[MCN-L] MCN SIG: Taiwan -- What we can do together for future collaboration?
?What we can do together for future collaboration?? Taiwan SIG Meeting 12:10-1:15 pm, Friday, November 10 Dear MCN members, Taiwan SIG is pleased to announce its first meeting at the MCN conference. We would like to invite you to join us in this gathering for discussions about the issue of using digital technologies in the cultural heritage community worldwide. During this session which will last for approximately an hour, the Taiwan SIG will share the experiences of collaborating with international organizations in various aspects during the first phase of NDAP, and the perspectives of furthering this program into its second phase. For more information, please see http://www.mcn.edu/groups/index.asp?subkey=1582 for further information. In addition, we will also prepare lunch boxes for those who attend this meeting. A meeting room at the conference has been reserved and seats are limited. If you have suggestions or other agenda in mind, please do let us know. Please contact Ms. Terri Chen (terri at gate.sinica.edu.tw) by October 27 in order to ensure your seat reservation. Thank you and look forward to seeing you in Pasadena. Best regards, D.T. Lee Chair of MCN Taiwan SIG Chief Executive Officer of NDAP, Taiwan Director of Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica
[MCN-L] interesting articles for IP folks and those interested in Second Life
Two interesting articles from yesterday's New York Times: Music Companies Share a Profit of YouTube Sale http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/19/technology/19net.html YouTube's young founders may have been the biggest beneficiaries of last week's $1.65 billion deal with Google, but they have some unexpected bedfellows - old-line media companies that had been considered YouTube's biggest legal threat. Three of the four major music companies - Vivendi's Universal Music Group, Sony and Bertelsmann's jointly owned Sony BMG Music Entertainment, and the Warner Music Group - each quietly negotiated to take small stakes in YouTube as part of video- and music-licensing deals they struck shortly before the sale, people involved in the talks said yesterday. The music companies collectively stand to receive as much as $50 million from these arrangements, these people said. Instead of charging copyright infringement and closing YouTube down (like they did with Napster), the music industry has decided to let it ride in return for a share of YouTube's profits. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em? A Virtual World but Real Money http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/19/technology/19virtual.html ... This parallel universe, an online service called Second Life that allows computer users to create a new and improved digital version of themselves, began in 1999 as a kind of online video game. But now, the budding fake world is not only attracting a lot more people, it is taking on a real world twist: big business interests are intruding on digital utopia. The Second Life online service is fast becoming a three-dimensional test bed for corporate marketers, including Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Sun Microsystems, Nissan, Adidas/Reebok, Toyota and Starwood Hotels. This article chronicles the sudden influx of commercial interests into Second Life, with sometimes humorous responses from Second Lifers. Also notes the plethora of infringements that go on in world, but so far only one cease and desist request, and that from the Salvador Dali Museum! The irony of this was not lost on the individual who received the request: we did have a request from the Salvador Dali Museum - which was great, Mr. Verbeck said. Second Life is so surreal that it was perfect. -- Diane M. Zorich 113 Gallup Road Princeton, NJ 08542 USA Voice: 609-252-1606 Fax: 609-252-1607 Email: dzorich at mindspring.com
[MCN-L] IP SIG: A Report on the Commons
More from Lawrence Lessig on Creative Commons. Despite the mention of fund-raising in this letter, which may not be appropriate here, it's usually worth reading anything Lessig has to say, and the update on Creative Commons is definitely timely. Amalyah Keshet Chair, MCN IP SIG Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:19:25 -0700 From: Lawrence Lessig lessig at pobox.com Subject: [cc-lessigletter] A Report on the Commons So, with this email, Creative Commons launches its second (now officially) annual fundraising campaign. Last year, through the course of that first campaign, I wrote a series of letters explaining a bit about where Creative Commons came from, and where it was going. Those letters (creatively labeled Lessig Letters) are still available here. [ http://creativecommons.org/support/letters ]. This year, I'm going to talk a bit less, and in my place, we're going to tell the stories of some of the extraordinary Creative Commons projects that have been flourishing around the world. But first, a bit of recap: Creative Commons is a nonprofit corporation, dedicated to making it simpler for people to share and build upon the work of others, consistent with the rules of copyright. We provide free licenses that mark creative work with the freedom the creator wants it to carry, so others can share the work, or remix the work, or both share and remix the work, as the author chooses. We were motivated to begin this project about four years ago because we realized a point that's obvious once you see it: that however important the all rights reserved model of copyright is to some creators, it is not the model that works for many, maybe most. Scholars, scientists and educators, for example, are also creators, but they don't depend upon the perfect control of their work - deciding who can access it, or who can copy it, or who can build upon it - for them to have the incentive to create great works. Perhaps even more importantly, for the many who create for what our board member, Joi Ito, calls the sharing economy, all rights reserved makes little sense. The millions of photos on Flickr [ http:// flickr.com/creativecommons ], for example, licensed under Creative Commons licenses are made available by