Re: [MCN-L] Video hosting question
Don't mean to take this thread in a new direction, but cielo24 is a fantastic machine captioning tool for video (and audio). https://cielo24.com/ Like YT and other machine learning systems, it's far from perfect, but the cost is pennies per hour of video and allows you to browse videos by machine generated keywords. It even groups text sections into estimated topics. You can click on these words in the transcription and jump to the video section. We use it as a first pass for most videos we use online and in exhibits before we even do the edit. It's helpful for the team doing a rough content edit on interviews. The rough transcriptions are a useful starting point for human cleanup of the captions and translation work as well. bk bryan kennedy director, museum technology & digital operations science museum of minnesota bkenn...@smm.org 651.221.2522 On Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 12:47 PM Matt Popke wrote: > Hi Ellice, > > We have a lot of video currently hosted on YouTube at the DAM. We're still > using it for some purpose, but we've recently been moving away from it for > some purposes, as well. > > Regarding copyright: I think the biggest risk of copyright issues on > youtube is that it has a very large audience and automated takedown systems > regularly scan the content there. It's just more likely that some automated > system will flag a video—any video—for takedown, often incorrectly. It > really depends on what you're putting up there. > > The reason we're moving away from youtube for much of our content has more > to do with YouTube's recommendation algorithm and the decreasing amount of > control we have over YouTube embeds in web pages. There is currently no way > to reliably turn off the grid of recommendations that appears in a youtube > video after it has finished playing. It used to be an API feature that we > could decide to enable or disable depending on our use case, but lately the > grid just appears whether we like it or not. > > We have no control over what shows up in those recommendations, and a > significant amount of the content on YouTube is problematic in one way or > another (extremism, racism, violence, etc.). We don't want to appear to the > unitiated user as though we are tacitly supporting or recommending whatever > YouTube's algorithm decides to show when our video is done playing. > > It's different for video that is viewed on YouTube's site. Users know who > is running the show there. But increasingly, when embedding video content > on web pages we are using Vimeo because we have more control over the > embeds. > > Also, as YouTube continues to pursue monetization strategies that > privilege ads and advertisers, we anticipate service changes that would be > at odds with our goals as an institution. It's easier to start moving to a > different service now when we have time to adjust then to find ourselves > moving to that service in a panicked rush after changes occur. The benefit > of paying for a video hosting service is you know what you are getting and > can be more assured that, aside from possible price increases, the service > isn't going to pull the rug out from under you without warning. > > Matt Popke > Developer > 720.913.0126 > mpo...@denverartmuseum.org > > > On 10/14/19, 07:32, "mcn-l on behalf of Ellice Engdahl" < > mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu on behalf of elli...@thehenryford.org> wrote: > > CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do > not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and > know the content is safe. > > > Hello, all, > > While we have plenty of "modern" video out on YouTube, we currently > host most our historic and collections-item videos (e.g. oral history video > clips) on a private streaming platform. We don't use much of the > functionality provided by the private platform, so the question has come up > whether YouTube would meet our needs as a player. > > Some questions/potential concerns that have passed through my head: > > > 1. Are there potentially different copyright implications to > private hosting than to YouTube? What if we made the YouTube videos > unlisted so we were simply using it as a player? > 2. Has anyone had (or is/was concerned about having) historic video > challenged or taken down as in violation of YouTube's community standards? > > Can anyone weigh in on these? And are there other issues to > contemplate that I am missing? If the people at your institution who would > make such decisions are not on the MCN listserv, I'd love it if you'd pass &g
Re: [MCN-L] Barcoding
We use QR code labels on exhibit media hardware that link to specific permanent URLs. Those URLs link to our web-based database tracking tool. It's a very simple, flexible, and future proof system that works well for us. bk bryan kennedy director, exhibit media science museum of minnesota bkenn...@smm.org 651.221.2522 On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 9:01 AM, Rob Morgan <bobbytheblo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I’m looking into the various barcode systems used by museums to track > objects and locations. > > > If you use a barcode system at your museum, what do you use? If you know > the specs and requirements, and have a minute, please send them along, > too. > > > Thanks, Rob Morgan (Baltimore) > > > P.S. I apologize for any cross listing :-). > > ___ > 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@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://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ > > ___ 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@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://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
Re: [MCN-L] AV Asset Management
