[MCN-L] NAS HDD
Hello Matthew-- We use NAS units here to back up our digital collection and other vital data in triplicate; it gives us a little over 7 TB of storage. Since the implementation of this system in 2011, we've used a little less than half the capacity. Backups occur daily, weekly, and biweekly among the 3 units. This system works pretty well for us. Good luck. Regards, -- Matt Wheeler, Photography Archives, Penobscot Marine Museum Archives (207) 548-2529 ext. 211
[MCN-L] non-art museums buying DAMS?
Hi all, I'm looking for people from non-art museums who have recently bought or considered buying a DAMS. Anyone willing to share details on their experiences, both in terms of how they internally decided their requirements and what their rollout procedure looked like? Any leads appreciated. Best, Ed Edward Rodley Exhibit Developer Museum of Science, Boston ph 617.589.0296 e erodley at mos.org t @erodley
[MCN-L] non-art museums buying DAMS?
Hi, Ed, We rolled out our ResourceSpace open source DAMs in 2009, and I've also worked with another relevant installation as a consultant. I'd be happy to discuss with you if it would be helpful. (You'd also be welcome to come up the street and see it in action!) -David __ David Dwiggins Systems Librarian/Archivist, Historic New England 141 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114 (617) 994-5948 ddwiggins at historicnewengland.org http://www.historicnewengland.org Ed Rodley erodley at mos.org 1/18/2013 9:10 AM Hi all, I'm looking for people from non-art museums who have recently bought or considered buying a DAMS. Anyone willing to share details on their experiences, both in terms of how they internally decided their requirements and what their rollout procedure looked like? Any leads appreciated. Best, Ed Edward Rodley Exhibit Developer Museum of Science, Boston ph 617.589.0296 e erodley at mos.org t @erodley
[MCN-L] Electronic systems for counting visitors?
We just installed two Sensource units for our Special Exhibitions Gallery and it was a huge success. We are currently planning on expanding the units in our facility. Sandra J. Moore, MBA Director of I.T. 419.255.8000 ext. 7308 smoore at toledomuseum.org Toledo Museum of Art PO Box 1013 Toledo, Ohio 43697 On 1/17/2013 at 5:02 PM, in message D242BCE81E7DAD408D1F125A1DB5447725DBF2 at WAMEXCHANGE.walters.local, James Maza jmaza at thewalters.org wrote: Hi Nina et al - Don't have any experience with this company, but this sounds like what you are looking for http://www.sensourceinc.com/ hope this helps.. Jim Jim Maza Chief Technology Officer, The Walters Art Museum, 600 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21201 (P) 410.547.9000 ext 339 jmaza at thewalters.org http://www.thewalters.org Diadem and Dagger: Jewish Silversmiths of Yemen October 27, 2012-January 21, 2013 Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe October 14-January 21, 2013 African Presence: Student Response September 15, 2012-February 3, 2013 -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Nina Simon Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 4:42 PM To: Jaki Levy; Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Electronic systems for counting visitors? Hi Jaki, We're explicitly NOT interested in requiring sign-in or tickets - these are free-flowing events with thousands of people walking in and out of a small space. We want to make the events as accessible and open as possible - we just want to know how many people attend. Thanks, Nina On Jan 17, 2013, at 1:35 PM, Jaki Levy wrote: Hi Nina - I imagine this could be accomplished very easily with some kind of ticket system / sign-in process. Every visitor that enters needs a ticket, even if they don't pay. Is there any way to require a ticket or sign-in of some sort, even if it's virtual / electronic? Buttons? A check mark? Virtual check-ins via onsite hardware? iPad checkins? I've done this kind of sign-in process for countless volunteer run organizations and it works wonders :-) - Jaki web: http://arrowrootmedia.com cell: 646-339-9410 On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Nina Simon nina at museumtwo.com wrote: Dear friends in museum geekitude, We're looking for a solution for our small museum to count people. Specifically, we have an increasing number of free days, and we'd really prefer for our limited staff and volunteers to spend their time interacting with visitors instead of focusing on getting a good count. That said, we'd like a good count. We have three wide entrances and on our busy nights, thousands of people will stream in. My early investigation has uncovered cheap IR systems that don't do well with multiple people walking through the same doorway together, or expensive video systems that seem like overkill as they do all kinds of non-counting functions. I talked to an engineer friend about us hacking together an IR system with two distance sensors for each doorway pointing out at an angle to be able to sense two/three people at a time, and we might pursue that, but he strongly suggested I first reach out to brilliant people in the field and see how you deal with this. How do you deal with this? Thanks! Nina ___ 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/ ___ 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/ This message is a private communication. It may contain information that is privileged or confidential. Please do not copy or disclose it to others. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender of the delivery error by replying to this message, and then delete it and any attachments from your system. Thank you.
