Shalom,
I am the Webmaster, Photographer, Videographer, Youtuber, Facebooker and
Twitterer. In a short while I will also be the Museum Blogger.
The head of PR sits a few tabels away from mine. The museum director
sits a few tables away from her. I overhear what's happening in the
office (open
When we build self-serve sites for image licensing which have trivial costs
after the build, and especially if we are using the people's money, it is
hard to justify charging for extant images of public domain art.
Trivial costs? Not according to our CIO. I'm struggling to get something like
Hi Amalyah,
My point was that after the build the maintenance costs are trivial to keep the
self-serve part of the system going.
There is only automated file delivery and no human service...for that part of
the program.
The main question, debated here often, is whether this should be
We have the same problem in our little institution.
Ann Drury Wellford
Photo Services Manager
The Museum of the Confederacy
1201 East Clay Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: (804) 649-1861 x17
Fax: (804) 644-7150
www.moc.org
-Original Message-
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu
Apologies for butting in on this very interesting discussion, but the cost of
provision and access of images is close to our hearts at Bridgeman and it is
something we are researching right now under one of our government funded
projects. I hope it is not inappropriate therefore to present
Alan:
Yes, I understand. But the people (taxpayer dollars) won't pay for it, and
neither will a foundation and neither will a donor.
(I'm speaking of here in my part of the world, of course -- but I know I'm not
speaking only for myself. If you can get a foundation to pay for this, that's
Everyone,
Last call. We will be closing our survey on Monday. If you haven't
taken it yet, you can go directly to:
http://tinyurl.com/openexhibits
As of today we have 122 responses. Maybe we can break 150?
If you have 5 to 10 minutes to spare we would appreciate your
participation. We
Hello,
I am researching job descriptions for in-house IT staff of museums. I am a
part of the Fluid Engage project (
http://fluidproject.org/projects/fluid-engage) and am assisting a partner
museum develop a job description for a staff member that is dedicated to IT
full-time.
So, I want to get