people who want to make their creativity available to others without demanding payment upfront, or control over how their work gets used. These people are creators - some professional, but many amateur, where amateur doesn't mean amateurish, but rather people who do what they do for the love of their work, and not for the money. Creative Commons provides free tools to help these creators create in the way that they think best. Creative Commons launched the licensing project in December 2002. Within a year, there were more than 1,000,000 link-backs to our licenses (meaning at least a million places on the web where people were linking to our licenses, and presumptively licensing content under those licenses). Within two years, that number was 12,000,000. At the end of our last fundraising campaign, it had grown to about 45,000,000 link-backs to our licenses. That was December, 2005. In the first six months of 2006, that number grew by almost 100,000,000 licenses. In June, we reported about 140,000,000 link-backs to our licenses. We have hit a stride, and more and more of the net marks itself with the freedoms that Creative Commons helps secure. This success has been primarily built by thousands of volunteers across the world who have worked to launch Creative Commons projects locally, and worked to spread our movement to artists and educators internationally. But it is supported by the contributions of many more. Each year we ask more to join this movement in both ways. These letters are invitations to join in the support for Creative Commons. The plea for support in these letters will be subtle. (We've perfected subliminal email.) But if you'd like to opt out of these letters, just click here http://creativecommons.org/about/newsletter#unsubscribe Alternatively, if you know others who might enjoy this weekly missive, click here http://creativecommons.org/about/newsletter and we'll invite them to join as well. And if you'd like to just get it over, and donate, click here. http://creativecommons.org/support/donate Next week, I'll talk a bit more about the values behind our movement. And the week following that, the first story from the front lines of CC. -- To link to or comment on this message, go to: http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/6106 Archive of Lessig Letters http://creativecommons.org/support/letters Support the Commons http://creativecommons.org/support Learn More http://creativecommons.org/learnmore For comics and movies: http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/how1, http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/ ___ cc-lessigletter mailing list To unsubscribe visit http://creativecommons.org/about/lessigletter#unsubscribe Or
[MCN-L] MCN SIG: Taiwan -- What we can do together for future collaboration?
Dear Mr. Lee, I have just recently learned about the Taiwan SIG group and am interested in learning more about your subgroup. Unfortunately I will not be able to attend the MCN meeting this year as I will be going to Taiwan to attend an ICOM and CCA sponsored conference from Nov. 2-4. I will be in Taiwan from Oct. 31 to Nov. 8 and would like to know whether it would be possible for me to contact you or your associates when I am in Taiwan. I've been teaching a course titled Collection Management and Registration at the Graduate Institute of Museum Studies, Fu-Jen Catholic University, each spring since its inception. Although I do not cover data management per se in the course at Fu-Jen, my teaching responsibilities at Texas Tech University's Graduate Museum Science Program does include a course offering titled Data Management. I realize that due to language differences, the database management systems used in Taiwan and US are vastly different (perhaps I am wrong on this), but I would like to learn more about the database management systems used in Taiwan, especially in a museum setting. I look forward to your favorable response. Sincerely, Mei Campbell Curator of Ethnology Textiles Museum of Texas Tech University And Adjunct Professor Center for the Advanced Studies in Museum Science Heritage management Adjunct Professor Graduate Institute of Museum Studies Fu-Jen Catholic University On 10/19/06 10:18 PM, Terri Chen ??? terri at gate.sinica.edu.tw wrote: ?What we can do together for future collaboration?? Taiwan SIG Meeting 12:10-1:15 pm, Friday, November 10 Dear MCN members, Taiwan SIG is pleased to announce its first meeting at the MCN conference. We would like to invite you to join us in this gathering for discussions about the issue of using digital technologies in the cultural heritage community worldwide. During this session which will last for approximately an hour, the Taiwan SIG will share the experiences of collaborating with international organizations in various aspects during the first phase of NDAP, and the perspectives of furthering this program into its second phase. For more information, please see http://www.mcn.edu/groups/index.asp?subkey=1582 for further information. In addition, we will also prepare lunch boxes for those who attend this meeting. A meeting room at the conference has been reserved and seats are limited. If you have suggestions or other agenda in mind, please do let us know. Please contact Ms. Terri Chen (terri at gate.sinica.edu.tw) by October 27 in order to ensure your seat reservation. Thank you and look forward to seeing you in Pasadena. Best regards, D.T. Lee Chair of MCN Taiwan SIG Chief Executive Officer of NDAP, Taiwan Director of Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica ___ 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
[MCN-L] Fwd: Visual Resources Association 2007 Travel Awards
