I have a ton of stats on museum widgets, podcasting, social site usage and demographics. We had a free museum widget/podcasting thing going on and have about 60 museums participating -so the stats are extensive. If anyone is interested let me know I can put something together. I just need the specifics of what type of information you would like to have.
Kurt Stuchell http://museumpods.com stuchell at museumpods.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hart, David" <[email protected]> To: <mcn-l at mcn.edu> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 3:44 PM Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Web vs. 'real world' visitors > We might be able to share stats (YouTube, iTunesU, etc) in a survey; look > forward to reading about it, regardless! > > > David Hart > Associate Media Producer > Digital Media Department > The Museum of Modern Art > 11 West 53 Street > (212) 408-6473 > david_hart at moma.org > www.moma.org > > > On 9/30/08 3:00 PM, "mcn-l-request at mcn.edu" <mcn-l-request at mcn.edu> > wrote: > >> Send mcn-l mailing list submissions to >> mcn-l at mcn.edu >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> mcn-l-request at mcn.edu >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> mcn-l-owner at mcn.edu >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of mcn-l digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: Web vs. 'real world' visitors (Champagne, Joanna) >> 2. Re: Bar-codes / RFID / Both? (John Bedard) >> 3. New Report: "Beyond the Silos of the LAMs: Collaboration >> Among Libraries, Archives and Museums" (Waibel,Guenter) >> 4. Re: Bar-codes / RFID / Both? (Smutko, Paul, DCA) >> 5. Re: Web vs. 'real world' visitors (Montgomery, Renee) >> 6. Re: Bar-codes / RFID / Both? (Tim Atherton) >> 7. Acquisition Policies or Collections Management Policies >> (Montgomery, Renee) >> 8. Re: Web vs. 'real world' visitors (Folsom, Diana) >> 9. Re: Web vs. 'real world' visitors (Christina DePaolo) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:28:54 -0400 >> From: "Champagne, Joanna" <J-Champagne at NGA.GOV> >> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Web vs. 'real world' visitors >> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu> >> Message-ID: <C506A4B6.B876%J-Champagne at NGA.GOV> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >> >> Hello, >> >> This past fiscal year we had just over 4 million physical visitors (like >> the >> Web some may be repeat, but not as many as the online) to the National >> Gallery and 20,800,523 visits to the Web site. >> >> 50.8% of our 62 Podcasts were downloaded to iTunes this past FY year the >> rest from our site and widget. >> >> We have 559 installs of our Podcast widget. >> >> Hope that helps. >> >> Best, >> Joanna >> >> >> ................. >> Joanna Champagne >> Chief of Web and New Media Initiatives >> National Gallery of Art >> NGA.GOV >> >> >> >> >> On 9/29/08 1:48 PM, "Perian Sully" <psully at magnes.org> wrote: >> >>> Dear Nancy: >>> >>> Have you seen the IMLS Interconnections report? >>> http://www.interconnectionsreport.org/ >>> >>> Lots of hard data about some of the questions you're asking. The >>> slideshow provides a nice summary as well on the report. >>> >>> Perian Sully >>> Collections Information and Web Programs Manager >>> Judah L. Magnes Museum >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf >>> Of >>> Nancy Proctor >>> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 10:33 AM >>> To: mcn-l at mcn.edu >>> Subject: [MCN-L] Web vs. 'real world' visitors >>> >>> Does anyone have any hard numbers on overall museum trends in numbers of >>> online visitors versus footfall in the bricks & mortar museums? My >>> anecdotal >>> sense from talking to various museum professionals is that online >>> traffic is >>> 3-10 times the in-person visitorship, but I'd like to be able to cite an >>> actual study. >>> >>> It would also be great to know what percentage of museums' online >>> traffic is >>> to content that is not resident on their websites, e.g. Podcasts on >>> iTunes/iTunes U, and videos on YouTube, if anyone has those stats for >>> your >>> own museum or others'.... >>> >>> ...And the next step is to show what great return on investment our >>> digital >>> initiatives provide, since we reach many more people online than in >>> person, >>> and buildings are relatively expensive to maintain. This is not to >>> challenge >>> the primacy and importance of the real world buildings and collections, >>> but >>> simply to underscore how much reach digital teams can achieve for >>> comparatively little money. >>> >>> Many thanks! >>> Nancy >>> >>> Nancy Proctor >>> Head of New Media Initiatives >>> >>> Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) >>> MRC 970 PO Box 37012 >>> Washington DC 20013-7012 >>> USA >>> >>> o: +1-202-633-8439 >>> f: +1-202-633-8455 >>> c: +1-301-642-6257 >>> >>> proctorn at si.edu >>> >>> http://www.americanart.si.edu >>> http://eyelevel.si.edu/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:37:46 -0500 >> From: "John Bedard" <jbedard at artsmia.org> >> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Bar-codes / RFID / Both? >> To: "Museum Computer Network Listserv" <mcn-l at mcn.edu> >> Message-ID: <48E0E83A.50A4.0031.0 at artsmia.org> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >> >> We looked at this a few months ago and concluded that for us bar code was >> a >> better choice do to cost and how we planned to use it. However, we have >> not >> moved to implement yet. >> >> John >> >> >> >> John R. Bedard >> Director of Information Projects and Services >> The Minneapolis Institute of Arts >> 2400 Third Avenue South >> Minneapolis, MN 55404 >> Phone: 612-870-3268 >> Fax: 612-870-3004 >> Email: JBedard at artsmia.org >> www.artsmia.org >> www.artsconnected.org >> >>>>> "Cathryn Goodwin" <cathryng at Princeton.EDU> 9/29/2008 12:32 PM >>> >> Is your museum using RFID? Princeton University Art Museum is >> researching the pros/cons of barcoding and RFID for inventory >> management. Is RFID ready for use in location management? Are some >> museums using it for other purposes (security/ visitor interaction? ) >> >> Thanks in advance >> Cathryn Goodwin >> >> Cathryn L. Goodwin >> Princeton University Art Museum >> Princeton, NJ 08540 >> 609.258.9374 >> cathryng at princeton.edu >> President, MCN >> www.mcn.edu >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 3 >> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:45:18 -0400 >> From: "Waibel,Guenter" <waibelg at oclc.org> >> Subject: [MCN-L] New Report: "Beyond the Silos of the LAMs: >> Collaboration Among Libraries, Archives and Museums" >> To: "Museum Computer Network Listserv" <mcn-l at mcn.edu> >> Message-ID: >> <AA3DCFAA4E87BD40BBAA507B1C36CC3D745902 at OAEXCH4SERVER.oa.oclc.org> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> I thought that this new report would be of interest to an MCN audience. >> The >> workshops which led to the findings of the report had ample museum >> participation - we conducted workshops at the Smithsonian and the >> Victoria & >> Albert, and the university workshops at Edinburgh, Princeton and Yale >> also had >> excellent representation from the campus museums. >> >> If you'd like to learn what others are doing at the intersection of >> libraries, >> archives and museums, and how to build successful collaborations, this >> report >> is for you! >> >> http://www.oclc.org/programs/publications/reports/2008-05.pdf >> >> Cheers, >> >> G?nter >> >> ***Excuse Cross-Posting*** >> >> Dear Colleagues, >> >> I'd like to alert you that our latest publication, a report on library, >> archive and museum collaboration by our contractor, Diane Zorich, and >> Program >> Officers G?nter Waibel and Ricky Erway, "Beyond the Silos of the LAMs: >> Collaboration Among Libraries, Archives and Museums," (.pdf: 334K/59pp) >> is now >> available on the RLG Programs Web site at >> http://www.oclc.org/programs/publications/reports/2008-05.pdf. >> >> The report highlights lessons learned from five LAM workshops held at RLG >> Partner institutions in the US and the UK, and contains information about >> inspiring collaborative projects in campus environments. The bulk of the >> report, however, is dedicated to the catalysts which allow collaboration >> to >> thrive. These insights should be helpful to anyone who is trying to >> foster >> deeper working relationships. >> >> Next year, you'll have the opportunity to hear from many of the workshop >> participants in person. The Committee on Archives, Libraries and Museums >> (CALM) has endorsed a series of panel presentations at ALA, SAA and AAM >> during >> 2009, which will give workshop participants from University of Edinburgh, >> Princeton University, the Smithsonian Institution, the Victoria and >> Albert >> Museum, and Yale University a platform to share the progress their >> institutions have made in aligning the efforts of their collecting units >> to >> provide a better experience for their respective audiences. >> >> Questions or comments regarding this report can be directed to G?nter >> Waibel, >> Program Officer, at waibelg at oclc.org. Please also get in touch with >> G?nter if >> you'd like to be added to our library, archive and museum collaboration >> mailing list. >> >> Best regards, >> Melissa >> >> Melissa Renspie >> Senior Communications Officer >> OCLC Programs and Research >> 6565 Kilgour Place >> Dublin, OH 43017-3395 >> Phone: (614) 761-5231 >> FAX: (614) 718-7585 >> E-mail: melissa_renspie at oclc.org >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 4 >> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:59:44 -0600 >> From: "Smutko, Paul, DCA" <paul.smutko at state.nm.us> >> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Bar-codes / RFID / Both? >> To: "Museum Computer Network Listserv" <mcn-l at mcn.edu> >> Message-ID: <F8F5BD7BB8DFF14AAD67D9476C922DF1077CC640 at CEXMB5.nmes.lcl> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> We currently use barcodes and are researching RFID for inventory >> purposes. RFID has the potential to speed up location inventory for us. >> We are experimenting with a high frequency scanner. We have tried >> attaching transponders to object ID tags that we tied to several >> objects. And passed the scanner over the objects and the scanner was >> able to read every tag. We have not yet field tested it yet, in other >> words, we need to order more transponders and actually test it on a >> shelf in a storage room, but it looks promising. The only drawback may >> be that the scanner has to be too close 2" to the transponders to work >> in an actual storeroom setting. With barcodes we have to pull the >> objects from the shelf in order to scan each barcode. Just one of our >> store rooms contains 60,000 objects so that completing an inventory of >> that room even using barcodes is daunting. We are in the process of >> completing a move of every object in that room to an off-site location >> and we found barcodes to be a very effective means of tracking objects >> through out the move process. But RFID could prove to be much quicker. >> >> Paul Smutko >> Senior Collections Manager >> Museum of International Folk Art >> Santa Fe, NM 87505 >> Paul.smutko at state.nm.us >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of >> Cathryn Goodwin >> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 11:33 AM >> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv >> Subject: [MCN-L] Bar-codes / RFID / Both? >> >> Is your museum using RFID? Princeton University Art Museum is >> researching the pros/cons of barcoding and RFID for inventory >> management. Is RFID ready for use in location management? Are some >> museums using it for other purposes (security/ visitor interaction? ) >> >> Thanks in advance >> Cathryn Goodwin >> >> Cathryn L. Goodwin >> Princeton University Art Museum >> Princeton, NJ 08540 >> 609.258.9374 >> cathryng at princeton.edu >> President, MCN >> www.mcn.edu >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> This inbound email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security >> System. >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> >> >> Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including all attachments is for the >> sole >> use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and >> privileged >> information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is >> prohibited unless specifically provided under the New Mexico Inspection >> of >> Public Records Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact >> the >> sender and destroy all copies of this message. -- This email has been >> scanned >> by the Sybari - Antigen Email System. >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 5 >> Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:13:34 -0700 >> From: "Montgomery, Renee" <ReneeM at lacma.org> >> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Web vs. 'real world' visitors >> To: "Museum Computer Network Listserv" <mcn-l at mcn.edu> >> Message-ID: <831DFF518273CF47835B4CF4331D6D2F61A588 at saturn.lacma.org> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> Is someone collating these facts and figures? I know there are some >> older reports but is there a recent update? Obviously is very helpful >> to have comparative stats to help build cases on the homefront. Thank >> you. >> >> Renee Montgomery >> Assistant Director >> Risk Management and Collection Information >> Los Angeles County Museum of Art >> T 323 857-6059 >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of >> Champagne, Joanna >> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 12:29 PM >> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv >> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Web vs. 'real world' visitors >> >> Hello, >> >> This past fiscal year we had just over 4 million physical visitors (like >> the >> Web some may be repeat, but not as many as the online) to the National >> Gallery and 20,800,523 visits to the Web site. >> >> 50.8% of our 62 Podcasts were downloaded to iTunes this past FY year the >> rest from our site and widget. >> >> We have 559 installs of our Podcast widget. >> >> Hope that helps. >> >> Best, >> Joanna >> >> >> ................. >> Joanna Champagne >> Chief of Web and New Media Initiatives >> National Gallery of Art >> NGA.GOV >> >> >> >> >> On 9/29/08 1:48 PM, "Perian Sully" <psully at magnes.org> wrote: >> >>> Dear Nancy: >>> >>> Have you seen the IMLS Interconnections report? >>> http://www.interconnectionsreport.org/ >>> >>> Lots of hard data about some of the questions you're asking. The >>> slideshow provides a nice summary as well on the report. >>> >>> Perian Sully >>> Collections Information and Web Programs Manager >>> Judah L. Magnes Museum >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf >> Of >>> Nancy Proctor >>> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 10:33 AM >>> To: mcn-l at mcn.edu >>> Subject: [MCN-L] Web vs. 