Thanks so much for reminding us of this, Rob! The MCN-L is one of the most valuable resources of this community, and I¹m deeply grateful for everyone who has contributed and continues to contribute to both its content and its management over the past two decades. Here¹s to many more!
Nancy -- Nancy Proctor, PhD Deputy Director for Digital Experience and Communications, BMA [email protected] o: +1 (443) 573-1596 m: +1 (301) 642-6257 @NancyProctor Baltimore Museum of Art 10 Art Museum Drive Baltimore, MD 21218 +1 (443) 573-1700 http://artBMA.org @artBMA > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 09:25:44 -0500 >From: Rob Lancefield on lists <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: [MCN-L] Happy 20th Birthday, MCN-L! >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > >Hi everyone, > >Just for fun, it's worth noting that today is MCN-L's 20th birthday. The >list launched on March 9, 1996: back when HTML 2.0 was the latest, >greatest version, as were Macintosh System 7.5.3 and Windows 95. 1996 >also was the year when the first significant number of museum websites >launched in all their initial glory,* some using what was then >cutting-edge, table-based layout.** Which is to say, it was a long time >ago--so long ago that it still made sense to have an MCN Internet SIG! > >If you're curious about the inaugural MCN-L post, it's in the archive: > ><https://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l%40mcn.edu/msg09558.html> > >It's pretty remarkable how much knowledge the MCN community has shared >on this list over the years, how many helpful leads so many people have >suggested and harvested here, and how useful the list continues to be as >we move forward--even as other information-sharing channels, spaces, >apps, and platforms flow and ebb, and often fade away. Imagine all the >things thousands of people have accomplished more effectively over two >decades with peer-to-peer, collegial help from this list. > >Happy birthday, MCN-L, and many more. > >cheers, >Rob > >* Several museum websites from 1996 are represented on this page: ><http://museumnerd.org/2014/03/13/10-vintage-museum-web-pages-from-the-199 >0s/> > >** This was so early in the history of the Web that the formal RFC for >HTML Tables actually wouldn't be published for another two months, but >tables were coming into use: <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1942> > >-- >Rob Lancefield >Manager of Museum Information Services / Registrar of Collections >Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University >301 High Street, Middletown CT 06459-0487 USA >rlancefield [at] wesleyan [dot] edu | tel. 860.685.2965 > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 14:31:50 +0000 >From: "Sarraf, Suzanne" <[email protected]> >To: "Sarraf, Suzanne" <[email protected]>, > "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]>, Museum Computer Network Listserv > <[email protected]> >Subject: [MCN-L] AWARD: AAM M&T MUSE awards + MORE! >Message-ID: <d3059d7b.17f44%[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-2022-jp" > >YOU CAN'T WIN IF YOU DON'T ENTER! > >It's your LAST CHANCE to enter the 27th Annual MUSE Awards: the extended >deadline for submissions closes TONIGHT (March 9) at 11:59 p.m. EST. > >Submit your best work in Applications and APIs, Audio Tours and Podcasts, >Digital Communities, Education and Outreach, Games and Augmented Reality, >Interactive Kiosks, Interpretive Interactive Installations, Mobile >Applications, Multimedia Installations, Online Presence, Open Culture, >Public Outreach, and Video, Film, and Computer Animation. > >ENTER NOW? http://ow.ly/ZfJCt > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2016 09:39:37 -0500 >From: David Green <[email protected]> >To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Happy 20th Birthday, MCN-L! >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >Congratulations everyone! > >David Green >[email protected] >203-212-6894 > >> On Mar 9, 2016, at 9:25 AM, Rob Lancefield on lists >><[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> Just for fun, it's worth noting that today is MCN-L's 20th birthday. >>The list launched on March 9, 1996: back when HTML 2.0 was the latest, >>greatest version, as were Macintosh System 7.5.3 and Windows 95. 1996 >>also was the year when the first significant number of museum websites >>launched in all their initial glory,* some using what was then >>cutting-edge, table-based layout.** Which is to say, it was a long time >>ago--so long ago that it still made sense to have an MCN Internet SIG! >> >> If you're curious about the inaugural MCN-L post, it's in the archive: >> >> <https://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l%40mcn.edu/msg09558.html> >> >> It's pretty remarkable how much knowledge the MCN community has shared >>on this list over the years, how many helpful leads so many people have >>suggested and harvested here, and how useful the list continues to be as >>we move forward--even as other information-sharing channels, spaces, >>apps, and platforms flow and ebb, and often fade away. Imagine all the >>things thousands of people have accomplished more effectively over two >>decades with peer-to-peer, collegial help from this list. >> >> Happy birthday, MCN-L, and many more. >> >> cheers, >> Rob >> >> * Several museum websites from 1996 are represented on this page: >><http://museumnerd.org/2014/03/13/10-vintage-museum-web-pages-from-the-19 >>90s/> >> >> ** This was so early in the history of the Web that