More on the VRA travel awards below. Please excuse the cross posting. Best regards, Maureen Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:50:19 -0700 Reply-To: Visual Resources Association VRA-L at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Sender: Visual Resources Association VRA-L at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU From: Jackie Spafford spafford at ARTHISTORY.UCSB.EDU Subject: Visual Resources Association 2007 Travel Awards To: VRA-L at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Dear VRA members, I would like to provide a little more information about the travel awards to build on last week's announcement. These awards are for travel and attendance at the VRA's Silver Jubilee conference in Kansas City, MO, March 27 to April 1, 2007. This year we have a total of 11 awards available: . Six (6) Luraine Tansey Travel Awards ($750 each) . The Archivision Corporate-sponsored Travel Award ($750) . The Gallery Systems Corporate-sponsored Travel Award ($750) . The Kathe Albrecht Award ($750) . The Davis Art Images Award, for an international member ($1,000) . The Saskia, Ltd. Award, for an international member ($1,000) In addition, we are offering several Top-Up Awards this year: funding of $250 to $500 for members with only partial institutional funding. You can see a preliminary schedule for the conference at http://www.vraweb.org/conferences.html to assist with your conference planning and application. The cost for half-day workshops will be $55 each; costs for full-day workshops, tours and other special events will be announced in the coming weeks. AWARD CRITERIA: Travel awards are granted to eligible VRA members who wish to participate in the annual conference, demonstrate financial need and clearly describe their expected benefits of attendance. Other considerations used in applicant evaluation are: new member/first-time attendance at a VRA annual conference; veteran professional attendance; international member participation; and level of conference participation. Note: You are not eligible if you have won a VRA Travel Award in the past three years (2004-2006). AWARD APPLICATION: Applicants must provide the committee with a complete and accurate application form. The application form is now available on the VRA website in the MemberClicks section http://www.vraweb.org (Note: you must be a VRA member to log in). Your application should indicate how you meet any of the above-listed award criteria and, in specific terms, should detail how you expect to benefit from conference attendance. The application form also includes a 'projected expenses' section for demonstration of financial need. Before you apply, please read the document Tips for Travel Award Applicants, which is linked at the top of the application page. Before you submit your application, remember to print it for your records; you will receive a confirmation by email after you submit, but not a copy of your full submission. Application Deadline: November 7, 2006, 5pm Eastern Time. Travel Award recipients will be notified no later than November 28, and must confirm in writing that they will be able to attend the conference. A recipient must commit to attend at least 50% of the conference in order to accept an award. Awards are made as checks in U.S. dollars for North American recipients, and as cashiers checks in U.S. dollars for international recipients. The Travel Award checks will be presented at the VRA Annual Business Meeting during the conference. Post-conference, recipients are required to submit a summary report and receipts totaling the amount of their award to the VRA Executive Board. If you have any questions, please contact: Jackie Spafford Chair, Travel Awards Committee Visual Resources Association spafford at arthistory.ucsb.edu Maureen Burns, Ed.D. Humanities Curator Visual Resources Collection University of California, Irvine 92697-3375 949-824-8027 ph 949-824-4298 fx maburns at uci.edu www.arts.uci.edu/vrc/ http://vrc.ucr.edu/luci/index.html
[MCN-L] Conference - Connecting Culture Commerce: speakers announcement
** apologies for any cross posting ** Conference - Connecting Culture Commerce: Getting the Right Balance Friday 26th January 2007, National Gallery http://www.digitalconsultancy.net/mcg2007/www.digitalconsultancy.net/mcg2007/ The Connecting Culture and Commerce Conference will bring an eclectic international mix of decision makers from the museum, library, archive and education communities together with those from the creative industries, media, legal, commerce and other business sectors. Speakers include: Jon Snow, Channel Four News presenter, Trustee of the National Gallery and Tate Liaison Trustee. Alan Yentob, BBC's Creative Director, Director of Drama, Entertainment and CBBC. Sandy Nairne, Director of the National Portrait Gallery. Professor Charles Oppenheim, Head of Information Science, Loughborough University. Alex Beard, Deputy Director, Tate. (More speakers to be announced on the website soon) The speakers, together with an expert panel, will be discussing the exciting challenges ahead to suppliers of cultural content who are experimenting with innovative ways of opening wider public access to their collections, balanced against the needs to protect rights, emerging business and licensing models, technological change, the legislative framework and the demands of the 21st Century. It will be an opportunity to openly challenge misconceptions about roles and to start discussing new working practices and partnerships. Our Panellists include: Christian Ahlert, Open Business and Creative Commons UK. Catherine Draycott, Head, Medical Photographic Library, Wellcome Library Chair of BAPLA. David Ferguson, media composer and Chair of the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters. Sara Milne, CEO, Science and Media LLP Nick Poole, Director, MDA. Gretchen Wagner, General Counsel, ARTstor. Ben White, Copyright and Compliance Manager, British Library. The day will conclude with an evening reception at the National Gallery. The conference is hosted by the Museums Copyright Group www.museumscopyright.org.uk, in association with Kings College London. Registration for the conference is open at: http://www.digitalconsultancy.net/mcg2007/registration.htmhttp://www.digitalconsultancy.net/mcg2007/registration.htm Best Regards, Simon Simon Tanner Director, King's Digital Consultancy Services King's College London Kay House, 7 Arundel Street, London WC2R 3DX tel: +44 (0)20 7848 1678 or +44 (0)7887 691716 email: simon.tanner at kcl.ac.uk www.digitalconsultancy.net Connecting Culture and Commerce Conference: January 2007, National Gallery http://www.digitalconsultancy.net/mcg2007/