We're been tracking materials like this for several years now in the Science Museum of Minnesota's exhibit design/production group. We use a custom built database to track all exhibit components and each of their constituent parts (graphics, objects, media assets, media hardware). This database has evolved over the years from a series of custom Filemaker templates to a standardized online web tool. The current web tool was built in PHP and MySQL (Drupal), but we are currently working on a new system built in JS/Node/Mongo (Meteor). When we first built these systems we looked for off the shelf software that would meet our needs. And each time we look at improving the system, we ask ourselves whether we should be spending internal resources to build and maintain this custom piece of software. However, we've never been able to find any tool that meets our custom needs. While we develop this system in the open on GitHub and are happy to share the code ( https://github.com/scimusmn/agora), I suspect that our system would have limited use even for another museum in the same exhibit business. A tool like this is just so linked to your internal business process, which will differ across institutions. That being said, I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who feels like a collaboration on a tool like this might be fruitful. Standardizing processes across groups is one of the biggest challenges and pay-offs in building a tool like this. Each group has to get together and define the precarious balance between tracking too much information and making a tool that people will actually use. It's useless to have the verbose system that tracks every detail, if no one updates the database when you move a monitor from one floor to another, or resize the graphic to fit a change in the furniture. We also found that spending time on visual design and performance was especially important. It probably is obvious, but was saw better engagement and use when we spent time to make the system more attractive looking and shaved a second off the page load time. If you're limiting your inventory needs to computer hardware assets you might be able to find some useful tools in the IT sector. Unfortunately, I've found these tools a bit restricted to network discovery which doesn't help much for non-networked hardware like old projectors, cameras, monitors, etc.: - https://www.spiceworks.com/ - http://www.solarwinds.com/ - http://www.open-source-guide.com/en/Solutions/Infrastructure/It-asset-and-inventory-management - http://www.ocsinventory-ng.org/ I'm super curious to hear how other institutions (large and small) are tracking assets like these. Best, bk bryan kennedy director, exhibit media science museum of minnesota bkenn...@smm.org 651.221.2522 On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 10:33 AM, Patrick Davis <pda...@fieldmuseum.org> wrote: > We are starting to look at asset management needs to keep track of all of > our AV inventory throughout the building as it has gotten out of hand. I > was wondering what other institutions, specifically large institutions, > like ours, are doing. > > As a educated guess off the top of my head we are in the 1000-1500 items > range, when you get down to the level of each speaker, monitor, projector, > computer, media player, ect > --- > Patrick Davis | Exhibitions AV Specialist | The Field Museum > 1400 S Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605 > 312-665-7968 > > <https://www.fieldmuseum.org/email-signature> > > ___ > 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@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://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ > > ___ 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@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://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
Re: [MCN-L] iPad Lockdown Help
If your content is local HTML or a remote web resource, I would highly recommend* Kiosk Pro App: http://www.kioskproapp.com/ It's about $40/iPad, but it's highly worth it. It does a great job of locking you into a specific web view, and you can force it into single app mode. bk bryan kennedy director, exhibit media science museum of minnesota bkenn...@smm.org 651.221.2522 * - Actually, I would recommend avoiding iPads like the plague, but that's a whole 'nother post. On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 3:56 PM, Steve Gemmel <sgem...@getty.edu> wrote: > You may want to check out Apple Configurator which allows you to lock your > iPad to a single app so folks can't access the home screen and settings app. > > > https://www.apple.com/support/education/apple-configurator/ > > http://help.apple.com/configurator/mac/2.2.1/#/cadbf9c172 > > Steve > > + + + > > Steven Gemmel > Digital Media Specialist, Interpretive Media > J. Paul Getty Museum > 310.440.7203 > sgem...@getty.edu > > > From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu <mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu> on behalf of Laura > Huntimer <lhunti...@joslyn.org> > Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2016 9:37 AM > To: mcn-l@mcn.edu > Subject: [MCN-L] iPad Lockdown Help > > Hi all First time poster here. We have iPads in an interactive learning > space here with artful apps for our visitors to use. Every so often we > have to restore the iPads after valiant efforts to ³break into² the > settings which changes the passcode. We¹ve placed restrictions through the > settings and researched to see if there¹s any way to hide the > settings/misc folder. Our iPads are in stationary enclosures with access > only to the home button. > > We¹re looking for an app or software that would make it possible for our > iPads to only allow visitors to use the apps we¹ve loaded and restrict > access to the settings is there such a thing? Has anyone else > experienced this and how did you resolve it? > > Many thanks, > Laura > > > Laura M Huntimer > Director of School Programs & Interactive Media > Joslyn Art Museum | 2200 Dodge Street | Omaha, NE 68104 > (402) 661-3847 DL | www.joslyn.org<http://www.joslyn.org> > > > ___ > 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@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://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ > > ___ > 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@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://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ > > ___ 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@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://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
Re: [MCN-L] 360-Projection Examples and Experience
