dear Kate: Actually, I'm having a "duh" moment. I forgot to mention our own exhibition! Next week, we're opening "Memory Lab", which is essentially a digitization laboratory with a couple of big iMacs, and flatbed, book, and slide scanners. The computers will be used by the public (and us, when it's quiet) to scan their photographs and other materials and then work with the materials in a really wonderful program called Memory Miner (http://www.memoryminer.com/ ). We're hoping that, at some point, we will be able to bring in our own digital images for the public to play with and make their own connections to our collection, but we're not quite there yet.
I think there's also an oral history component, but we're still waiting to set up the video space. Since our archives have historically been focused on the history of Jews west of the Mississippi, we're asking for the public to make their projects available to us as part of the archives. Memory Miner has a direct HTML output which would allow us to very easily put these projects up on the web. We open Memory Lab in a couple of weeks, and there has been discussion about hosting workshops, particularly for our older public, who are often a bit slower to adopt these technologies. If we can get them in the door, we feel that there's a great opportunity to collect that history, and give the public something to take home with them. Perian Sully Collections Information and Web Programs Manager Judah L. Magnes Museum -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kate Spencer Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:27 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Public Authoring examples Hi Perian What an amazing list. THANKYOU so much! I have already come across Nina's blog + the Click project but some of the other examples are very interesting. I think you are right - it is probably the tip of the iceberg!! You seem to be very much across this stuff - would you mind if I shoot you some questions off-list as I continue my research? Thanks again Kate --- On Tue, 9/16/08, Perian Sully <psully at magnes.org> wrote: > From: Perian Sully <psully at magnes.org> > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Public Authoring examples > To: "Museum Computer Network Listserv" <mcn-l at mcn.edu> > Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 12:20 PM > Dear Kate: > > I was just asked a similar question by the Director here, > and I pulled > up a list which I'm copying below. > > Of particular interest to you would be the Tech > Museum's collaborative > exhibit-building program (Nina Simon's baby!) and The > Brooklyn Museum's > Click exhibition. > > ****** > A very brief list of museums using Web 2.0 successfully, > but here are a > few immediately at hand: > > http://www.archivesnext.com/?p=114 <- not an > institution, but a link to > some doing wonderful things > http://thetechvirtual.org/ <- The Tech Museum has > collaborative > exhibition development. Modeled in Second Life, then they > make them > full-scale for the museum > http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Home_page > National Archives of British History's wiki page for > collaborative > archive information. There's more about it in the top > link above > http://photography.si.edu/ and the Library of > Congress's additions to > the Flickr Commons. Very effective for soliciting > historical commentary, > information, and miscellaneous commentary. > http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/ <- > ok, they're > huge and well-funded, but I think we could model IDEA on > what they've > done with their database > http://museumtwo.blogspot.com/search/label/Museums%20Engaging%20in%202.0 > %20Projects <- big list and reviews of museums engaging > in Web 2.0. > >From Nina Simon's Museum 2.0 blog (Nina was > responsible for the Tech's > new direction of Web 2.0 collaboration) > http://museumtwo.blogspot.com/2008/07/why-click-is-my-hero-what-museum.h > tml <- Nina's review of Click > > I feel like this is just the tip of the iceberg. Digging > through the > Museums and the Web papers will yield a ton more > information and case > studies. http://www.archimuse.com/conferences/mw.html > > Hope this is of use. > > Perian Sully > Collection Information and New Media Coordinator > Judah L. Magnes Museum > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] > On Behalf Of > Kate Spencer > Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 4:34 AM > To: mcn-l at mcn.edu > Subject: [MCN-L] Public Authoring examples > > Hi All. > > I am doing a Research Masters and am looking at the use of > Public > Authoring & user-generated content in museum exhibits. > > > I am particularly interested in examples where > user-generated content is > integrated into the exhibit and exhibits which allow the > audience to add > to, comment on and re-interpret the exhibit content so the > exhibits > evolve over time. > > Can anyone point to any successful/interesting examples? > > Cheers > Kate > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the > Museum > Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the > Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
