-Chairs: Museums and the Web 2010	produced by
April 13-17, 2010, Denver, Colordo	Archives & Museum Informatics
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2010/ 	158 Lee Avenue
email: mw2010 at archimuse.com		Toronto, Ontario, Canada
phone +1 416 691 2516 | fax +1 416 352-6025
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From chad.petrovay at themim.org  Thu Sep 10 11:23:44 2009
From: chad.petrovay at themim.org (Chad Petrovay)
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:23:44 -0700
Subject: [MCN-L] facebook advice
In-Reply-To: <85A35CF72F0592499E91363FB21589671720D2@EXCLUSTER.pu.win.princeton.edu>
References: <4AA162CF.1080107@mcn.edu>
	<85A35CF72F0592499E91363FB21589671720D2@EXCLUSTER.pu.win.princeton.edu>
Message-ID: <68298022D2B4BC4C8FDBA80B548FD3AD917ACE@mim02.mim.local>

Yes, staff members must create institutional groups or pages under personal profiles. While I am aware of one institution that has created a profile for a person (historically associated with the institution) that is used for administering the group/page, this is a violation of Facebook's Terms of Service.

When you (or whomever) create the group/page, be sure to add multiple (trusted) staff members as administrators of a group or page. This way, if the group/page creator leaves the institution, you can maintain control of the group/page. You will also notice that pages do not display the administrators, whereas groups do expose a lists of "Admins" and "Officers".

Facebook pages are preferable to groups. Events sent to group members are sent from the personal account that creates the event (ie - "You have been invited by Chad Petrovay (Phoenix, AZ)" or "Hosted by: Chad"), whereas events sent to fans are sent under the auspices of the institution (ie - "Hosted by: The Field Museum").

Hope this has been helpful.


Chad Petrovay ?| ?Collections Database Administrator
MIM-Musical Instrument Museum | 8550 S. Priest Drive ?| ?Tempe, AZ 85284 
480.481.2460 main ?| ?480.353.2746 direct | 480.481.2459 fax ?| www.themim.org


-----Original Message-----
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Cathryn Goodwin
Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 6:50 AM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: [MCN-L] facebook advice

Does anyone have experience with setting up an institutional facebook and also allowing for groups?  It seems facebook will only allow personal profiles to create groups - do others have staff people create museum-related groups under their personal profile?

thanks
Cathryn

From chris at mccastle.com  Thu Sep 10 12:52:06 2009
From: chris at mccastle.com (Christine Castle)
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:52:06 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] Call to list research and evaluation projects
Message-ID: <C6CED126.50CA%chris@mccastle.com>

September 10, 2009

Are you researching or evaluating an aspect of museum education or
interpretation? Are you doing research for a museum education-related thesis
or dissertation? If so, here's your chance to share your work with
interested others around the globe.

Just send an e-mail to mem at mccastle.com that includes:
- name of project
- research or evaluation question(s) [no more than 50 words, please]
- how the data will be presented
- principal researcher(s)/ evaluator(s)
- site(s) where research is being conducted
- time span
- contact information
- key words/labels to describe the project [no more than 4 or 5, please].

To review recent research listings, read the MEM blog, "FORUM: Research and
Resources in Museum Education" at http://forum.mccastle.com/.

All listings are free of charge and displayed in their language of origin.
Deadline for the September issue of Museum Education Monitor (MEM), in which
this work will be listed, is Friday, September 18.

FYI, research listings for July 2009 MEM included:
- eMotion - mapping museum experience (Switzerland)
- National Survey:  Prevalence of Interdepartmental Collaboration and
Constructivism in Art Museums (USA)

Internship Projects listed were:
- The Sky's The Limit (Canada)
- Museum Exhibit of Assistive Technology (USA)
- Gorilla Touch Table (Canada)
- Collectors? Corner Neighborhood Trading Post (USA)
- Trail of Tears background information (USA)
- iAfrica: Connecting with Sub-Saharan Art (USA)
- The Synagogue Speaks! (USA)
- Leo Burger Immigrant's Trunk, Early Childhood Education (USA)

A complimentary copy of this July issue is available upon request to
mem at mccastle.com.

Please get in touch for more information about this call or to discuss your
research. I look forward to hearing from you!

Cheers,
Chris

M. Christine Castle, Editor, Museum Education Monitor
Whitby, Ontario, Canada
mem at mccastle.com   
For more information about Museum Education Monitor or to subscribe see
http://www.mccastle.com

[Apologies for cross-posting. Many of us belong to several museum
education-related lists and I try to post this call as widely as possible.
Your patience is appreciated! Cheers MCC]



From adele.hoarau at cr-reunion.fr  Mon Sep 14 05:32:47 2009
From: adele.hoarau at cr-reunion.fr (adele.hoarau at cr-reunion.fr)
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:32:47 +0400
Subject: [MCN-L] software
In-Reply-To: <8A99AEB3-599C-49A0-93FD-8FDF8259312E@comcast.net>
References: <8A99AEB3-599C-49A0-93FD-8FDF8259312E@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <OFAB690ED0.3C78A920-ON44257631.00437DDB-44257631.004437BE@cr-reunion.fr>

Hello all
I'll try to make my question as clear as possible:
Our organization needs a digital asset that can help us (10 persons here 
and others to remote places) to preserve and share a lot of information in 
order to create - at the end of a process involving several people - 
either films or multimedia products (interactive material...) I was 
wondering if there exists a software solution that would be easy to manage 
and modify. For instance, changes made in the life circle of a document 
(image, audio, artefact) have to be known by the others working on or with 
it.
It's rather about project management than data conservation. The assets I 
have seen so far are not adaptated to cultural multimedia projects, so 
please let me know if you have an idea that would fit.
Many thanks,
Ad?le Geoffroy
Librarian
Reunion Island

From g.durbin at vam.ac.uk  Mon Sep 14 10:40:35 2009
From: g.durbin at vam.ac.uk (Gail Durbin)
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:40:35 +0100
Subject: [MCN-L] V&A launches one million objects on line
Message-ID: <4AAE8E22.A9F8.0072.0@vam.ac.uk>

Some of you may have seen this on Twitter but if not this is just to let you know that the V&A has launched a Beta version of Search the Collections where we have moved from 55,000 object records on line to over a million. The temporary address is www.vam.ac.uk/cis-online . There is still a way to go but we would welcome comments and ways to improve what we have there now.

The technical work for this has been done by Richard Morgan, the V&A web technical manager, and his team and he will be able to answer any of the more technical questions. Mark Hook on the content side has worked with the designers, The Other Media, on the user interface. Our Collections records staff under Heather Caven have done a lot of work preparing the records to go live. The project has been about using what we already had so the project draws text from our collections information system and images from the digital asset management system and aims to make the presentation and functionality as user friendly as possible. We have tried to make sure visitors see the best records first. And as information is added to our records so the site will get better.

We are working on making the browse function smoother, introducing text mining, making the mapping function work more accurately and adding some less conventional options to the browse. There will be an API and we hope to add an element of crowd sourcing. In the longer term there will be saved searches, lightboxes and more linking, among other things, but some of these items will have to wait until we have completed our more general website redesign in the Autumn of 2010. For now it feels like we have made a major digital leap forward which is good for visitors and provides a foundation for many other web facilities.

Gail Durbin
Head of V&A Online



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From WWeinstein at philamuseum.org  Mon Sep 14 11:29:50 2009
From: WWeinstein at philamuseum.org (Weinstein, William)
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:29:50 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] rights question
References: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD780A839DDD78@mailsrv.imj.org.il>
Message-ID: <F49F2B9E060C8140AEA79CB09DE7ADE4075E8F93@pmapicasso.pmant1.local>

We are evaluating our policy regarding obtaining rights for images of
works we publish in our online collection section.   The issue of what
to do with works where there is an apparent copyright holder that can
either not be contacted or does not respond to repeated permission
requests.  Does anyone have a position of what to do regarding works in
this particular state of limbo?

Bill Weinstein

From lesleyeharris at comcast.net  Mon Sep 14 13:06:26 2009
From: lesleyeharris at comcast.net (Lesley Ellen Harris)
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:06:26 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] rights question
In-Reply-To: <F49F2B9E060C8140AEA79CB09DE7ADE4075E8F93@pmapicasso.pmant1.local>
References: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD780A839DDD78@mailsrv.imj.org.il>
	<F49F2B9E060C8140AEA79CB09DE7ADE4075E8F93@pmapicasso.pmant1.local>
Message-ID: <56322CE2-6B68-49E5-BAF1-B3DB2102E816@comcast.net>

Bill, legally if you do not have permission, you may not use the work.
There is no mechanism in US copyright law to help you.  However, if  
you are based in Canada, there is an unlocatable copyright owner  
provision which can help you just in that
circumstance.  And it is possible that you can use it if using a  
Canadian work (though I would have to double check to see who is  
eligible if you are not in Canada.)

Lesley

Lesley Ellen Harris
lesley at copyrightlaws.com
www.copyrightanswers.blogspot.com



On Sep 14, 2009, at 2:29 PM, Weinstein, William wrote:

We are evaluating our policy regarding obtaining rights for images of
works we publish in our online collection section.   The issue of what
to do with works where there is an apparent copyright holder that can
either not be contacted or does not respond to repeated permission
requests.  Does anyone have a position of what to do regarding works in
this particular state of limbo?

Bill Weinstein
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From david.brewer at gmail.com  Mon Sep 14 14:23:49 2009
From: david.brewer at gmail.com (David Brewer)
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:23:49 -0700
Subject: [MCN-L] V&A launches one million objects on line
In-Reply-To: <4AAE8E22.A9F8.0072.0@vam.ac.uk>
References: <4AAE8E22.A9F8.0072.0@vam.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <2248649a0909141423y22727b8bv3daf3965c7fbe014@mail.gmail.com>

Congratulations on a very impressive collection search!  It's quite
snappy, too, considering the amount of data being indexed.  I
especially like the feature that lets you expand a search result row
in-line to get a larger image and description of the record.

My only feedback is that depending on your primary audience for the
search engine, you might consider defaulting to "only records with
images" or even
"best quality records".  A casual user of the site probably won't be
interested in records without images, and an expert user can be
expected to change this option if they really do need to search
everything.

I would be very interested to find out what you are using for your
search backend.  Is this a home-grown solution, or is it based on top
of an open source search backend such as Lucene or Xapian, or is it
built on top of a commercial search backend?

Once again, great work.  Your collection is inspiring.

David Brewer
Lead Systems Developer
Second Story

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Gail Durbin <g.durbin at vam.ac.uk> wrote:
> Some of you may have seen this on Twitter but if not this is just to let you know that the V&A has launched a Beta version of Search the Collections where we have moved from 55,000 object records on line to over a million. The temporary address is www.vam.ac.uk/cis-online . There is still a way to go but we would welcome comments and ways to improve what we have there now.
>
> The technical work for this has been done by Richard Morgan, the V&A web technical manager, and his team and he will be able to answer any of the more technical questions. Mark Hook on the content side has worked with the designers, The Other Media, on the user interface. Our Collections records staff under Heather Caven have done a lot of work preparing the records to go live. The project has been about using what we already had so the project draws text from our collections information system and images from the digital asset management system and aims to make the presentation and functionality as user friendly as possible. We have tried to make sure visitors see the best records first. And as information is added to our records so the site will get better.
>
> We are working on making the browse function smoother, introducing text mining, making the mapping function work more accurately and adding some less conventional options to the browse. There will be an API and we hope to add an element of crowd sourcing. In the longer term there will be saved searches, lightboxes and more linking, among other things, but some of these items will have to wait until we have completed our more general website redesign in the Autumn of 2010. For now it feels like we have made a major digital leap forward which is good for visitors and provides a foundation for many other web facilities.
>
> Gail Durbin
> Head of V&A Online
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
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> Until 18 October 2009 at V&A South Kensington
> Admission Free
>
> Wonderland - Fairytales, Myths and Legends from Around the World
> 26 September 2009 - 10 January 2010 at the V&A Museum of Childhood
> Admission free
>
> Keep in touch - visit www.vam.ac.uk and sign up for our regular
> e-newsletter
>
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From valasec at fastmail.fm  Mon Sep 14 21:46:19 2009
From: valasec at fastmail.fm (VALA Executive Officer)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:46:19 +1000
Subject: [MCN-L] VALA2010 - Would You Like to Help Review Papers? Reply By
	September 22
Message-ID: <1252989979.19292.1334861759@webmail.messagingengine.com>

   Apologies for cross-postings - please feel free to pass on this email

  ***All replies to this email should be sent to vala at vala.org.au***

Dear Colleague,

                VALA2010: CONNECTIONS, CONTENT, CONVERSATIONS


As you may be aware, papers (except for keynote speakers and invited
papers) published in VALA conference proceedings are peer-reviewed in
accordance with HERDC guidelines. The VALA2010 Programme Committee is
looking for people to take on the role of independent reviewer for the
VALA2010 conference papers that are being submitted now.  Details of the
conference programme are available from
www.vala.org.au/vala2010/prog2010.htm, and you will see that, among
other keynote speakers, we have Stephanie Orlic, from the Louvre Museum.

Reviewers would be asked to read and comment on about two or three
papers (the more reviewers we have, the fewer papers each receives), and
are provided with guidelines/comment forms to assist them with rating
the papers. Papers and guidelines will be distributed by email, and
reviewers will be asked to complete the task within two weeks of
receiving the papers.  If a paper has to be revised (most do), then it
will have to be reviewed again after revision, and this will also need
to be done in two weeks.

Papers are due mid-September, and it is anticipated that most papers
will be distributed to reviewers by early to mid-October. Each paper is
reviewed by at least 2 reviewers, then the reviews are combined and
returned to the authors. Following this, authors are given two weeks for
revisions, and on receipt rewritten papers are re-reviewed. This would
take the process to mid to late November (all being well). It is, of
course, possible that there may be delays with particular papers
(illness, etc.), which would result in the process starting and
finishing later. Any reviewers whose paper(s) will be delayed will be
advised in advance if possible.

Please remember that the aim is to be able to distribute abstracts
according to areas of skill, but also, as much as possible, to give each
reviewer about the same workload. Each abstract will be reviewed by at
least two reviewers.

If you are interested in being considered for the review panel, we would
like you to do the following, please.
?	Download the reviewing skills spreadsheet from www.vala.org.au/revw2010.htm and complete it, to help with gathering information about your skills.
?	Complete the spreadsheet, as described below. This should take around five minutes to complete and email back to me at vala at vala.org.au, ASAP, please, but no later than Tuesday 22 September.
?	In your covering email, please supply us with 50-100 words about yourself, *full* contact information, plus any spread of dates between now and Christmas when you will not be available for reviewing.  All emails to vala at vala.org.au ? do *not* use the Reply button in your email program.

**Even if you have reviewed for VALA before, we ask that you please
complete this task, to simplify the process.**

In the spreadsheet, the first column is the list (now in alpha order) of
topics we arrived at for the Call for Papers. The second column asks you
to insert your name and institution at the top (overwrite what is
there), and then the rest of the column shows each cell marked with the
default value of O (for OK).

Please change the value of O as follows:

Y      If you are relatively strong in that area (please use Caps Lock)

N      If you are really not familiar with the area (please use Caps
Lock)

    *Topics remaining as O will be considered as OK for you to review if
    necessary*.

Please complete and return to me at vala at vala.org.au by **Tuesday 22
September**, so that we can compile the list of skills and allocate
papers taking into account this information and any known possible
conflicts of interest.

Many thanks

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 akeshet at imj.org.il  Tue Sep 15 00:36:42 2009
From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet  [akeshet@imj.org.il])
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:36:42 +0200
Subject: [MCN-L] =?windows-1255?q?=FE=FERE=3A_rights_question?=
In-Reply-To: <F49F2B9E060C8140AEA79CB09DE7ADE4075E8F93@pmapicasso.pmant1.local>
References: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD780A839DDD78@mailsrv.imj.org.il>,
	<F49F2B9E060C8140AEA79CB09DE7ADE4075E8F93@pmapicasso.pmant1.local>
Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F7EEF1C63@mailsrv.imj.org.il>

We assume that providing information -- including basic visual information (a thumbnail or small image) -- on our collections is what we are required to do, as public policy / mission, in an online collections database.  The artist who would object to this basic information ("this is the work in our collection") hasn't appeared yet, in our experience. 

Agencies and estates may have a different opinion.  But we stand firm on this common-sense policy.

When the artist or copyright holder can't be found or doesn't respond, we go ahead.  To do the opposite would be counter to common sense:  the assumption is that artists, like everyone else, want to know what's in a museum's collection.  Especially if it's their own work. 

 .Any other actual use or reproduction of an artist's work beyond this basic image-as-indentifier -- we try to clear
But again, if we get no response to a request for permission, we go ahead.  The default assumtion is that works of art were meant by the artist to be seen.  We've never had one of those worst-case-scenarios in which a copyright holder suddenly appears and objects.  If it ever happens, we will deal with it, pay licensing retroactive licensing fees, or whatever is necessary.   The risk is relatively small, compared to the idea of adopting a policy of censoring anything we can't get a firm permission for.  After all, we're talking about reproduction in a museum context -- not commercial exploitation.

I am not a lawyer, but legal academics I've discussed this with are supportive of this kind of policy.


Amalyah Keshet
Head of Image Resources & Copyright Management
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

________________________________________
?????: ??mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] ??? Weinstein, William [WWeinstein at philamuseum.org]
??????: ????? ??? 14 ?????? 2009 21:29
????: Museum Computer Network Listserv
??????: [MCN-L] rights question

We are evaluating our policy regarding obtaining rights for images of
works we publish in our online collection section.   The issue of what
to do with works where there is an apparent copyright holder that can
either not be contacted or does not respond to repeated permission
requests.  Does anyone have a position of what to do regarding works in
this particular state of limbo?

Bill Weinstein
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From akeshet at imj.org.il  Tue Sep 15 01:02:38 2009
From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet  [akeshet@imj.org.il])
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:02:38 +0200
Subject: [MCN-L] =?windows-1255?q?=FE=FEIP_SIG=3A_Creative_Commons=3A_Publ?=
 =?windows-1255?q?ished_-_Defining_=22Noncommercial=22?=
Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F7EEF1C65@mailsrv.imj.org.il>

________________________________
Dear All,

Creative Commons is pleased to announce today the publication of a report --  undertaken with the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and in collaboration with Netpop Research -- entitled,

Defining "Noncommercial":  A Study of how the Online Population Understands "Noncommercial" Use, http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Defining_Noncommercial.

On behalf of Creative Commons board and staff and Netpop Research, I want to extend our sincerest thanks and appreciation to all of you for giving generously of your time by participating in interviews and in-person or online focus groups.  The success and direction of the empirical study depended on the valuable information gathered from all of you during the qualitative research phases (reported in Section 3 of the report).  Your opinions shaped invaluably the online (random) survey questionnaires from which the data underlying the research were derived.  We are most grateful.

You will find the report, together with the appendix, survey questionnaires, links to raw data, press release and blog post at the link above.  We look forward to the public discussion that will ensue in the wake of the study and hope the report will serve as intended, as a foundation and catalyst for other important research in the area.  Please feel free to share new of the report itself with your friends and colleagues.  Additionally, we look forward to receiving feedback from you on the report itself, and have set up a discussion page at the link above where you may do so.

Thank you once again!

Kind regards,

Diane

Diane M. Peters, General Counsel
Creative Commons
171 Second St, Suite 300
San Francisco, CA  94105
office: +1 415-369-8480
fax: +1 415-278-9419
cell: +1 503-803-8338
skype:  peterspdx
email:diane at creativecommons.org<mailto:email%3Adiane at creativecommons.org>
______________________________________


Visit the study home page to access the Press Release, Report, Survey Appendix, and Research Data:
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From a.lewis at vam.ac.uk  Tue Sep 15 00:25:09 2009
From: a.lewis at vam.ac.uk (Andrew Lewis)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:25:09 +0100
Subject: [MCN-L] Experience of using content management systems based
	on	tagging and/or facets
Message-ID: <4AAF4F65.0285.00E0.0@vam.ac.uk>

Dear List,

does anyone have any direct experience of creating a large site using a content management system that applies tags or other classification faceted system.
I am particularly interested in how staff enter terms, and what happens to pages. I would also like to hear from anyone who has moved to this idea from an environment where people place content into a hierarchy or predefined structure, and how it felt.  What worked, what didn't etc.

regards

Andrew Lewis
Senior Web Content Manager
Online Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum
South Kensington
London SW7 2RL

020 7942 2373
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From g.durbin at vam.ac.uk  Tue Sep 15 01:46:45 2009
From: g.durbin at vam.ac.uk (Gail Durbin)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:46:45 +0100
Subject: [MCN-L] V&A launches one million objects on line
In-Reply-To: <2248649a0909141423y22727b8bv3daf3965c7fbe014@mail.gmail.com>
References: <4AAE8E22.A9F8.0072.0@vam.ac.uk>
	<2248649a0909141423y22727b8bv3daf3965c7fbe014@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4AAF6284.A9F8.0072.0@vam.ac.uk>

Dear David,
Thank you for your kind words. I am glad you like our new site.

I was interested in your comments about the default setting and it has been a matter of some debate here. My original preference would have been "best quality records" but we have actually ended up with something more subtle than that - but perhaps too subtle if no one realises it! The default is determined by the way you choose to enter the site. If you go in via the browse you get "best quality records", if you go in via a heavy duty search you get "all records" and if you go in via a more lightweight search the you get "only records with images". I realise in making this decision we have made all sorts of assumptions about our visitors but they do have the power to change the options for themselves. 

We have tried to think about the range of our visitors from very serious academic researcher through to naive user and we also have in mind visitors who have no specialist museum vocabulary and people who want to use our collections for their own creative work where serendipitous connections  may be appropriate. So the browse may supply some of these needs.

I am sure Richard Morgan, who is behind the technical development, will answer the second half of your email.

With best wishes
Gail

Gail Durbin
Head of V&A Online

>>> David Brewer <david.brewer at gmail.com> 14 September 2009 >>>
Congratulations on a very impressive collection search!  It's quite
snappy, too, considering the amount of data being indexed.  I
especially like the feature that lets you expand a search result row
in-line to get a larger image and description of the record.

My only feedback is that depending on your primary audience for the
search engine, you might consider defaulting to "only records with
images" or even
"best quality records".  A casual user of the site probably won't be
interested in records without images, and an expert user can be
expected to change this option if they really do need to search
everything.

I would be very interested to find out what you are using for your
search backend.  Is this a home-grown solution, or is it based on top
of an open source search backend such as Lucene or Xapian, or is it
built on top of a commercial search backend?

Once again, great work.  Your collection is inspiring.

David Brewer
Lead Systems Developer
Second Story

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Gail Durbin <g.durbin at vam.ac.uk> wrote:
> Some of you may have seen this on Twitter but if not this is just to let you know that the V&A has launched a Beta version of Search the Collections where we have moved from 55,000 object records on line to over a million. The temporary address is www.vam.ac.uk/cis-online . There is still a way to go but we would welcome comments and ways to improve what we have there now.
>
> The technical work for this has been done by Richard Morgan, the V&A web technical manager, and his team and he will be able to answer any of the more technical questions. Mark Hook on the content side has worked with the designers, The Other Media, on the user interface. Our Collections records staff under Heather Caven have done a lot of work preparing the records to go live. The project has been about using what we already had so the project draws text from our collections information system and images from the digital asset management system and aims to make the presentation and functionality as user friendly as possible. We have tried to make sure visitors see the best records first. And as information is added to our records so the site will get better.
>
> We are working on making the browse function smoother, introducing text mining, making the mapping function work more accurately and adding some less conventional options to the browse. There will be an API and we hope to add an element of crowd sourcing. In the longer term there will be saved searches, lightboxes and more linking, among other things, but some of these items will have to wait until we have completed our more general website redesign in the Autumn of 2010. For now it feels like we have made a major digital leap forward which is good for visitors and provides a foundation for many other web facilities.
>
> Gail Durbin
> Head of V&A Online
>
>
>
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> Until 18 October 2009 at V&A South Kensington
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>
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From: mcn-announce at mcn.edu (MCN Announcements)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:55:04 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] MCN Conference 2009 - Registration is open!
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Wednesday through Saturday, at the same conference rate as last year.

