Cairie-- It's quite an undertaking, but we've started gleaning descriptive data by meeting with groups of seniors in person, showing them images, getting them to talk (not hard, in our experience), and taking notes. We've considered looking for a grant to pursue this in earnest. Otherwise, we rely on user feedback through our online database, but the problem with using an online portal in this way is that you may well end up excluding a lot of the population you're trying to tap, nonagenarians who haven't learned how to surf the web.
However it's done, it's a very worthwhile effort and we feel the same sense of urgency you do. Best of luck-- Matt On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Cairie Riney <cairie.bird at gmail.com> wrote: > Hello! > I'm currently digitizing a collection of photographs that have some limited > data accompanying them. The photographs are the historical background of a > small community that can provide much of the needed information. Many of > the community members are old and ailing so the need to retrieve the > information from them is much needed! Currently the museum I work for does > not have a DAM so I'm embedding the metadata with Adobe Bridge (thanks to > the suggestions of people on this listserv). I know the San Diego Air and > Space Museum posts their digitized collections on Flickr and gets some > great information from the public. Would others recommend this route? What > other ways have museums recieved data from the public? The main information > that's needed is identifying people and places in the photographs. > Thank you! > -Cairie Riney > Julian Pioneer Museum > > _______________________________________________ > 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://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ > -- Matt Wheeler, Photography Archives, Penobscot Marine Museum Archives (207) 548-2529 ext. 211