You might reach out to the folks at the Elumenati [1] and the Electronic Visualization Laboratory at UIC [2], and generally search under the terms "projection design." Those two have done lots of interesting immersive and VR work. Still a bit science focused though... [1] - http://www.elumenati.com/ [2] - https://www.evl.uic.edu/ -------- bryan kennedy director, exhibit media science museum of minnesota bkenn...@smm.org 651.221.2522 On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Birchall, Danny <d.birch...@wellcome.ac.uk> wrote: > Hi Michael > > IIRC, this paper by Nick Lambert has some interesting examples: > > http://ewic.bcs.org/content/ConWebDoc/40555 > > All best, > > Danny > > -Original Message- > From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of > Haley Goldman, Michael > Sent: 03 November 2015 15:57 > To: mcn-l@mcn.edu > Subject: [MCN-L] 360-Projection Examples and Experience > > With the NYTimes about to launch its VR documentary "Displaced," I'm > trying to find good past or present examples of 360-projection domes at > museums (I already have plenty of examples of VR headsets, thank you). > > Most of what I've seen so far has been science based - which is great but > less applicable - so I'm looking for a variety of examples and a better > sense of the options in technology being used. > > Thanks for any suggestions. > > Michael Haley Goldman > USHMM - Future Projects > > > This message has been scanned for viruses by Websense Hosted Email > Security - www.websense.com > ___ > 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@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://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ > ___ 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@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://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
Re: [MCN-L] Digital Badging in Museums Survey
Julie, Are you talking about Digital Badging as HĀSTAC and MacArthur talk about them? http://www.hastac.org/digital-badges http://www.macfound.org/programs/digital-badges/ I ask, because the concept is quite familiar, but this nomenclature isn't familiar enough for me to immediately identify the concept with the term. So when I took the survey, I answered no to the first question, and got booted out. You might be leaving some valuable information on the table. Maybe I'm in the minority, but I believe it's possible that others in the informal setting are doing things like this, but just not calling it digital badging. Best, bk bryan kennedy director, exhibit media science museum of minnesota bkenn...@smm.org 651.221.2522 On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 10:06 AM, Woodard, Julie jwood...@uarts.edu wrote: Good Afternoon, I am a Museum Education graduate student at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA conducting thesis research on digital badging in museums. The purpose of this project is to learn more about if, how, and why (or why not) your institutions are exploring digital badges (or similar digital strategies), as well as your insights regarding the future of digital badging within the museum field. Please share your input! This survey will take about 10 minutes to complete and can be accessed here: *http://uarts.surveyshare.com/t/Digital-Badging-in-Museums-Survey* http://uarts.surveyshare.com/t/Digital-Badging-in-Museums-Survey Thank you for your time and insights! Feel free to contact me directly if you have questions or comments about this project. Best, Julie Woodard jwood...@uarts.edu ___ 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@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://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ ___ 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@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://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
Re: [MCN-L] side project
I'd put in a vote for using Discogs - http://www.discogs.com I've cataloged about 1500 of my personal vinyl collection on there and found it to be quite a huge improvement over my own local database efforts. The biggest advantage of Discogs is the ability to avoid data entry that's already been done. When I want to catalog a new record, all I have to do was search any of the identifying details on the physical record and low and behold, there was a rigorously crowd edited record with linked data on all the details of the record. I just needed to mark it as in my collection. I can only speak for some genres (punk, rock, rb, and reggae) but the number of existing entires for records is surprisingly good. I'm not sure if this is the case for opera. Even if your record isn't in the database, Discogs provides you an excellent data structure to enter your own information. And you get some warm fuzzies for contributing information to a public database that other will benefit from. Discogs is run by a private company, but they've been around for several years now. You can export all of your data in csv files, which I regularly do, just in case they up and disappear. You can review their contribution rules and structures here: http://www.discogs.com/help/doc/submission-guidelines-release I'd be curious what some more professional collection folks think of this approach. My experience is more as a personal record collector [nerd]. bk bryan kennedy director, exhibit media science museum of minnesota bkenn...@smm.org 651.221.2522 On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 1:06 PM, Matt Wheeler mwhee...@pmm-maine.org wrote: Good afternoon-- Someone recently asked me to get involved with her efforts to catalog her father's collection of opera on vinyl, which will eventually be digitized. Does anyone know of: 1. a metadata schema suited to musicology 2. a controlled vocabulary for same Many thanks in advance. __ Matt Wheeler, Photography Archives, Penobscot Marine Museum Archives (207) 548-2529 ext. 211 5 Church Street, PO Box 498 Searsport, Maine 04974 ___ 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@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://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ ___ 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@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://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
Re: [MCN-L] hit me with your tech-related acronyms!
