Hi Maggie,
Sorry I'm coming into this discussion  bit late but we don't print that many 
catalogues anymore for our exhibitions - they just didn't end up being a cost 
effective way of enhancing the collections shown in our long or short term 
exhibitions. We concentrate on having a strong online presence, as we tend to 
tour a lot of our special exhibitions and so people in remote areas need to be 
able to quickly plug into our website and find out what else we have 
http://www.awm.gov.au/exhibitions/ . We treat exhibitions as just another way 
to see and learn more about our collections and so the publication of 
catalogues has really fallen by the wayside, as we have found that people 
prefer to find out about us online. This may not quell the fears that some of 
your curators may have :) but I suppose each museum has to work out what best 
works for them.
Emma

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   1. DAMs (Beth Heller)
   2. SLA and copyright (Lesley Ellen Harris)
   3. Re: DAMs (John Bedard)
   4. Re: DAMs (McGovern, Megan H)
   5. Re: Online Collections Publication (Deborah Wythe)
   6. Re: DAMs (Deborah Wythe)
   7. scholarly publishing specs (Deborah Wythe)
   8. Re: scholarly publishing specs (Newman, Alan)
   9. Re: Online Collections Publication (Perian Sully)


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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:09:07 -0600
From: Beth Heller <bhel...@americanalpineclub.org>
Subject: [MCN-L] DAMs
To: mcn-l at mcn.edu
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I just wanted to thank everyone who posted which DAMs they were using and
why.  I think we are going to explore a bit further with
Fedora/Islandora/Solr, but David Dwiggins spent a great deal of time on the
phone with me showing me ResourceSpace and it was really impressive.  The
main thing I've learned is that there is no out-of-the-box
one-thing-does-it-all solution, so we will have to sort through which layers
will work best together.  Anyone who has advice navigating this part of the
project will be welcome!  Specific costs and vendors/developers and pros and
cons of various APIs please! And much gratitude goes to Leala for her time
and suggested resources as well!
Beth


_
_

Beth Heller
Library Director
The American Alpine Club
(303) 384-0110 ext. 21 <lbauer at americanalpineclub.org>
bheller at americanalpineclub.org

http://americanalpineclub.org
http://booksearch.americanalpineclub.org
http://www.facebook.com/americanalpineclublibrary<http://www.facebook.com/pages/American-Alpine-Club-Library/123324141044052>

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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:44:43 -0400
From: Lesley Ellen Harris <lesleyehar...@comcast.net>
Subject: [MCN-L] SLA and copyright
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu>
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SLA has a number of copyright opportunities coming up:  Get a free
private one-on-one consultation on copyright/licensing at Ask the
Copyright Expert on June 13 at SLA conference in Philadelphia. Also in
Philadelphia, June 11, full day course on Managing Copyright, and June
12, full day course on Spreading the Copyright Message.

No need to wait until June to get your copyright needs met.  On
Tuesday May 3, Click University online course CCM 300 on Copyright
Issues in a Global Information Society begins.

This online course covers principles in international copyright law.
The aim of the course is to introduce librarians and others to
otherwise complex international principles and apply and demystify
these principles into everyday situations.  From the librarian's
perspective, international copyright law plays a role in their work in
the following situations:
posting content on a Web site or Intranet that will be accessed
outside of the U.S. (or outside of one's own country)
using content from outside the U.S. (or outside of one's own country)
negotiating a digital license with a vendor/publisher/content owner
who is based outside one's own country
applying fair use to non-U.S. materials
distributing content beyond the U.S. borders
Note that this course is relevant to those who live and work around
the world.  Discussions, examples and case scenarios in the course
will be customized towards those who register in the course and the
countries in which they are based.

Lesley

Lesley Ellen Harris
lesley at copyrightlaws.com
Certificate in Copyright Management www.clickuniversity.com







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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 07:45:03 -0500
From: John Bedard <jbed...@artsmia.org>
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] DAMs
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu>
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Beth,

The best advice I can offer for a selection process of any system once you
narrow the field is to prepare a test script.  Give the vendor a specific
script to follow, with data you provide.  This helps you understand exactly
much better what a system will and will not do in your environment. Much
more helpful than a canned vendor presentation.

