Any number of online file-sharing sites may be useful to share images with colleagues in-house - a lot of museums are investigating / implementing Digital Assets Management Systems for that purpose as well, although that's a much bigger project. In order to have those images penetrate the educational realm (researchers, publishers, etc.), I'd suggest you look into the work the Getty has done around OAI Harvesting and CDWA Lite XML, and how institutions like the Met and the V&A are using these techniques to get images into the hands of their desired audience through fee-free licensing. (I'm pointing to some short articles on the RLG Programs blog, since they contain pointers to further relevant info)
On the V&A's announcement http://hangingtogether.org/?p=166 On the Met's Scholars License http://hangingtogether.org/?p=100 A general introduction to the topic: Erin Coburn on "Describing and sharing digital images in a museum setting": http://www.rlg.org/en/page.php?Page_ID=20968 (scroll down a little for PP and mp3 of the talk) Cheers, G?nter Waibel RLG Programs, OCLC 2029 Stierlin Court, Suite 100, Mountain View, CA 94043 voice: +1-650-691-2304 | fax: +1-650-964-1461 blog: www.hangingtogether.org -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ari Davidow Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 9:34 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Yahoo's flickr You will have somewhat less control over access to your images on Flickr, but otherwise it offers a lot of tools that could be very helpful. You would need to make the images private, and then control who has access to them, each of whom would also need a flickr account. On the plus side, flickr has some very appealing tools for tagging, making sets, and otherwise grouping images, all of which can be helpful in keeping projects separate. For those images that you decide to make public (if any) there is some neat network potential. Only public images can be viewed by people who do not have accounts on flickr. ari On 3/20/07, Jansonius, Remko (Vizcaya) <remko.jansonius at vizcayamuseum.org> wrote: > > Dear Colleagues, > > > > I am looking into ways to share images with colleagues within my > institution, as well as deliver images in various resolution / formats > with scholars, publishers, etc. elsewhere in the world. I realize that > ultimately we need to set up something via our website, or some type of > ftp. > > > > In the meantime I am looking at Yahoo's flickr. Do you have experience > with it, or can you think of any particular reason why not to use this? > > In a way it looks to me like a very good temporary solution, but it > might be too good to be true. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Thank you! > > > > Remko Jansonius > > Vizcaya Museum and Gardens > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
