[MCN-L] Website and Digital Communications Coordinator job at Contemporary Jewish Museum, SF

[Perian Sully]

Came across this today and figured someone might be interested:
http://thecjm.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&view=article&id
=203

 

Perian Sully

Collections Information Manager

Web Programs Strategist

The Magnes

2911 Russell St.

Berkeley, CA 94705

Work: 510-549-6950 x 357

Fax: 510-849-3673

http://www.magnes.org

http://www.musematic.org

http://www.mediaandtechnology.org

 

[MCN-L] automated response

[Nick Hoffman]

I am on vacation until Friday, August 14.  I will be able to check my email on 
Wednesday night and will respond to urgent messages accordingly.  Otherwise I 
will reply upon my return to the office on Monday, August 17.

Thanks,

Nick Hoffman

[MCN-L] More seats now available! Free Strategic Social Media Seminar for the Cultural Sector featuring Sebastian Chan @ SFMOMA

[Perian Sully]

Due to popular demand, more seats have been made available for this free
seminar. We're working on securing a way to film and distribute the
seminar online, but at this time, there is no webcast available. If you
are able to provide webcasting or know someone who can, please let us
know!

 

Social Collections, New Metrics, Maps and Other Australian Oddities

 

A Free Strategic Social Media Seminar for the Cultural Sector featuring
SEBASTIAN CHAN

 

August 28th, 2009 - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM PHYLLIS WATTIS THEATER at SF
MOMA, San Francisco

 

In a free flowing day of provocative presentation and Q&As, Sebastian
Chan will take participants through a range of proven projects and
experimental prototypes. These will raise questions about the role of
collections and collection data in the digital age; new ways of engaging
with communities; and experiments for using mobile technologies in
galleries and out in the world around us. It will also address issues
around how to better measure digital initiatives and also address
philosophies of open access and emerging business models around open
content.

 

More information and RSVP (required) at www.theatrebayarea.org/digital

 

 

Perian Sully

Collections Information Manager

Web Programs Strategist

The Magnes

2911 Russell St.

Berkeley, CA 94705

Work: 510-549-6950 x 357

Fax: 510-849-3673

http://www.magnes.org

http://www.musematic.org

http://www.mediaandtechnology.org

 

[MCN-L] IP SIG: Fair Use victory for movie monsters

[Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]]

Movie Monsters Help Set Intellectual Property Precedents
Shannon P. Duffy
08-10-2009

http://www.law.com/jsp/law/LawArticleFriendly.jsp?id=1202432899599

In the movies, it seems that monsters are always up to no good --
making mayhem or setting fires.

But in a federal court in Philadelphia last week, a couple dozen
movie monsters made some important new law and set a few significant
precedents in the area of copyrights and trademarks that will help to
define the doctrine of "fair use" for years to come.

In Warren Publishing Co. v. Spurlock, the publisher of several
popular movie monster magazines from the 1950s and '60s claimed that
its copyrights and trademarks were violated by a recently published
book that chronicles the art of a man whose paintings appeared on
more than 50 of its magazine covers.

But lawyers for J. David Spurlock and Vanguard Productions -- the
publishers of the book, "Famous Monster Movie Art of Basil Gogos" --
argued that their inclusion of the magazine covers was protected by
the fair use doctrine because the main purpose of the book was to
celebrate the art of Gogos, a purpose far different from the goal
that the magazine publisher had.

U.S. District Judge Michael M. Baylson agreed, finding that there was
a "transformative nature" to the use of Gogos' paintings in the book
because it was designed to be a biography and retrospective of an
artist who had created dozens of memorable images of Dracula,
Frankenstein, the Mummy, the Creature from the Black Lagoon and other
staples of classic monster movies.

[]


Forwarded from LawfulUse mailing list
Publicknowledge.org

[MCN-L] Web page about how to use collections online

[jonath...@ag.nsw.gov.au]

Hi Perian,

We have no instructions at all for "simple" searching of our collection:
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection
... because, if it needs instructions, it's obviously not simple
enough. ;-) (The single-field form searches artist name and title*.)

However, our advanced search form DOES have instructions (or "tips"):
http://collection.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/advancedSearch.page.do
(which pops up in a new window).

As you'll probably work out soon enough, some of the "search tips" are only
necessary because of the rather strange way our collection database works.
Eg:

"Spelling needs to match our records exactly; there will be no results for
near-matches. For example, you will get no results if you type Tracy Moffat
rather than Tracey Moffatt.
However, you can use part words but you must enter more than one word. For
example, you can type in Trac* Mof* for Tracey Moffatt, but you will get no
results if you type just Trac OR just Mof."