the formal RFC for >>HTML Tables actually wouldn't be published for another two months, but >>tables were coming into use: <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1942> >> >> -- >> Rob Lancefield >> Manager of Museum Information Services / Registrar of Collections >> Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University >> 301 High Street, Middletown CT 06459-0487 USA >> rlancefield [at] wesleyan [dot] edu | tel. 860.685.2965 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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: [email protected] >> >> 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://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 4 >Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2016 15:03:57 +0000 >From: Amalyah Keshet <[email protected]> >To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <[email protected]>, > "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Happy 20th Birthday, MCN-L! >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII > >Wow - I actually remember this (and the decision to create an Internet >SIG). We've been talking about this stuff for 20 years?! > >Just for fun, go to the next message after the inaugural MCN-L post >(below). Hi Richard! Still hacking browsers? > >I agree with Rob: this list has been the stalwart fortress of " >peer-to-peer, collegial help" from a community of amazingly smart and >generous >colleagues. May it continue to thrive for another 20 years. > >Amalyah Keshet >Head of Image Resources & Copyright Management >The Israel Museum, Jerusalem > > > > > >----------------------------- >[Insert your disclaimer here] >----------------------------- > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >Rob Lancefield on lists >Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2016 4:26 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [MCN-L] Happy 20th Birthday, MCN-L! > >Hi everyone, > >Just for fun, it's worth noting that today is MCN-L's 20th birthday. The >list launched on March 9, 1996: back when HTML 2.0 was the latest, >greatest version, as were Macintosh System 7.5.3 and Windows 95. 1996 >also was the year when the first significant number of museum websites >launched in all their initial glory,* some using what was then >cutting-edge, table-based layout.** Which is to say, it was a long time >ago--so long ago that it still made sense to have an MCN Internet SIG! > >If you're curious about the inaugural MCN-L post, it's in the archive: > ><https://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l%40mcn.edu/msg09558.html> > >It's pretty remarkable how much knowledge the MCN community has shared on >this list over the years, how many helpful leads so many people have >suggested and harvested here, and how useful the list continues to be as >we move forward--even as other information-sharing channels, spaces, >apps, and platforms flow and ebb, and often fade away. Imagine all the >things thousands of people have accomplished more effectively over two >decades with peer-to-peer, collegial help from this list. > >Happy birthday, MCN-L, and many more. > >cheers, >Rob > >* Several museum websites from 1996 are represented on this page: ><http://museumnerd.org/2014/03/13/10-vintage-museum-web-pages-from-the-199 >0s/> > >** This was so early in the history of the Web that the formal RFC for >HTML Tables actually wouldn't be published for another two months, but >tables were coming into use: <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1942> > >-- >Rob Lancefield >Manager of Museum Information Services / Registrar of Collections Davison >Art Center, Wesleyan University >301 High Street, Middletown CT 06459-0487 USA rlancefield [at] wesleyan >[dot] edu | tel. 860.685.2965 >_______________________________________________ >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: [email protected] > >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://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 5 >Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 07:35:29 -0800 >From: Morgan Holzer <[email protected]> >To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Today: Exploratorium presents Total Solar > Eclilpse: Live from Micronesia webcast beginning 4PM PST >Message-ID: > <cajfm4ibbkefttzlf+wkgo24godeq6cradnk9urvsmzbazxv...@mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > >Rob, > >Thanks so much for sharing. I watched from my desk (and also dug into >previous years' content). It was a great online experience. > >On Tuesday, March 8, 2016, Amalyah Keshet <[email protected]> wrote: > >> One word: Wow! >> Awesome work. >> >> >> >> Amalyah Keshet >> >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 2:14 PM, Rob Rothfarb >><[email protected] >> <javascript:;>> >> wrote: >> >> > Hello MCN list members! >> > >> > Today, the Exploratorium, in partnership with NASA and the NSF, is >> > presenting our live webcast of the total solar eclipse happening over >> > the south pacific. We have a production crew on the Micronesian >> > island of Woleai, with telescopes and satellite uplink. I'm producing >> > the streaming which is available on our website at >> http://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse. >> > I hope you can tune in. The telescope feed begins at 4PM PST today >> > and our webcast with hosts from the Exploratorium and NASA is from >> > 5:00PM - 6:00PM PST. We also have a telescope feed with narration in >> > Spanish from 5:15PM - 5:45PM PST. A full four minutes of eclipse >> totality begins