Don't forget the media/show-control/computer interface side of things: MIDI - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI OCS - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Sound_Control UDP - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Datagram_Protocol TCP - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_Control_Protocol DMX - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMX512 BNC - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BNC_connector SDI - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_digital_interface XLR - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XLR_connector RCA - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_connector RS-232 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-232 Cat5 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_5_cable Cat6 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_6_cable RJ45 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular_connector#8P8C bk bryan kennedy director, exhibit media science museum of minnesota bkenn...@smm.org 651.221.2522 On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Carissa Dougherty cdoughe...@mortonarb.org wrote: Hi, all... I'm trying to compile a list of tech-related acronyms that might be important for museum staff to know and understand -- or at the very least, recognize. Right now, I'm just gathering EVERYthing I can think of -- file extensions (PDF, JPG), emerging technologies (BLE, NFC), web-related (HTML, PHP)... So... - Are there any that you think are particularly relevant/important? - What terms do you frequently toss around during museum tech meetings? - Are there any that are often misunderstood/misinterpreted? I'd be happy to share my final list when I've got it ready... FIRE AWAY!! Thanks... Carissa Head of Knowledge Management The Morton Arboretum | 4100 Illinois Route 53 | Lisle, Illinois 60532 T *630-725-2136* |*cdoughe...@mortonarb.org cdoughe...@mortonarb.org * | mortonarb.org ___ 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@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://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ ___ 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@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://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
Re: [MCN-L] Simple Extron/Crestron Alternatives
Affordable is always a relative term, but we use a CueServer from Interactive Technologies for most of our more complex show control needs. http://interactive-online.com/products/cueserver/overview It's in the $1.5k range. But it'll do all kinds of output controls (DMX, RS-232, UDP, contact closures) with a simple web based programming interface. We've used it to power up and down projectors on a schedule or or other media event. If your projectors are network enabled, you could theoretically purchase one of these and then program it to control all your projectors via UDP commands. In other situations we're often playing media from a solid state media player. Most of Roku's Brightsign media players come with RS-232 output. In this situation, where a whole show control unit is overkill we program the projector control into the Brightsign programming. Some tips here: http://support.brightsign.biz/entries/20201927-Do-BrightSign-units-support-sending-and-receiving-bytes-over-a-serial-RS-232-port- And finally, if the content for the program is running off a computer, it's possible to send serial commands to the projector on a computer event, like boot or shutdown. I started to write a computer based projector control system with the intention of making it work for all our computer connected projectors, but only really got it finalized for one situation. However, some of the code might be useful to you: https://github.com/scimusmn/projector-control/ If you're trying to do this sort of serial control from a Mac, then this little page of tips is quite helpful: http://pbxbook.com/other/mac-tty.html bk ps - Oh, and our simplest solution? Get someone on our excellent floor staff to use a remote to power the projector on and off in the morning. Despite all our automation, we still end up doing this from time to time. bryan kennedy director, exhibit media science museum of minnesota bkenn...@smm.org 651.221.2522 On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 11:07 AM, George Scharoun gschar...@mfa.org wrote: I’d be very grateful if anyone could point me in the direction of a simple-to-use system for controlling projectors/displays/amplifiers by either IR or RS232. There must be a simple method for sending simple control signals (I.e. On/off) from a computer or affordable controller without the need for Crestron or Extron equipment. Product and/or coding language suggestions are most welcome. Thank you, George –– GEORGE SCHAROUN Technical Producer, Gallery Media Museum of Fine Arts, Boston gschar...@mfa.org | 617-369-3512 http://www.mfa.org ___ 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@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://mcn.edu/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@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://mcn.edu/pipermail/mcn-l/
[MCN-L] rfid vs barcoding