Learned this from Steve Jacobson of JCA and found it to be an extremely
valuable tool in any software selections process.

John


On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 14:09, Beth Heller
<bheller at americanalpineclub.org>wrote:

> I just wanted to thank everyone who posted which DAMs they were using and
> why.  I think we are going to explore a bit further with
> Fedora/Islandora/Solr, but David Dwiggins spent a great deal of time on the
> phone with me showing me ResourceSpace and it was really impressive.  The
> main thing I've learned is that there is no out-of-the-box
> one-thing-does-it-all solution, so we will have to sort through which
> layers
> will work best together.  Anyone who has advice navigating this part of the
> project will be welcome!  Specific costs and vendors/developers and pros
> and
> cons of various APIs please! And much gratitude goes to Leala for her time
> and suggested resources as well!
> Beth
>
>
> _
> _
>
> Beth Heller
> Library Director
> The American Alpine Club
> (303) 384-0110 ext. 21 <lbauer at americanalpineclub.org>
> bheller at americanalpineclub.org
>
> http://americanalpineclub.org
> http://booksearch.americanalpineclub.org
> http://www.facebook.com/americanalpineclublibrary<
> http://www.facebook.com/pages/American-Alpine-Club-Library/123324141044052
> >
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 09:15:49 -0400
From: "McGovern, Megan H" <mcgover...@cmog.org>
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] DAMs
To: 'Museum Computer Network Listserv' <mcn-l at mcn.edu>
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Beth,

I agree wholeheartedly with John.  We also used a test demonstration script 
with test assets.  It was a wonderful evaluation tool.

Megan


Megan McGovern
Digital Asset Specialist
Corning Museum of Glass
607.438.5329?office (new)
607.684.5890 cell
mcgovernmh at cmog.org



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Bedard
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 8:45 AM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] DAMs

Beth,

The best advice I can offer for a selection process of any system once you 
narrow the field is to prepare a test script.  Give the vendor a specific 
script to follow, with data you provide.  This helps you understand exactly 
much better what a system will and will not do in your environment. Much more 
helpful than a canned vendor presentation.

Learned this from Steve Jacobson of JCA and found it to be an extremely 
valuable tool in any software selections process.

John


On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 14:09, Beth Heller
<bheller at americanalpineclub.org>wrote:

> I just wanted to thank everyone who posted which DAMs they were using
> and why.  I think we are going to explore a bit further with
> Fedora/Islandora/Solr, but David Dwiggins spent a great deal of time
> on the phone with me showing me ResourceSpace and it was really
> impressive.  The main thing I've learned is that there is no
> out-of-the-box one-thing-does-it-all solution, so we will have to sort
> through which layers will work best together.  Anyone who has advice
> navigating this part of the project will be welcome!  Specific costs
> and vendors/developers and pros and cons of various APIs please! And
> much gratitude goes to Leala for her time and suggested resources as
> well!
> Beth
>
>
> _
> _
>
> Beth Heller
> Library Director
> The American Alpine Club
> (303) 384-0110 ext. 21 <lbauer at americanalpineclub.org>
> bheller at americanalpineclub.org
>
> http://americanalpineclub.org
> http://booksearch.americanalpineclub.org
> http://www.facebook.com/americanalpineclublibrary<
> http://www.facebook.com/pages/American-Alpine-Club-Library/12332414104
> 4052
> >
>
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 09:23:04 -0400
From: Deborah Wythe <deborahwy...@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Online Collections Publication
To: <mcn-l at mcn.edu>
Message-ID: <SNT103-W471D8C4E0F7062F1D70ECCCF9A0 at phx.gbl>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"


Hi Maggie,

We've have had an uptick in image requests since putting the full collection on 
line -- makes sense, of course: people looking for images are going to want to 
see images. Having PayPal available for quick purchases and people who want an 
image to print and hang on their wall has also helped.