at 5:38 PM PST. >> > >> > We're doing several experiments with the project which you can also >> > check >> > out: >> > >> > 1) Total Solar Eclipse app for Android is available on Google Play and >> > allows you to view all four live streams as well as on-demand videos >> > about eclipses and past eclipse expeditions. >> > >> > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=edu.exploratorium.totals >> > olareclipse >> > >> > 2) Watch the total solar eclipse live streams in Second Life on >> > Exploratorium Island and on Science Circle sims. More info here: >> > >> > http://www.exploratorium.edu/blogs/eclipse/come-our-island-second-life >> > -watch-eclipse-webcast >> > >> > 3) We're also streaming via Internet2 multicast. To view you must be >> > connected to a research & education network (like CalREN in California >> > or other regional I2-connected network). Use the free VLC media >> > player and browse 'Network streams (SAP) to find the stream links. >>More >> info here: >> > http://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/multicast >> > >> > I hope you can check it out and welcome any feedback about our webcast >> > and streaming experiments. >> > >> > best regards, >> > -Rob >> > >> > Rob Rothfarb >> > Project Director >> > Online Media Group >> > (415) 528-4844 >> > e x p l O r a t o r i u m / San Francisco http://www.exploratorium.edu >> > >> > >> >> ----------------------------- >> [Insert your disclaimer here] >> ----------------------------- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> > 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: [email protected] <javascript:;> >> > >> > 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://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> 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: [email protected] <javascript:;> >> >> 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://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> > >------------------------------ > >Message: 6 >Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 11:05:12 -0500 >From: Diane Nighswander <[email protected]> >To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Happy 20th Birthday, MCN-L! >Message-ID: > <CAGjVvdFQYnYBfBW=nggamfkfetjgqf9hd1b3ycjuzm4sjay...@mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > >Thank you for sharing this milestone with us, Rob. Your eloquent summary >of >the infinite ways it has evolved and helped thousands of colleagues >beautifully captured every essence of MCN-L's purpose, value and it's >inevitable role of introducing enthusiastic link-minded professionals to >each other in a highly collaborative/educational spirit. It has become a >highly respected cutting-edge family we have all come to value, rely on >and >appreciate greatly. Here's to the next 20 years! Happy Anniversary MCN-L! >Diane > >On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 9:25 AM, Rob Lancefield on lists < >[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> Just for fun, it's worth noting that today is MCN-L's 20th birthday. The >> list launched on March 9, 1996: back when HTML 2.0 was the latest, >>greatest >> version, as were Macintosh System 7.5.3 and Windows 95. 1996 also was >>the >> year when the first significant number of museum websites launched in >>all >> their initial glory,* some using what was then cutting-edge, table-based >> layout.** Which is to say, it was a long time ago--so long ago that it >> still made sense to have an MCN Internet SIG! >> >> If you're curious about the inaugural MCN-L post, it's in the archive: >> >> <https://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l%40mcn.edu/msg09558.html> >> >> It's pretty remarkable how much knowledge the MCN community has shared >>on >> this list over the years, how many helpful leads so many people have >> suggested and harvested here, and how useful the list continues to be >>as we >> move forward--even as other information-sharing channels, spaces, apps, >>and >> platforms flow and ebb, and often fade away. Imagine all the things >> thousands of people have accomplished more effectively over two decades >> with peer-to-peer, collegial help from this list. >> >> Happy birthday, MCN-L, and many more. >> >> cheers, >> Rob >> >> * Several museum websites from 1996 are represented on this page: < >> >>http://museumnerd.org/2014/03/13/10-vintage-museum-web-pages-from-the-199 >>0s/ >> > >> >> ** This was so early in the history of the Web that the formal RFC for >> HTML Tables actually wouldn't be published for another two months, but >> tables were coming into use: <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1942> >> >> -- >> Rob Lancefield >> Manager of Museum Information Services / Registrar of Collections >> Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University >> 301 High Street, Middletown CT 06459-0487 USA >> rlancefield [at] wesleyan [dot] edu | tel. 860.685.2965 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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: [email protected] >> >> 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://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> > > > >-- > >Diane P. Nighswander >Co-Founder, Strategic Relations >*IMAGING4ART* >Digital Imaging and Archiving Solutions for Fine Art > >*c* 203-215-2148 / *f *203-288-5505 / [email protected] / imaging4art >/ >LinkedIn > >-- >Important: If you have received this message in error, please notify the >sender immediately. Any further review, distribution, duplication, >downloading