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From david.brewer at gmail.com  Tue Sep 15 07:40:13 2009
From: david.brewer at gmail.com (David Brewer)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:40:13 -0700
Subject: [MCN-L] V&A launches one million objects on line
In-Reply-To: <4AAF6284.A9F8.0072.0@vam.ac.uk>
References: <4AAE8E22.A9F8.0072.0@vam.ac.uk>
	<2248649a0909141423y22727b8bv3daf3965c7fbe014@mail.gmail.com>
	<4AAF6284.A9F8.0072.0@vam.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <2248649a0909150740o7179e5a7ifd3d8181c2dcc713@mail.gmail.com>

That seems like a good way to deal with the issue to me.  I didn't
realize that there were different types of entry points to the search
engine.

Thanks and have a good day,

David Brewer
Lead Systems Developer
Second Story

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 1:46 AM, Gail Durbin <g.durbin at vam.ac.uk> wrote:
> Dear David,
> Thank you for your kind words. I am glad you like our new site.
>
> I was interested in your comments about the default setting and it has been a matter of some debate here. My original preference would have been "best quality records" but we have actually ended up with something more subtle than that - but perhaps too subtle if no one realises it! The default is determined by the way you choose to enter the site. If you go in via the browse you get "best quality records", if you go in via a heavy duty search you get "all records" and if you go in via a more lightweight search the you get "only records with images". I realise in making this decision we have made all sorts of assumptions about our visitors but they do have the power to change the options for themselves.
>
> We have tried to think about the range of our visitors from very serious academic researcher through to naive user and we also have in mind visitors who have no specialist museum vocabulary and people who want to use our collections for their own creative work where serendipitous connections ?may be appropriate. So the browse may supply some of these needs.
>
> I am sure Richard Morgan, who is behind the technical development, will answer the second half of your email.
>
> With best wishes
> Gail
>
> Gail Durbin
> Head of V&A Online
>
>>>> David Brewer <david.brewer at gmail.com> 14 September 2009 >>>
> Congratulations on a very impressive collection search! ?It's quite
> snappy, too, considering the amount of data being indexed. ?I
> especially like the feature that lets you expand a search result row
> in-line to get a larger image and description of the record.
>
> My only feedback is that depending on your primary audience for the
> search engine, you might consider defaulting to "only records with
> images" or even
> "best quality records". ?A casual user of the site probably won't be
> interested in records without images, and an expert user can be
> expected to change this option if they really do need to search
> everything.
>
> I would be very interested to find out what you are using for your
> search backend. ?Is this a home-grown solution, or is it based on top
> of an open source search backend such as Lucene or Xapian, or is it
> built on top of a commercial search backend?
>
> Once again, great work. ?Your collection is inspiring.
>
> David Brewer
> Lead Systems Developer
> Second Story
>
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Gail Durbin <g.durbin at vam.ac.uk> wrote:
>> Some of you may have seen this on Twitter but if not this is just to let you know that the V&A has launched a Beta version of Search the Collections where we have moved from 55,000 object records on line to over a million. The temporary address is www.vam.ac.uk/cis-online . There is still a way to go but we would welcome comments and ways to improve what we have there now.
>>
>> The technical work for this has been done by Richard Morgan, the V&A web technical manager, and his team and he will be able to answer any of the more technical questions. Mark Hook on the content side has worked with the designers, The Other Media, on the user interface. Our Collections records staff under Heather Caven have done a lot of work preparing the records to go live. The project has been about using what we already had so the project draws text from our collections information system and images from the digital asset management system and aims to make the presentation and functionality as user friendly as possible. We have tried to make sure visitors see the best records first. And as information is added to our records so the site will get better.
>>
>> We are working on making the browse function smoother, introducing text mining, making the mapping function work more accurately and adding some less conventional options to the browse. There will be an API and we hope to add an element of crowd sourcing. In the longer term there will be saved searches, lightboxes and more linking, among other things, but some of these items will have to wait until we have completed our more general website redesign in the Autumn of 2010. For now it feels like we have made a major digital leap forward which is good for visitors and provides a foundation for many other web facilities.
>>
>> Gail Durbin
>> Head of V&A Online
>>
>>
>>
>> ______________________________________________________________________
>> Telling Tales: Fantasy and Fear in Contemporary Design
>> Until 18 October 2009 at V&A South Kensington
>> Admission Free
>>
>> Wonderland - Fairytales, Myths and Legends from Around the World
>> 26 September 2009 - 10 January 2010 at the V&A Museum of Childhood
>> Admission free
>>
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From psully at magnes.org  Tue Sep 15 09:09:08 2009
From: psully at magnes.org (Perian Sully)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:09:08 -0700
Subject: [MCN-L] V&A launches one million objects on line
In-Reply-To: <4AAE8E22.A9F8.0072.0@vam.ac.uk>
References: <4AAE8E22.A9F8.0072.0@vam.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <AD775DE5635C2042BF1DCB7EED36A83B773301@jlm-net.jlm.local>

Dear Gail:

My merry band of costume historians use the V&A's website regularly, and
they were very excited by this release. I haven't had a chance to browse
through, but I noticed that one of the limitations that was present on
the old site is still present in this iteration (or appears to be).

Basically, we tend to do large search groups within a narrow era. For
example, when looking for costumes from the late-18th century, it's easy
to specify the date range, but we often have to search separately
"dress", "gown", "textile", "shoes", "pet-en-lair", "chemise", "grande
habit", "caracao", etc. when really a broader category search within
that date range would be helpful.

Does your database backend have an option for field groups, subject, or
category searches, so that a range of items can be retrieved in one
swoop?

Really, really looking forward to fishing through your collections
again.

Best,

~Perian

Perian Sully
Collections Information Manager
Web Programs Strategist
The Magnes
Berkeley, CA

-----Original Message-----
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
Gail Durbin
Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 10:41 AM
To: mcn-l at mcn.edu
Subject: [MCN-L] V&A launches one million objects on line

Some of you may have seen this on Twitter but if not this is just to let
you know that the V&A has launched a Beta version of Search the
Collections where we have moved from 55,000 object records on line to
over a million. The temporary address is www.vam.ac.uk/cis-online .
There is still a way to go but we would welcome comments and ways to
improve what we have there now.

The technical work for this has been done by Richard Morgan, the V&A web
technical manager, and his team and he will be able to answer any of the
more technical questions. Mark Hook on the content side has worked with
the designers, The Other Media, on the user interface. Our Collections
records staff under Heather Caven have done a lot of work preparing the
records to go live. The project has been about using what we already had
so the project draws text from our collections information system and
images from the digital asset management system and aims to make the
presentation and functionality as user friendly as possible. We have
tried to make sure visitors see the best records first. And as
information is added to our records so the site will get better.

We are working on making the browse function smoother, introducing text
mining, making the mapping function work more accurately and adding some
less conventional options to the browse. There will be an API and we
hope to add an element of crowd sourcing. In the longer term there will
be saved searches, lightboxes and more linking, among other things, but
some of these items will have to wait until we have completed our more
general website redesign in the Autumn of 2010. For now it feels like we
have made a major digital leap forward which is good for visitors and
provides a foundation for many other web facilities.

Gail Durbin
Head of V&A Online



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Until 18 October 2009 at V&A South Kensington
Admission Free

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From virginiarutledge at yahoo.com  Tue Sep 15 10:12:01 2009
From: virginiarutledge at yahoo.com (Virginia Rutledge)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:12:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [MCN-L] rights question
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Just a reminder that permissions are not required for any use of work that is "fair" under U.S. law, or similar law of other jurisdictions. 

The question of use of orphan works -- if that is what is being raised -- *may* be different, but only if the use is NOT fair. All fair uses are OK whether a work is orphaned or whether a known copyright holder objects -- including in situations where one may actually have already requested permission and been denied. However, it is true that currently there is no provision in U.S. copyright law that offers any safe harbor for use of orphan works that is not fair. That's a pity where such a use might increase distribution of the work to the larger public benefit. Let's hope we get some good legislation to cover those situations.

Best regards,
Virginia 


--- On Mon, 9/14/09, Lesley Ellen Harris <lesleyeharris at comcast.net> wrote:

From: Lesley Ellen Harris <lesleyeharris at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] rights question
To: "Museum Computer Network Listserv" <mcn-l at mcn.edu>
Date: Monday, September 14, 2009, 1:06 PM

Bill, legally if you do not have permission, you may not use the work.
There is no mechanism in US copyright law to help you.? However, if? 
you are based in Canada, there is an unlocatable copyright owner? 
provision which can help you just in that
circumstance.? And it is possible that you can use it if using a? 
Canadian work (though I would have to double check to see who is? 
eligible if you are not in Canada.)

Lesley

Lesley Ellen Harris
lesley at copyrightlaws.com
www.copyrightanswers.blogspot.com



On Sep 14, 2009, at 2:29 PM, Weinstein, William wrote:

We are evaluating our policy regarding obtaining rights for images of
works we publish in our online collection section.???The issue of what
to do with works where there is an apparent copyright holder that can
either not be contacted or does not respond to repeated permission
requests.? Does anyone have a position of what to do regarding works in
this particular state of limbo?

Bill Weinstein
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From r.morgan at vam.ac.uk  Tue Sep 15 11:36:51 2009
From: r.morgan at vam.ac.uk (Richard Morgan)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:36:51 +0100
Subject: [MCN-L] V&A launches one million objects on line
Message-ID: <4AAFEC69020000B100012E98@vammail.vam.ac.uk>

Thanks, David, for your positive reaction!

We are using Sphinx (http://www.sphinxsearch.com) to manage the searching and clustering, closely coupled to a Django / MySQL backend.

The Django application provides an API which returns JSON and uses Sphinx to deal with the searching.

Then the frontend application is PHP Symfony and it makes API calls to the Django application. The nice thing is that we can then open up access to the Django app to provide the same API for everyone.

best wishes,

Richard Morgan

>>> David Brewer <david.brewer at gmail.com> 15/09/09 3:42 PM >>>
That seems like a good way to deal with the issue to me.  I didn't
realize that there were different types of entry points to the search
engine.

Thanks and have a good day,

David Brewer
Lead Systems Developer
Second Story

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 1:46 AM, Gail Durbin <g.durbin at vam.ac.uk> wrote:
> Dear David,
> Thank you for your kind words. I am glad you like our new site.
>
> I was interested in your comments about the default setting and it has been a matter of some debate here. My original preference would have been "best quality records" but we have actually ended up with something more subtle than that - but perhaps too subtle if no one realises it! The default is determined by the way you choose to enter the site. If you go in via the browse you get "best quality records", if you go in via a heavy duty search you get "all records" and if you go in via a more lightweight search the you get "only records with images". I realise in making this decision we have made all sorts of assumptions about our visitors but they do have the power to change the options for themselves.
>
> We have tried to think about the range of our visitors from very serious academic researcher through to naive user and we also have in mind visitors who have no specialist museum vocabulary and people who want to use our collections for their own creative work where serendipitous connections  may be appropriate. So the browse may supply some of these needs.
>
> I am sure Richard Morgan, who is behind the technical development, will answer the second half of your email.
>
> With best wishes
> Gail
>
> Gail Durbin
> Head of V&A Online
>
>>>> David Brewer <david.brewer at gmail.com> 14 September 2009 >>>
> Congratulations on a very impressive collection search!  It's quite
> snappy, too, considering the amount of data being indexed.  I
> especially like the feature that lets you expand a search result row
> in-line to get a larger image and description of the record.
>
> My only feedback is that depending on your primary audience for the
> search engine, you might consider defaulting to "only records with
> images" or even
> "best quality records".  A casual user of the site probably won't be
> interested in records without images, and an expert user can be
> expected to change this option if they really do need to search
> everything.
>
> I would be very interested to find out what you are using for your
> search backend.  Is this a home-grown solution, or is it based on top
> of an open source search backend such as Lucene or Xapian, or is it
> built on top of a commercial search backend?
>
> Once again, great work.  Your collection is inspiring.
>
> David Brewer
> Lead Systems Developer
> Second Story
>
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Gail Durbin <g.durbin at vam.ac.uk> wrote:
>> Some of you may have seen this on Twitter but if not this is just to let you know that the V&A has launched a Beta version of Search the Collections where we have moved from 55,000 object records on line to over a million. The temporary address is www.vam.ac.uk/cis-online . There is still a way to go but we would welcome comments and ways to improve what we have there now.
>>
>> The technical work for this has been done by Richard Morgan, the V&A web technical manager, and his team and he will be able to answer any of the more technical questions. Mark Hook on the content side has worked with the designers, The Other Media, on the user interface. Our Collections records staff under Heather Caven have done a lot of work preparing the records to go live. The project has been about using what we already had so the project draws text from our collections information system and images from the digital asset management system and aims to make the presentation and functionality as user friendly as possible. We have tried to make sure visitors see the best records first. And as information is added to our records so the site will get better.
>>
>> We are working on making the browse function smoother, introducing text mining, making the mapping function work more accurately and adding some less conventional options to the browse. There will be an API and we hope to add an element of crowd sourcing. In the longer term there will be saved searches, lightboxes and more linking, among other things, but some of these items will have to wait until we have completed our more general website redesign in the Autumn of 2010. For now it feels like we have made a major digital leap forward which is good for visitors and provides a foundation for many other web facilities.
>>
>> Gail Durbin
>> Head of V&A Online
>>
>>
>>
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From lensteinbach at gmail.com  Tue Sep 15 11:42:37 2009
From: lensteinbach at gmail.com (Leonard Steinbach)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:42:37 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] Expanded MacArthur Digital Learning site
Message-ID: <b07138290909151142n6862ec4bk2a7e61c5f0ddcd0a@mail.gmail.com>

I thought to bring to your attention the newly expanded *Spotlight on
Digital Media and Learning* <http://spotlight.macfound.org/> web site and
blog supported by the MacArthur Foundation.

As they describe it:

"How is digital media affecting the way young people think, play, act, and
learn?and what does this mean for society? These are the questions
researchers are exploring through the MacArthur Foundation?s Digital Media
and Learning initiative.

Spotlight reports on findings, trends, and innovations emerging from this
research for those who serve, study, and interact with youth."

It would seem the programs and research they highlight should be of
interest to the museum community.


Len Steinbach

From evesinaiko at earthlink.net  Tue Sep 15 13:02:21 2009
From: evesinaiko at earthlink.net (Eve Sinaiko)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:02:21 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] rights question
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> 
> On Sep 14, 2009, at 2:29 PM, Weinstein, William wrote:
> 
> We are evaluating our policy regarding obtaining rights for images of
> works we publish in our online collection section.   The issue of what
> to do with works where there is an apparent copyright holder that can
> either not be contacted or does not respond to repeated permission
> requests.  Does anyone have a position of what to do regarding works in
> this particular state of limbo?
> 
> Bill Weinstein

> Bill, legally if you do not have permission, you may not use the work.
> There is no mechanism in US copyright law to help you.  However, if
> you are based in Canada, there is an unlocatable copyright owner
> provision which can help you just in that
> circumstance.  And it is possible that you can use it if using a
> Canadian work (though I would have to double check to see who is
> eligible if you are not in Canada.)
> 
> Lesley
> 
> Lesley Ellen Harris
> lesley at copyrightlaws.com
> www.copyrightanswers.blogspot.com


I think this is an incomplete answer. I'm not a lawyer, so I can only speak
to how many publishers and museums are addressing this question in practical
terms, on the ground. If I've gotten any of the legal aspects wrong, please
correct me. 

There are two kinds of "in limbo" works: 1) Those known still to be in
copyright or probably in copyright (because they are not very old), for whom
no rights holder can be found; and 2) those whose rights holder ignores
repeated efforts to obtain permission. 

The first group are Orphan Works (OWs)--works still in copyright for whom no
known rights holder can be found. Congress has been working on legislation
to deal with OWs for several years. Last year the Senate passed an OW bill,
but the House version died. It's uncertain whether the bill will be revived
any time soon or not. Absent an OW law, users must consider whether they may
assert fair use. (At museums, a common type of OWs are archive photos of
objects, where the object is out of copyright but the photo is not, the
photographer's name is missing, and the museum has no document to indicate
that the photo was made as a work for hire.)

The second group includes works where the copyright holder has been found
and is not responding, or works where it's not absolutely clear who the
rights holder really is (e.g., two different nephews of a dead artist both
claim to own the rights, or a work by an artist may have been made while he
was on staff somewhere and therefore be a work for hire). 

For the second group, as for the first, fair use may be an option. One also
has to evaluate whether the use one wants to make of the work is protected
under fair use (or in the UK, under fair dealing). The Stanford Fair Use
Project has a very good, clear rundown of fair use and how it works:
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter9/index.h
tml
  
Fair use depends on the context of the use, so institutions should develop
guidelines on fair use in consultation with legal counsel--both for using
works in their own collections and for when others use works whose
copyrights you control. In the last couple of years there have been some
important court decisions strengthening the assertion of fair use for visual
images. Thus, it's not always the case that one must not publish a work
because the rights have not been cleared. Especially in the case of those
OWs where it's pretty clear that there is no living rights holder,
publication may be very low-risk.  

Fair use and fair dealing are US- and UK-specific, and some institutions are
concerned that in the internationalized realm of the Internet such laws may
not fully protect uses. A practical approach to the problem that some
websites and publishers adopt is to make every effort to obtain all
permissions, and document the efforts, and then to publish the works with a
notice that states: 

"The museum has made all reasonable efforts to ascertain the rights status
of all works reproduced on this website. Any corrections should be sent to
the attention of [name/digital rights administrator]." 

Or: 

"All reasonable efforts have been made to identify and contact copyright
holders but in some cases these could not be traced. If you hold or
administer rights to works posted here, please contact us. Any errors or
omissions will be corrected." Such disclaimers are becoming more common and
at a minimum are useful in demonstrating the publisher's good faith. If a
rights holder should come forward and object to the use, prompt removal of
the image may be sufficient remedy. 

In other words, in crafting a policy for the use of works where it's not
possible to obtain permission, an institution, in consultation with counsel,
should to consider several things: 

~Develop guidelines for doing a proper fair-use assessment in individual
cases and develop a protocol so that all staff who are responsible for
rights clearance know how to make a good assessment (and when to consult
counsel);
~Develop guidelines for what constitutes a sufficient search for a rights
holder and put in place a program to ensure that staff understand it;
~Develop a protocol for rights search documentation and document retention;
~Determine its comfort zone with respect to use of works that fall into a
"gray area" such as OWs;
~Decide whether its own internal policy with respect to the use of such
works is also going to be its policy when others outside the institution
make use of a work whose rights are controlled or administered by the
institution;
~Assess the status of the works you want to use. If the rights owner is
known to be active in asserting rights but for some reason has not been
answering your request letters, you should not consider that work to be "in
limbo"; 
~Don't be guided by your own convenience: your policy should not be driven
by a desire to avoid paying legitimate rights fees, or a desire to publish
fast, without waiting for a slow responder to write back (perhaps from a
distant country or an understaffed museum), or a desire to avoid masses of
rights-clearance paperwork. 

In these notes, I don't mean to encourage users not to clear rights. I'm
only suggesting ways to address the small group of works that are truly in
limbo. 

Regards,
Eve Sinaiko





From r.morgan at vam.ac.uk  Wed Sep 16 08:17:59 2009
From: r.morgan at vam.ac.uk (Richard Morgan)
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:17:59 +0100
Subject: [MCN-L] V&A launches one million objects on line
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Dear Perian,

Thank you for sharing a real-world use case with us. It's going to be really interesting how the new site shapes up against these sorts of sophisticated searches.

One of the features we're most excited about in this release is that we're making available the taxonomy information from our Collections Management System in the web interface. We've done this in two places. On the full record page, there are now a list of "explore related objects" links which bring back objects with the same taxonomy term. We also added in a "Narrow your results" feature on the search results page which shows the most commonly occuring taxonomy terms for a set of search results.

So the good news is that we've now got a working model for sharing the subjects, categories, places etc. online.

As the site develops we'll be going to look at other ways of enriching that information further. We've done a fair bit of work (not yet released) on text mining technologies so that we can cluster objects around categories suggested by the free-text information in the catalogue records. And we're also looking at collective intelligence, seeing how those categories might be suggested by the behaviour of users on the site.

best wishes,

Richard Morgan

>>> "Perian Sully" <psully at magnes.org> 15/09/2009 17:09 >>>
Dear Gail:

My merry band of costume historians use the V&A's website regularly, and
they were very excited by this release. I haven't had a chance to browse
through, but I noticed that one of the limitations that was present on
the old site is still present in this iteration (or appears to be).

Basically, we tend to do large search groups within a narrow era. For
example, when looking for costumes from the late-18th century, it's easy
to specify the date range, but we often have to search separately
"dress", "gown", "textile", "shoes", "pet-en-lair", "chemise", "grande
habit", "caracao", etc. when really a broader category search within
that date range would be helpful.

Does your database backend have an option for field groups, subject, or
category searches, so that a range of items can be retrieved in one
swoop?

Really, really looking forward to fishing through your collections
again.

Best,

~Perian

Perian Sully
Collections Information Manager
Web Programs Strategist
The Magnes
Berkeley, CA

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From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
Gail Durbin
Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 10:41 AM
To: mcn-l at mcn.edu 
Subject: [MCN-L] V&A launches one million objects on line

Some of you may have seen this on Twitter but if not this is just to let
you know that the V&A has launched a Beta version of Search the
Collections where we have moved from 55,000 object records on line to
over a million. The temporary address is www.vam.ac.uk/cis-online .
There is still a way to go but we would welcome comments and ways to
improve what we have there now.

The technical work for this has been done by Richard Morgan, the V&A web
technical manager, and his team and he will be able to answer any of the
more technical questions. Mark Hook on the content side has worked with
the designers, The Other Media, on the user interface. Our Collections
records staff under Heather Caven have done a lot of work preparing the
records to go live. The project has been about using what we already had
so the project draws text from our collections information system and
images from the digital asset management system and aims to make the
presentation and functionality as user friendly as possible. We have
tried to make sure visitors see the best records first. And as
information is added to our records so the site will get better.

We are working on making the browse function smoother, introducing text
mining, making the mapping function work more accurately and adding some
less conventional options to the browse. There will be an API and we
hope to add an element of crowd sourcing. In the longer term there will
be saved searches, lightboxes and more linking, among other things, but
some of these items will have to wait until we have completed our more
general website redesign in the Autumn of 2010. For now it feels like we
have made a major digital leap forward which is good for visitors and
provides a foundation for many other web facilities.

Gail Durbin
Head of V&A Online



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From RealW at CarnegieMuseums.Org  Wed Sep 16 09:46:03 2009
From: RealW at CarnegieMuseums.Org (Real, Will)
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:46:03 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] rights question
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Hi everyone,

This is a timely discussion for us as we are looking ahead to a redesign
of our web site and online collection.

I believe that a few museums have taken the position that publishing
copyrighted images, in "thumbnail" size only, on their online
collections, is fair use. I don't know if they publish thumbnails of
copyrighted works only after a reasonable effort to secure permission,
or whether they simply publish them without asking. I believe they
arrived at their policy with legal counsel.

I don't think there is any commonly-accepted definition of what
constitutes a thumbnail that would pass a fair use test (100 pixels? 250
pixels?).

I'd be interested to hear your opinions: is this approach is an emerging
trend in the museum field, and/or is there is an emerging understanding
in the field regarding what a "thumbnail" is?