Cathryn, We developed a web-based database tool to track our exhibit components and the associated media hardware. Each piece of hardware gets its own specific URL in the database tool. This URL will not change. We then generate a QR code based on this URL, print out a label and stick it to the hardware. You can then scan the QR code (using a phone or tablet) and get to the web page for the hardware database entry. It's super helpful for tracking down details about a piece of hardware when you're working on it out on the exhibit floor at your own museum or remotely. We also put some human readable information on the label so that it's possible to track down hardware details even if you don't have a phone to scan the QR code. I know that media hardware is different than accessioned objects, but I thought that our experience might be of some relevance. bk bryan kennedy director, exhibit media science museum of minnesota bkennedy at smm.org 651.221.2522 On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 10:40 AM, Cathryn Goodwin cathryng at princeton.edu wrote: We would be interested in experiences from other museums using rfid to track inventory. Particularly uses with offsite storage facilities. Please feel free to respond offline Thanks Cathryn Cathryn L. Goodwin Manager, Collections Information and Access Princeton University Art Museum 609.258.9374 cathryng at princeton.edu ___ 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://mcn.edu/pipermail/mcn-l/
[MCN-L] Wordpress plugin extinction
I have no experience with this plugin or Wordpress, but I think that the developer of this plugin suggests that you stop using it and offers some better ways forward in this blog post: http://www.binarymoon.co.uk/2014/07/dont-use-timthumb-instead/ bk bryan kennedy director, exhibit media science museum of minnesota bkennedy at smm.org 651.221.2522 On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 1:50 PM, TAMSEN YOUNG TAMSEN_YOUNG at exchange.fitnyc.edu wrote: Hello, We had a custom Wordpress theme designed and one of the plugins used is no longer supported. As a result the site is not rendering properly on all browsers. We can obviously reach out to the original company that designed the theme, but I am wondering if that is our only solution? Perhaps the collective wisdom of the MCN community might have additional advice? Ideally I would like to get a sense of how much the fix will cost to know whether we have to bid out the job. (for those interest, the plugin that needs replacing is timthumb) Many thanks! -- Tamsen Young Museum Digital Media and Strategic Initiatives Manager The Museum at FIT, Room E116 Seventh Avenue at 27th Street New York, NY 10001 212~217~4547 ** 212~217~4561 fax www.fitnyc.edu/museum Visit our collections online at fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu http://fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/ Find us on Facebook:facebook.com/TheMuseumAtFIT https://www.facebook.com/TheMuseumAtFIT Follow us on Twitter @Museumatfithttps://twitter.com/museumatFIT ___ 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://mcn.edu/pipermail/mcn-l/
[MCN-L] Any reccs on Mac OS-compatible touch screens?
Ed, are you specifically looking for multi-touch capabilities? How many touches? We use ELO Touchmonitors ( http://www.elotouch.com/Products/LCDs/default.asp ) with Mac Minis in many exhibits. The Mac support is actually pretty good. The ELOs support the Touch Base UPDD drivers for OS X ( http://touch-base.com/documentation/MacOSXPlatformNotesV5.htm ). Using the UPDD Gestures driver ( http://touch-base.com/documentation/gestures.htm ) I've been able to get some basic muti-touch gestures to work on a Mac too. ELOs are great because they have robust glass fronts that we don't have to protect. Open frame models can be mounted in cabinets or walls, while the desktop models can be mounted out on their own. We've also used PQ Labs' multitouch overlays to turn bigger displays into multitouch devices, but my personal experience with these is only in Windows. They do say they support Macs ( http://multitouch.com/product.html ). Cheers, bk bryan kennedy director, exhibit media science museum of minnesota bkennedy at smm.org 651.221.2522 On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 10:30 AM, Ed Rodley ed_rodley at pem.org wrote: Hey hive mind! I'm looking for a decent Mac OS-compatible touchscreen monitor for an upcoming exhibition. We've used Trolltouch modified iMacs in the past. but we're not wedded to an all-in-one solution. All the screens I've looked at make no mention of Mac compatibility. Anybody out have any luck? I like the look and specs of 3M screens like the 3M? Multi-Touch Display M2167PW. Any suggestions appreciated. Cheers, Ed -- Ed Rodley Associate Director of Integrated Media *Peabody Essex Museum *East India Square Salem, MA 01970 Office 978 542 1849 @erodley ___ 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://mcn.edu/pipermail/mcn-l/
[MCN-L] A working list of free/low-cost alternatives to Adobe Creative Cloud products
Don't forget the great open-source command line tools: ImageMagick - Convert, Edit, And Compose Images - http://www.imagemagick.org/ SoX - Swiss Army knife of sound processing programs - http://sox.sourceforge.net/ Even if you have CS these can be great timesaving tools. bk bryan kennedy director, exhibit media science museum of minnesota bkennedy at smm.org 651.221.2522 On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Edson, Michael EDSONM at si.edu wrote: I'm running a working group here at SI to identify free and low-cost alternatives to the products in the Adobe Creative Cloud suite. To that end, I've put a working list of those products - - and possible alternatives to them - - on our public wiki: http://smithsonian-webstrategy.wikispaces.com/Alternatives+to+Adobe+Creativ e+Cloud+products Many of you know that Adobe has recently moved from a buy-it-and-keep-it model to an annual subscription model, and for us here at the Smithsonian, Adobe has also dropped our educational discount: this is going to cost us a lot of money - - maybe $500/year per user. Our assumption is that most creative professionals will need to continue with Creative Cloud, but in many instances - - say, an intern doing basic photo manipulation - - a free/cheap tool may be just as good. (I've been using GIMP, a free/open alternative to Photoshop, for years and I'm very happy with it, and Google+ has quietly introduced a very elegant image editing solution that works for 90% of the image editing I do.) If you know of other products or have something to add, please feel free to comment on the page, edit it, or contact me directly. I'll ping the list when we issue our recommendations. Thanks!! Michael Edson Smithsonian Institution. ___ 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://mcn.edu/pipermail/mcn-l/