[* Actually, simple search also searches accession number (eg: "130.1975")
- for those people who want ONE particular work and happen to know the acc.
no. already.]

Regards,

Jonathan Cooper
Manager of information / website
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery Road, Sydney NSW 2000
AUSTRALIA
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
+61 2 9225 1796 / (02) 9225 1796


mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu wrote on 11/08/2009 03:58:38 AM:

> Dear fellow MCNers -
>
> I'm in the process of writing a How-To for our new collection online
> site and I was wondering if anyone had written an extensive set of
> instructions for how to use it? Ours has a lot of fields and options, so
> it's not quite as simple as entering a search term into a box. I'd like
> to see how others have framed their instructions, so I don't miss
> anything or overly-confuse anyone
>
> Please feel free to reply to me offlist with a link to your
> instructions. Many thanks in advance!
>
> Perian Sully
> Collections Information Manager
> Web Programs Strategist
> The Magnes
> 2911 Russell St.
> Berkeley, CA 94705
> Work: 510-549-6950 x 357
> Fax: 510-849-3673
> http://www.magnes.org
> http://www.musematic.org
> http://www.mediaandtechnology.org

[MCN-L] Online tech tutorials available

[Stephanie Weaver]

Hello MCN,
Just wanted to let you know that I've launched an online learning  
resource for museum professionals at www.experienceology.com/classes

It includes nine tech tutorials, priced at $5 each, which show museum  
professionals how to use Twitter, set up a Facebook page, how to size  
photos for use on the Web, and how to start a blog.

If you have people on staff at your museum who would like to learn  
these skills and you don't have time to teach them, this is a perfect  
option for you.

There are also on-demand classes relating to improving your visitor  
experience, and live webinars start next month. Please feel free to  
forward this to other people you think might be interested.

Best,

Stephanie Weaver
Visitor experience consultant
experienceology?: Because happy visitors return.
San Diego, CA
Ph/Fax:   619-284-5473
Cell:619-279-6779
E-news:   http://www.experienceology.com/newsletter/

For information on our book, blog, podcast, upcoming classes, and e- 
news, visit www.experienceology.com or follow me on twitter.com/ 
experienceology. See samples of my classes here: 
www.youtube.com/experienceology 
.

Live webinars:
Intro to visitor experiences: Wed. September 16 at 9 am PDT: http://bit.ly/HLdIF
Authenticity in museums:TBD (but likely to be Wed. September 30)  
at 9 am PDT: http://bit.ly/1arB09

Next presentations:
Western Museums Association: October 25 & 28, 2009

[MCN-L] MCN-Taiwan group OK?

[Misunas, Marla]

Hi all,

I've been thinking about our colleagues in Taiwan and hoping everyone is
OK with the horrible weather out there.

If anyone from the group has a chance to give us an update, I'm sure
we'd all appreciate knowing you guys are OK.

 

Best,

 

 

Marla Misunas

Collections Information Manager

Collections Information and Access

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

415-357-4186 (voice)

-

Explore Modern Art

www.sfmoma.org/collections  

 


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[MCN-L] Web page about how to use collections online

[Perian Sully]

Many thanks to everyone who replied to my query about help pages and
guides for navigating collection information. Your examples are very
helpful! I don't have any control over the UI, so some explanation is
necessary. But you've all given me lots to think about when we are able
to design a different UI.

Best,

~Perian


-Original Message-
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
Perian Sully
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 1:59 PM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: [MCN-L] Web page about how to use collections online


Dear fellow MCNers - 

 

I'm in the process of writing a How-To for our new collection online
site
and I was wondering if anyone had written an extensive set of
instructions
for how to use it? Ours has a lot of fields and options, so it's not
quite
as simple as entering a search term into a box. I'd like to see how
others
have framed their instructions, so I don't miss anything or
overly-confuse
anyone

 

Please feel free to reply to me offlist with a link to your
instructions.
Many thanks in advance!

 

Perian Sully

Collections Information Manager

Web Programs Strategist

The Magnes

2911 Russell St.

Berkeley, CA 94705

Work: 510-549-6950 x 357

Fax: 510-849-3673

http://www.magnes.org

http://www.musematic.org

http://www.mediaandtechnology.org

 

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