[MCN-L] REMINDER: ISKO UK one-day conference on Linked data - London, 14 September
*** Apologies for cross-posting *** === You are cordially invited to a one-day ISKO UK conference: LINKED DATA: THE FUTURE OF KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION ON THE WEB DATE: 14 September 2010, 10:00 - 19:00 VENUE: University College London FEE:Non-members: ?55 (?50 if paid by 10th September) ISKO UK members students: ?20 (?15 if paid by 10th September) [Refreshments and lunch provided] URL: http://www.iskouk.org/events/linked_data_sep2010.htm The conference examines the use of Semantic Web technologies in supporting the meaningful linking of distributed, heterogeneous and previously unconnected web resources. The programme comprising of nine presentations will provide an overview of different aspects of this important development. Talks will contain illustrations and examples of the new technology in action and will give an insight into the development of the web of linked data. An international panel of speakers include: Nigel Shadbolt, Antoine Isaac, Richard Wallis, Steve Dale, Martin Hepp, Andy Powell, John Goodwin, Andreas Blumauer and Bernard Vatant. This one-day conference offers an opportunity for all information professionals to catch up with where Linked Data is now, where it is going, and why we need to know about it. To read more, book your place and pre-pay your fee online, go to the event webpage http://www.iskouk.org/events/linked_data_sep2010.htm. We look forward to seeing you on 14 September. Dr Aida Slavic, Hon. Secretary ISKO UK Email: info at iskouk.org http://www.iskouk.org http://iskouk.blogspot.com/ http://twitter.com/ISKOUK __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5372 (20100817) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
[MCN-L] Online Photo Sharing
Sorry for the cross-posting (but, we should all be used to it by now...) Hi all. I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with using online photo sharing websites such Shutterfly, Picasa, Flickr, Photobucket, or the like to share and distribute publicity and event images internally. We don?t have a DAMs set up that can be accessed by multiple users (yet) and we are looking for a simple and cheap solution for allowing image users to browse publicity images that are ?fresh? and available. We would have about a dozen people that would need private access. People like publications, marketing, education, and web would be the primary users. Any comments, advise, or anecdotes are welcome... -Travis -- Travis Fullerton Assistant Photographer, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 200 N Boulevard, Richmond, VA 23220 804.340.1538
[MCN-L] Anyone using MIMSY for acquisitions?
Hi, We are wondering if anyone on MCN that uses MIMSY XG is using the Acquisitions module for tracking, well, acquisitions, particularly information about acquisitions meetings? If so, can you reply to me off-list? Thank you! Gabriela gzoller at albrightknox.org Gabriela Zoller Technical Services Librarian G. Robert Strauss, Jr. Memorial Library Albright-Knox Art Gallery 1285 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo NY 14222 gzoller at albrightknox.org 716.270.8277 PLEASE NOTE OUR SUMMER GALLERY HOURS: Tuesday through Sunday, noon to 5 pm; closed Mondays and Independence Day
[MCN-L] Online Photo Sharing
Hi Travis: I've used Flickr successfully at several institutions now, and, in addition to using it as a method for collections access, have managed to set it up kind of like a low-cost, quick-n-dirty DAM. Two ways you can do this are to either have one login for the institution that all the staff shares or (my preference) have each user create an account. The main institutional login adds each person as a contact and marks them as a friend or family member. These statuses can be used to set access restrictions on the images. If the permissions are set correctly, the individuals would be able to download a full-size image by clicking on the All sizes button within Flickr. Additionally, they would be able to add metadata on their own. An advantage of using Flickr is that should you decide to make the images public, it's easy enough to automatically do so. Another advantage of Flickr is the ability to organize the assets by Collections and Sets, which makes the assets very easy to find. There are some open source DAMS out there, and I've successfully played around with Razuna. I've not had an opportunity to work with other systems, and none of them extensively, so I can't give any opinions on easy DAM solutions, but they might be worth checking out, too. I'm pasting below my recent comments to the Registrar's Listserv that outlines my pros and cons of using Flickr for public collections access (should you decide to go that route). One clarification about the metadata issue (in my Cons below): I know that there are some efforts to make tools available to link the collection metadata to the Flickr image, but I don't believe I'm at liberty to discuss the specifics as of yet. Hopefully there will be a solution to that problem soon :) Hope this helps! ~Perian As one of the early adopters of using Flickr for increasing access to collections, I think I should speak up here with my list of pros and cons. I presented on this very topic at the CAM conference in March, and I'm hoping to talk about it again at AAM in May. My slides are here: http://www.slideshare.net/psully/interested-public-is-interested-using-flickr-to-put-collection-assets-online And when I was at the Magnes, my boss put up a detailed blog post about the project here: http://blog.magnes.org/opensourceblog/?p=907 Pros: ~Flickr is cheap. Only $25/year for more-or-less unlimited storage ~Flickr is indexed by search engines regularly, so