[MCN-L] Job opening - Media designer - Science Museum of Minnesota
Hey Folks, The Media Design Department at the Science Museum of Minnesota uses digital technologies to build hands-on exhibits, data visualizations, and web experiences that engage learners of all ages in many fields of science. We're looking for a Media Designer Specialist to help us build these experiences using web technologies?HTML5, CSS3, and Javascript, with a dash of Python and Node.js. Our primary mission is to create real-world digital experiences for visitors to the Science Museum and our many client institutions around the country, although we occasionally build experiences specifically for the web. Learn more here: http://www.smm.org/jobs/full#1144 And check us out on GitHub to see the kind of code we write: https://github.com/scimusmn Feel free to share anywhere and contact me directly with any questions. Best, bk bryan kennedy director, exhibit media science museum of minnesota bkennedy at smm.org 651.221.2522
[MCN-L] Flickr and digital collections
Shelley Bernstein, the Vice Director of Digital Engagement Technology at the Brooklyn Museum, posted some interesting thoughts on why they left Flickr entirely (even deleting their content and account) and moved over to WIkimedia Commons. Post http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/community/blogosphere/2014/04/04/social-change Relevant discussion in the comments http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/community/blogosphere/2014/04/04/social-change/#li-comment-19167 Even thought I'm a big proponent of the cool URLs don't change mantra I have to say I find their focus on engagement-over-archiving refreshing. bk bryan kennedy director, exhibit media science museum of minnesota bkennedy at smm.org 651.221.2522 On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Erwin Verbruggen everbruggen at beeldengeluid.nl wrote: Hi Ellice, there's quite some literature on the subject from a few years back - see the list below. Main advantage of using Flickr over other social media sites is their policy of licenses: you can clearly indicate under what license the material is available - unless you take part in the Flickr Commons programme, where you need to indicate there are no known copyright restrictions. It's still curious why the company is doing such great advocacy work on Creative Commons but doesn't grant museum collections the same flexibility. When you use Pinterest or other services, their Terms of Service usually indicate some vague lines in which you basically sign away your rights of ownership to them. In practice, this is more of an ethical decision than a practical one. Europeana did publish a case study of how they - and museums involved - make use of the various sharing platforms last year - see: http://pro.europeana.eu/pro-blog/-/blogs/1587205 and http://pro.europeana.eu/pro-blog/-/blogs/1600355/ Finally, another option to consider is Wikimedia Commons - less user friendly / shareable perhaps, but if you can publish materials under an open license it allows wikipedia editors to use the materials in erudite articles - see the GLAMWIKI projects for more info: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:GLAM Regards, Erwin Bray, Paula, Sebastian Chan, Joseph Dalton, Dianne Dietrich, Effie, Michelle Springer, and Helena (H) Zinkham. ?Rethinking Evaluation Metrics in Light of Flickr Commons.? In *Museums and the Web 2011: Proceedings*, edited by D. Bearman and J. Trant. Totonto: Archives Museum Informatics, 2011. http://www.museumsandtheweb.com/mw2011/papers/rethinking_evaluation_metrics_in_light_of_flic . Donahue, Ryan, and Aaron Straup Cope. ?Archiving Flickr and Other Websites of Interest to Museums,? n.d. http://www.museumsandtheweb.com/mw2012/papers/archiving_flickr_and_other_websites_of_interes . Gardu?o Freeman, Cristina. ?Photosharing on Flickr: Intangible Heritage and Emergent Publics.? *International Journal of Heritage Studies* 16, no. 4?5 (July 2010): 352?68. doi:10.1080/13527251003775695. Moortgat, Judith. *Taking Pictures to the Public*, 2009. http://www.den.nl/getasset.aspx?id=Website/Taking_pictures_of_the_public_NA.pdfassettype=attachments . Springer, Michelle, Beth Dulabahn, Phil Michel, Barbara Natanson, David Reser, David Woordward, and Helena Zinkham. *For the Common Good: The Library of Congress Flickr Pilot Project*. Library of Congress, 2008. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/flickr_report_final.pdf. Vaughan, J. ?Insights into the Commons on Flickr,? 