Our own legal counsel has suggested that it would be difficult to make
generalized policies about which images could be published under this
kind of approach; they recommended we consider each case on its own
merits--not exactly what we were hoping to hear. In many ways it boils
down to a risk assessment. 

Will Real
Carnegie Museum of Art
Pittsburgh PA

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Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 4:02 PM
To: 'Museum Computer Network Listserv'
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] rights question

> 
> On Sep 14, 2009, at 2:29 PM, Weinstein, William wrote:
> 
> We are evaluating our policy regarding obtaining rights for images of
> works we publish in our online collection section.   The issue of what
> to do with works where there is an apparent copyright holder that can 
> either not be contacted or does not respond to repeated permission 
> requests.  Does anyone have a position of what to do regarding works 
> in this particular state of limbo?
> 
> Bill Weinstein

> Bill, legally if you do not have permission, you may not use the work.
> There is no mechanism in US copyright law to help you.  However, if 
> you are based in Canada, there is an unlocatable copyright owner 
> provision which can help you just in that circumstance.  And it is 
> possible that you can use it if using a Canadian work (though I would 
> have to double check to see who is eligible if you are not in Canada.)
> 
> Lesley
> 
> Lesley Ellen Harris
> lesley at copyrightlaws.com
> www.copyrightanswers.blogspot.com


I think this is an incomplete answer. I'm not a lawyer, so I can only
speak to how many publishers and museums are addressing this question in
practical terms, on the ground. If I've gotten any of the legal aspects
wrong, please correct me. 

There are two kinds of "in limbo" works: 1) Those known still to be in
copyright or probably in copyright (because they are not very old), for
whom no rights holder can be found; and 2) those whose rights holder
ignores repeated efforts to obtain permission. 

The first group are Orphan Works (OWs)--works still in copyright for
whom no known rights holder can be found. Congress has been working on
legislation to deal with OWs for several years. Last year the Senate
passed an OW bill, but the House version died. It's uncertain whether
the bill will be revived any time soon or not. Absent an OW law, users
must consider whether they may assert fair use. (At museums, a common
type of OWs are archive photos of objects, where the object is out of
copyright but the photo is not, the photographer's name is missing, and
the museum has no document to indicate that the photo was made as a work
for hire.)

The second group includes works where the copyright holder has been
found and is not responding, or works where it's not absolutely clear
who the rights holder really is (e.g., two different nephews of a dead
artist both claim to own the rights, or a work by an artist may have
been made while he was on staff somewhere and therefore be a work for
hire). 

For the second group, as for the first, fair use may be an option. One
also has to evaluate whether the use one wants to make of the work is
protected under fair use (or in the UK, under fair dealing). The
Stanford Fair Use Project has a very good, clear rundown of fair use and
how it works:
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter9/ind
ex.h
tml
  
Fair use depends on the context of the use, so institutions should
develop guidelines on fair use in consultation with legal counsel--both
for using works in their own collections and for when others use works
whose copyrights you control. In the last couple of years there have
been some important court decisions strengthening the assertion of fair
use for visual images. Thus, it's not always the case that one must not
publish a work because the rights have not been cleared. Especially in
the case of those OWs where it's pretty clear that there is no living
rights holder, publication may be very low-risk.  

Fair use and fair dealing are US- and UK-specific, and some institutions
are concerned that in the internationalized realm of the Internet such
laws may not fully protect uses. A practical approach to the problem
that some websites and publishers adopt is to make every effort to
obtain all permissions, and document the efforts, and then to publish
the works with a notice that states: 

"The museum has made all reasonable efforts to ascertain the rights
status of all works reproduced on this website. Any corrections should
be sent to the attention of [name/digital rights administrator]." 

Or: 

"All reasonable efforts have been made to identify and contact copyright
holders but in some cases these could not be traced. If you hold or
administer rights to works posted here, please contact us. Any errors or
omissions will be corrected." Such disclaimers are becoming more common
and at a minimum are useful in demonstrating the publisher's good faith.
If a rights holder should come forward and object to the use, prompt
removal of the image may be sufficient remedy. 

In other words, in crafting a policy for the use of works where it's not
possible to obtain permission, an institution, in consultation with
counsel, should to consider several things: 

~Develop guidelines for doing a proper fair-use assessment in individual
cases and develop a protocol so that all staff who are responsible for
rights clearance know how to make a good assessment (and when to consult
counsel); ~Develop guidelines for what constitutes a sufficient search
for a rights holder and put in place a program to ensure that staff
understand it; ~Develop a protocol for rights search documentation and
document retention; ~Determine its comfort zone with respect to use of
works that fall into a "gray area" such as OWs; ~Decide whether its own
internal policy with respect to the use of such works is also going to
be its policy when others outside the institution make use of a work
whose rights are controlled or administered by the institution; ~Assess
the status of the works you want to use. If the rights owner is known to
be active in asserting rights but for some reason has not been answering
your request letters, you should not consider that work to be "in
limbo"; ~Don't be guided by your own convenience: your policy should not
be driven by a desire to avoid paying legitimate rights fees, or a
desire to publish fast, without waiting for a slow responder to write
back (perhaps from a distant country or an understaffed museum), or a
desire to avoid masses of rights-clearance paperwork. 

In these notes, I don't mean to encourage users not to clear rights. I'm
only suggesting ways to address the small group of works that are truly
in limbo. 

Regards,
Eve Sinaiko




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From evesinaiko at earthlink.net  Wed Sep 16 11:02:11 2009
From: evesinaiko at earthlink.net (Eve Sinaiko)
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:02:11 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] rights question
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> Hi everyone,
> 
> This is a timely discussion for us as we are looking ahead to a redesign
> of our web site and online collection.
> 
> I believe that a few museums have taken the position that publishing
> copyrighted images, in "thumbnail" size only, on their online
> collections, is fair use. I don't know if they publish thumbnails of
> copyrighted works only after a reasonable effort to secure permission,
> or whether they simply publish them without asking. I believe they
> arrived at their policy with legal counsel.
> 
> I don't think there is any commonly-accepted definition of what
> constitutes a thumbnail that would pass a fair use test (100 pixels? 250
> pixels?).
> 
> I'd be interested to hear your opinions: is this approach is an emerging
> trend in the museum field, and/or is there is an emerging understanding
> in the field regarding what a "thumbnail" is?
> 
> Our own legal counsel has suggested that it would be difficult to make
> generalized policies about which images could be published under this
> kind of approach; they recommended we consider each case on its own
> merits--not exactly what we were hoping to hear. In many ways it boils
> down to a risk assessment.
> 
> Will Real
> Carnegie Museum of Art
> Pittsburgh PA

In my experience as a print publisher of art images, your counsel is right,
because fair use is always case-specific and contextual. As a result, I
don't think the courts are going to establish a definition of "thumbnail" or
"full-size," although one recent decision does give an example of the size
of a "typical" thumbnail (see below). Further, it's important to remember
that pixel size and resolution aren't the only means of determining fair
use--an image may in many cases be published under fair use even if it is
very large and very high-res--depending on the context of the use.
Conversely, a small thumbnail might in some unusual situation not be fair
use. 

Nevertheless, there are at least 3 appeals court decisions that affirm that
thumbnails (however measured) have a strong fair use claim. Although they
don't define the word, they use similar language--small size and reduced
resolution. I think it's also worth noting that "full size" is as ambiguous
a term as "thumbnail." What is a non-thumbnail/full-size image of the Mona
Lisa? The size of the scan of the original painting? The size of the screen
that views it? Courts on the whole are not looking at technical measures
like pixels or dpi; from case to case the scale of an image might differ and
fair use still be asserted successfully, depending on the other factors.
Still, here's some language from three of the most relevant court decisions:

Kelly v. ArribaSoft (2003)
http://homepages.law.asu.edu/~dkarjala/cyberlaw/KelllyvArriba%289C2003%29.ht
m: 
"To provide this service, Arriba developed a computer program that "crawls"
the web looking for images to index. This crawler downloads full-sized
copies of the images onto Arriba's server. The program then uses these
copies to generate smaller, lower-resolution thumbnails of the images. Once
the thumbnails are created, the program deletes the full-sized originals
from the server. Although a user could copy these thumbnails to his computer
or disk, he cannot increase the resolution of the thumbnail; any enlargement
would result in a loss of clarity of the image."


Perfect 10 v. Google (2007)
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/primary_materials/cases/perfect10google.pdf:

[Footnote 4]: "A ?thumbnail? is a lower-resolution (and hence, smaller)
version of a full-size image. Thumbnails enable users to quickly process and
locate visual information. For example, users of Google Image Search are
presented with a set of thumbnails that are potentially responsive to their
search queries. Because thumbnails are smaller in size, more of them can be
displayed at the same time on a single page or screen. Users can quickly
scan the entire set of thumbnails to locate the particular full-size image
for which they were looking. P10 repeatedly objects that the term
?thumbnail? is a misnomer, even going so far as to point out that the
thumbnails displayed by Google can be up to eight times the size of a
person?s actual thumbnail. Pl.?s Zada Reply Decl. ? 54. ?Thumbnail,? it
argues, conveys the false impression that smaller, lower-resolution images
are not useful in and of themselves?or that they are less useful than their
full-size counterparts. The term ?thumbnail,? however, has become the
standard way of referring to the smaller, lower-resolution images central to
this suit. In any event, the Court recognizes that thumbnails have been used
for purposes independent of their primary function, as is discussed later.
See, e.g., Kelly v. Arriba Soft Corp., 336 F.3d 811, 815 (9th Cir. 2003)."

and

"Whether thumbnails are identical copies of their full-size counterparts is
debatable. A thumbnail contains significantly less pixel data (and hence,
less image detail) than does the full-size image.[Footnote13] The more
complex or
nuanced the original full-size image, the less exact is the replicated
viewing experience?i.e., at some point viewers can no longer discern many of
the fine details that were once visible in the full-size image. On the other
hand, thumbnails are not ?cropped? in any way, and if few or no important
details have been lost, they do convey the full expression?they achieve
pretty much the same effect?as the original full-size images. Merely because
Google?s thumbnails are not cropped does not necessarily make them exact
copies of P10?s images, but the record currently before the Court does
suggest that the thumbnails here closely approximate a key function of P10?s
full-size originals." 

and

[Footnote 13]: "For example, a typical full-size image might be 1024 pixels
wide by 768 pixels high, for a total of 786,432 pixels worth of data. A
typical thumbnail might be 150 pixels wide by 112 pixels high, for a total
of only 16,800 pixels. This represents an information loss of 97.9% between
the full-size image and the thumbnail."


Bill Graham Archives v. Dorling Kindersly (2006)
http://ftp.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F3/448/448.F3d.605.html: 
"This conclusion is strengthened by the manner in which DK displayed the
images. First, DK significantly reduced the size of the reproductions. See
Kelly v. Arriba Soft Corp., 336 F.3d 811, 818-20 (9th Cir. 2003) (finding
online search engine's use of thumbnail-sized images to be highly
transformative). While the small size is sufficient to permit readers to
recognize the historical significance of the posters, it is inadequate to
offer more than a glimpse of their expressive value. In short, DK used the
minimal image size necessary to accomplish its transformative purpose."

Setting aside fair use, I've noticed that in recent years some rights
holders are comfortable giving permission for an online digital image, even
a large one, if it is low resolution, and will grant permission for a 70 dpi
scan to be used but not a zoomable high-res scan. Though that doesn't have
any direct bearing on a fair use position, it seems to be a trend. The
argument is that a high-res scan can be pirated and used for commercial
purposes (e.g., making posters), but a low-res scan can't be reused so
easily. (Down the line I think that view will be tested because high-res
zoomable scans are the future of art education and will be needed online.)

As Will says, most of this is about risk assessment, so each institution
should look at these trends and establish some baselines: smaller images are
usually safer; images with inactive or unknown rights holders may be safer;
takedowns may be necessary, leaving holes in online content, etc.

Regards,
Eve Sinaiko
 


From FThomson at ashevilleart.org  Wed Sep 16 11:37:55 2009
From: FThomson at ashevilleart.org (Frank E. Thomson)
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:37:55 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] rights question
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One thing you should include would be notice that if the artist or heir does not want the work on line that they contact you and you would remove the image.

Frank E. Thomson, Curator
Asheville Art Museum
PO Box 1717
Asheville, NC 28802
fthomson at ashevilleart.org
www.ashevilleart.org
828.253.3227 tel
828.257.4503 fax

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-----Original Message-----
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Eve Sinaiko
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 2:02 PM
To: 'Museum Computer Network Listserv'
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] rights question

> Hi everyone,
> 
> This is a timely discussion for us as we are looking ahead to a redesign
> of our web site and online collection.
> 
> I believe that a few museums have taken the position that publishing
> copyrighted images, in "thumbnail" size only, on their online
> collections, is fair use. I don't know if they publish thumbnails of
> copyrighted works only after a reasonable effort to secure permission,
> or whether they simply publish them without asking. I believe they
> arrived at their policy with legal counsel.
> 
> I don't think there is any commonly-accepted definition of what
> constitutes a thumbnail that would pass a fair use test (100 pixels? 250
> pixels?).
> 
> I'd be interested to hear your opinions: is this approach is an emerging
> trend in the museum field, and/or is there is an emerging understanding
> in the field regarding what a "thumbnail" is?
> 
> Our own legal counsel has suggested that it would be difficult to make
> generalized policies about which images could be published under this
> kind of approach; they recommended we consider each case on its own
> merits--not exactly what we were hoping to hear. In many ways it boils
> down to a risk assessment.
> 
> Will Real
> Carnegie Museum of Art
> Pittsburgh PA

In my experience as a print publisher of art images, your counsel is right,
because fair use is always case-specific and contextual. As a result, I
don't think the courts are going to establish a definition of "thumbnail" or
"full-size," although one recent decision does give an example of the size
of a "typical" thumbnail (see below). Further, it's important to remember
that pixel size and resolution aren't the only means of determining fair
use--an image may in many cases be published under fair use even if it is
very large and very high-res--depending on the context of the use.
Conversely, a small thumbnail might in some unusual situation not be fair
use. 

Nevertheless, there are at least 3 appeals court decisions that affirm that
thumbnails (however measured) have a strong fair use claim. Although they
don't define the word, they use similar language--small size and reduced
resolution. I think it's also worth noting that "full size" is as ambiguous
a term as "thumbnail." What is a non-thumbnail/full-size image of the Mona
Lisa? The size of the scan of the original painting? The size of the screen
that views it? Courts on the whole are not looking at technical measures
like pixels or dpi; from case to case the scale of an image might differ and
fair use still be asserted successfully, depending on the other factors.
Still, here's some language from three of the most relevant court decisions:

Kelly v. ArribaSoft (2003)
http://homepages.law.asu.edu/~dkarjala/cyberlaw/KelllyvArriba%289C2003%29.ht
m: 
"To provide this service, Arriba developed a computer program that "crawls"
the web looking for images to index. This crawler downloads full-sized
copies of the images onto Arriba's server. The program then uses these
copies to generate smaller, lower-resolution thumbnails of the images. Once
the thumbnails are created, the program deletes the full-sized originals
from the server. Although a user could copy these thumbnails to his computer
or disk, he cannot increase the resolution of the thumbnail; any enlargement
would result in a loss of clarity of the image."


Perfect 10 v. Google (2007)
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/primary_materials/cases/perfect10google.pdf:

[Footnote 4]: "A "thumbnail" is a lower-resolution (and hence, smaller)
version of a full-size image. Thumbnails enable users to quickly process and
locate visual information. For example, users of Google Image Search are
presented with a set of thumbnails that are potentially responsive to their
search queries. Because thumbnails are smaller in size, more of them can be
displayed at the same time on a single page or screen. Users can quickly
scan the entire set of thumbnails to locate the particular full-size image
for which they were looking. P10 repeatedly objects that the term
"thumbnail" is a misnomer, even going so far as to point out that the
thumbnails displayed by Google can be up to eight times the size of a
person's actual thumbnail. Pl.'s Zada Reply Decl. ? 54. "Thumbnail," it
argues, conveys the false impression that smaller, lower-resolution images
are not useful in and of themselves-or that they are less useful than their
full-size counterparts. The term "thumbnail," however, has become the
standard way of referring to the smaller, lower-resolution images central to
this suit. In any event, the Court recognizes that thumbnails have been used
for purposes independent of their primary function, as is discussed later.
See, e.g., Kelly v. Arriba Soft Corp., 336 F.3d 811, 815 (9th Cir. 2003)."

and

"Whether thumbnails are identical copies of their full-size counterparts is
debatable. A thumbnail contains significantly less pixel data (and hence,
less image detail) than does the full-size image.[Footnote13] The more
complex or
nuanced the original full-size image, the less exact is the replicated
viewing experience-i.e., at some point viewers can no longer discern many of
the fine details that were once visible in the full-size image. On the other
hand, thumbnails are not "cropped" in any way, and if few or no important
details have been lost, they do convey the full expression-they achieve
pretty much the same effect-as the original full-size images. Merely because
Google's thumbnails are not cropped does not necessarily make them exact
copies of P10's images, but the record currently before the Court does
suggest that the thumbnails here closely approximate a key function of P10's
full-size originals." 

and

[Footnote 13]: "For example, a typical full-size image might be 1024 pixels
wide by 768 pixels high, for a total of 786,432 pixels worth of data. A
typical thumbnail might be 150 pixels wide by 112 pixels high, for a total
of only 16,800 pixels. This represents an information loss of 97.9% between
the full-size image and the thumbnail."


Bill Graham Archives v. Dorling Kindersly (2006)
http://ftp.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F3/448/448.F3d.605.html: 
"This conclusion is strengthened by the manner in which DK displayed the
images. First, DK significantly reduced the size of the reproductions. See
Kelly v. Arriba Soft Corp., 336 F.3d 811, 818-20 (9th Cir. 2003) (finding
online search engine's use of thumbnail-sized images to be highly
transformative). While the small size is sufficient to permit readers to
recognize the historical significance of the posters, it is inadequate to
offer more than a glimpse of their expressive value. In short, DK used the
minimal image size necessary to accomplish its transformative purpose."

Setting aside fair use, I've noticed that in recent years some rights
holders are comfortable giving permission for an online digital image, even
a large one, if it is low resolution, and will grant permission for a 70 dpi
scan to be used but not a zoomable high-res scan. Though that doesn't have
any direct bearing on a fair use position, it seems to be a trend. The
argument is that a high-res scan can be pirated and used for commercial
purposes (e.g., making posters), but a low-res scan can't be reused so
easily. (Down the line I think that view will be tested because high-res
zoomable scans are the future of art education and will be needed online.)

As Will says, most of this is about risk assessment, so each institution
should look at these trends and establish some baselines: smaller images are
usually safer; images with inactive or unknown rights holders may be safer;
takedowns may be necessary, leaving holes in online content, etc.

Regards,
Eve Sinaiko
 

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From mstevens at adventuresci.com  Wed Sep 16 11:48:49 2009
From: mstevens at adventuresci.com (Matthew P. Stevens)
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:48:49 -0500
Subject: [MCN-L] Social Media Policies
Message-ID: <C6CD372A6D6BD64CADC8C2239E3E10D624A5FB@csmf2dc2.adventuresci.com>

We are developing a social media policy to govern our employee's use of
social media when it comes to communicating organizational issues.  Has
anyone created such a policy?  Examples?

 

Thanks,

 

-
Matthew Stevens
Adventure Science Center
800 Fort Negley Blvd
Nashville TN  37203
Direct: 615-401-5064
Fax: 615-862-5178
http://www.adventuresci.com

 


From ACarrier at MarinersMuseum.org  Wed Sep 16 12:02:57 2009
From: ACarrier at MarinersMuseum.org (Adam Carrier)
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:02:57 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] Social Media Policies
References: <C6CD372A6D6BD64CADC8C2239E3E10D624A5FB@csmf2dc2.adventuresci.com>
Message-ID: <419F10D4185BC14BAF9056D59B735526029CAEC5@data3.tmm.local>

Hello Matthew:
I remember from last month, quite a few messages were posted regarding
this topic. I know I learned a lot.

Here's a link to the MCN-L archive. To find the messages, do a search in
your browser for the word "policy":  
http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/2009-August/thread.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

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Matthew P. Stevens
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 2:49 PM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: [MCN-L] Social Media Policies

We are developing a social media policy to govern our employee's use of
social media when it comes to communicating organizational issues.  Has
anyone created such a policy?  Examples?

 

Thanks,

 

-
Matthew Stevens
Adventure Science Center
800 Fort Negley Blvd
Nashville TN  37203
Direct: 615-401-5064
Fax: 615-862-5178
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From deborahwythe at hotmail.com  Wed Sep 16 12:10:00 2009
From: deborahwythe at hotmail.com (Deborah Wythe)
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:10:00 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] rights question
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The IP SIG meeting in Portland is going to consider the possibility of getting together and working on a fair use best practices for museum collections, along the lines of what the documentary film makers have done: http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/rock/backgrounddocs/bestpractices.pdf. Other "industry groups" have banded together as well: there's safety in numbers and consensus (if you can reach it) and it might be a way for us not to have to reinvent the wheel at each institution. 