or disclosure is strictly prohibited. > >------------------------------ > >Message: 7 >Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 15:04:33 -0500 >From: Suzanne L Quigley <[email protected]> >To: Suzanne Quigley <[email protected]> >Subject: [MCN-L] ARCS Photosynthesis workshop - last day to register! >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >Dear Colleagues > >Tomorrow (March 10) is the last day to sign up for the Photo Colelctio >care workshop (Photosynthesis) at LACMA on March 18. It would be a shame >to miss it! More info on the ARCS website ><http://www.arcsinfo.org/programs/2016-photography-workshop>. > >All the best, >Suzanne > >+++++++++++ >Suzanne Quigley >845 266 0487 (land) >917 676 9039 (cell) >www.ArtAndArtifactServices.com > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 8 >Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 08:35:13 +0000 >From: Graeme Farnell <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: [MCN-L] New Book from MuseumsEtc: MUSEUM PARTICIPATION - New > Directions for Audience Collaboration >Message-ID: > <ca+kps5njhr9gxhgephsvedh-gdxtbcsmzc+ykkvxp7bkjil...@mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > >List members may be interested in this new book, currently available with >Super Early-Bird 20% savings: > >"Genuine participation is about much more than simply taking part. But >many >museums? commitment to engagement and participation remains at this >superficial level." > >In 30 chapters and detailed case studies, world-class museums and leading >professionals share their understanding and experience of audience >participation, including: Art Gallery of Ontario, British Museum, >Indianapolis Museum of Art, National Trust and the Natural History Museum. > >Museum Participation: New Directions for Audience Collaboration provides >examples of inspirational participative practice within larger museums and >galleries throughout the world, as well as provocative and challenging >thinking from eminent professionals. It shows what is being done, and how >it can be done. > >For full details, contents and author list, please visit: >www.museumsetc.com/products/museum-participation > >Graeme Farnell >Publisher, MuseumsEtc > >_______________________________________________________ > >MuseumsEtc Ltd >UK: Hudson House | 8 Albany Street | Edinburgh EH1 3QB >USA: 675 Massachusetts Ave., Ste 11 | Cambridge | MA 02139 > >------------------------------ > >Message: 9 >Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 06:40:14 -0500 >From: Ari Davidow <[email protected]> >To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Happy 20th Birthday, MCN-L! >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >It's been a very good start. Can't wait to see what we can do 20 years >from now. > >ari > >> On Mar 9, 2016, at 9:25 AM, Rob Lancefield on lists >><[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> Just for fun, it's worth noting that today is MCN-L's 20th birthday. >>The list launched on March 9, 1996: back when HTML 2.0 was the latest, >>greatest version, as were Macintosh System 7.5.3 and Windows 95. 1996 >>also was the year when the first significant number of museum websites >>launched in all their initial glory,* some using what was then >>cutting-edge, table-based layout.** Which is to say, it was a long time >>ago--so long ago that it still made sense to have an MCN Internet SIG! >> >> If you're curious about the inaugural MCN-L post, it's in the archive: >> >> <https://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l%40mcn.edu/msg09558.html> >> >> It's pretty remarkable how much knowledge the MCN community has shared >>on this list over the years, how many helpful leads so many people have >>suggested and harvested here, and how useful the list continues to be as >>we move forward--even as other information-sharing channels, spaces, >>apps, and platforms flow and ebb, and often fade away. Imagine all the >>things thousands of people have accomplished more effectively over two >>decades with peer-to-peer, collegial help from this list. >> >> Happy birthday, MCN-L, and many more. >> >> cheers, >> Rob >> >> * Several museum websites from 1996 are represented on this page: >><http://museumnerd.org/2014/03/13/10-vintage-museum-web-pages-from-the-19 >>90s/> >> >> ** This was so early in the history of the Web that the formal RFC for >>HTML Tables actually wouldn't be published for another two months, but >>tables were coming into use: <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1942> >> >> -- >> Rob Lancefield >> Manager of Museum Information Services / Registrar of Collections >> Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University >> 301 High Street, Middletown CT 06459-0487 USA >> rlancefield [at] wesleyan [dot] edu | tel. 860.685.2965 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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: [email protected] >> >> 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://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > >------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >mcn-l mailing list >[email protected] >http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > >End of mcn-l Digest, Vol 127, Issue 10 >************************************** _______________________________________________ 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: [email protected] 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://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
