[MCN-L] CAL SIG members meeting Berkeley, May 21?

Hi all, I'm working with our friends at UC Berkeley to arrange a Cal SIG meeting there for us in May. Due to the end of the school year, things are pretty busy and though we normally meet on Fridays, it may not work this time around. Would you come to Berkeley for the meeting on Saturday, May

[MCN-L] FW: World's Fair Use Day is tomorrow!

World's Fair Use Day is January 13, 2011 Just a reminder -- tomorrow, Thurs., is World's Fair Use Day. PK's conference on fair use is unlike any you will cover in DC. Where else can you see and hear Kenyatta Cheese, Ben Huh from the Cheezburger Network, and Das

[MCN-L] Looking for Digitization Strategy/Implementation Plans

Jeanne, You may want to look at the Rapid Capture presentations and papers given at MCN2009-2010 by Getty, Yale, MOMA, Chicago, National Gallery (did I leave anyone out?)--there should be a link to Slideshare where they are downloadable. Also consider joining ImageMuse, a discussion list of

[MCN-L] A Quick Survey

Sam, Since 95% of video is shot here by smartphones and small handheld cameras the answer is yes we allow it in the permanent collection galleries. Temporary exhibitions always come with their own set of permissions requirements. As far as a using tripods or lights, that must be pre-arranged with

[MCN-L] A Quick Survey

Yes, that's the situation we're addressing. We have no intention of changing our policy concerning shepherding professional crews with major equipment around in the galleries... it's the explosion of personal use videos that we're addressing. Thanks to those how have already written (and those

[MCN-L] A Quick Survey

Sam, Our official policy for general visitors is: ?Still photography for personal use is permitted in collection galleries only. No flash or tripods allowed. Videotaping is permitted in the lobby only. No photographs or videotapes may be reproduced, distributed, or sold without permission from the

[MCN-L] Looking for Digitization Strategy/Implementation Plans

There's also some implementation / guidelines information about the Rapid Imaging Project we did here at the Art Institute available for anyone to read at http://www.musetechcentral.org/project.aspx?projectid=60 On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Newman, Alan A-Newman at nga.gov wrote: Jeanne,

[MCN-L] Cal SIG meeting

Thanks for the reminder about AAM, Perian. One of the reasons we have these regional MCN meetings is because people can't afford to travel, so I suspect that will be true this time around as well. Marla Misunas Collections Information Manager Collections Information and Access San Francisco

[MCN-L] Cal SIG meeting

Maybe it makes sense then to hold it after AAM, so someone who does attend can report back? Mary W. Elings Archivist for Digital Collections The Bancroft Library University of California Berkeley, CA 94720-6000 melings*library.berkeley.edu Ph 510-643-2273 Fx 510-643-2548

[MCN-L] Looking for Digitization Strategy/Implementation Plans

This is a really great document, and definitely addresses some of the things I need to discuss. One of the issues I am curious about - for 'flat' works (documents, letters, photos, etc) how do you decide between scanning or photographing? Are there benefits/drawbacks between them? I'd love