Deb Wythe
Brooklyn Museum
deborahwythe at hotmail.com 




> Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:46:03 -0400
> From: RealW at CarnegieMuseums.Org
> To: mcn-l at mcn.edu
> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] rights question
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> This is a timely discussion for us as we are looking ahead to a redesign
> of our web site and online collection.
> 
> I believe that a few museums have taken the position that publishing
> copyrighted images, in "thumbnail" size only, on their online
> collections, is fair use. I don't know if they publish thumbnails of
> copyrighted works only after a reasonable effort to secure permission,
> or whether they simply publish them without asking. I believe they
> arrived at their policy with legal counsel.
> 
> I don't think there is any commonly-accepted definition of what
> constitutes a thumbnail that would pass a fair use test (100 pixels? 250
> pixels?).
> 
> I'd be interested to hear your opinions: is this approach is an emerging
> trend in the museum field, and/or is there is an emerging understanding
> in the field regarding what a "thumbnail" is?
> 
> Our own legal counsel has suggested that it would be difficult to make
> generalized policies about which images could be published under this
> kind of approach; they recommended we consider each case on its own
> merits--not exactly what we were hoping to hear. In many ways it boils
> down to a risk assessment. 
> 
> Will Real
> Carnegie Museum of Art
> Pittsburgh PA
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
> Eve Sinaiko
> Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 4:02 PM
> To: 'Museum Computer Network Listserv'
> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] rights question
> 
> > 
> > On Sep 14, 2009, at 2:29 PM, Weinstein, William wrote:
> > 
> > We are evaluating our policy regarding obtaining rights for images of
> > works we publish in our online collection section.   The issue of what
> > to do with works where there is an apparent copyright holder that can 
> > either not be contacted or does not respond to repeated permission 
> > requests.  Does anyone have a position of what to do regarding works 
> > in this particular state of limbo?
> > 
> > Bill Weinstein
> 
> > Bill, legally if you do not have permission, you may not use the work.
> > There is no mechanism in US copyright law to help you.  However, if 
> > you are based in Canada, there is an unlocatable copyright owner 
> > provision which can help you just in that circumstance.  And it is 
> > possible that you can use it if using a Canadian work (though I would 
> > have to double check to see who is eligible if you are not in Canada.)
> > 
> > Lesley
> > 
> > Lesley Ellen Harris
> > lesley at copyrightlaws.com
> > www.copyrightanswers.blogspot.com
> 
> 
> I think this is an incomplete answer. I'm not a lawyer, so I can only
> speak to how many publishers and museums are addressing this question in
> practical terms, on the ground. If I've gotten any of the legal aspects
> wrong, please correct me. 
> 
> There are two kinds of "in limbo" works: 1) Those known still to be in
> copyright or probably in copyright (because they are not very old), for
> whom no rights holder can be found; and 2) those whose rights holder
> ignores repeated efforts to obtain permission. 
> 
> The first group are Orphan Works (OWs)--works still in copyright for
> whom no known rights holder can be found. Congress has been working on
> legislation to deal with OWs for several years. Last year the Senate
> passed an OW bill, but the House version died. It's uncertain whether
> the bill will be revived any time soon or not. Absent an OW law, users
> must consider whether they may assert fair use. (At museums, a common
> type of OWs are archive photos of objects, where the object is out of
> copyright but the photo is not, the photographer's name is missing, and
> the museum has no document to indicate that the photo was made as a work
> for hire.)
> 
> The second group includes works where the copyright holder has been
> found and is not responding, or works where it's not absolutely clear
> who the rights holder really is (e.g., two different nephews of a dead
> artist both claim to own the rights, or a work by an artist may have
> been made while he was on staff somewhere and therefore be a work for
> hire). 
> 
> For the second group, as for the first, fair use may be an option. One
> also has to evaluate whether the use one wants to make of the work is
> protected under fair use (or in the UK, under fair dealing). The
> Stanford Fair Use Project has a very good, clear rundown of fair use and
> how it works:
> http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter9/ind
> ex.h
> tml
>   
> Fair use depends on the context of the use, so institutions should
> develop guidelines on fair use in consultation with legal counsel--both
> for using works in their own collections and for when others use works
> whose copyrights you control. In the last couple of years there have
> been some important court decisions strengthening the assertion of fair
> use for visual images. Thus, it's not always the case that one must not
> publish a work because the rights have not been cleared. Especially in
> the case of those OWs where it's pretty clear that there is no living
> rights holder, publication may be very low-risk.  
> 
> Fair use and fair dealing are US- and UK-specific, and some institutions
> are concerned that in the internationalized realm of the Internet such
> laws may not fully protect uses. A practical approach to the problem
> that some websites and publishers adopt is to make every effort to
> obtain all permissions, and document the efforts, and then to publish
> the works with a notice that states: 
> 
> "The museum has made all reasonable efforts to ascertain the rights
> status of all works reproduced on this website. Any corrections should
> be sent to the attention of [name/digital rights administrator]." 
> 
> Or: 
> 
> "All reasonable efforts have been made to identify and contact copyright
> holders but in some cases these could not be traced. If you hold or
> administer rights to works posted here, please contact us. Any errors or
> omissions will be corrected." Such disclaimers are becoming more common
> and at a minimum are useful in demonstrating the publisher's good faith.
> If a rights holder should come forward and object to the use, prompt
> removal of the image may be sufficient remedy. 
> 
> In other words, in crafting a policy for the use of works where it's not
> possible to obtain permission, an institution, in consultation with
> counsel, should to consider several things: 
> 
> ~Develop guidelines for doing a proper fair-use assessment in individual
> cases and develop a protocol so that all staff who are responsible for
> rights clearance know how to make a good assessment (and when to consult
> counsel); ~Develop guidelines for what constitutes a sufficient search
> for a rights holder and put in place a program to ensure that staff
> understand it; ~Develop a protocol for rights search documentation and
> document retention; ~Determine its comfort zone with respect to use of
> works that fall into a "gray area" such as OWs; ~Decide whether its own
> internal policy with respect to the use of such works is also going to
> be its policy when others outside the institution make use of a work
> whose rights are controlled or administered by the institution; ~Assess
> the status of the works you want to use. If the rights owner is known to
> be active in asserting rights but for some reason has not been answering
> your request letters, you should not consider that work to be "in
> limbo"; ~Don't be guided by your own convenience: your policy should not
> be driven by a desire to avoid paying legitimate rights fees, or a
> desire to publish fast, without waiting for a slow responder to write
> back (perhaps from a distant country or an understaffed museum), or a
> desire to avoid masses of rights-clearance paperwork. 
> 
> In these notes, I don't mean to encourage users not to clear rights. I'm
> only suggesting ways to address the small group of works that are truly
> in limbo. 
> 
> Regards,
> Eve Sinaiko
> 
> 
> 
> 
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From squigley at artic.edu  Wed Sep 16 13:05:51 2009
From: squigley at artic.edu (Sam Quigley)
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:05:51 -0500
Subject: [MCN-L] Test
Message-ID: <FC696C47-7C75-4D3E-A3C5-3E4DE03C52D7@artic.edu>

Please do not reply
(apologies)
=================================
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VP for Collections Management, Imaging &
Information Technology / Museum CIO
Art Institute of Chicago
111 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL  60603
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From akeshet at imj.org.il  Thu Sep 17 00:30:46 2009
From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet  [akeshet@imj.org.il])
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:30:46 +0200
Subject: [MCN-L] =?windows-1255?q?=FE=FEFW=3A_rights_question?=
In-Reply-To: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F7EEF1C8F@mailsrv.imj.org.il>
References: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD780A839DDD78@mailsrv.imj.org.il>,
	<F49F2B9E060C8140AEA79CB09DE7ADE4075E8F93@pmapicasso.pmant1.local>,
	<9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F7EEF1C63@mailsrv.imj.org.il>,
	<9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F7EEF1C8F@mailsrv.imj.org.il>
Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F7EEF1C94@mailsrv.imj.org.il>

An article (below) that is tangential but pertinant to the question.
Museums are all about accuracy of attribution, especially in a collecton database.
Amalyah Keshet

-------------------------------


"Controlling copies isn't necessarily part of an artist's livelihood, but getting them accurately attributed is"

Danny O'Brien's new essay "Copyright, Fraud and Window Taxes (No, not that" Windows)" makes a really good point about the way that people view copying on the Internet: copying is a ho-hum, every day thing (after all, in order for you to read these words, they had to be copied dozens, if not hundreds, of times) but
"passing off" (plagiarism, fraud) is more frowned-upon than ever

"In a digital world, many people don't see the act of copying as a particularly momentous or profitable event. Copying isn't what we do as an act of purchasing; copying is a thing we do to our valuable artifacts. People are scandalised when its suggested that you should pay for a copy copied to backup drives, or iPods; they're amazed when vested interests demand that cached copies or transitory files should count as extra purchases. Copying is no longer a good proxy for incoming revenue; which means it is no longer a good place to extract remuneration...
Nowadays, copying isn't always the core part of remunerative creative business. But accurate accreditation very much is...

I'm reminded of the fact that the original Creative Commons license allowed creators to choose whether they wanted their works attributed to them or not, but after a year or two, it was discovered that nearly every CC user turned the attribution switch on while generating the license -- everyone wanted correct attribution, even when they were giving away free copies. "

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/08/08/controlling-copies-i.html#previouspost


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We are evaluating our policy regarding obtaining rights for images of
works we publish in our online collection section.   The issue of what
to do with works where there is an apparent copyright holder that can
either not be contacted or does not respond to repeated permission
requests.  Does anyone have a position of what to do regarding works in
this particular state of limbo?

Bill Weinstein
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From hanan at mada.org.il  Thu Sep 17 02:55:23 2009
From: hanan at mada.org.il (Hanan Cohen)
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:55:23 +0300
Subject: [MCN-L] Personalized exhibits
References: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD780A839DDD78@mailsrv.imj.org.il>,
	<F49F2B9E060C8140AEA79CB09DE7ADE4075E8F93@pmapicasso.pmant1.local>,
	<9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F7EEF1C63@mailsrv.imj.org.il>,
	<9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F7EEF1C8F@mailsrv.imj.org.il>
	<9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F7EEF1C94@mailsrv.imj.org.il>
Message-ID: <38A562F9B9615940BD347797ACD838C84C7255@server.mada.com>

Hello

We are at the planning phase of an exhibition about testing and
measurement.

We are contemplating the relationships between activities on the web and
the exhibition. 

It can go two ways (or both):

1. Identify yourself and interact with the exhibits. When you return
home, identify yourself at a website and continue the interaction based
on what you "gained" at the exhibition.

2. Begin an identified interaction on the web. When you come to the
exhibition, identify yourself and continue the interaction based on what
you "gained" on the web.

What we would like to know is whether this kind of relationships of
web-exhibition had been done and what insights were gained.

Any information will be most appreciated.

---
Hanan Cohen
Webmaster
Bloomfield Science Museum Jerusalem
www.mada.org.il - Facebook - Twitter - YouTube

From ewg4xuva at gmail.com  Thu Sep 17 07:24:17 2009
From: ewg4xuva at gmail.com (Ethan Gruber)
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:24:17 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] EAD for artifacts: a new site
Message-ID: <a05f60f80909170724o429b5079ufd40749656df42c@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all,

Today, the Kittredge Numismatic
Foundation<http://www.kittredgecollection.org>website goes live to the
public:

"John Kittredge was well known as a generous and supportive member of the
numismatic community, both in Worcester, Massachusetts and in New England.
Much of his collection concentrates on Crowns and Talers from the 15th
century onward. He also has a collection of U.S. coins, New England
Numismatic Association (NENA) medals, tokens and other items. All told he
had over 7,200 coins and other items that are now in the collection.

Upon his death, John?s collection went to the Kittredge Numismatic
Foundation. The mission of the Foundation is to preserve John?s collection,
to promote numismatics in the New England region, and to generally provide
an educational and research source for the greatest community possible."


The site is based on the best practices established for describing coins in
EAD originally developed at the University of Virginia Library as part of
the University of Virginia Art Museum Numismatic
Collection<http://coins.lib.virginia.edu>and published in the
soon-to-be-printed proceedings for the Computer
Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology conference held in
Williamsburg, Virginia March 2009.  The coding framework (cocoon/solr),
originally developed for the UVA collection, has since been released
publicly to sourceforge under the project name:
Numishare<http://sourceforge.net/projects/numishare/>.
While Numishare is not quite ready for its first official release, the code
in the subversion trunk is more or less working and available to play around
with (although I should note that the wiki for documentation is still being
written!).  The Kittredge Collection's backend allows for the creation and
editing of data with XForms in the tomcat application, Orbeon.  While the
XForms editor has not yet been integrated into the trunk, it is  available
for testing in the kittredge branch of the subversion repository.  In the
coming weeks, I will finalize the XForms application for editing coin data
and bring it into the trunk for in preparation for the official release of
the Numishare application.

The Kittredge Collection website is a work in progress.  It will continue to
grow in the coming months, with more images of coins and more categorical
metadata being added to the collection.  Nevertheless, the site is a
demonstration of EAD's competency in describing artifacts in a robust and
useful way.

Future of the project:
* Link images to all records
* Provide high resolution images and integrate adore-djatoka JPEG-2000
viewer
* Clean up data and normalize places and names
* Integrate non-coin artifacts into the site.  A VRA Core viewing stylesheet
already exists.  Since there is no accepted standard for using EAD to
describe art objects, I have opted for VRA Core to describe them.


-Ethan Gruber

From chuck.patch at gmail.com  Thu Sep 17 08:09:12 2009
From: chuck.patch at gmail.com (Chuck Patch)
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:09:12 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] Use policies in museums
Message-ID: <639de3630909170809q1b7471e4l6b714e86a2edcefe@mail.gmail.com>

This doesn't relate to anything specific, but as a long-time observer
without deep legal knowledge or economic understanding of the
licensing / copyright disputes among content creators, museums,
publishers etc. I'd be interested in hearing reactions to the
following situation. (Blame this post on Amalyah - I sent it to her
first and she suggested I post it to the list and so, with the
somewhat entertaining potential of throwing more fuel on the Ken Hamma
- museum copyright - paranoia fire, I will).

A friend of mine who writes a photography blog was recently instructed
to take down some videos from the MFA Houston that he had posted --
with credit and, I believe, links back to the museum site. I couldn't
help thinking that this seems to work against the best interests of
the institution. While it's true, as he admits, that he technically
infringed the copyright of the museum and probably should at least
have sought permission to post them on his (no doubt) money-losing
blog, I'm having trouble understanding how this act did anything other
than drive traffic and increase interest in the museum and the videos
themselves. Would this be a situation where a CC license would have
been more appropriate (and cheaper for the institution?) What do you
think?

Here's the post in which he presents the current situation:

http://2point8.whileseated.org/2009/09/11/takedown/

Chuck Patch

From Green at chicagohistory.org  Thu Sep 17 08:48:13 2009
From: Green at chicagohistory.org (Green, Nahoko)
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:48:13 -0500
Subject: [MCN-L] V&A launches one million objects on line
In-Reply-To: <4AAFEC69020000B100012E98@vammail.vam.ac.uk>
References: <4AAFEC69020000B100012E98@vammail.vam.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <2B6D2F2857EF1D439369263D7F34575D101E78@CH-EXCHANGE.CHSDOMAIN.com>

<<<...the project draws text from our collections information system and
images from the digital asset management system...>>>

Hi, Gail and Richard,
Very impressive site!
What collection information system and DAM system do you have?
How do you draw text and images to your website after it went through
Heather's review?  Is import/export automatically done?

Thanks,

Nahoko Green
Collections Automation Manager
Chicago History Museum

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From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
Richard Morgan
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 1:37 PM
To: mcn-l at mcn.edu
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] V&A launches one million objects on line

Thanks, David, for your positive reaction!

We are using Sphinx (http://www.sphinxsearch.com) to manage the
searching and clustering, closely coupled to a Django / MySQL backend.

The Django application provides an API which returns JSON and uses
Sphinx to deal with the searching.

Then the frontend application is PHP Symfony and it makes API calls to
the Django application. The nice thing is that we can then open up
access to the Django app to provide the same API for everyone.

best wishes,

Richard Morgan

>>> David Brewer <david.brewer at gmail.com> 15/09/09 3:42 PM >>>
That seems like a good way to deal with the issue to me.  I didn't
realize that there were different types of entry points to the search
engine.

Thanks and have a good day,

David Brewer
Lead Systems Developer
Second Story

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 1:46 AM, Gail Durbin <g.durbin at vam.ac.uk> wrote:
> Dear David,
> Thank you for your kind words. I am glad you like our new site.
>
> I was interested in your comments about the default setting and it has
been a matter of some debate here. My original preference would have
been "best quality records" but we have actually ended up with something
more subtle than that - but perhaps too subtle if no one realises it!
The default is determined by the way you choose to enter the site. If
you go in via the browse you get "best quality records", if you go in
via a heavy duty search you get "all records" and if you go in via a
more lightweight search the you get "only records with images". I
realise in making this decision we have made all sorts of assumptions
about our visitors but they do have the power to change the options for
themselves.
>
> We have tried to think about the range of our visitors from very
serious academic researcher through to naive user and we also have in
mind visitors who have no specialist museum vocabulary and people who
want to use our collections for their own creative work where
serendipitous connections  may be appropriate. So the browse may supply
some of these needs.
>
> I am sure Richard Morgan, who is behind the technical development,
will answer the second half of your email.
>
> With best wishes
> Gail
>
> Gail Durbin
> Head of V&A Online
>
>>>> David Brewer <david.brewer at gmail.com> 14 September 2009 >>>
> Congratulations on a very impressive collection search!  It's quite
> snappy, too, considering the amount of data being indexed.  I
> especially like the feature that lets you expand a search result row
> in-line to get a larger image and description of the record.
>
> My only feedback is that depending on your primary audience for the
> search engine, you might consider defaulting to "only records with
> images" or even
> "best quality records".  A casual user of the site probably won't be
> interested in records without images, and an expert user can be
> expected to change this option if they really do need to search
> everything.
>
> I would be very interested to find out what you are using for your
> search backend.  Is this a home-grown solution, or is it based on top
> of an open source search backend such as Lucene or Xapian, or is it
> built on top of a commercial search backend?
>
> Once again, great work.  Your collection is inspiring.
>
> David Brewer
> Lead Systems Developer
> Second Story
>
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Gail Durbin <g.durbin at vam.ac.uk>
wrote:
>> Some of you may have seen this on Twitter but if not this is just to
let you know that the V&A has launched a Beta version of Search the
Collections where we have moved from 55,000 object records on line to
over a million. The temporary address is www.vam.ac.uk/cis-online .
There is still a way to go but we would welcome comments and ways to
improve what we have there now.
>>
>> The technical work for this has been done by Richard Morgan, the V&A
web technical manager, and his team and he will be able to answer any of
the more technical questions. Mark Hook on the content side has worked
with the designers, The Other Media, on the user interface. Our
Collections records staff under Heather Caven have done a lot of work
preparing the records to go live. The project has been about using what
we already had so the project draws text from our collections
information system and images from the digital asset management system
and aims to make the presentation and functionality as user friendly as
possible. We have tried to make sure visitors see the best records
first. And as information is added to our records so the site will get
better.
>>
>> We are working on making the browse function smoother, introducing
text mining, making the mapping function work more accurately and adding
some less conventional options to the browse. There will be an API and
we hope to add an element of crowd sourcing. In the longer term there
will be saved searches, lightboxes and more linking, among other things,
but some of these items will have to wait until we have completed our
more general website redesign in the Autumn of 2010. For now it feels
like we have made a major digital leap forward which is good for
visitors and provides a foundation for many other web facilities.
>>
>> Gail Durbin
>> Head of V&A Online
>>
>>
>>
>>
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From psully at magnes.org  Thu Sep 17 08:59:49 2009
From: psully at magnes.org (Perian Sully)
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:59:49 -0700
Subject: [MCN-L] Use policies in museums
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Are we sure that MFA Houston is the bad cop? Perhaps the Robert Frank
estate (or their representatives) complained to MFA Houston who then had
to send a C&D to your friend.

Perian Sully
Collections Information Manager
Web Programs Strategist
The Magnes
Berkeley, CA


-----Original Message-----
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
Chuck Patch
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 8:09 AM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: [MCN-L] Use policies in museums

This doesn't relate to anything specific, but as a long-time observer
without deep legal knowledge or economic understanding of the
licensing / copyright disputes among content creators, museums,
publishers etc. I'd be interested in hearing reactions to the
following situation. (Blame this post on Amalyah - I sent it to her
first and she suggested I post it to the list and so, with the
somewhat entertaining potential of throwing more fuel on the Ken Hamma
- museum copyright - paranoia fire, I will).

A friend of mine who writes a photography blog was recently instructed
to take down some videos from the MFA Houston that he had posted --
with credit and, I believe, links back to the museum site. I couldn't
help thinking that this seems to work against the best interests of
the institution. While it's true, as he admits, that he technically
infringed the copyright of the museum and probably should at least
have sought permission to post them on his (no doubt) money-losing
blog, I'm having trouble understanding how this act did anything other
than drive traffic and increase interest in the museum and the videos
themselves. Would this be a situation where a CC license would have
been more appropriate (and cheaper for the institution?) What do you
think?

Here's the post in which he presents the current situation:

http://2point8.whileseated.org/2009/09/11/takedown/

Chuck Patch
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From lists at lancefield.net  Thu Sep 17 09:17:32 2009
From: lists at lancefield.net (Rob Lancefield on lists)
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:17:32 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] Djatoka client comments?
Message-ID: <4AB2611C.8020108@lancefield.net>

Hi all,

Any djatoka users out there?

We're on the brink of deciding between two candidates as open-source 
AJAX client implementations for working with navigable images served 
with resolution on demand by djatoka server and a JPEG 2000 back-end.

The two candidates are Djatoka OpenURL, based on OpenLayers, and Djatoka 
Viewer, based on IIPMooViewer. We have test pages up and running with 
both, and based on lots of search-engine-findable resources, both seem 
like good candidates based on functional needs and general factors; so I 
thought I'd ask here if anyone has actually been using either or both.

Any hands-on tales of use cases or applications in museum contexts that 
might suggest one of these tools would be preferable to the other?

thanks,
Rob

-- 
Rob Lancefield (rlancefield [at] wesleyan [dot] edu)
Manager of Museum Information Services / Registrar of Collections
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
301 High Street, Middletown CT 06459-0487 USA
860.685.2965
//
President, Museum Computer Network (MCN), <http://www.mcn.edu>
The membership organization for museum information professionals

From ewg4xuva at gmail.com  Thu Sep 17 09:21:24 2009
From: ewg4xuva at gmail.com (Ethan Gruber)
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:21:24 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] Djatoka client comments?
In-Reply-To: <4AB2611C.8020108@lancefield.net>
References: <4AB2611C.8020108@lancefield.net>
Message-ID: <a05f60f80909170921j528cd558lc992a16d1dd254d9@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Rob,

I have used both.  I prefer the viewer based on IIPMooViewer purely for
aesthetic reasons.  I like the thumbnail in the corner with the small box
that shows one's zoomed position on the current layer and one's ability to
navigate with that box.  There's also the button to export whatever is in
the viewer to a downloadable jpg, so that's potentially useful to patrons.

Ethan Gruber
University of Virginia Library

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Rob Lancefield on lists <
lists at lancefield.net> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Any djatoka users out there?
>
> We're on the brink of deciding between two candidates as open-source
> AJAX client implementations for working with navigable images served
> with resolution on demand by djatoka server and a JPEG 2000 back-end.
>
> The two candidates are Djatoka OpenURL, based on OpenLayers, and Djatoka
> Viewer, based on IIPMooViewer. We have test pages up and running with
> both, and based on lots of search-engine-findable resources, both seem
> like good candidates based on functional needs and general factors; so I
> thought I'd ask here if anyone has actually been using either or both.
>
> Any hands-on tales of use cases or applications in museum contexts that
> might suggest one of these tools would be preferable to the other?
>
> thanks,
> Rob
>
> --
> Rob Lancefield (rlancefield [at] wesleyan [dot] edu)
> Manager of Museum Information Services / Registrar of Collections
> Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
> 301 High Street, Middletown CT 06459-0487 USA
> 860.685.2965
> //
> President, Museum Computer Network (MCN), <http://www.mcn.edu>
> The membership organization for museum information professionals
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From janice.craddock at cartermuseum.org  Thu Sep 17 09:24:29 2009
From: janice.craddock at cartermuseum.org (Janice)
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:24:29 -0500
Subject: [MCN-L] Artifax Event Management Software
Message-ID: <49A6E411EE69EA4898AFA579D8A06DFC024B802C@exchange.cartermuseum.org>

Is anyone using Artifax events management software?  We are looking into
it and would love to hear back if anyone has had first-hand experience,
good or bad, on or off the list...

 

Thanks,

 

Janice Craddock

Information Technology Manager

Amon Carter Museum

3501 Camp Bowie Blvd., Ft. Worth, TX 76107

t. 817.989.5152  f.817.665.4333

http://www.cartermuseum.org <http://www.cartermuseum.org/> 

 


From lists at lancefield.net  Thu Sep 17 09:30:22 2009
From: lists at lancefield.net (Rob Lancefield on lists)
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:30:22 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] Djatoka client comments?
In-Reply-To: <a05f60f80909170921j528cd558lc992a16d1dd254d9@mail.gmail.com>
References: <4AB2611C.8020108@lancefield.net>
	<a05f60f80909170921j528cd558lc992a16d1dd254d9@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <4AB2641E.7080700@lancefield.net>

Thanks, Ethan. That's pretty much where I've been headed so far, too, in 
what seems otherwise to be close to a toss-up; the current-view outline 
box on small reference image is a big plus.

Any other comments out there?