I don't think there's any competition between catalogs and online collections: 
the first is about interpretation, pulling together related groups, and (yes) 
providing beautiful images. The second is about searching, images, and data, 
and (in our case) interaction, tagging, commenting.

I don't have stats on hand, but you could look over our blog posts about the 
collections online and see if there are any comments that ring true to you. 
This one is a good starting point http://bit.ly/jPSKXk  (I can't believe it's 
only a year ago that we released everything!) Try the Labs pages, too: 
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/labs/

I'm also not sure that collection online is about attendance -- at least not in 
a bricks and mortar sense. We all need to start seeing our audience as 
something broader than the people who walk in the door. People who don't 
actually come to the museum don't pay admission, but when we build worldwide 
audience and community, we're banking for the future. If people have a good 
experience with your collection online and the rest of your website and feel 
connected with you on a personal level, that may prime them to visit the next 
time they're in the area, or to talk you up and spread the word ("The Brooklyn 
Museum is a way cool place.").

Deb Wythe
Brooklyn Museum

deborahwythe at hotmail.com




From: maggie.han...@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:24:06 -0700
To: mcn-l at mcn.edu
Subject: [MCN-L] Online Collections Publication

(*I apologize if anyone has already received this message.  I'm having
trouble with my subscription so I'm trying from a different email address!*)

Hi, all!

We are in the nascent stages of publishing museum objects online.  I?ve
recently had a few staff members ask questions and raise concerns about
online publication hurting exhibition catalog sales (and that general idea).
 This is an old concern that I know has been disputed and calmed over the
past decade or so, but it?s a new concept/process for some of our staff.
 I?d like to share some examples or refer concerned parties to statistics
that show that online publication of collections has been shown to *increase
* attendance and sales.  I know that there are good quotes in the *LA Art
Online* report; can anyone point me toward other reports, stats, or personal
anecdotes that I could share?  Thanks so much!

Maggie



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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 09:26:05 -0400
From: Deborah Wythe <deborahwy...@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] DAMs
To: <mcn-l at mcn.edu>
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I would also urge you to build a test period into your contract where you have 
time to implement and be sure that everything works as it is supposed to. Tie 
your final payment to that approval process.

Deborah Wythe
Brooklyn Museum

deborahwythe at hotmail.com




> From: mcgovernmh at cmog.org
> To: mcn-l at mcn.edu
> Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 09:15:49 -0400
> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] DAMs
>
> Beth,
>
> I agree wholeheartedly with John.  We also used a test demonstration script 
> with test assets.  It was a wonderful evaluation tool.
>
> Megan
>
>
> Megan McGovern
> Digital Asset Specialist
> Corning Museum of Glass
> 607.438.5329 office (new)
> 607.684.5890 cell
> mcgovernmh at cmog.org
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of 
> John Bedard
> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 8:45 AM
> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] DAMs
>
> Beth,
>
> The best advice I can offer for a selection process of any system once you 
> narrow the field is to prepare a test script.  Give the vendor a specific 
> script to follow, with data you provide.  This helps you understand exactly 
> much better what a system will and will not do in your environment. Much more 
> helpful than a canned vendor presentation.
>
> Learned this from Steve Jacobson of JCA and found it to be an extremely 
> valuable tool in any software selections process.
>
> John
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 14:09, Beth Heller
> <bheller at americanalpineclub.org>wrote:
>
> > I just wanted to thank everyone who posted which DAMs they were using
> > and why.  I think we are going to explore a bit further with
> > Fedora/Islandora/Solr, but David Dwiggins spent a great deal of time
> > on the phone with me showing me ResourceSpace and it was really
> > impressive.  The main thing I've learned is that there is no
> > out-of-the-box one-thing-does-it-all solution, so we will have to sort
> > through which layers will work best together.  Anyone who has advice
> > navigating this part of the project will be welcome!  Specific costs
> > and vendors/developers and pros and cons of various APIs please! And
> > much gratitude goes to Leala for her time and suggested resources as
> > well!
> > Beth
> >
> >
> > _
> > _
> >
> > Beth Heller
> > Library Director
> > The American Alpine Club
> > (303) 384-0110 ext. 21 <lbauer at americanalpineclub.org>
> > bheller at americanalpineclub.org
> >
> > http://americanalpineclub.org
> > http://booksearch.americanalpineclub.org
> > http://www.facebook.com/americanalpineclublibrary<
> > http://www.facebook.com/pages/American-Alpine-Club-Library/12332414104
> > 4052
> > >
> >
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>
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 10:43:03 -0400
From: Deborah Wythe <deborahwy...@hotmail.com>
Subject: [MCN-L] scholarly publishing specs
To: <mcn-l at mcn.edu>
Message-ID: <SNT103-W593B56745BC373BFB74193CF9A0 at phx.gbl>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"