content posted to Flickr is more likely to find found via Google or Yahoo (I have a bit more about this here: http://musematic.net/2010/05/12/cultural-collections-and-the-semantic-web/ ) ~Easy to use, with lots of ways to upload and organize the content ~Opportunities for interaction by the public, including comments, tagging, and identification ~Easy-to-use analytics to see what people are interested in ~Increased rights and reproduction requests Cons: ~Increased rights and reproduction requests. Honestly, we really didn't expect the massive increase in requests. We'd put our content onto Flickr with large enough quality for researchers and teachers and non-profits to use as they needed, and applied a Creative Commons license to the assets as well. But because people could find our assets easily, and were respectful of the bounds of the license, we got pretty swamped with RR requests. Lots more revenue, but we finally had to cut off all requests during the collections move. ~Potential for unintended use. Granted, Magnes hadn't seen any of that, despite the ethnically-specific content. There haven't been negative comments to moderate, either. But there's always that potential. ~Applying metadata. This is the biggest problem. The last two weeks Iwas at Magnes, I uploaded on the order of 5000 images. I managed to tag them using Adobe Bridge, but I did not have the opportunity to describe them, because the only way I could do it was by manually copying and pasting from the database, into the image's IPTC fields. So the Magnes Flickr account has a whole lot of beautifully-described assets (see http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnesmuseum/4402841084/ ) and a whole lot of barely-described assets (like http://www.flickr.com/photos/magnesmuseum/4714606931/in/set-72157624310866700/). If I could have, I would have started way earlier on the project and gotten a dedicated volunteer to help. (PS - see amended comment above) ~Artist rights. For Magnes, this wasn't that much of an issue, but for those few pieces that did have limitations on web publication of images, I either didn't publish them at all, or, in the case of those with fuzzy rights (eg. the deed says that Magnes has full rights, but the artist is still living, and copyright perceptions have changed recently) I reduced the size of the image from the standard 1000 pixel length and 72 dpi down to 500 pixel length - large enough for use by teachers, too small for use by publishers. I strongly encourage you to read the Library of Congress' report, For the Common
[MCN-L] Online Photo Sharing
Travis, For what you want to do - why not consider some sorta file-sharing website? There are many out there. The one we use is Drop Box -- https://www.dropbox.com They allow 2GB free storage, easy file transfers, and even create thumbnails and gallery views for photos uploaded into your special Photos folder. - David - David Lewis, Curator Aurora Regional Fire Museum www.AuroraRegionalFireMuseum.org -Original Message- From: Travis Fullerton tfuller...@vmfa.state.va.us To: Museum Computer Network Listserv mcn-l at mcn.edu Sent: Tue, Aug 17, 2010 12:07 pm Subject: [MCN-L] Online Photo Sharing Sorry for the cross-posting (but, we should all be used to it by now...) Hi all. I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with using online photo sharing websites such Shutterfly, Picasa, Flickr, Photobucket, or the like to share and distribute publicity and event images internally. We don?t have a DAMs set up that can be accessed by multiple users (yet) and we are looking for a simple and cheap solution for allowing image users to browse publicity images that are ?fresh? and available. We would have about a dozen people that would need private access. People like publications, marketing, education, and web would be the primary users. Any comments, advise, or anecdotes are welcome... -Travis -- Travis Fullerton Assistant Photographer, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 200 N Boulevard, Richmond, VA 23220 804.340.1538 ___ 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 The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
[MCN-L] Register for the 2010 Online Annual Conference September 22-24
The 2010 AASLH Online Conference registration is now open. We know that all of you are interested in improving your organization and hearing how others are meeting today's challenges. The AASLH Online Conference is a great place to network and meet colleagues to hash out these topics without leaving home or the office. Budgets are tight and travel to a national conference is often not possible. The good news is that you can still join us for AASLH's annual meeting by taking part in the 2010 Online Conference. Six of our best sessions will be broadcast live from Oklahoma City. Click here http://www.aaslh.org/documents/Online2010_Form.pdf to view the schedule. Pay one low price for all six sessions and have all your employees and volunteers participate. More information and registration instructions are available at the Online Conference website http://www.aaslh.org/Online2010 . We hope to see you there! Terry Jackson American Association for State and Local History Project Coordinator 1717 Church St. Nashville, TN 37203 615-320-3203 jackson at aaslh.org mailto:jackson at aaslh.org - Can't make it to Oklahoma City? Join us at the AASLH Online Conference http://www.aaslh.org/online2010.htm and get 6 of the best 2010 Sessions for one low price. - Visit Our Website http://aaslh.org/ Join AASLH on Twitter http://twitter.com/AASLH Join AASLH on FaceBook http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=57955422199ref=mf Join AASLH on Linked In http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=679787trk=hb_side_g