[MCN-L] Job opening: Media Resources Manager, Harvard Art Museums
Title: Media Resources Manager Location: USA, MA, Cambridge, Harvard Art Museums Time Status: Full-time Duties Responsibilities: Responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Digital Imaging department, program management, policy planning, and new developments for electronic media activities including acquisition, delivery, rights, and archiving. Direct studio assignment activities (in conjunction with Collections Management), workflows, budgeting, personnel, and equipment acquisitions/maintenance. Actively pursue imaging technology research and new technology developments and apply to changing demands of clients. Develop and implement imaging standards, policies, and guidelines. Ensure the quality, accuracy, and timeliness of all imaging deliverables. Establish direct and ongoing communications with clients regarding expectations and special requests, and ensure that those are met by photographers. Responsible for production of images within all institutional publications, both print and electronic. Photograph objects as needed. Recommend equipment needs for the department. Hire and oversee the work of freelance photographers or contracts with other vendors. Collaborate with other departments in the production and archiving of digital initiatives occurring outside of the Digital Imaging department, such as rapid inventory imaging and curatorial imaging. Represent the Art Museums in University initiatives relating to imaging and/or visual archives. Serve as the liaison to university and external clients. Maintains active involvement in the field (such as attending conferences and networking with peer institutions) in order to advise the Art Museums on current trends and advances in technologies. Develop and manage budgets and staff performance plans. Basic Qualifications: BA/BS, 7+ years related experience. Additional Qualifications: Broad knowledge of digital technologies, standards, issues, and trends relating to imaging. Deep and seasoned knowledge of museum studio photography, media technology, imaging science, and related data processing and administration including operations management; fine arts museum collection information management experience preferred; demonstrated supervisory and financial management skills; ability to work effectively in a team context, establish priorities, achieve goals, and manage multi-faceted projects; analytic and problem solving skills; strong written, oral, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills; ability to work effectively and collaboratively with diverse constituencies; collections information database experience required; TMS experience preferred; demonstrated interest in art history preferred. Apply at http://www.employment.harvard.edu/ or https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/asp/tg/cim_jobdetail.asp?jobId=925037PartnerId=25240SiteId=5341. Jeff Steward Director of Digital Infrastructure and Emerging Technology Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 www.harvardartmuseums.orghttp://www.harvardartmuseums.org/
[MCN-L] NAS HDD
Hi Matthew At the Norman Rockwell Museum I backup exclusively to enormous direct-attached storage (DAS) arrays, but the concept is the same as network-attached storage (NAS) appliances. There are many advantages over tape: - More reliable with no tapes to change (or forget to change!) and no tapes to wear out and fail. - MUCH larger data storage than tape so I do not have to pick-and-choose what to back up. I back up everything. - Entire drive array is periodically swapped for an identical array which is kept off-site in a bank vault. - Instant restore jobs without tape swapping. For hardware, options vary wildly in price. One of the most economical appliances I've found is the Buffalo TeraStation Pro. The TeraStation Pro Quad has (4) 1TB drives. In RAID5, you'd have 3TB of online storage. If you want it even more reliability than RAID5, you can set it for RAID 10 with 2TB of storage. Much larger models are available. This is dirt cheap, under $900. Other models have Windows Storage Server OS if that familiar interface is appealing. http://www.buffalotech.com/products/network-storage/professional-and-business-class-nas/terastation-pro-quad-1 I have gone the bomb-proof route with very large direct-attached storage (DAS) arrays rather than network-attached storage (NAS). I also mirror entire arrays between two buildings. The reason I prefer DAS over NAS is the drastic increase in data throughput. The speed is needed because 24 hours would not be enough time to copy the amount of data from a full backup into a NAS via 1Gbps Ethernet. The bulk of our data is stored on a second array on the same server as the backup array and it simply copies from one array to the other inside the same physical server at 6Gbps SAS. All this high-end stuff was funded by several collection digitization grants which included a budget line for server hardware. I also prefer DAS because I can expand the arrays when needed. I use (2) Dell MD1220 chassis with 24 SAS slots in each. http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/powervault-md1220/fs Frank Kennedy, IT Manager Norman Rockwell Museum 9 Glendale Rd., PO BOX 308 Stockbridge, MA 01262 413-931-2216, fax 413-931-2316 http://www.nrm.org
[MCN-L] Electronic systems for counting visitors?