2010. http://digitalcommons.library.unlv.edu/lib_articles/123/. Kind regards, *Erwin Verbruggen* Project lead RD *Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision* *Media Parkboulevard 1, 1217 WE Hilversum | Postbus 1060, 1200 BB Hilversum | **beeldengeluid.n http://www.beeldengeluid.nl/l* ? On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 10:00 PM, Aude Mathey aude_mathey at yahoo.fr wrote: Hi everyone, That is a very interesting topic indeed. I actually got a question while reading your emails: why Flickr for your collections, instead of let's say Pinterest or Instagram? Especially if you want people to share and interact with them? Thanks for your answers! Aude Le Mardi 13 mai 2014 14h39, Perian Sully perian at emphatic.org a ?crit : Hi Ellice: A number of institutions I've worked with use Flickr for their online presence. In fact, when I was at Balboa Park, we worked with John Fox (of MemoryMiner) to develop a tool to help museums and archives put their materials and metadata onto Flickr: www.sammu.org (Mac only, I'm afraid). I've not tested it for a couple of years, so YMMV, but it worked very well. Currently, I'm working with BPOC, the San Diego Air and Space Museum (SDASM), and Piction to develop Flickr and YouTube communication tools with the DAMS, so they can also harvest the comments and tags that people are leaving. SDASM has over 100K images
[MCN-L] General purpose copy-cataloging tool
Would you consider adding your software to the collection of MCN open-source software projects? https://github.com/MuseCompNet/muse-tech-central bk bryan kennedy director, exhibit media science museum of minnesota bkennedy at smm.org 651.221.2522 On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Mccallum, Charles cmccallum at fas.harvard.edu wrote: We've been working on a tool that can make data-entry easier if there are existing records that the new records could be based on. Like copy-cataloging in the library world, but you can supply any CSV as source data, and target any web application you use for data entry. The readme has more information, and has links to a few demos: https://sourceforge.net/p/filteredpush/svn/HEAD/tree/trunk/FP-DataEntry/ Let me know if you have questions. -- Chuck McCallum Harvard University Herbaria ___ 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://mcn.edu/pipermail/mcn-l/
[MCN-L] Different Copyrights / Different Image Resolutions
I'd never heard the term slavish in relation to copyright. This wikipedia article does a pretty good job of describing the court case, that I think(?) is the origin of this usage. Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgeman_Art_Library_v._Corel_Corp. Looks like there are some open questions about how this decision applies outside the US. bk bryan kennedy director, exhibit media science museum of minnesota bkennedy at smm.org 651.221.2522 On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 3:58 PM, Virginia Rutledge virginiarutledge at yahoo.com wrote: Hello All -- It's always worth noting that a fair use can be made of any image, no matter theresolution or size. Whether and how an institution chooses to control access to images of works in its care is of course a different question. Michael points to some great examples of institutions that are opting to provide more access to images of art -- in many cases, art which is itself no longer in copyright. Which leads to another important point about proper and improper assertions of copyright -- There can be no valid copyright in images that are merely slavish reproductions of two-dimensional works, no matter that some institutions may continue to make such claims. So with respect to those slavish types of images, questions about resolution and size are simply irrelevant from a legal perspective -- and no CC license attached to any such image could be valid. Photographs of objects, installations, architecture, performance (etc.) often need to be treated differently. Those images may be properly copyrighted. But on the question of claiming a separate copyright in any image merely because of a difference in resolution or size, the right answer from the legal perspective is no. If anyone has different authority, or an organizational policy with respect to this, it would be enormously helpful if you could share that, on or off this list. Where a CC license is properly attached to any image, the terms of that specific CC license would apply to all resolutions and sizes of that image. All best, Virginia (formerly VP and GC of Creative Commons) From: Edson, Michael EDSONM at si.edu To: Museum Computer Network Listserv mcn-l at mcn.edu Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 10:24 AM Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Different Copyrights / Different Image Resolutions It's a great question and a fascinating topic, Kate. I've cross-posted this question over to the Open Knowledge Foundation's Open-GLAM mailing list. (I'm pretty sure the discussions are available in a public archive, I just can't put my finger on the link right now. D'oh!) As a point of reference/argument, I'd like to see OKFN's Open Glam Principles (http://openglam.org/principles/) champion the practice of providing equal/permissive rights to all derivatives of a given image/resource. I've often seen institutions congratulate themselves on providing open access to collections, when what they're actually doing is providing a somewhat restrictive license on thumbnail images, and enclosing higher quality images behind a more restrictive licensing/access regimen or paywall. There are many instances, particularly in research and for re-use, in which access to a thumbnail is no help at all. Of course, it's certainly within the property owner's rights to do this, but I'd prefer that these graduated access arrangements not be confused with the kind of open environments that the Getty, the National Gallery of Art, the Walters, the Rijksmuseum, and many others are providing. ;) On 3/12/14 11:11 AM, Amalyah Keshet akeshet at imj.org.il wrote: Kate: If an image is