Apropos of our recent thread on how and on what terms people are providing 
images to scholars and conversations we're having here about possibly 
increasing the size of images we provide on our website, I wanted to open a 
discussion of what they really need.

We're always asked for full-size, high-resolution TIFF files. Our press office, 
however, regularly provides large JPEGs to magazines and newspapers -- they 
rarely require TIFFs.

So the question is: for a half-page reproduction in a scholarly journal (not a 
glossy catalog or special use), what would be adequate? (Are they really using 
all of those bits and bytes we send them in a 60 Mb file? It doesn't always 
look like it.)

If anyone has contacts in the publishing field, I'd be very interested in their 
comments. If we could come up with a collective standard, it would make it 
easier all around -- we'd know what to post and make available, researchers 
would know what was expected by publishers.

Please feel free to re-post to other, related lists.

Deb Wythe
Brooklyn Museum


deborahwythe at hotmail.com




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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:24:52 -0400
From: "Newman, Alan" <a-new...@nga.gov>
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] scholarly publishing specs
To: "Museum Computer Network Listserv" <mcn-l at mcn.edu>
Message-ID: <D54C7866-7209-438B-A42A-1287679C7FC1 at nga.gov>
Content-Type: text/plain;       charset="us-ascii"

Hi Deb

This was a thread a while ago on ImageMuse. There is virtually no perceptible 
difference in print output between an 8 bit per pixel TIFF and high-quality 
(10+ in Photoshop) JPEG.

The distinction comes if before output your files are reprocessed and saved 
again as JPEG. So it takes very careful communication about file handling with 
others upstream if you want to adopt JPEG delivery for publication.

Cheers,
Alan Newman
National Gallery of Art

---sent from mobile device---

On Apr 29, 2011, at 11:12 AM, "Deborah Wythe" <deborahwythe at hotmail.com> 
wrote:

>
> Apropos of our recent thread on how and on what terms people are providing 
> images to scholars and conversations we're having here about possibly 
> increasing the size of images we provide on our website, I wanted to open a 
> discussion of what they really need.
>
> We're always asked for full-size, high-resolution TIFF files. Our press 
> office, however, regularly provides large JPEGs to magazines and newspapers 
> -- they rarely require TIFFs.
>
> So the question is: for a half-page reproduction in a scholarly journal (not 
> a glossy catalog or special use), what would be adequate? (Are they really 
> using all of those bits and bytes we send them in a 60 Mb file? It doesn't 
> always look like it.)
>
> If anyone has contacts in the publishing field, I'd be very interested in 
> their comments. If we could come up with a collective standard, it would make 
> it easier all around -- we'd know what to post and make available, 
> researchers would know what was expected by publishers.
>
> Please feel free to re-post to other, related lists.
>
> Deb Wythe
> Brooklyn Museum
>
>
> deborahwythe at hotmail.com
>
>
>
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Message: 9
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 11:08:43 -0700
From: Perian Sully <per...@emphatic.org>
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Online Collections Publication
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu>
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I wholeheartedly agree with Deb. To date, the evidence is inconclusive that
online collections=increased foot traffic EXCEPT when one takes into account
the fact that easy access to museum collection materials increases the
feelgood quotient for a percentage of your audience.