Rob

On 9/17/2009 12:21 PM, Ethan Gruber wrote:
> Hi Rob,
> 
> I have used both.  I prefer the viewer based on IIPMooViewer purely for
> aesthetic reasons.  I like the thumbnail in the corner with the small box
> that shows one's zoomed position on the current layer and one's ability to
> navigate with that box.  There's also the button to export whatever is in
> the viewer to a downloadable jpg, so that's potentially useful to patrons.
> 
> Ethan Gruber
> University of Virginia Library
> 
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Rob Lancefield on lists <
> lists at lancefield.net> wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Any djatoka users out there?
>>
>> We're on the brink of deciding between two candidates as open-source
>> AJAX client implementations for working with navigable images served
>> with resolution on demand by djatoka server and a JPEG 2000 back-end.
>>
>> The two candidates are Djatoka OpenURL, based on OpenLayers, and Djatoka
>> Viewer, based on IIPMooViewer. We have test pages up and running with
>> both, and based on lots of search-engine-findable resources, both seem
>> like good candidates based on functional needs and general factors; so I
>> thought I'd ask here if anyone has actually been using either or both.
>>
>> Any hands-on tales of use cases or applications in museum contexts that
>> might suggest one of these tools would be preferable to the other?
>>
>> thanks,
>> Rob
>>
>> --
>> Rob Lancefield (rlancefield [at] wesleyan [dot] edu)
>> Manager of Museum Information Services / Registrar of Collections
>> Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
>> 301 High Street, Middletown CT 06459-0487 USA
>> 860.685.2965
>> //
>> President, Museum Computer Network (MCN), <http://www.mcn.edu>
>> The membership organization for museum information professionals
>> _______________________________________________
>> You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer
>> Network (http://www.mcn.edu)
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From mstein at mfah.org  Thu Sep 17 09:53:16 2009
From: mstein at mfah.org (Stein, Marty)
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:53:16 -0500
Subject: [MCN-L] Use policies in museums
In-Reply-To: <AD775DE5635C2042BF1DCB7EED36A83B773391@jlm-net.jlm.local>
References: <639de3630909170809q1b7471e4l6b714e86a2edcefe@mail.gmail.com>
	<AD775DE5635C2042BF1DCB7EED36A83B773391@jlm-net.jlm.local>
Message-ID: <128692D10E069046A3158305E82EDE1C0791CE58@mfah-exmail.mfah.local>

Hi,

I'll jump in here since I'm from the MFAH and my office acts as the
clearance office for copyrights for museum objects.  The MFAH
distributes the films of Robert Frank, but we do not represent him in
regards to copyright.  Mr. Frank is very protective of his copyright and
we were asked by his representatives to make sure that unauthorized web
use of the films was stopped.  We sent C&D letters to those people who
were posting the films at the request of Mr. Frank.  It seems that
someone had posted Mr. Frank's films on YouTube without our knowledge or
permission, thereby denying Mr. Frank revenue that is his due from the
performance of his films.  Even though many of us consider these films
works of art, they are still governed by the same laws that relate to
mass-produced motion pictures and we did what any other film distributer
is compelled to do in order to maintain the trust of their client.  We
asked for the infringed material to be removed.    

In order to avoid any kind of confusion, we do not post any part of Mr.
Frank's films on our website.  At the present time, we only have two
still photos on our site that describes our distribution service for the
films.  

As a rights administrator, I have to say that some of the postings in
this discussion have been a little troubling to me.  I know we want to
give the public as much information as we are able to about our
collections - it's the reason we became museum professionals.  I think
that trying to "get around" copyright, however, is the last thing we
should do.  We're protectors of the objects and artifacts in our
collection. Doesn't that also mean that we should be considerate of the
rights of those artists from whom we hold their works in trust for
future visitors?  If an artist doesn't want his/her work on the
Internet, he/she has the right to that by the laws of our countries.  I
think that we should abide by their wishes.

Chuck, if your friend is still interested in posting part of one of the
films, I would suggest that he contact Mr. Frank's gallery, Pace/MacGill
(http://www.pacemacgill.com/contact_staff.html) and request permission.
He might find that the gallery is willing to work with him to provide
authorized footage for his blog.

Marty


Marcia (Marty) Stein
Photographic & Imaging Services Manager
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
PO Box 6826
Houston, Texas 77265-6826
Telephone: (713) 639-7525
Fax: (713) 639-7557
Email: mstein at mfah.org


-----Original Message-----
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
Perian Sully
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 11:00 AM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Use policies in museums

Are we sure that MFA Houston is the bad cop? Perhaps the Robert Frank
estate (or their representatives) complained to MFA Houston who then had
to send a C&D to your friend.

Perian Sully
Collections Information Manager
Web Programs Strategist
The Magnes
Berkeley, CA


-----Original Message-----
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
Chuck Patch
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 8:09 AM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: [MCN-L] Use policies in museums

This doesn't relate to anything specific, but as a long-time observer
without deep legal knowledge or economic understanding of the
licensing / copyright disputes among content creators, museums,
publishers etc. I'd be interested in hearing reactions to the
following situation. (Blame this post on Amalyah - I sent it to her
first and she suggested I post it to the list and so, with the
somewhat entertaining potential of throwing more fuel on the Ken Hamma
- museum copyright - paranoia fire, I will).

A friend of mine who writes a photography blog was recently instructed
to take down some videos from the MFA Houston that he had posted --
with credit and, I believe, links back to the museum site. I couldn't
help thinking that this seems to work against the best interests of
the institution. While it's true, as he admits, that he technically
infringed the copyright of the museum and probably should at least
have sought permission to post them on his (no doubt) money-losing
blog, I'm having trouble understanding how this act did anything other
than drive traffic and increase interest in the museum and the videos
themselves. Would this be a situation where a CC license would have
been more appropriate (and cheaper for the institution?) What do you
think?

Here's the post in which he presents the current situation:

http://2point8.whileseated.org/2009/09/11/takedown/

Chuck Patch
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From EDSONM at si.edu  Thu Sep 17 10:22:31 2009
From: EDSONM at si.edu (Edson, Michael)
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:22:31 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] Use policies in museums
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	<AD775DE5635C2042BF1DCB7EED36A83B773391@jlm-net.jlm.local>
	<128692D10E069046A3158305E82EDE1C0791CE58@mfah-exmail.mfah.local>
Message-ID: <44393AF579FE384AA1536FCD53D55FA91E0F72EE93@SI-MSEV03.US.SINET.SI.EDU>

A few thoughts/data points on this, one of my favorite vexing topics (!)

 - I've been studying these issues for the better part of a year now and I'm a long way from figuring them out. Copyright, fair use, and non-commercial use were complex before the Internet, now they're insanely complex & full of contradictions. I agree with James Boyle's (http://www.law.duke.edu/fac/boyle/) assertion that we need the equivalent of the environmental movement to help creators, consumers, and lawmakers understand the copyright ecosystem. (There was a time when people had to be taught that it was bad to pour paint thinner down a storm drain.)

 - I suspect that many artists, artists estates, and 3rd party copyright holders don't really understand the nuances of copyright law in the digital age. I suspect many assume that restrictive & absolute control is the best business practice, or perhaps the only business practice. Is the offending blog post noncommercial fair use? How many angels fit on the head of a pin? The data from Creative Commons recent study, Defining Noncommercial (http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Defining_Noncommercial)  - - lead by Virginia Rutledge, who is on this list - - indicates vast confusion about these issues. 

 - as a museum visitor, I find myself resenting no photography policies. I've worked at museums where entire exhibitions - - 150 works of art or more - - were "no photography" zones because a single object had a copyright owner who wouldn't allow photography. Even setting aside the uncertainties of noncommercial use, there should be no prohibition against photography, within the boundaries of fair use, in our public museums. I'll buy a double lifetime family membership at the museum that embraces a "photography everywhere, every day" policy and says see-ya-later to lenders who insist that they be photo-free.


Michael Edson
Director, Web and New Media Strategy
Smithsonian Institution, Office of the CIO
edsonm at si.edu | twitter: @mpedson | m: 202-445-9746 | o: 202-633-8447 

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-----Original Message-----
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Stein, Marty
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 12:53 PM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Use policies in museums

Hi,

I'll jump in here since I'm from the MFAH and my office acts as the
clearance office for copyrights for museum objects.  The MFAH
distributes the films of Robert Frank, but we do not represent him in
regards to copyright.  Mr. Frank is very protective of his copyright and
we were asked by his representatives to make sure that unauthorized web
use of the films was stopped.  We sent C&D letters to those people who
were posting the films at the request of Mr. Frank.  It seems that
someone had posted Mr. Frank's films on YouTube without our knowledge or
permission, thereby denying Mr. Frank revenue that is his due from the
performance of his films.  Even though many of us consider these films
works of art, they are still governed by the same laws that relate to
mass-produced motion pictures and we did what any other film distributer
is compelled to do in order to maintain the trust of their client.  We
asked for the infringed material to be removed.    

In order to avoid any kind of confusion, we do not post any part of Mr.
Frank's films on our website.  At the present time, we only have two
still photos on our site that describes our distribution service for the
films.  

As a rights administrator, I have to say that some of the postings in
this discussion have been a little troubling to me.  I know we want to
give the public as much information as we are able to about our
collections - it's the reason we became museum professionals.  I think
that trying to "get around" copyright, however, is the last thing we
should do.  We're protectors of the objects and artifacts in our
collection. Doesn't that also mean that we should be considerate of the
rights of those artists from whom we hold their works in trust for
future visitors?  If an artist doesn't want his/her work on the
Internet, he/she has the right to that by the laws of our countries.  I
think that we should abide by their wishes.

Chuck, if your friend is still interested in posting part of one of the
films, I would suggest that he contact Mr. Frank's gallery, Pace/MacGill
(http://www.pacemacgill.com/contact_staff.html) and request permission.
He might find that the gallery is willing to work with him to provide
authorized footage for his blog.

Marty


Marcia (Marty) Stein
Photographic & Imaging Services Manager
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
PO Box 6826
Houston, Texas 77265-6826
Telephone: (713) 639-7525
Fax: (713) 639-7557
Email: mstein at mfah.org


-----Original Message-----
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
Perian Sully
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 11:00 AM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Use policies in museums

Are we sure that MFA Houston is the bad cop? Perhaps the Robert Frank
estate (or their representatives) complained to MFA Houston who then had
to send a C&D to your friend.

Perian Sully
Collections Information Manager
Web Programs Strategist
The Magnes
Berkeley, CA


-----Original Message-----
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
Chuck Patch
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 8:09 AM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: [MCN-L] Use policies in museums

This doesn't relate to anything specific, but as a long-time observer
without deep legal knowledge or economic understanding of the
licensing / copyright disputes among content creators, museums,
publishers etc. I'd be interested in hearing reactions to the
following situation. (Blame this post on Amalyah - I sent it to her
first and she suggested I post it to the list and so, with the
somewhat entertaining potential of throwing more fuel on the Ken Hamma
- museum copyright - paranoia fire, I will).

A friend of mine who writes a photography blog was recently instructed
to take down some videos from the MFA Houston that he had posted --
with credit and, I believe, links back to the museum site. I couldn't
help thinking that this seems to work against the best interests of
the institution. While it's true, as he admits, that he technically
infringed the copyright of the museum and probably should at least
have sought permission to post them on his (no doubt) money-losing
blog, I'm having trouble understanding how this act did anything other
than drive traffic and increase interest in the museum and the videos
themselves. Would this be a situation where a CC license would have
been more appropriate (and cheaper for the institution?) What do you
think?

Here's the post in which he presents the current situation:

http://2point8.whileseated.org/2009/09/11/takedown/

Chuck Patch
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From chuck.patch at gmail.com  Thu Sep 17 10:50:55 2009
From: chuck.patch at gmail.com (Chuck Patch)
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:50:55 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] Use policies in museums
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References: <639de3630909170809q1b7471e4l6b714e86a2edcefe@mail.gmail.com> 
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Message-ID: <639de3630909171050y35d690e6rf705e2253fc52f75@mail.gmail.com>

Marty,

Thanks so much for that comprehensive explanation. Of course I should
have suspected that it was Frank's copyright that was the issue
although from the post on 2point8 it wasn't exactly clear that the
films were Frank's and not productions by the museum. My first impulse
in realizing that Frank's instructions led to this result is simply to
move the focus of the argument: aren't content creators doing
themselves a disservice in many instances by insisting on extremely
rigid interpretations of copyright? I suspect that the low-resolution
versions of these films on Youtube led to more revenue for Mr. Frank
rather than less, if not from direct sales of the films themselves but
from the wider audience exposed to his work. (And I also understand
that is neither here nor there for the museum caught in the middle.)
At the same time, the use of CC licensing is not (yet) the answer. My
own experience has taught me that to many commercial users, and for
many content creators, the nuances of the various flavors of CC
distill to "free".

I'm not sure what postings in this particular discussion other than my
own ham-handed opener are disturbing you -- as a I write this, there
is only one response in my inbox -- but I would stress that my
interest derives from a sense that our current models for distributing
content are failing and that building higher admission gates isn't
solving the problem. That our museums are often put in the position of
building those gates for someone else is dismaying. And I'll stop with
the metaphors now. Thanks.

Chuck

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Stein, Marty <mstein at mfah.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'll jump in here since I'm from the MFAH and my office acts as the
> clearance office for copyrights for museum objects. ?The MFAH
> distributes the films of Robert Frank, but we do not represent him in
> regards to copyright. ?Mr. Frank is very protective of his copyright and
> we were asked by his representatives to make sure that unauthorized web
> use of the films was stopped. ?We sent C&D letters to those people who
> were posting the films at the request of Mr. Frank. ?It seems that
> someone had posted Mr. Frank's films on YouTube without our knowledge or
> permission, thereby denying Mr. Frank revenue that is his due from the
> performance of his films. ?Even though many of us consider these films
> works of art, they are still governed by the same laws that relate to
> mass-produced motion pictures and we did what any other film distributer
> is compelled to do in order to maintain the trust of their client. ?We
> asked for the infringed material to be removed.
>
> In order to avoid any kind of confusion, we do not post any part of Mr.
> Frank's films on our website. ?At the present time, we only have two
> still photos on our site that describes our distribution service for the
> films.
>
> As a rights administrator, I have to say that some of the postings in
> this discussion have been a little troubling to me. ?I know we want to
> give the public as much information as we are able to about our
> collections - it's the reason we became museum professionals. ?I think
> that trying to "get around" copyright, however, is the last thing we
> should do. ?We're protectors of the objects and artifacts in our
> collection. Doesn't that also mean that we should be considerate of the
> rights of those artists from whom we hold their works in trust for
> future visitors? ?If an artist doesn't want his/her work on the
> Internet, he/she has the right to that by the laws of our countries. ?I
> think that we should abide by their wishes.
>
> Chuck, if your friend is still interested in posting part of one of the
> films, I would suggest that he contact Mr. Frank's gallery, Pace/MacGill
> (http://www.pacemacgill.com/contact_staff.html) and request permission.
> He might find that the gallery is willing to work with him to provide
> authorized footage for his blog.
>
> Marty
>
>
> Marcia (Marty) Stein
> Photographic & Imaging Services Manager
> The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
> PO Box 6826
> Houston, Texas 77265-6826
> Telephone: (713) 639-7525
> Fax: (713) 639-7557
> Email: mstein at mfah.org
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
> Perian Sully
> Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 11:00 AM
> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Use policies in museums
>
> Are we sure that MFA Houston is the bad cop? Perhaps the Robert Frank
> estate (or their representatives) complained to MFA Houston who then had
> to send a C&D to your friend.
>
> Perian Sully
> Collections Information Manager
> Web Programs Strategist
> The Magnes
> Berkeley, CA
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
> Chuck Patch
> Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 8:09 AM
> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
> Subject: [MCN-L] Use policies in museums
>
> This doesn't relate to anything specific, but as a long-time observer
> without deep legal knowledge or economic understanding of the
> licensing / copyright disputes among content creators, museums,
> publishers etc. I'd be interested in hearing reactions to the
> following situation. (Blame this post on Amalyah - I sent it to her
> first and she suggested I post it to the list and so, with the
> somewhat entertaining potential of throwing more fuel on the Ken Hamma
> - museum copyright - paranoia fire, I will).
>
> A friend of mine who writes a photography blog was recently instructed
> to take down some videos from the MFA Houston that he had posted --
> with credit and, I believe, links back to the museum site. I couldn't
> help thinking that this seems to work against the best interests of
> the institution. While it's true, as he admits, that he technically
> infringed the copyright of the museum and probably should at least
> have sought permission to post them on his (no doubt) money-losing
> blog, I'm having trouble understanding how this act did anything other
> than drive traffic and increase interest in the museum and the videos
> themselves. Would this be a situation where a CC license would have
> been more appropriate (and cheaper for the institution?) What do you
> think?
>
> Here's the post in which he presents the current situation:
>
> http://2point8.whileseated.org/2009/09/11/takedown/
>
> Chuck Patch
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From hraatz at artsmia.org  Thu Sep 17 12:57:34 2009
From: hraatz at artsmia.org (Heidi Raatz)
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:57:34 -0500
Subject: [MCN-L] mcn-l Digest, Vol 48, Issue 13
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Deborah, et al.,
 
You can't imagine how great it felt to read your message re: image fair use best practices for museums. Our department here at MIA has been tasked with exploring the creation of just such a document. Even better to have it "industry" or professional assn. supported--so we can stand together .  I am hoping to attend MCN this year and you can bet I'll be sitting in on that SIG if I do.
 
Thanks for the day brightener.
 
Heidi
 
 
 
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Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:10:00 -0400
From: Deborah Wythe <deborahwythe at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] rights question
To: <mcn-l at mcn.edu>
Message-ID: <BLU126-W22FB0F65EA251F818AC50DCFE20 at phx.gbl>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
 

The IP SIG meeting in Portland is going to consider the possibility of getting together and working on a fair use best practices for museum collections, along the lines of what the documentary film makers have done: http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/rock/backgrounddocs/bestpractices.pdf. Other "industry groups" have banded together as well: there's safety in numbers and consensus (if you can reach it) and it might be a way for us not to have to reinvent the wheel at each institution. 
 
Deb Wythe
Brooklyn Museum
deborahwythe at hotmail.com 
 
 
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Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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From r.morgan at vam.ac.uk  Fri Sep 18 00:56:01 2009
From: r.morgan at vam.ac.uk (Richard Morgan)
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:56:01 +0100
Subject: [MCN-L] V&A launches one million objects on line
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Hi Nahoko,

Thank you very much!

Both our collection information system and DAM are Index+ supplied by System Simulation Limited. I'm sure Heather would be happy to give you more information on versions etc. if you would like.

The data is exported from these systems as XML by Heather and her team and then we import it into our Django / MySQL web application using a process that we custom built. That import process also downloads the images from the DAM at the appropriate resolution.

The import / export isn't completely automatic ... yet. Although decoupling the Collections Management System + DAM from the Web Application is a little clunky it solved far more problems than it caused by removing runtime dependencies across systems which would have stopped us delivering the project as quickly (or, perhaps, at all).

When the Collections Management System is upgraded the plan is to update through a standard harvesting technique such as OAI so that the import / export process is fully automated and sustainable.

best wishes,

Richard

>>> "Green, Nahoko" <Green at chicagohistory.org> 17/09/2009 16:48 >>>
<<<...the project draws text from our collections information system and
images from the digital asset management system...>>>

Hi, Gail and Richard,
Very impressive site!
What collection information system and DAM system do you have?
How do you draw text and images to your website after it went through
Heather's review?  Is import/export automatically done?

Thanks,

Nahoko Green
Collections Automation Manager
Chicago History Museum

-----Original Message-----
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Richard Morgan
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 1:37 PM
To: mcn-l at mcn.edu 
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] V&A launches one million objects on line

Thanks, David, for your positive reaction!

We are using Sphinx (http://www.sphinxsearch.com) to manage the
searching and clustering, closely coupled to a Django / MySQL backend.

The Django application provides an API which returns JSON and uses
Sphinx to deal with the searching.

Then the frontend application is PHP Symfony and it makes API calls to
the Django application. The nice thing is that we can then open up
access to the Django app to provide the same API for everyone.

best wishes,

Richard Morgan

>>> David Brewer <david.brewer at gmail.com> 15/09/09 3:42 PM >>>
That seems like a good way to deal with the issue to me.  I didn't
realize that there were different types of entry points to the search
engine.

Thanks and have a good day,

David Brewer
Lead Systems Developer
Second Story

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 1:46 AM, Gail Durbin <g.durbin at vam.ac.uk> wrote:
> Dear David,
> Thank you for your kind words. I am glad you like our new site.
>
> I was interested in your comments about the default setting and it has
been a matter of some debate here. My original preference would have
been "best quality records" but we have actually ended up with something
more subtle than that - but perhaps too subtle if no one realises it!
The default is determined by the way you choose to enter the site. If
you go in via the browse you get "best quality records", if you go in
via a heavy duty search you get "all records" and if you go in via a
more lightweight search the you get "only records with images". I
realise in making this decision we have made all sorts of assumptions
about our visitors but they do have the power to change the options for
themselves.
>
> We have tried to think about the range of our visitors from very
serious academic researcher through to naive user and we also have in
mind visitors who have no specialist museum vocabulary and people who
want to use our collections for their own creative work where
serendipitous connections  may be appropriate. So the browse may supply
some of these needs.
>
> I am sure Richard Morgan, who is behind the technical development,
will answer the second half of your email.
>
> With best wishes
> Gail
>
> Gail Durbin
> Head of V&A Online
>
>>>> David Brewer <david.brewer at gmail.com> 14 September 2009 >>>
> Congratulations on a very impressive collection search!  It's quite
> snappy, too, considering the amount of data being indexed.  I
> especially like the feature that lets you expand a search result row
> in-line to get a larger image and description of the record.
>
> My only feedback is that depending on your primary audience for the
> search engine, you might consider defaulting to "only records with
> images" or even
> "best quality records".  A casual user of the site probably won't be
> interested in records without images, and an expert user can be
> expected to change this option if they really do need to search
> everything.
>
> I would be very interested to find out what you are using for your
> search backend.  Is this a home-grown solution, or is it based on top
> of an open source search backend such as Lucene or Xapian, or is it
> built on top of a commercial search backend?
>
> Once again, great work.  Your collection is inspiring.
>
> David Brewer
> Lead Systems Developer
> Second Story
>
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Gail Durbin <g.durbin at vam.ac.uk>
wrote:
>> Some of you may have seen this on Twitter but if not this is just to
let you know that the V&A has launched a Beta version of Search the
Collections where we have moved from 55,000 object records on line to
over a million. The temporary address is www.vam.ac.uk/cis-online .
There is still a way to go but we would welcome comments and ways to
improve what we have there now.
>>
>> The technical work for this has been done by Richard Morgan, the V&A
web technical manager, and his team and he will be able to answer any of
the more technical questions. Mark Hook on the content side has worked
with the designers, The Other Media, on the user interface. Our
Collections records staff under Heather Caven have done a lot of work
preparing the records to go live. The project has been about using what
we already had so the project draws text from our collections
information system and images from the digital asset management system
and aims to make the presentation and functionality as user friendly as
possible. We have tried to make sure visitors see the best records
first. And as information is added to our records so the site will get
better.
>>
>> We are working on making the browse function smoother, introducing
text mining, making the mapping function work more accurately and adding
some less conventional options to the browse. There will be an API and
we hope to add an element of crowd sourcing. In the longer term there
will be saved searches, lightboxes and more linking, among other things,
but some of these items will have to wait until we have completed our
more general website redesign in the Autumn of 2010. For now it feels
like we have made a major digital leap forward which is good for
visitors and provides a foundation for many other web facilities.
>>
>> Gail Durbin
>> Head of V&A Online
>>
>>
>>
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From Green at chicagohistory.org  Fri Sep 18 07:40:39 2009
From: Green at chicagohistory.org (Green, Nahoko)
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:40:39 -0500
Subject: [MCN-L] V&A launches one million objects on line
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Richard,

<< The import / export isn't completely automatic ... yet.>>

But you are almost there! Good luck!
Thanks for your reply.
Nahoko

-----Original Message-----
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
Richard Morgan
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 2:56 AM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] V&A launches one million objects on line

Hi Nahoko,

Thank you very much!

Both our collection information system and DAM are Index+ supplied by
System Simulation Limited. I'm sure Heather would be happy to give you
more information on versions etc. if you would like.