It might not be exactly what you are looking for, but there is a product called Nomi (pronounced Know Me) that seems pretty cool. They use pings off smartphones to measure people coming in, how longs they stay, if they come back, etc. http://getnomi.com/ -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Sandy Moore Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 10:14 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Electronic systems for counting visitors? We just installed two Sensource units for our Special Exhibitions Gallery and it was a huge success. We are currently planning on expanding the units in our facility. Sandra J. Moore, MBA Director of I.T. 419.255.8000 ext. 7308 smoore at toledomuseum.org Toledo Museum of Art PO Box 1013 Toledo, Ohio 43697 On 1/17/2013 at 5:02 PM, in message D242BCE81E7DAD408D1F125A1DB5447725DBF2 at WAMEXCHANGE.walters.local, James Maza jmaza at thewalters.org wrote: Hi Nina et al - Don't have any experience with this company, but this sounds like what you are looking for http://www.sensourceinc.com/ hope this helps.. Jim Jim Maza Chief Technology Officer, The Walters Art Museum, 600 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21201 (P) 410.547.9000 ext 339 jmaza at thewalters.org http://www.thewalters.org Diadem and Dagger: Jewish Silversmiths of Yemen October 27, 2012-January 21, 2013 Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe October 14-January 21, 2013 African Presence: Student Response September 15, 2012-February 3, 2013 -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Nina Simon Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 4:42 PM To: Jaki Levy; Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Electronic systems for counting visitors? Hi Jaki, We're explicitly NOT interested in requiring sign-in or tickets - these are free-flowing events with thousands of people walking in and out of a small space. We want to make the events as accessible and open as possible - we just want to know how many people attend. Thanks, Nina On Jan 17, 2013, at 1:35 PM, Jaki Levy wrote: Hi Nina - I imagine this could be accomplished very easily with some kind of ticket system / sign-in process. Every visitor that enters needs a ticket, even if they don't pay. Is there any way to require a ticket or sign-in of some sort, even if it's virtual / electronic? Buttons? A check mark? Virtual check-ins via onsite hardware? iPad checkins? I've done this kind of sign-in process for countless volunteer run organizations and it works wonders :-) - Jaki web: http://arrowrootmedia.com cell: 646-339-9410 On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Nina Simon nina at museumtwo.com wrote: Dear friends in museum geekitude, We're looking for a solution for our small museum to count people. Specifically, we have an increasing number of free days, and we'd really prefer for our limited staff and volunteers to spend their time interacting with visitors instead of focusing on getting a good count. That said, we'd like a good count. We have three wide entrances and on our busy nights, thousands of people will stream in. My early investigation has uncovered cheap IR systems that don't do well with multiple people walking through the same doorway together, or expensive video systems that seem like overkill as they do all kinds of non-counting functions. I talked to an engineer friend about us hacking together an IR system with two distance sensors for each doorway pointing out at an angle to be able to sense two/three people at a time, and we might pursue that, but he strongly suggested I first reach out to brilliant people in the field and see how you deal with this. How do you deal with this? Thanks! Nina ___ 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/ ___ 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/ This message is a private communication. It may contain information that is privileged or confidential. Please do not copy or disclose it to others. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender of the delivery error by replying to this message, and then delete it and any attachments from your system. Thank you.