Anecdotally, I do hear on a regular basis from the institutions I work with
that they are seeing an uptick in researcher visits. Their researchers are
coming from out of town to see the materials firsthand. This doesn't add
substantially to the amount of visitors an institution gets, but it does
reflect well on the museum to have those visitors making a special trip.

You might also take a look at Dr. Paul Marty's 2005-2008 study about museum
websites and visitorship. He interviewed 1200 visitors at 9 museum websites
and asked them what their expectations were for the website.
http://marty.ci.fsu.edu/preprints/marty_mmc_2008.pdf (preprint) According to
his research, a majority of online visitors (60-70%) believe that the
website should offer access to research materials and online collections.
The Canadian Heritage Information Network's 2004 study showed 50% of
visitors go to the website to learn about the collections. "2004 Survey of
Visitors to Museums? Web Space and Physical Space"
http://www.pro.rcip-chin.gc.ca/contenu_numerique-digital_content/2004survey-2004survey/index-eng.jsp

Also check out the the IMLS National Study on the Use of Libraries, Museums
and the Internet, 2008: http://interconnectionsreport.org/ It suggests that
there is, in fact, a positive correlation between website use and on-site
visitation. From the intro: "The study concludes that ?the amount of use of
the Internet is positively correlated with the number of in-person visits to
museums and has a positive effect on in-person visits to public libraries"

Hope these are of use,

~Perian

P.S. because the question will invariably arise, when I was at the Magnes,
we saw our R&R revenue increase by about 500% within the first year
following online publication of the collections. Some of that revenue was
due to a big book publication; take that away, the increase was around
100-150%.

On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 6:23 AM, Deborah Wythe <deborahwythe at hotmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Hi Maggie,
>
> We've have had an uptick in image requests since putting the full
collection on line -- makes sense, of course: people looking for images are
going to want to see images. Having PayPal available for quick purchases and
people who want an image to print and hang on their wall has also helped.
>
> I don't think there's any competition between catalogs and online
collections: the first is about interpretation, pulling together related
groups, and (yes) providing beautiful images. The second is about searching,
images, and data, and (in our case) interaction, tagging, commenting.
>
> I don't have stats on hand, but you could look over our blog posts about
the collections online and see if there are any comments that ring true to
you. This one is a good starting point http://bit.ly/jPSKXk  (I can't
believe it's only a year ago that we released everything!) Try the Labs
pages, too: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/labs/
>
> I'm also not sure that collection online is about attendance -- at least
not in a bricks and mortar sense. We all need to start seeing our audience
as something broader than the people who walk in the door. People who don't
actually come to the museum don't pay admission, but when we build worldwide
audience and community, we're banking for the future. If people have a good
experience with your collection online and the rest of your website and feel
connected with you on a personal level, that may prime them to visit the
next time they're in the area, or to talk you up and spread the word ("The
Brooklyn Museum is a way cool place.").
>
> Deb Wythe
> Brooklyn Museum
>
> deborahwythe at hotmail.com
>
>
>
>
> From: maggie.hanson at gmail.com
> Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:24:06 -0700
> To: mcn-l at mcn.edu
> Subject: [MCN-L] Online Collections Publication
>
> (*I apologize if anyone has already received this message.  I'm having
> trouble with my subscription so I'm trying from a different email
address!*)
>
> Hi, all!
>
> We are in the nascent stages of publishing museum objects online.  I?ve
> recently had a few staff members ask questions and raise concerns about
> online publication hurting exhibition catalog sales (and that general
idea).
>  This is an old concern that I know has been disputed and calmed over the
> past decade or so, but it?s a new concept/process for some of our staff.
>  I?d like to share some examples or refer concerned parties to statistics
> that show that online publication of collections has been shown to
*increase
> * attendance and sales.  I know that there are good quotes in the *LA Art
> Online* report; can anyone point me toward other reports, stats, or
personal
> anecdotes that I could share?  Thanks so much!
>
> Maggie
>

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