The data is exported from these systems as XML by Heather and her team
and then we import it into our Django / MySQL web application using a
process that we custom built. That import process also downloads the
images from the DAM at the appropriate resolution.

The import / export isn't completely automatic ... yet. Although
decoupling the Collections Management System + DAM from the Web
Application is a little clunky it solved far more problems than it
caused by removing runtime dependencies across systems which would have
stopped us delivering the project as quickly (or, perhaps, at all).

When the Collections Management System is upgraded the plan is to update
through a standard harvesting technique such as OAI so that the import /
export process is fully automated and sustainable.

best wishes,

Richard

>>> "Green, Nahoko" <Green at chicagohistory.org> 17/09/2009 16:48 >>>
<<<...the project draws text from our collections information system and
images from the digital asset management system...>>>

Hi, Gail and Richard,
Very impressive site!
What collection information system and DAM system do you have?
How do you draw text and images to your website after it went through
Heather's review?  Is import/export automatically done?

Thanks,

Nahoko Green
Collections Automation Manager
Chicago History Museum

-----Original Message-----
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
Richard Morgan
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 1:37 PM
To: mcn-l at mcn.edu 
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] V&A launches one million objects on line

Thanks, David, for your positive reaction!

We are using Sphinx (http://www.sphinxsearch.com) to manage the
searching and clustering, closely coupled to a Django / MySQL backend.

The Django application provides an API which returns JSON and uses
Sphinx to deal with the searching.

Then the frontend application is PHP Symfony and it makes API calls to
the Django application. The nice thing is that we can then open up
access to the Django app to provide the same API for everyone.

best wishes,

Richard Morgan

>>> David Brewer <david.brewer at gmail.com> 15/09/09 3:42 PM >>>
That seems like a good way to deal with the issue to me.  I didn't
realize that there were different types of entry points to the search
engine.

Thanks and have a good day,

David Brewer
Lead Systems Developer
Second Story

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 1:46 AM, Gail Durbin <g.durbin at vam.ac.uk> wrote:
> Dear David,
> Thank you for your kind words. I am glad you like our new site.
>
> I was interested in your comments about the default setting and it has
been a matter of some debate here. My original preference would have
been "best quality records" but we have actually ended up with something
more subtle than that - but perhaps too subtle if no one realises it!
The default is determined by the way you choose to enter the site. If
you go in via the browse you get "best quality records", if you go in
via a heavy duty search you get "all records" and if you go in via a
more lightweight search the you get "only records with images". I
realise in making this decision we have made all sorts of assumptions
about our visitors but they do have the power to change the options for
themselves.
>
> We have tried to think about the range of our visitors from very
serious academic researcher through to naive user and we also have in
mind visitors who have no specialist museum vocabulary and people who
want to use our collections for their own creative work where
serendipitous connections  may be appropriate. So the browse may supply
some of these needs.
>
> I am sure Richard Morgan, who is behind the technical development,
will answer the second half of your email.
>
> With best wishes
> Gail
>
> Gail Durbin
> Head of V&A Online
>
>>>> David Brewer <david.brewer at gmail.com> 14 September 2009 >>>
> Congratulations on a very impressive collection search!  It's quite
> snappy, too, considering the amount of data being indexed.  I
> especially like the feature that lets you expand a search result row
> in-line to get a larger image and description of the record.
>
> My only feedback is that depending on your primary audience for the
> search engine, you might consider defaulting to "only records with
> images" or even
> "best quality records".  A casual user of the site probably won't be
> interested in records without images, and an expert user can be
> expected to change this option if they really do need to search
> everything.
>
> I would be very interested to find out what you are using for your
> search backend.  Is this a home-grown solution, or is it based on top
> of an open source search backend such as Lucene or Xapian, or is it
> built on top of a commercial search backend?
>
> Once again, great work.  Your collection is inspiring.
>
> David Brewer
> Lead Systems Developer
> Second Story
>
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Gail Durbin <g.durbin at vam.ac.uk>
wrote:
>> Some of you may have seen this on Twitter but if not this is just to
let you know that the V&A has launched a Beta version of Search the
Collections where we have moved from 55,000 object records on line to
over a million. The temporary address is www.vam.ac.uk/cis-online .
There is still a way to go but we would welcome comments and ways to
improve what we have there now.
>>
>> The technical work for this has been done by Richard Morgan, the V&A
web technical manager, and his team and he will be able to answer any of
the more technical questions. Mark Hook on the content side has worked
with the designers, The Other Media, on the user interface. Our
Collections records staff under Heather Caven have done a lot of work
preparing the records to go live. The project has been about using what
we already had so the project draws text from our collections
information system and images from the digital asset management system
and aims to make the presentation and functionality as user friendly as
possible. We have tried to make sure visitors see the best records
first. And as information is added to our records so the site will get
better.
>>
>> We are working on making the browse function smoother, introducing
text mining, making the mapping function work more accurately and adding
some less conventional options to the browse. There will be an API and
we hope to add an element of crowd sourcing. In the longer term there
will be saved searches, lightboxes and more linking, among other things,
but some of these items will have to wait until we have completed our
more general website redesign in the Autumn of 2010. For now it feels
like we have made a major digital leap forward which is good for
visitors and provides a foundation for many other web facilities.
>>
>> Gail Durbin
>> Head of V&A Online
>>
>>
>>
>>
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From aoneal at ohiohistory.org  Fri Sep 18 08:06:10 2009
From: aoneal at ohiohistory.org (Angela O'Neal)
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:06:10 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] Job Posting: Network Administrator,
	Ohio Historical Society (Columbus, OH)
Message-ID: <03D7D36074D3BF448726669A228FEC2207BD3623@ohsemail.ohiohistory.org>

The Ohio Historical Society seeks a network administrator responsible
for a 250+ node LAN/WAN in a Windows network environment. 

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

*         Administers and manages the Society's LAN/WAN using SMS,
Veritas, eTrust, Innoculan, Exchange Administration, including
anti-virus and anti-spam software and various other network tools
available.

*         Works with Information Technology manager to design, plan and
integrate new solutions for the organization.

*         Evaluates, recommends, purchases, installs and maintains all
network components and associated upgrades, including hubs, UPS's, media
converters, routers, servers, backup devices and video hardware.

*         Provides technical support in the use of network products to
users.

*         Establishes server backup procedures and incorporates and
maintains LAN/WAN security.

*         Maintains documentation for network hardware and software
configurations.

*         Ability to install and configure CISCO routers and CSU/DSU's.

*         Evaluates/advises on connection methods (T-1, DSC).

*         Other duties as assigned.

 

Education and/or Experience: 

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience, plus training in
Microsoft LAN/WAN administration and experience in Windows operating
systems.  Experience in history museums, libraries or non-profits
preferred.  Experience with defining user requirements and managing
projects is also preferred.  

 

Language Skills: 

Ability to communicate effectively with a varied constituency.  Requires
excellent verbal and written communication skills.

 

Mathematical Skills:

Requires basic mathematical skills.

 

Technical Skills:

Experience with virtualization and security software. Technical skills
necessary to diagnose and troubleshoot LAN/WAN performance issues in a
DHCP, TCP/IP and CISCO router environment. Ability to install and
configure network devices and accounts using a variety of connection
methods including T1, ATM and TCP/IP. Thorough knowledge of Windows
server software and SMS.

 

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to independently research and solve a wide variety of LAN/WAN
issues.  Excellent troubleshooting and diagnostic skills.

Supervisory Responsibilities: 
N/A 

Physical Demands: 
Manual dexterity required for use of computer keyboard.  Requires normal
range of vision and hearing. Some lifting of up to 50 pounds.

Work Environment: 
Normal office environment.  Frequent contact with staff.  Work may be
stressful at times.  Weekend and/or evening work required to accommodate
planned and unplanned maintenance activities.  May be required to work
irregular hours.

Salary Requirements

Salary for this position is $43,555.

 

About the Ohio Historical Society

The Ohio Historical Society (OHS) conducts an expanded range of
activities related to interpreting, collecting and preserving the
state's heritage. In the last century, the society has collected more
than 1.5 million items pertaining to Ohio's history, archaeology, and
natural history. One of the largest state historical organizations in
the country, OHS now has membership of over 9,000. A private,
not-for-profit organization, the society serves as the state's agent in
historical matters in return for financial subsidy support that
constitutes two-thirds of the OHS operating budget.

 

How to Apply

Application and complete position description at
www.ohiohistory.org/about/jobs <http://www.ohiohistory.org/about/jobs> .
Forward resume/application to: Human Resources Office, The Ohio
Historical Society, 1982 Velma Ave, Columbus, OH 43211 or email to
applicant at ohiohistory.org. We offer an excellent benefit package and
OPERS retirement coverage. The Ohio Historical Society is proud to be a
drug-free workplace! EOE.

 

 

Angela O'Neal
Manager, Information Technology

Ohio Historical Society

1982 Velma Ave.

Columbus, OH 43211
(614) 297-2576 

www.ohiohistory.org <http://www.ohiohistory.org/>  

 

OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY   Connect with the past. Create a better future.

 


From gerrymck at iastate.edu  Fri Sep 18 10:03:23 2009
From: gerrymck at iastate.edu (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB])
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:03:23 -0500
Subject: [MCN-L] EpiCollect: Linking Smartphones to Web Applications for
	Epidemiology, Ecology and Community Data Collection
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References: <4F6D7F02E570D846825FD3A8B8C252650158FF49@exchs018.its.iastate.edu>
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Colleagues/

 

>>>Think About The (Other) Applications / Possibilities <<< 

 

/Gerry 

 

Aanensen DM, Huntley DM, Feil EJ, al-Own F, Spratt BG, 2009 EpiCollect:
Linking Smartphones to Web Applications for Epidemiology, Ecology and
Community Data Collection. PLoS ONE 4(9): e6968.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0006968 

 

Abstract

 

Background

 

Epidemiologists and ecologists often collect data in the field and, on
returning to their laboratory, enter their data into a database for
further analysis. The recent introduction of mobile phones that utilise
the open source Android operating system, and which include (among other
features) both GPS and Google Maps, provide new opportunities for
developing mobile phone applications, which in conjunction with web
applications, allow two-way communication between field workers and
their project databases.

 

Data collection frameworks utilising mobile phones with data submission
to and from central databases are widely applicable and can give a field
worker similar display and analysis tools on their mobile phone that
they would have if viewing the data in their laboratory via the web. We
demonstrate their utility for epidemiological data collection and
display, and briefly discuss their application in ecological and
community data collection. Furthermore, such frameworks offer great
potential for recruiting 'citizen scientists' to contribute data easily
to central databases through their mobile phone.

 

Links To Source And Full Text and YouTube Demo  and Parent Site And News
Coverage Available At

 

[ http://tinyurl.com/l5sljh  ]

 

/Gerry 

 

Gerry McKiernan

Associate Professor

Science and Technology Librarian

Iowa State University Library

Ames IA 50011

 

gerrymck at iastate.edu

 

There Are No Answers, Only Solutions / Olde Irish Saying

 

 The Future Is Already Here, It's Just Not Evenly Distributed

Attributed To William Gibson, SciFi Author / Coined 'Cyberspace


From dcwaxman at optonline.net  Fri Sep 18 13:04:00 2009
From: dcwaxman at optonline.net (Denise Waxman)
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:04:00 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] mcn-l Digest, Vol 48, Issue 14
In-Reply-To: <mailman.1.1253300402.22443.mcn-l@mcn.edu>
References: <mailman.1.1253300402.22443.mcn-l@mcn.edu>
Message-ID: <B1835A5F-848C-4610-B722-565F79438DAB@optonline.net>

> With respect to the issue of image fair use best practices for  
> museums I thought the V&A's notice about uses permitted for hi-res  
> images pretty straightforward and generous.  http://www.vam.ac.uk/cis-online/information/information_highresolutionimages

Denise Waxman







From akeshet at imj.org.il  Sat Sep 19 06:27:53 2009
From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet  [akeshet@imj.org.il])
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:27:53 +0200
Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG: Dept of Justice objects to Google Book Settlement
Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F7EEF1CC5@mailsrv.imj.org.il>


For Immediate Release
Consumer Watchdog
Sept. 18, 2009

Contact: John M. Simpson, cell: (310) 292-1902

Consumer Watchdog Praises Department of Justice Action In Google Books Case
Warns That Major Issues Including Lack Of Privacy Guarantees Remain Problematic

SANTA MONICA, CA ? Consumer Watchdog praised the U.S. Justice Department for objecting to the proposed Google Books settlement in a brief the department filed in U.S. District Court tonight.

The nonpartisan, nonprofit consumer group had asked the Justice Department to intervene in the case on antitrust grounds last April. Justice announced it was investigating in July. Justice?s objections tonight went beyond antitrust concerns.

?This is a victory for consumers and the broad public interest,? said John M. Simpson, consumer advocate with Consumer Watchdog. ?Consumer Watchdog supports digitization and digital libraries in a robust competitive market open to all organizations, both for-profit and non-profit, that offer fundamental privacy guarantees to users. But a single entity cannot be allowed to build a digital library based on a monopolistic advantage when its answer to serious questions from responsible critics boils down to: ?Trust us. Our motto is ?Don?t be evil.??

?As the Justice brief makes clear, the proposed class-action settlement is monumentally overbroad and invites the court to overstep its legal jurisdiction, to the detriment of consumers and the public,?  Simpson said. ?The proposed settlement agreement would strip rights from millions of absent class members, worldwide, in violation of national and international copyright law, for the sole benefit of Google.?

Consumer Watchdog stressed that even if Google, The Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers agree to change their deal to overcome Justice?s antitrust objections, the settlement still should not be implemented.

?Solving the antitrust problem is only piece of the problem,? said Simpson. ?Another deal-breaker should be the complete lack of privacy guarantees. Google, under pressure from the Federal Trade Commission, released a so-called ?privacy policy?, but what?s to stop them from changing it the day after a settlement is approved on a corporate whim??

Consumer Watchdog asked the Justice Department last April to intervene in the Google Books settlement because of antitrust concerns. Kasowitz, Benson filed an amicus brief in New York?s Southern U.S. District Court opposing the deal on Consumer Watchdog?s behalf. Last week Simpson was one of eight witnesses to testify about the deal to the House Judiciary Committee.

Read the brief here: http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/resources/Googleamicusbrief.pdf

Read the testimony and see a video of the hearing here: http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/hear_090910.html

The case in U.S. District Court?s Southern District of New York stems from a suit brought by The Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers.  Judge Denny Chin has said that around 400 briefs have been filed in the case and that he may have to limit the number of speakers at the fairness hearing set for Oct. 7.

-30-

Consumer Watchdog, formerly the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan consumer advocacy organization with offices in Washington, DC and Santa Monica, Ca.  Our website is www.consumerwatchdog.org.

Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP is a national law firm with over 300 lawyers specializing in high stakes, complex litigation.  The firm has offices in New York, Newark, Houston, Atlanta, Miami and San Francisco. For more information, visit www.kasowitz.com.
Contact: Daniel Fetterman, 212-506-1934, dfetterman at kasowitz.com<UrlBlockedError.aspx> or Peter Toren, 212-506-1986, ptoren at kasowitz.com<UrlBlockedError.aspx>.



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From akeshet at imj.org.il  Sun Sep 20 03:30:35 2009
From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet  [akeshet@imj.org.il])
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:30:35 +0200
Subject: [MCN-L] =?windows-1255?q?=FE=FEFW=3A_=5Bread20-l=5D_and_the_judge?=
In-Reply-To: <4AB501FD.3070704@gmail.com>
References: <4AB501FD.3070704@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F7EEF1CCC@mailsrv.imj.org.il>

 Good, short (!) article in the New Yorker on the Google Book Settlement problem. 


________________________________________
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2009/09/google-books-and-the-judge.html

"Google, with its mission ?to organize the world?s information
and make it universally accessible and useful,? plans to turn
itself into the biggest bookstore the world has ever known,
and to make libraries pay for acting as its agents...

From EDSONM at si.edu  Mon Sep 21 06:25:38 2009
From: EDSONM at si.edu (Edson, Michael)
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:25:38 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] Database of institutional social media policies
In-Reply-To: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F7EEF1CC5@mailsrv.imj.org.il>
References: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F7EEF1CC5@mailsrv.imj.org.il>
Message-ID: <44393AF579FE384AA1536FCD53D55FA91E11CBD82B@SI-MSEV03.US.SINET.SI.EDU>

This seems to be just what the doctor ordered, from the Social Media Governance Web site ("Empowerment with Accountability"), a database of social media policies maintained by consultant Chris Boudreaux.

http://socialmediagovernance.com/policies.php?f=0

I needed this!


Michael Edson
Director, Web and New Media Strategy
Smithsonian Institution, Office of the CIO
edsonm at si.edu | twitter: @mpedson | m: 202-445-9746 | o: 202-633-8447 

Visit our public Web and New Media Strategy wiki
http://smithsonian-webstrategy.wikispaces.com  


From sbrennan at gmu.edu  Mon Sep 21 08:38:19 2009
From: sbrennan at gmu.edu (Sheila Brennan)
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:38:19 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] Mobile for Museums report
In-Reply-To: <mailman.1.1253214002.18758.mcn-l@mcn.edu>
References: <mailman.1.1253214002.18758.mcn-l@mcn.edu>
Message-ID: <015a01ca3ad1$8b2dc950$a1895bf0$@edu>

Hi Folks, 

CHNM Labs recently published a new report, Mobile for Museums, that includes
an assessment of the field, development recommendations, and 3 replicable
prototypes. Everything is accessible here:
http://chnm.gmu.edu/labs/mobile-for-museums/ and below is the announcement.

In the Resources section, you will find links to the Museums and Mobile
Adoption survey results that some of you participated in earlier this year.
Thank you to everyone who participated and offered suggestions along the
way. 

Please don't hesitate to contact me with questions or comments about the
report. 

Best wishes, 
Sheila 


________________________________
Sheila A. Brennan
Senior Digital History Associate
Center for History and New Media
George Mason University
703-879-8366
sbrennan at gmu.edu 
http://chnm.gmu.edu



CHNM Labs Report on Mobile Usage in Museums


CHNM Labs released a new research report today, Mobile for Museums
http://chnm.gmu.edu/labs/mobile-for-museums/. Funded by the Samuel H. Kress
Foundation, the report assesses how art museums are incorporating mobile
technologies into visitor experiences and offers replicable mobile
prototypes based on those findings.

A survey of the field shows that for many years art museums have been at the
forefront of offering their visitors learning experiences that extend beyond
traditional exhibit labels. That trend continues as art museums add cell
phone tours, podcasts, and platform-specific applications in an effort to
capitalize on the commonly-owned portable devices-iPods, MP3 players,
Blackberries, cell phones-that visitors already carry in their pockets.

CHNM found that while all genres of museums are very interested in offering
content and unique experiences using mobiles, their biggest challenge is
working with small budgets and a small staff, limiting their ability to
develop content for mobiles.

To address these needs, Mobile for Museums offers recommendations and free,
replicable prototypes based on this research on how to economically provide
mobile users with positive experiences in and outside a museum.

These prototypes include:

. New plugins for the Omeka http://omeka.org software package allowing
institutions to use already-created collections content and re-purpose it
with plugins for use inside the gallery, including: Send to Mobile, Bar
Codes, and Social Bookmarking.

. Website design optimized for cross-platform mobile browsers that is
accessible by a variety of mobile and smart phones, for possible use outside
of the gallery.

. A cross-platform application built in PhoneGap that harnesses the
functionality native to a mobile device.

These examples are simply proofs of concept, but we hope that by making them
and the code available http://code.google.com/p/art-in-the-city/ we will
provide the museum community with some fresh possibilities for mobile
development.

Finally, the report site includes a dynamic Resources section
http://chnm.gmu.edu/labs/mobile-for-museums/resources/, with a Yahoo Pipe of
feeds from museum-related websites discussing mobile topics. A public Zotero
group offers a growing, annotated bibliography of current resources, and is
open for all to join and to contribute other research in the field:
http://www.zotero.org/groups/mobile_museums/items.

CHNM encourages collaboration and discussion of our findings and prototypes,
through commenting directly on the site. We hope that this research and
development will encourage more institutions to share their development and
experiments with the greater museum community.


From gerrymck at iastate.edu  Mon Sep 21 10:59:21 2009
From: gerrymck at iastate.edu (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB])
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:59:21 -0500
Subject: [MCN-L] 100 Ways to Use Twitter In Your Library
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Colleagues/

 

For Libraries But Not Just Libraries ... Universities / Museums / Etc.

 

/Gerry 

Twitter is a free social networking and communication tool that lets you
send short messages of up to 140 characters to your group of friends via
the Twitter website, SMS, other Twitter clients, email, or IM. An
increasing number of libraries and librarians are now using Twitter to
engage readers, spread information, and banish the conception of dark,
silent buildings staffed by stuffy introverts. So if you want to see how
Twitter can be a dynamic way to connect with patrons, students and other
library professionals, then the list below should definitely get you
started. Here are 100 tips that can help you effectively use Twitter in
your libraries.

 

 Reference

 

With many online tools, the reference sections of many libraries have
been overlooked. These tips can help make connections with patrons which
can lead to a more visited reference section.

 

1. Read the latest news: Many major news sites, like MSNBC have Twitter
feeds. This makes it easy to quickly check up on news and find the
latest information.

 

2. Identify experts in a specific area: Find out who's talking about
subjects that interest you or your patrons. You can't get the same
affect by using traditional email and resources. 

 

3. Find out what other schools and libraries are doing around the world:
Get ideas on how other libraries all over the globe are using Twitter
effectively in their library

[more]

 

> Discussion

 

Use these tips to create communication as well as a feeling of community
at your library.

 

10. Try having a question and answer session: If you need information of
any kind a quick question to followers will get you and answer in
minutes. It is also an easy way to provide assistance to patrons.

 

11. Get feedback on potential policy changes: Thinking about extending
library hours? Get some opinions from some of your patrons. This is
great for college library students too.

 

12. Don't let the account go silent for extended periods: This will show
that you have mutual interest in providing a connection for many of your
followers.

 

[more]

 

> Announcements & Updates

 

Highlight new materials, group meetings, current news, and more with
some of these suggestions.

 

19. Get information on conferences: Some conferences of interest to
librarians have Twitter feeds that will allow you to keep up with
registration deadlines, speakers and accommodations without having to
visit the site itself.

 

20. Keep up to date with internal developments: Stay on top of
department meetings and events. You will always know what's going on.

 

21. Update patrons on new materials: Have you received some great new
resources? Let those in your area know about them through a Twitter
feed.

 

[more]

 

> Helpful Feeds

 

Here are some interesting feeds that can help you find out how other
libraries might be using Twitter.

 

29. @librarycongress: The Library of Congress is one of the largest
libraries in the world, keep up with everything from their special
collections to latest events.

 

30. @yalsa: The Young Adult Library Services Association keeps this feel
to help keep you informed about issues pertaining to young adult reading
and literature.

 

31. @glambert: Greg Lambert is a law librarian in Houston. This law
librarian discusses knowledge management, social media, and more.

 

[more]

 

> Colleagues, Students, and Friends

 

Stay connected with other librarian, friends, and students with the tips
below. 

 

49. Learn more about colleagues: See if fellow colleagues have a Twitter
feed and read more about their life. Who knows, maybe you have more in
common than you think.

 

50. Link to interesting news stories: Get some inspirational ideas from
reading interesting stories about literacy and other libraries. 

 

51. Promote the library: Using Twitter can help promote your library and
the programs offered. Tweet your friends and family about what's
happening.

 

[more] 

 

> Library Twitter Tools that Could be Useful

 

Here are some tools that can be useful if you are going to try some of
the above tips. 

