Ray, Have you seen Imagine? (http://www.imagine.org.uk/index.php) This has a 'raw' but interesting way of exploring art collections.
Karen Bellnier Amaze Design -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of mcn-l-request at mcn.edu Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 3:00 PM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: mcn-l Digest, Vol 23, Issue 21 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. Inspirational Archives (Ray Shah) 2. Re: Inspirational Archives (Tim Au Yeung) 3. reminder: MW2008 proposal deadline: sept 30, 2007 (J. Trant) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:15:16 -0400 From: "Ray Shah" <[email protected]> Subject: [MCN-L] Inspirational Archives To: "Museum Computer Network Listserv" <mcn-l at mcn.edu>, "Museums Computer Group" <MCG at jiscmail.ac.uk> Message-ID: <c15f3e90709261815r436bd80bl7a914fd0ab307241 at mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Dear All, (Apologies for duplication MCN/MCG subscribers) I am hoping you can help me find what I would in short describe as an inspirational (digital) archive. Models for us to follow. I am referring to the kind of resource that will facilitate both novice and expert users in discovering resources. Too often, I have seen archives rely on in-depth knowledge on the part of the user, to come up with precise terms that happen to coincide with keywords or descriptions. I understand taxonomy and tagging have roles to play that can help here, but what's being used to good effect now? Furthermore, the resource should allow browsing as a way of discovering/honing-in on areas of interest. Art world archives would be ideal, but any state-of-the-art resource will do. I checked back through the last few months of my mailings, and aside from conference invitations that sound pretty exciting, did not find what I'm looking for. Many thanks. -- - Ray Ray Shah think design, inc. retail museum education software development open source tel: 212.922.0952 x212 mobile: 917.476.0952 web: http://www.thinkdesign.com email: rayshah at thinkdesign.com ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:01:11 -0600 From: Tim Au Yeung <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Inspirational Archives To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu> Message-ID: <46FB0EE7.7090905 at ucalgary.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Ray Shah wrote: > Dear All, > > (Apologies for duplication MCN/MCG subscribers) > > I am hoping you can help me find what I would in short describe as an > inspirational (digital) archive. Models for us to follow. > > I am referring to the kind of resource that will facilitate both > novice and expert users in discovering resources. Too often, I have > seen archives rely on in-depth knowledge on the part of the user, to > come up with precise terms that happen to coincide with keywords or > descriptions. I understand taxonomy and tagging have roles to play > that can help here, but what's being used to good effect now? > > Furthermore, the resource should allow browsing as a way of > discovering/honing-in on areas of interest. > > Art world archives would be ideal, but any state-of-the-art resource > will do. > > I checked back through the last few months of my mailings, and aside > from conference invitations that sound pretty exciting, did not find > what I'm looking for. > > Many thanks. > > Much of what I've seen that's truly cool is stuff in the labs still (for instance the Microsoft Sea Dragon and Photosynth projects for browsing images -- see http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/06/05/ted-2007-microsoft-seadragon-and- photosynth/ for an interesting video) but sites like the International Children's Digital Library (http://www.childrenslibrary.org/) is the product of a fair bit of HCI / visualization research and is a good exemplar of a way of accessing resources specifically tuned to the target audience and evaluated with academic rigor. More broadly, I think that much of the stuff out there falls into the space of visualization work (here's some examples: http://mashable.com/2007/05/15/16-awesome-data-visualization-tools/) but you might find stuff in the semantic web sphere as well. Tim ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:05:50 -0400 From: "J. Trant" <[email protected]> Subject: [MCN-L] reminder: MW2008 proposal deadline: sept 30, 2007 To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Message-ID: <p0624087ac32184b34ce2@[192.168.0.7]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ; format="flowed" just a quick reminder that the deadline for proposals for Museums and the Web 2008 (Montreal, April 9-12, 2008) is coming up fast. (it's this weekend to be exact!) for full details see the conference web site at http://www.archimuse.com/mw2008/ hope to see you in Montreal, jennifer -- Jennifer Trant and David Bearman Co-Chairs: Museums and the Web 2008 produced by April 9 - 12, 2008, Montr?al, PQ Archives & Museum Informatics http://www.archimuse.com/mw2008/ 158 Lee Avenue email: mw2008 at archimuse.com Toronto, Ontario, Canada phone +1 416 691 2516 / fax +1 416 352-6025 ------------- Museums and the Web 2008 is presented in conjunction with the Department of Canadian Heritage through the Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) and Canadian Culture Online (CCO). ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ mcn-l mailing list mcn-l at mcn.edu http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l End of mcn-l Digest, Vol 23, Issue 21 *************************************