'real world' visitors >>> >>> Does anyone have any hard numbers on overall museum trends in numbers >> of >>> online visitors versus footfall in the bricks & mortar museums? My >>> anecdotal >>> sense from talking to various museum professionals is that online >>> traffic is >>> 3-10 times the in-person visitorship, but I'd like to be able to cite >> an >>> actual study. >>> >>> It would also be great to know what percentage of museums' online >>> traffic is >>> to content that is not resident on their websites, e.g. Podcasts on >>> iTunes/iTunes U, and videos on YouTube, if anyone has those stats for >>> your >>> own museum or others'.... >>> >>> ...And the next step is to show what great return on investment our >>> digital >>> initiatives provide, since we reach many more people online than in >>> person, >>> and buildings are relatively expensive to maintain. This is not to >>> challenge >>> the primacy and importance of the real world buildings and >> collections, >>> but >>> simply to underscore how much reach digital teams can achieve for >>> comparatively little money. >>> >>> Many thanks! >>> Nancy >>> >>> Nancy Proctor >>> Head of New Media Initiatives >>> >>> Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) >>> MRC 970 PO Box 37012 >>> Washington DC 20013-7012 >>> USA >>> >>> o: +1-202-633-8439 >>> f: +1-202-633-8455 >>> c: +1-301-642-6257 >>> >>> proctorn at si.edu >>> >>> http://www.americanart.si.edu >>> http://eyelevel.si.edu/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 6 >> Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:19:13 -0600 >> From: Tim Atherton <tatherton at st-albert.net> >> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Bar-codes / RFID / Both? >> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu> >> Message-ID: <C507ADA1.4654%tatherton at st-albert.net> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" >> >> I haven't actually used RFID in an institutional setting, but did look >> into >> it all a while back (I had the advantage that my brother worked on the >> development RFID at TIRIS with Texas Instruments way back when, so I was >> able to get plenty of free, no strings consulting...). >> >> Anyway, while there are a number of issues around the actual >> implementation >> of RFID depending on your circumstances, it's flexibility is one of the >> big >> plusses for the system. >> >> There is the obvious improvement in inventory control - you don't have to >> pull every item of the shelf to check it. In addition, the information on >> the tag can be updated as circumstances/locations change etc. And >> general, >> once fully implemented, it tends to give very accurate inventories. >> >> Information about the object - location, conservation issues, object >> history >> and notes etc can be stored on the tag, which can then be directly >> accessed >> by the staff wherever the object is. In larger locations, movement can >> also >> be logged by having gateway readers in different locations - so, if an >> item >> is moved from storage room to conservation lab, that is automatically >> logged. Quite a lot of other things can be developed around this aspect >> of >> RFID. >> >> In addition, and building on this, there is it's use in >> displays/exhibits. A >> visitor with a hand held guide can access selected information about any >> object in a display as they come to it, directly from the object, as it >> reads that information from the tag. >> >> You can also get feedback on visitor habits by tracking how and what they >> viewed in the museum. >> >> Here are just a few of the things I came across then >> >> http://www.it-director.com/business/content.php?cid=9838 >> >> >> http://www.cio.com/article/8820/_Putting_the_RFID_in_Art >> >> http://newmuseums.blogspot.com/2007/03/rfid-and-museums.html >> >> >> Unless you have a very large (spread out, possibly on different sites) >> collection, RFID might not be the most cost effective deal if you only >> look >> at it for collections inventory control. But if you consider it for >> broader >> use, taking advantage of its wider potential, it might well be worth it. >> >> Tim a >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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