 

55. TweetDeck: This application will let you create groups of Tweets to
better manage your information systems.

 

56. Twrivia: Provide a new trivia question each day for your patrons
with this tool. 

 

57. GroupTweet: Create groups to facilitate Tweeting. This is a great
tool for specialty groups such as young adults, book clubs, or library
employees.[more]

 

> Vendors Using Twitter

 

More and more library vendors are joining Twitter. Many librarians are
now able to interact with their vendors in a different way. Whether for
asking a question regarding an order or finding out about other services
offered you weren't even aware of. Here is a list of some of the major
vendors we have found that have hopped on board the Twitter wagon. 

 

76. Academic Earth: A collaboration of video lectures from the world's
top scholars. They also provide full video courses from leading
universities.

 

77. Duke Press: The Press publishes primarily in the humanities and
social sciences and issues a few publications for professionals such as
doctors and lawyers. 

 

78. Credo Reference: A leading provider of reference services for
libraries and information centers.

 

[more]

 

Libraries have only begun to find the true potential in Twittering. We
hope that by using some of these tips, librarians and libraries
everywhere will find creative ways to broaden the serviceability for
themselves and their patrons.

 

Link to Full 100 Available At 

 

!!! Thanks To Adrienne Carlson / Accelerated Bachelor Degree / For The
Headsup !!!

 

Links Also Available To Related Posting

 

[ http://tinyurl.com/m3t97p  ]

 

Libraries Using Twitter: Academic / Research / Special Libraries 

 

Twitter for Libraries (and Librarians) / Sarah Milstein 

 

Twittering Libraries Wiki 

 

Happy Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday 

 

>>Follow Me On Twitter GMcKBlogs<< 

 

http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs 

 

/Gerry 

 

Gerry McKiernan

Associate Professor

Science and Technology Librarian

Iowa State University Library

Ames IA 50011

 

 gerrymck at iastate.edu

 

There Are No Answers, Only Solutions / Olde Irish Saying

 

The Future Is Already Here, It's Just Not Evenly Distributed

Attributed To William Gibson, SciFi Author / Coined 'Cyberspace


From mcn-announce at mcn.edu  Mon Sep 21 13:33:05 2009
From: mcn-announce at mcn.edu (MCN Announcements)
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:33:05 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] MCN Scholarship Winners
Message-ID: <4AB7E301.8060605@mcn.edu>

The Museum Computer Network Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce 
its eight scholarship winners for 2009. Each scholarship provides free 
registration to the MCN annual conference in Portland, Oregon, free 
hotel stay, and a small stipend to help cover additional expenses. MCN 
received nearly 90 stellar applications in 2009 ? nearly twice as many 
as last year - making the selection process even more challenging!

Congratulations to:

Kathy Amoroso, Director of Digital Projects, Maine Historical Society

Dr. Tatyana Bogomazova, Chief of the IT Department, Russian Academy of 
Sciences

Tiah Edmundson-Morton, Reference, Instruction, and Outreach Archivist, 
Oregon State University Archives

Alyssa Glass, Web Producer at Adobe Systems and museum studies graduate 
student at JFK University

David Lockwood, Museums Manager, Dumfries and Galloway Museum Service 
(Scotland)

Emily Pfotenhauer, Outreach Specialist, Wisconsin Heritage Online

Sivia Sadofsky, Technology Program Manager, Museum of Anthropology at 
the University of British Columbia

Andrea Thomer, Lead Excavator, George C. Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits


The Museum Computer Network conference is November 11-14 in Portland, 
Oregon. For more information visit http://www.mcn.edu.

From mcn-announce at mcn.edu  Mon Sep 21 14:12:08 2009
From: mcn-announce at mcn.edu (MCN Announcements)
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:12:08 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] MCN Scholarship Winners
Message-ID: <4AB7EC28.7060701@mcn.edu>

The Museum Computer Network Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce
its eight scholarship winners for 2009. Each scholarship provides free
registration to the MCN annual conference in Portland, Oregon, free 
hotel stay, and a small stipend to help cover additional expenses. MCN 
received nearly 90 stellar applications in 2009 ? nearly twice as many 
as last year - making the selection process even more challenging!

Congratulations to:


Kathy Amoroso, Director of Digital Projects, Maine Historical Society

Dr. Tatyana Bogomazova, Chief of the IT Department, Russian Academy of
Sciences

Tiah Edmundson-Morton, Reference, Instruction, and Outreach Archivist,
Oregon State University Archives

Alyssa Glass, Web Producer at Adobe Systems and museum studies graduate
student at JFK University

David Lockwood, Museums Manager, Dumfries and Galloway Museum Service
(Scotland)

Emily Pfotenhauer, Outreach Specialist, Wisconsin Heritage Online

Sivia Sadofsky, Technology Program Manager, Museum of Anthropology at 
the University of British Columbia

Andrea Thomer, Lead Excavator, George C. Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits


The Museum Computer Network conference is November 11-14 in Portland,
Oregon. For more information visit http://www.mcn.edu.


Jana Hill, Christina DePaolo, and Marla Misunas
MCN 2009 Scholarship Committee






From dmlamparello at aol.com  Tue Sep 22 12:58:39 2009
From: dmlamparello at aol.com (dmlamparello at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:58:39 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] IT Director Position at the Historical Society of
	Pennsylvania
Message-ID: <8CC09D63665B33C-3A70-8224@webmail-d082.sysops.aol.com>




Dear
all:



?



Please
see the Historical Society of Pennsylvania?s IT Director job posting listed
below. My apologies for any cross-posting.



?



?



Position
Title:??? Director of Information Technology (http://www.hsp.org/default.aspx?id=1410)



Division:???????????
Operations



Reports
To:?????? Chief Operating Officer? 



FLSA
Status:??? Full Time, Exempt



Salary
Range:?? Commensurate with experience



?



?



Position
Summary:



The
Director of Information Technology (IT) provides vision, leadership, and
management for all technology-related tasks at the Historical Society of
Pennsylvania. This senior staff member is responsible for policies, procedures,
selection, installation, and management of integrated information systems
hardware and software, including integrated library system software, digital
asset management software, fundraising and accounting software, Windows
networking, digital mass storage, servers, workstations, and peripherals for
HSP?s overall operations. The Director of IT leads cross-departmental teams in
specifying, selecting, purchasing, and installing hardware and software to meet
the diverse needs of the library?s users?staff, researchers, educators, and students.




?



The
Director of IT also:



???????????
oversees HSP?s Web site and will be responsible for coordinating a lar
ge-scale
redesign of the site



???????????
provides technical guidance for HSP?s growing collection-digitization program



???????????
works with the Director of Cataloging to manage HSP?s Online Public Access
Catalog (OPAC) and to implement upgrades



???????????
proposes policy and sets procedures for information management, including
security and maintenance of the institution?s digital information resources



???????????
participates in setting guidelines and procedures for electronic records
management



???????????
oversees HSP?s technology budget



???????????
monitors Web, email, and application servers 



???????????
trains staff in file management and use of software and hardware



???????????
troubleshoots staff computer problems 



???????????
establishes and manages vendor relationships



???????????
keeps current with trends in IT for special collections libraries.



?



Job
Requirements:



The
position requires a bachelor?s degree (master?s preferred) in computer science,
information management, or a related field, or an equi
valent combination of
education and/or experience plus a minimum of three to four years of relevant
experience, at least one of which must be in a managerial or supervisory
capacity in a digital library, library system, or cultural institution IT
environment. The position also requires demonstrable expertise in: Web services
technologies (XML, Web 2.0, open source and proprietary digital asset and
content management systems); storage architectures and management,
authentication and authorization strategies, and information security; and
software development methodologies and processes, as well as networking
architecture and management. Also required are: project management skills,
ability to make desired progress on multiple projects simultaneously, excellent
written and oral communication skills, and leadership abilities. Knowledge of
digital-imaging procedures, equipment, and best practices preferred. Experience
with Ex Libris Voyager, Raiser?s Edge, and MIP software preferred.



?



Working
Conditions:



Center
City Philadelphia. General office working environment. 



?



Position
Details:



The
Historical Society of Pennsylvania offers a comprehensive benefits package
including health/dental/vision/short-term and long-term disability insurance,
life insurance, flexible spending accounts, and a retirement plan managed
through TIAA-CREF. Please note that we are unable to pay travel or relocation
expenses. HSP is an equal opportunity employer. 



Applications
should include the following:



?????????
?
A cover letter outlining why you believe you would be a good applicant for this
position



???????????
Current resume, including recent employment and education history



???????????
A list of three references. (Please note that HSP will not contact these people
until you have been notified).



?



Applications
should be e-mailed by November 1, 2009, to: 



?



Michael
Hairston, Chief Operating Officer, The Historical Society of Pennsylvania 



e-mail
is preferable: mhairston at hsp.org



Address:
1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia PA, 19107.



?



?



Thank
you,



Dana



?



Dana
M. Lamparello



Digital
Collections Archivist



The
Historical Society of Pennsylvania



1300
Locust Street



Philadelphia,
PA 19107



Tel:
215/732-6200 ext. 230



Fax:
215/732-2680



dlamparello at hsp.org



From bwyman at denverartmuseum.org  Tue Sep 22 14:23:34 2009
From: bwyman at denverartmuseum.org (Bruce Wyman)
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:23:34 -0600
Subject: [MCN-L] chat?
In-Reply-To: <44393AF579FE384AA1536FCD53D55FA91E11CBD82B@SI-MSEV03.US.SINET.SI.EDU>
References: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F7EEF1CC5@mailsrv.imj.org.il>
	<44393AF579FE384AA1536FCD53D55FA91E11CBD82B@SI-MSEV03.US.SINET.SI.EDU>
Message-ID: <p06240835c6def0b3d6e2@[192.168.0.7]>

so, how did your chat go?

hopeful or discouraged?

hey, are you going to be at mcn in november?

-bw.
-- 
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Bruce Wyman, Director of Technology
Denver Art Museum  /  100 W 14th Ave. Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204
office: 720.913.0159  /  fax: 720.913.0002
<bwyman at denverartmuseum.org>

From bwyman at denverartmuseum.org  Tue Sep 22 15:12:48 2009
From: bwyman at denverartmuseum.org (Bruce Wyman)
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:12:48 -0600
Subject: [MCN-L] FW:  chat?
In-Reply-To: <0758790FE14FAD4FB84FE71572FD910C027FE79F3D@MAILR005.mail.lan>
References: <0758790FE14FAD4FB84FE71572FD910C027FE79F3D@MAILR005.mail.lan>
Message-ID: <p06240838c6defbd72cb6@[192.168.0.7]>

Yeah, ok, I'm an idiot and didn't mean to send this to the list.

However, that being said, the interesting part is the five people 
that have responded so far to tell me how their chats went.

The funniest bit is that the original message wasn't intended for 
someone that's even on the MCN listserv.

So, yeah. Hi everyone. Glad to hear that things are generally going 
well with so many of you. :)

-bw.
-- 
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Bruce Wyman, Director of Technology
Denver Art Museum  /  100 W 14th Ave. Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204
office: 720.913.0159  /  fax: 720.913.0002
<bwyman at denverartmuseum.org>

From clinton at crmm.org  Tue Sep 22 15:16:54 2009
From: clinton at crmm.org (Lee Clinton)
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:16:54 -0700
Subject: [MCN-L] FW:  chat?
In-Reply-To: <p06240838c6defbd72cb6@[192.168.0.7]>
References: <0758790FE14FAD4FB84FE71572FD910C027FE79F3D@MAILR005.mail.lan>
	<p06240838c6defbd72cb6@[192.168.0.7]>
Message-ID: <000001ca3bd2$6506dd00$2f149700$@org>

Pretty funny.  

Lee Clinton
Communications & Membership Manager 
Columbia River Maritime Museum 
1792 Marine Drive
Astoria, Oregon 97103
503-325-2323 - voice
503-325-2331 - fax
clinton at crmm.org
www.crmm.org
?

-----Original Message-----
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
Bruce Wyman
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 3:13 PM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] FW: chat?

Yeah, ok, I'm an idiot and didn't mean to send this to the list.

However, that being said, the interesting part is the five people 
that have responded so far to tell me how their chats went.

The funniest bit is that the original message wasn't intended for 
someone that's even on the MCN listserv.

So, yeah. Hi everyone. Glad to hear that things are generally going 
well with so many of you. :)

-bw.
-- 
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
-=-=
Bruce Wyman, Director of Technology
Denver Art Museum  /  100 W 14th Ave. Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204
office: 720.913.0159  /  fax: 720.913.0002
<bwyman at denverartmuseum.org>
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From akeshet at imj.org.il  Wed Sep 23 00:28:27 2009
From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet  [akeshet@imj.org.il])
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:28:27 +0200
Subject: [MCN-L] FW: Google Books Settlement fairness hearing postponed
	indefinitely
Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F7EEFA27A@mailsrv.imj.org.il>

News flash thanks to Peter Brantley.


-----Original Message-----

Version one of the settlement is officially dead.  Parties have moved to adjourn indefinitely.  No time frame for when they might come forward with an amended settlement.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/20072350/20090922-Memo-in-Support-of-Motion-for-Adjournment-of-Fairness-Hearing

Plaintiffs in the above-captioned matter submit this memorandum in support in support of their motion for an adjournment of the final Fairness Hearing, currently scheduled for October 7, 2009, so that the parties can (a) amend the Settlement Agreement and (b) seek approval of an amended settlement agreement.
...

Plaintiffs also are uncertain, at this stage, whether any additional form of notice, however limited, might be required. They cannot address that issue until the scope and effect of the amended settlement agreement on class members is determined.

Accordingly, because the parties intend to amend the Settlement Agreement and need adequate time to negotiate amendments among themselves and with the DOJ, plaintiffs respectfully request that the Court adjourn the Fairness Hearing scheduled for October 7, 2009.

________________________________________

From akeshet at imj.org.il  Wed Sep 23 06:34:17 2009
From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet  [akeshet@imj.org.il])
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:34:17 +0200
Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG: Pamela Samuelson on DOJ on Google Books Settlement
Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F7EEFA28B@mailsrv.imj.org.il>


-----Original Message-----
From:  On Behalf Of Pam Samuelson
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 6:59 PM

Those of you who are following the Google Book settlement drama may find of interest my latest Huffington Post about DOJ's Statement of Interest filed with the court late last week:  
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pamela-samuelson/doj-says-no-to-google-boo_b_292796.html 

_______________________________________________


Very interesting indeed, and very clear. This is good background to my previous post, and helps explain why the Settlement has been put on hold.  

Amalyah Keshet

From lisai at rocketmail.com  Wed Sep 23 06:10:06 2009
From: lisai at rocketmail.com (Lisa Iversen)
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:10:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [MCN-L] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
Message-ID: <2028906082.13627740.1253711406812.JavaMail.app@ech3-cdn11.prod>

LinkedIn
------------



   
I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn.

- Lisa

Accept Lisa Iversen's invite:
https://www.linkedin.com/e/isd/756277422/kEs3piSN/



 
------
(c) 2009, LinkedIn Corporation


From akeshet at imj.org.il  Thu Sep 24 05:09:09 2009
From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet  [akeshet@imj.org.il])
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:09:09 +0200
Subject: [MCN-L] Digital publishing
Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F7EEFA2A0@mailsrv.imj.org.il>

Anyone out there in MCN-land whose institution is contemplating (or doing) digital publishing -- not websites and mobile guides, but e-books?

If so, please contact me on or off list.


Amalyah Keshet
Head of Image Resources & Copyright Management
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem




From stucker at diaart.org  Thu Sep 24 07:09:23 2009
From: stucker at diaart.org (Tucker, Sara)
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:09:23 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] Digital publishing
In-Reply-To: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F7EEFA2A0@mailsrv.imj.org.il>
References: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F7EEFA2A0@mailsrv.imj.org.il>
Message-ID: <562E8833C2DDB34D8E974D743912DAE70211AB5A@imi2.diaart.int>

I would be very interested in knowing this  too, as we have a number of
out of print titles that might make more sense to reprint
electronically. I haven't started researching this yet, so would be
interested in what might seem like obvious basics.

Thanks. 

Sara Tucker
IT Director
Dia Art Foundation
stucker at diaart.org
www.diaart.org

-----Original Message-----
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
Amalyah Keshet [akeshet at imj.org.il]
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 8:09 AM
To: 'Museum Computer Network Listserv'
Subject: [MCN-L] Digital publishing

Anyone out there in MCN-land whose institution is contemplating (or
doing) digital publishing -- not websites and mobile guides, but
e-books?

If so, please contact me on or off list.


Amalyah Keshet
Head of Image Resources & Copyright Management The Israel Museum,
Jerusalem



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From A-Newman at NGA.GOV  Thu Sep 24 08:09:22 2009
From: A-Newman at NGA.GOV (Newman, Alan)
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:09:22 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] Digital publishing
In-Reply-To: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F7EEFA2A0@mailsrv.imj.org.il>
Message-ID: <C6E103E2.2E11A%A-Newman@NGA.GOV>

The Getty Grants Program is funding seven museum e-publishing projects. Each
museum or group is tailoring the project to their specific collection needs.
The National Gallery is doing a Dutch painting systematic catalogue online.
Perhaps someone from the Getty Grants program can summarize all the
projects.

Alan Newman


On 9/24/09 8:09 AM, "Amalyah Keshet" <akeshet at imj.org.il> wrote:

> Anyone out there in MCN-land whose institution is contemplating (or doing)
> digital publishing -- not websites and mobile guides, but e-books?
> 
> If so, please contact me on or off list.
> 
> 
> Amalyah Keshet
> Head of Image Resources & Copyright Management
> The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
> 
> 
> 
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From pjohnson at skirball.org  Thu Sep 24 12:12:41 2009
From: pjohnson at skirball.org (Johnson, Peter)
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:12:41 -0700
Subject: [MCN-L] disposing of video tapes
In-Reply-To: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F7EEF1CC5@mailsrv.imj.org.il>
References: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F7EEF1CC5@mailsrv.imj.org.il>
Message-ID: <2A6CDDE8F1CB5D428E7CA6014794A58202530C63@scc-mail.skirball.org>

Hi all,

We have a number of videotapes that we have decided not to retain in our
collection.

They don't contain sensitive material, so I don't necessarily need to
destroy them, but I don't want to add them a landfill if I can avoid it.

Any suggestions for how to properly dispose of - or recycle - these will
be appreciated.

Many thanks,

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 ssmith at getty.edu  Thu Sep 24 12:23:35 2009
From: ssmith at getty.edu (Stanley Smith)
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:23:35 -0700
Subject: [MCN-L] Digital Publishing
Message-ID: <4ABB64C7.4318.00B6.0@getty.edu>

The Getty Grant e-publishing projects (called the Online Scholarly
Catalogue Initiative) that Alan mentioned are these: 


Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois. For the planning of an online
scholarly catalogue of the 19th-century European paintings collection.
$240,000 

Museum Associates, Los Angeles, California. For the planning of an
online scholarly catalogue of the Southeast Asian art collection.
$240,000 

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. For the planning of an online
scholarly catalogue of the 17th-century Dutch paintings collection.
$140,700 

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California. For the planning of an
online scholarly catalogue of works by Robert Rauschenberg in the
permanent collection. $240,000 

Seattle Art Museum, Washington. For the planning of an online scholarly
catalogue of the Chinese painting and calligraphy collection. $240,000 

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. For the planning of an online
scholarly catalogue of the Gerhard Pulverer Collection of Japanese
Illustrated Books at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler
Gallery. $200,000 

Tate Gallery, London, England. For the planning of an online scholarly
catalogue of the Camden Town Group. ?137,800 

Walker Art Center, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota. For the planning of an
online scholarly catalogue of new acquisitions from 2005 to the present.
$200,000 


Stanley smith 
Stanley Smith
Manager, Imaging Services
J. Paul Getty Museum
1200 Getty Center Drive,  Suite 1000
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1687
(310) 440-7286





From folsom at lacma.org  Thu Sep 24 12:26:24 2009
From: folsom at lacma.org (Folsom, Diana)
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:26:24 -0700
Subject: [MCN-L] Digital Publishing
In-Reply-To: <4ABB64C7.4318.00B6.0@getty.edu>
References: <4ABB64C7.4318.00B6.0@getty.edu>
Message-ID: <785EF3E8EEBF554DBBCC6909943D22B7083BDE36@saturn.lacma.org>

Don't forget the Freer-Sackler project, and note that Museum Aassociates = LACMA 


Diana Folsom
LACMA

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Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 12:24 PM
To: mcn-l at mcn.edu
Subject: [MCN-L] Digital Publishing

The Getty Grant e-publishing projects (called the Online Scholarly Catalogue Initiative) that Alan mentioned are these: 


Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois. For the planning of an online scholarly catalogue of the 19th-century European paintings collection.
$240,000 

Museum Associates, Los Angeles, California. For the planning of an online scholarly catalogue of the Southeast Asian art collection.
$240,000 

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. For the planning of an online scholarly catalogue of the 17th-century Dutch paintings collection.
$140,700 

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California. For the planning of an online scholarly catalogue of works by Robert Rauschenberg in the permanent collection. $240,000 

Seattle Art Museum, Washington. For the planning of an online scholarly catalogue of the Chinese painting and calligraphy collection. $240,000 

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. For the planning of an online scholarly catalogue of the Gerhard Pulverer Collection of Japanese Illustrated Books at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. $200,000 

Tate Gallery, London, England. For the planning of an online scholarly catalogue of the Camden Town Group. ?137,800 

Walker Art Center, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota. For the planning of an online scholarly catalogue of new acquisitions from 2005 to the present.
$200,000 


Stanley smith
Stanley Smith
Manager, Imaging Services
J. Paul Getty Museum
1200 Getty Center Drive,  Suite 1000
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1687
(310) 440-7286




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From ssmith at getty.edu  Thu Sep 24 12:29:48 2009
From: ssmith at getty.edu (Stanley Smith)
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:29:48 -0700
Subject: [MCN-L] Digital Publishing
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I forgot to post this link with info about the program: 

http://www.getty.edu/foundation/funding/access/current/online_cataloging.html 

Stanley Smith
Manager, Imaging Services
J. Paul Getty Museum
1200 Getty Center Drive,  Suite 1000
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1687
(310) 440-7286





From director at neenahhistoricalsociety.org  Thu Sep 24 13:56:16 2009
From: director at neenahhistoricalsociety.org (director at neenahhistoricalsociety.org)
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:56:16 +0000
Subject: [MCN-L] Digital Publishing
Message-ID: <W252113661275441253825776@webmail32>

We have published a few paperbound books -- mostly reprints of old directories and catalogs, but we recently did a local church history. We ran the pages on an ordinary laser printer, did the covers in color on an inkjet printer which we laminated on one side. We bound the books using a tabletop hot glue binding machine. It's not very complicated or time-consuming. But we're typically doing five to 20 books at a time. It's not worth the trouble to do fewer than five. I think we'd go crazy if we had to do 50 or more books at one time, as we don't have space to store the work-in-process.
Dave Dexter
Neenah Historical Society
Neenah, Wis. 



From akeshet at imj.org.il  Sat Sep 26 23:44:51 2009
From: akeshet at imj.org.il (Amalyah Keshet  [akeshet@imj.org.il])
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 08:44:51 +0200
Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG: Obama Finally Appoints IP Czar... Puts It In The
 Wrong Department
Message-ID: <9844AFCBFFF93540889F30E865CEFD781F7EEF1D07@mailsrv.imj.org.il>

>From Techdirt:

"Hollywood lobbyists have been pushing the administration to appoint someone ever since the spring, and VP Joe Biden had to come out and calm Hollywood execs and lawyers<http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090422/1727474611.shtml> by promising them the "right person" would be appointed (meaning: not someone who is interested in copyright reform."

