Ann, It's a good and timely question, especially since the launch of the Google Art Project. I'd be interested to hear about use of collecting tools on museum websites, any data museums might have, and see if there's a way of comparing those metrics against use of the collection feature in GAP where people can collect across collections, not just from one museum. Maybe a topic for a panel at MCN 2011?
There's some discussion of this on the Curator Journal site right now: http://www.curatorjournal.org/archives/489 Nancy Want to hear more about mobile? * Smithsonian staff can sign up for the SI Mobile mailing list here: https://collab.si.edu/sites/OUSFA-OCIO/WNMS/wiki/Lists/SI%20Mobile%20Mailin g%20List/overview.aspx * For global mobile news join the mailing list here: http://wiki.museummobile.info/ * Follow the museum mobile community on Twitter: #mtogo #SImobile -- Nancy Proctor, PhD Head of Mobile Strategy & Initiatives Smithsonian Institution Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) http://si.edu proctorn at si.edu @nancyproctor t: +1-202-633-8439 c: +1-301-642-6257 On 2/10/11 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. user-created galleries/portfolios (Ann Sinfield) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:15:39 -0600 >From: Ann Sinfield <asinfield at chazen.wisc.edu> >Subject: [MCN-L] user-created galleries/portfolios >To: "Listserv, Museum Computer Network" <mcn-l at mcn.edu> >Message-ID: <4D540F2B.3000808 at chazen.wisc.edu> >Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed > >Hi all, > >For those of you with online databases that allow for users to create >their own galleries or selections of images, could you give a sense of >how this option is functioning? Do you have many users who return to >create and modify their selections, or are most one-time visitors? > >I know this can be an especially useful option--especially in a >university setting--but am wondering how popular a function it is >elsewhere. > >Thank you, >Ann S. > >-- >Ann Sinfield, Registrar >Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison >800 University Avenue >Madison, WI 53706 > >608.263.3722 >sinfield at wisc.edu >www.chazen.wisc.edu > > > >------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >mcn-l mailing list >mcn-l at mcn.edu >http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > >End of mcn-l Digest, Vol 66, Issue 6 >************************************