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090925/1549476326.shtml

From jtrant at archimuse.com  Mon Sep 28 07:52:59 2009
From: jtrant at archimuse.com (j trant)
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:52:59 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] MW2010 CFP: Deadline Wed. Sept 30, 2009
Message-ID: <p06240819c6e67e3deaac@[192.168.0.102]>

MW2010 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Deadline September 30, 2009

    Museums and the Web 2010
    the international conference for culture and heritage on-line
    April 13-17, 2010
    Denver, Colorado, USA
    http://www.archimuse.com/mw2010/


Don't miss this chance to present your best work at the premiere 
international conference devoted to culture, heritage, art, and 
science on-line: Museums and the Web. Taking an international 
perspective, MW reviews and analyzes the issues and impacts of 
networked cultural, natural and scientific heritage. Our community 
has been meeting since 1997, imagining, tracking, analyzing, and 
influencing the role museums play on the Web.


PROPOSALS ARE DUE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2009.

Submit your proposal using our on-line form at 
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2010/papers/mw2010.proposalForm.html

We're open to proposals on on any topic related to museums and their 
communities creating, facilitating, or delivering culture, science or 
heritage on-line. Proposals for MW are peer-reviewed by an 
International Program Committee.

Full details about MW2010 can be found on the conference web site at 
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2010/

We hope to see you in Denver,

jennifer and David


-- 
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Co-Chairs: Museums and the Web 2010	produced by
April 13-17, 2010, Denver, Colordo	Archives & Museum Informatics
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2010/ 	158 Lee Avenue
email: mw2010 at archimuse.com		Toronto, Ontario, Canada
phone +1 416 691 2516 | fax +1 416 352-6025
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From nicole at claretassociates.net  Mon Sep 28 12:26:52 2009
From: nicole at claretassociates.net (Nicole Nathan)
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:26:52 -0700
Subject: [MCN-L] Open Source CMS for collection
Message-ID: <EAB6FAF4-84B5-4C73-BBA5-0BAD90F72782@claretassociates.net>

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






From jaim at ybca.org  Mon Sep 28 13:05:45 2009
From: jaim at ybca.org (James Im)
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:05:45 -0700
Subject: [MCN-L] YBCA is seeking a full time Webmaster
Message-ID: <BF93B84654FFE746B5EFA663E55F11A30465C9CA@arbus.ybca.org>

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) is a contemporary
multidisciplinary arts organization anchoring the Yerba Buena Gardens in
the downtown San Francisco arts district. In addition to visual arts
exhibitions and film/video screenings, YBCA presents bold and innovative
experimental performances that provoke dialogue on the vital issues of
our time.

 

YBCA is seeking an enthusiastic Webmaster with a strong interest in
joining a nonprofit cultural organization. The Webmaster will work under
the direction of the Senior Director of Marketing & Communications to
implement, maintain and enhance YBCA's websites and email campaigns.
Primarily focused on marketing, the Webmaster will also collaborate with
other departments to help meet their objectives online.

 

Principle Responsibilities:

- Oversee implementation of YBCA's marketing and communications
strategies via the website and email.

- Update and expand content, and enhance usability of YBCA's
institutional websites.

- Oversee large scale redesign, development and general maintenance of
YBCA's main institutional website (www.ybca.org).

- Create digital assets and organize them in a rational and extensible
way on the web server and CMS.

- Work closely with Box Office to support online ticketing and visitors
RSVP.

- Create and maintain online archives of YBCA programs.

- In conjunction with YBCA Marketing staff, create and implement
strategies to drive traffic to YBCA's websites.

- Monitor, analyze and maintain stat tracking reports.

- Oversee and manage maintenance of YBCA's email database.

- Manage projects and relationships with web hosts, contracted designers
& developers.

- Actively participate in departmental strategy and planning sessions as
it relates to the website and e-marketing, including task forces with
YBCA staff, Board and community members.

- Supervise, manage and evaluate the Web Assistant and department
interns as appropriate.

 

Minimum Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree in computer technology or similar field of study,
and at least 3 years experience in web technology and maintenance.
Supervisory experience a plus.

- Required Technical Skills-Strong grasp of (X)HTML, CSS, PHP,
Standards-based coding, Javascript, Photoshop, Content Management and
Customer Relationship Management Systems, proficiency on Mac and Windows
platforms.

- Desirable Technical Skills-Flash, .Net/ASP, Adobe Creative Suite.

- Grasp of effective online marketing strategies, and strong skills in
marketing copywriting.

- Proven skills in design, typography and composition; concentration on
user interface a plus.

- Excellent organizational skills with a neurotic attention to detail.

- Capacity to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment under
pressure of deadlines while maintaining composure and positive
professional relationships.

- Experience working effectively in partnership with people of diverse
cultural backgrounds.

- Ability to effectively manage using clear direction and open
communication.

- Ability to work independently as well as a member of a team.

- Knowledge of, or interest, in contemporary art helpful, but not
required.

 

To apply, please send cover letter, resume and links to prior Web work
via email to jobs at ybca.org.

 

For more information, see http://www.ybca.org/about/jobs/webmaster.aspx

 

www.ybca.org


From Christinad at SeattleArtMuseum.org  Mon Sep 28 13:19:28 2009
From: Christinad at SeattleArtMuseum.org (Christina DePaolo)
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:19:28 -0700
Subject: [MCN-L] MCN 2009 Conference on Twitter
Message-ID: <6440C474B3F6FE4EB44B34421B3E501E166EA802D6@dtes01.SAM.Home>

Hi MCN-L,
We have started to tweet conference announcements at http://twitter.com/mcn2009. Please follow us.  Use #MCN2009 if you tweet about the conference.

I am also looking for someone to teach an early morning exercise class.  If you are a trained yoga, pilates, stretch or fitness teacher (as well as a museum professional who plans to attend the conference) let me know.

Please feel free to contact me directly with any questions you may have about the conference. The full program will be up on www.mcn.edu<http://www.mcn.edu> shortly.

Thank you.

Christina DePaolo, MCN 2009 Conference Chair
New Media Manager
1109 First Avenue, Suite 406
P 206.654.3165
F 206.654.3250
seattleartmuseum.org<http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/>

From lleavitt at danforthmuseum.org  Tue Sep 29 12:18:31 2009
From: lleavitt at danforthmuseum.org (Leavitt, Lisa)
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:18:31 -0400
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Lisa Leavitt
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Danforth Museum of Art
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:26:52 -0700
From: Nicole Nathan <nicole at claretassociates.net>
Subject: [MCN-L] Open Source CMS for collection
To: mcn-l at mcn.edu
Message-ID:
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes

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







------------------------------

Message: 2
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:05:45 -0700
From: "James Im" <jaim at ybca.org>
Subject: [MCN-L] YBCA is seeking a full time Webmaster
To: <mcn-l at mcn.edu>
Message-ID: <BF93B84654FFE746B5EFA663E55F11A30465C9CA at arbus.ybca.org>
Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="us-ascii"

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) is a contemporary
multidisciplinary arts organization anchoring the Yerba Buena Gardens in
the downtown San Francisco arts district. In addition to visual arts
exhibitions and film/video screenings, YBCA presents bold and innovative
experimental performances that provoke dialogue on the vital issues of
our time.

 

YBCA is seeking an enthusiastic Webmaster with a strong interest in
joining a nonprofit cultural organization. The Webmaster will work under
the direction of the Senior Director of Marketing & Communications to
implement, maintain and enhance YBCA's websites and email campaigns.
Primarily focused on marketing, the Webmaster will also collaborate with
other departments to help meet their objectives online.

 

Principle Responsibilities:

- Oversee implementation of YBCA's marketing and communications
strategies via the website and email.

- Update and expand content, and enhance usability of YBCA's
institutional websites.

- Oversee large scale redesign, development and general maintenance of
YBCA's main institutional website (www.ybca.org).

- Create digital assets and organize them in a rational and extensible
way on the web server and CMS.

- Work closely with Box Office to support online ticketing and visitors
RSVP.

- Create and maintain online archives of YBCA programs.

- In conjunction with YBCA Marketing staff, create and implement
strategies to drive traffic to YBCA's websites.

- Monitor, analyze and maintain stat tracking reports.

- Oversee and manage maintenance of YBCA's email database.

- Manage projects and relationships with web hosts, contracted designers
& developers.

- Actively participate in departmental strategy and planning sessions as
it relates to the website and e-marketing, including task forces with
YBCA staff, Board and community members.

- Supervise, manage and evaluate the Web Assistant and department
interns as appropriate.

 

Minimum Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree in computer technology or similar field of study,
and at least 3 years experience in web technology and maintenance.
Supervisory experience a plus.

- Required Technical Skills-Strong grasp of (X)HTML, CSS, PHP,
Standards-based coding, Javascript, Photoshop, Content Management and
Customer Relationship Management Systems, proficiency on Mac and Windows
platforms.

- Desirable Technical Skills-Flash, .Net/ASP, Adobe Creative Suite.

- Grasp of effective online marketing strategies, and strong skills in
marketing copywriting.

- Proven skills in design, typography and composition; concentration on
user interface a plus.

- Excellent organizational skills with a neurotic attention to detail.

- Capacity to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment under
pressure of deadlines while maintaining composure and positive
professional relationships.

- Experience working effectively in partnership with people of diverse
cultural backgrounds.

- Ability to effectively manage using clear direction and open
communication.

- Ability to work independently as well as a member of a team.

- Knowledge of, or interest, in contemporary art helpful, but not
required.

 

To apply, please send cover letter, resume and links to prior Web work
via email to jobs at ybca.org.

 

For more information, see http://www.ybca.org/about/jobs/webmaster.aspx

 

www.ybca.org



------------------------------

Message: 3
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:19:28 -0700
From: Christina DePaolo <Christinad at SeattleArtMuseum.org>
Subject: [MCN-L] MCN 2009 Conference on Twitter
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu>
Message-ID:
	<6440C474B3F6FE4EB44B34421B3E501E166EA802D6 at dtes01.SAM.Home>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Hi MCN-L,
We have started to tweet conference announcements at
http://twitter.com/mcn2009. Please follow us.  Use #MCN2009 if you tweet
about the conference.

I am also looking for someone to teach an early morning exercise class.
If you are a trained yoga, pilates, stretch or fitness teacher (as well
as a museum professional who plans to attend the conference) let me
know.

Please feel free to contact me directly with any questions you may have
about the conference. The full program will be up on
www.mcn.edu<http://www.mcn.edu> shortly.

Thank you.

Christina DePaolo, MCN 2009 Conference Chair
New Media Manager
1109 First Avenue, Suite 406
P 206.654.3165
F 206.654.3250
seattleartmuseum.org<http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/>


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From johanna at thenewgallery.org  Tue Sep 29 12:34:01 2009
From: johanna at thenewgallery.org (Johanna Plant)
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:34:01 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: [MCN-L] Open Source database software
Message-ID: <52047.70.75.46.170.1254252841.squirrel@mail5.webfaction.com>

Hi Nicole,

You may want to look into CollectiveAccess
(http://www.collectiveaccess.org/). It has two components: a back-end for
data entry by staff, and a front-end where the public can view the
collection. We've been using it for about a year now, and are quite
pleased with the results (shameless self promotion: you can see our public
application of the program here:
http://www.thenewgallery.org/collective-access/  One caveat: we're not a
collecting institution, and consequently aren't fully using all the
functions of the program).

CollectiveAccess plans to roll out a new version in October, and it looks
quite cool, with the addition of a user tagging function and faceted
browsing. The program is web-based, so the cataloguing, etc., can be done
from any location.

I also recall seeing a software called Madrona. I don't have any
experience with it, but perhaps you'll want to check it out.
http://madronapro.com/

Kind regards,

Johanna

Johanna Plant
Resource Centre Coordinator
The New Gallery
403.233.2399
http://www.thenewgallery.org/

Message: 1
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:26:52 -0700
From: Nicole Nathan <nicole at claretassociates.net>
Subject: [MCN-L] Open Source CMS for collection
To: mcn-l at mcn.edu
Message-ID:
        <EAB6FAF4-84B5-4C73-BBA5-0BAD90F72782 at claretassociates.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes

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



From akeshet at netvision.net.il  Tue Sep 29 12:43:04 2009
From: akeshet at netvision.net.il (Amalyah Keshet)
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:43:04 +0200
Subject: [MCN-L] Ask Slashdot: Archiving Digital Artwork For Museum Purchase?
Message-ID: <4AC26348.4090000@netvision.net.il>

"An anonymous reader writes /"I am an artist working with 3d software to 
create animations and digital prints. For now my work just gets put on 
screening DVDs and BluRays and the original .mov and 3d files get backed 
up. But museums and big art collectors do want to purchase these 
animations. However as we all know archival DVDs are not really 
archival. So I want to ask the Slashdot readers, what can I give to the 
museum when they acquire my digital work for their collection so that it 
can last and be seen long after I am dead? No other artist or 
institution I know of have come up with any real solution to this issue 
yet, so I thought Slashdot readers may have an idea. These editions can 
be sold for a large amount of money, so it doesn't have to be a cheap 
solution."/
http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/09/29/1646251/Archiving-Digital-Artwork-For-Museum-Purchase?from=rss


...just in case anyone out there is interested.







From ewg4xuva at gmail.com  Tue Sep 29 13:46:05 2009
From: ewg4xuva at gmail.com (Ethan Gruber)
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:46:05 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] Ask Slashdot: Archiving Digital Artwork For Museum
	Purchase?
In-Reply-To: <4AC26348.4090000@netvision.net.il>
References: <4AC26348.4090000@netvision.net.il>
Message-ID: <a05f60f80909291346x62d64e41vf37064d1750275b3@mail.gmail.com>

There are certainly armies of programmers around the world grappling with
this very issue of preserving born-digital material for eternity.  In many
ways, it is more complex than archiving physical objects.  One can still
read a 500 year old book, but in 500 years, it is unlikely there will be a
way to view digital files we use now.  Data has to constantly be migrated
every 5-10 years into a new standard to remain relevant.  Many libraries
hire people to do this full-time.  Sure, there's some conservation involved
in maintaining books, manuscripts, clothing, etc., but we are producing
digital data at an exponential rate, and costs multiply in maintaining the
data.  Digital curation is a futile effort, really.

In any case, there is often talk at the Computer Applications in Archaeology
conference on how to preserve 3D models and virtual environments.  One
option in the future will be Saving and Archiving Virtual Environments
(SAVE), currently being developed at the University of Virginia.  It is a
few years off, but promising.  Of course, someone will have to convert all
the 3D studio max 10.0 files into 3D studio max 20.0 in ten years, and that
will be even uglier than SGML-to-XML or Microsoft Acces-to-MySQL 5
conversions people are doing now.
http://www.awn.com/news/events/when-rome-rebuild-city

Ethan Gruber

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Amalyah Keshet <akeshet at netvision.net.il>wrote:

> "An anonymous reader writes /"I am an artist working with 3d software to
> create animations and digital prints. For now my work just gets put on
> screening DVDs and BluRays and the original .mov and 3d files get backed
> up. But museums and big art collectors do want to purchase these
> animations. However as we all know archival DVDs are not really
> archival. So I want to ask the Slashdot readers, what can I give to the
> museum when they acquire my digital work for their collection so that it
> can last and be seen long after I am dead? No other artist or
> institution I know of have come up with any real solution to this issue
> yet, so I thought Slashdot readers may have an idea. These editions can
> be sold for a large amount of money, so it doesn't have to be a cheap
> solution."/
>
> http://ask.slashdot.org/story/09/09/29/1646251/Archiving-Digital-Artwork-For-Museum-Purchase?from=rss
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From gerrymck at iastate.edu  Tue Sep 22 12:08:45 2009
From: gerrymck at iastate.edu (McKiernan, Gerard [LIB])
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:08:45 -0500
Subject: [MCN-L] Mobile for Museums < Center For History And New Media
	Project >
In-Reply-To: <4F6D7F02E570D846825FD3A8B8C252650158FF66@exchs018.its.iastate.edu>
References: <4F6D7F02E570D846825FD3A8B8C252650158FF66@exchs018.its.iastate.edu>
Message-ID: <4F6D7F02E570D846825FD3A8B8C252650158FF69@exchs018.its.iastate.edu>

Colleagues/

 

A Major Initiative ! / But Not [IMHO] Just For Museums ...

 

/Gerry

 

For many years, art museums have been at the forefront of offering their visitors learning experiences that extend beyond traditional exhibit labels with gallery kiosks and audio guides. More recently, art museums continue leading the way by adding cell phone tours, podcasts, and platform-specific applications in an effort to capitalize on the commonly-owned portable devices-iPods, MP3 players, Blackberries, cell phones-that visitors already carry in their pockets. 

 

Museum professionals see great potential in reaching new audiences and pleasing old ones by providing content and social interaction via mobile devices. The biggest challenge is that many museums do not quite know where to begin when working with a small budget and small staff with limited technical knowledge. This site addresses those needs by proving a brief overview of what is being done in the mobile museum world and offers suggestions based on this research on how to economically provide mobile users with a positive experience with your museum.

 

[snip]

 

This work was performed with generous funding from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. 

 

Findings:

 

?Overview

 

?Assessment of the Field

 

?Development Recommendations

 

?Implementation and Prototypes 

 

?Omeka Plugins for Mobiles

 

?Sites Optimized for Mobiles

 

?Native Cross-Platform Applications

 

?Resources

 

Annotated Bibliography (Zotero)

 

Links To Project Links Available At 

 

[ http://tinyurl.com/l3cgzp  ] 

 

!!! Thanks To Museums And The Web For The HeadsUp !!! 

 

EnJOY 

 

/Gerry

 

Gerry McKiernan

Associate Professor

Science and Technology Librarian

Iowa State University Library

Ames IA 50011

gerrymck at iastate.edu

 

There Are No Answers, Only Solutions / Olde Irish Saying

 

The Future Is Already Here, It's Just Not Evenly Distributed

Attributed To William Gibson, SciFi Author / Coined 'Cyberspace

 


From mcn-announce at mcn.edu  Tue Sep 29 15:46:43 2009
From: mcn-announce at mcn.edu (MCN Announcements)
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:46:43 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] New Scholarship Opportunities for MCN 2009
Message-ID: <4AC28E53.4010908@mcn.edu>

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.

Submission deadline is October 9, 2009 and winners will be announced the
following week.

Questions? Please contact Jana Hill, 2009 Scholarship Committee chair,
jana.hill at cartermuseum.org.




From dbenavraham at newmuseum.org  Wed Sep 30 07:09:41 2009
From: dbenavraham at newmuseum.org (Doron Ben-Avraham)
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:09:41 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] Open Source CMS for collection
In-Reply-To: <mailman.1.1254250802.3204.mcn-l@mcn.edu>
References: <mailman.1.1254250802.3204.mcn-l@mcn.edu>
Message-ID: <ED35D8DCD9E9AE43904AB3E7861D8D66024D44FC80@NEW-EX-001.newmuseum.org>

Hello Nicole
We are in the process of modification of the following platform
http://www.collectiveaccess.org/

you can modify and replicate the database so as to create a tiered access for internal and external use.
It's a great platform to build on


Doron Ben Avraham - IT Manager
New Museum Of Contemporary Art
TEL : 212.219.1222 x 233
FAX: 212.432.6822
newmuseum.org



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







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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:05:45 -0700
From: "James Im" <jaim at ybca.org>
Subject: [MCN-L] YBCA is seeking a full time Webmaster
To: <mcn-l at mcn.edu>
Message-ID: <BF93B84654FFE746B5EFA663E55F11A30465C9CA at arbus.ybca.org>
Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="us-ascii"

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) is a contemporary
multidisciplinary arts organization anchoring the Yerba Buena Gardens in
the downtown San Francisco arts district. In addition to visual arts
exhibitions and film/video screenings, YBCA presents bold and innovative
experimental performances that provoke dialogue on the vital issues of
our time.

 

YBCA is seeking an enthusiastic Webmaster with a strong interest in
joining a nonprofit cultural organization. The Webmaster will work under
the direction of the Senior Director of Marketing & Communications to
implement, maintain and enhance YBCA's websites and email campaigns.
Primarily focused on marketing, the Webmaster will also collaborate with
other departments to help meet their objectives online.

 

Principle Responsibilities:

- Oversee implementation of YBCA's marketing and communications
strategies via the website and email.

- Update and expand content, and enhance usability of YBCA's
institutional websites.

- Oversee large scale redesign, development and general maintenance of
YBCA's main institutional website (www.ybca.org).

- Create digital assets and organize them in a rational and extensible
way on the web server and CMS.

- Work closely with Box Office to support online ticketing and visitors
RSVP.

- Create and maintain online archives of YBCA programs.

- In conjunction with YBCA Marketing staff, create and implement
strategies to drive traffic to YBCA's websites.

- Monitor, analyze and maintain stat tracking reports.

- Oversee and manage maintenance of YBCA's email database.

- Manage projects and relationships with web hosts, contracted designers
& developers.

- Actively participate in departmental strategy and planning sessions as
it relates to the website and e-marketing, including task forces with
YBCA staff, Board and community members.

- Supervise, manage and evaluate the Web Assistant and department
interns as appropriate.

 

Minimum Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree in computer technology or similar field of study,
and at least 3 years experience in web technology and maintenance.
Supervisory experience a plus.

- Required Technical Skills-Strong grasp of (X)HTML, CSS, PHP,
Standards-based coding, Javascript, Photoshop, Content Management and
Customer Relationship Management Systems, proficiency on Mac and Windows
platforms.

- Desirable Technical Skills-Flash, .Net/ASP, Adobe Creative Suite.

- Grasp of effective online marketing strategies, and strong skills in
marketing copywriting.

- Proven skills in design, typography and composition; concentration on
user interface a plus.

- Excellent organizational skills with a neurotic attention to detail.

- Capacity to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment under
pressure of deadlines while maintaining composure and positive
professional relationships.

- Experience working effectively in partnership with people of diverse
cultural backgrounds.

- Ability to effectively manage using clear direction and open
communication.

- Ability to work independently as well as a member of a team.

- Knowledge of, or interest, in contemporary art helpful, but not
required.

 

To apply, please send cover letter, resume and links to prior Web work
via email to jobs at ybca.org.

 

For more information, see http://www.ybca.org/about/jobs/webmaster.aspx

 

www.ybca.org



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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:19:28 -0700
From: Christina DePaolo <Christinad at SeattleArtMuseum.org>
Subject: [MCN-L] MCN 2009 Conference on Twitter
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu>
Message-ID:
	<6440C474B3F6FE4EB44B34421B3E501E166EA802D6 at dtes01.SAM.Home>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Hi MCN-L,
We have started to tweet conference announcements at http://twitter.com/mcn2009. Please follow us.  Use #MCN2009 if you tweet about the conference.

I am also looking for someone to teach an early morning exercise class.  If you are a trained yoga, pilates, stretch or fitness teacher (as well as a museum professional who plans to attend the conference) let me know.

Please feel free to contact me directly with any questions you may have about the conference. The full program will be up on www.mcn.edu<http://www.mcn.edu> shortly.

Thank you.

Christina DePaolo, MCN 2009 Conference Chair
New Media Manager
1109 First Avenue, Suite 406
P 206.654.3165
F 206.654.3250
seattleartmuseum.org<http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/>


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From communications at aam-us.org  Wed Sep 30 12:58:27 2009
From: communications at aam-us.org (Susan Breitkopf)
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:58:27 -0400
Subject: [MCN-L] Museum Assessment Program deadline!
Message-ID: <C6E930A3.21501%communications@aam-us.org>

Thought you?d all like to know about the approaching Museum Assessment
Program (MAP) deadline. Whether it?s the institutional, collections
management, public dimension or governance assessment, MAP can help you take
your museum to the next level!

We are accepting applications now on a rolling basis; the postmark deadline
is Nov. 30. Applications can be found at
http://aam-us.org/museumresources/map/index.cfm. MAP staff are available to
answer any questions at map at aam-us.org or 202-289-9118.