a protected (copyrighted) work, it doesn't matter what size or format it's in. It's protected, and the copyright holder has the exclusive right to reproduce and distribute it and to make derivatives of it. (Thumbnail images for purposes of identification, for example in a database or search engine, would be the possible exception.) However, that doesn't mean one cannot make an institutional policy decision to treat different formats and sizes differently in terms of how you distribute, license, or give away image files for various purposes. This follows from the above. Amalyah Keshet Chair, MCN IP SIG Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources and Tel. +972-2-6708064 Fax +972-2-6771340 akeshet at imj.org.il The Israel Museum, Jerusalem -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Kate Blanch Sent: 12 March, 2014 4:58 PM To: 'mcn-l at mcn.edu' Subject: [MCN-L] Different Copyrights / Different Image Resolutions Hello MCN, This may be a rather dense question regarding copyright law...but as it's outside my
[MCN-L] Exhibition Layout Software
Our 3D design folks use a combination of VectorWorks( http://www.vectorworks.net/), SketchUp, and old-fashioned, 3D, real-world models (aided by an Epilog Laser Cutter). bk bryan kennedy director, exhibit media science museum of minnesota bkennedy at smm.org 651.221.2522 On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Jennifer Graham jwalkergraham at gmail.comwrote: Hi, I do exhibition design at the International Quilt Study Center Museum, and we use google sketchup for our layouts. It's a pretty easy program, and the tutorials from google are great. Best, Jennifer Graham Exhibitions Assistant/Photographer International Quilt Study Center Museum University of Nebraska-Lincoln www.quiltstudy.org On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 9:14 AM, Jonathan Benoit Jonathan.Benoit at dartmouth.edu wrote: This is one that we were looking at a few months ago. It can be built on drupal, so most DAMs should be able to serve it content. http://exhibbit.com/ -- Jonathan Benoit Digital Asset Manager / TMS Manager Hood Museum of Art Dartmouth College Hanover, NH 03755 603-646-3109 -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Eric Longo Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 10:05 AM To: MCN-L Subject: [MCN-L] Exhibition Layout Software Posting message from Kelly Carpenter Digital Media Manager Albright-Knox Art Gallery -- Forwarded message -- From: Kelly Carpenter kcarpenter at albrightknox.org To: mcn-l-request at mcn.edu mcn-l-request at mcn.edu, mcn-l at mcn.edu mcn-l at mcn.edu Cc: Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 14:06:08 + Subject: Exhibition Layout Software Hi everyone, I am making a request for information for the Albright-Knox Art Gallery's Curatorial team. The AK Curators are wondering what software other institutions are using for their exhibition layouts. Specially, programs that display floor plans, allow the user to drop in images to scale, and possibly pull content (images, dimensions, etc.) from their CMS or DAM. We appreciate any suggestions you might have. Many thanks! All the best, Kelly Kelly Carpenter Digital Media Manager Albright-Knox Art Gallery 1285 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo, NY 14222-1096 716.270.8235 kcarpenter at albrightknox.org ___ 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://mcn.edu/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://mcn.edu/pipermail/mcn-l/
[MCN-L] drupal developer
We've worked with Gorton Studios before. http://www.gortonstudios.com/ They have done great work for us, as tech contractors and also as entire project producers on complex Drupal based projects. I'd definitely recommend them. bk bryan kennedy director, exhibit media science museum of minnesota bkennedy at smm.org 651.221.2522 On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Cathryn Goodwin cathryng at princeton.eduwrote: We're looking for a contract drupal developer - with experience in the museum world - and especially experience in online collections delivery. I'll be happy to hear of any recommendations. Many thanks cathryn Cathryn L. Goodwin Manager, Collections Information and Access Princeton University Art Museum Princeton, NJ 08544 609.258.9374 artmuseum.princeton.edu ___ 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://mcn.edu/pipermail/mcn-l/
[MCN-L] Embedding LCD screens in new walls?
We've had very good luck with ELO's open frame 4:3 monitors when faced with the same issue, of old standard resolution content. http://www.elotouch.com/Products/LCDs/ bk bryan kennedy director, exhibit media science museum of minnesota bkennedy at smm.org 651.221.2522 On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 3:24 PM, George Scharoun GScharoun at mfa.org wrote: Thank you all for your feedback! With all the different responses, it's encouraging to hear that you all share the same concerns, and would resist embedding a display in a wall with no easy way to remove it. So the issue of older video artworks mostly being 4:3 aspect ratio continues to give me trouble, as new 4:3 displays are not available. Cropping a widescreen display by burying it behind a diebond mask that's taped and painted over (curator's idea) is not at all best practice. So it looks like I'm going to need to resort to sourcing USED TVs or monitors for this show. If you have any you want to get rid of let me know. Thanks again for your advice everyone. ?? GEORGE SCHAROUN Technical Producer, Gallery Media Museum of Fine Arts, Boston gscharoun at mfa.org | 617-369-3512 http://www.mfa.org On 9/17/13 8:00 AM, mcn-l-request at mcn.edu mcn-l-request at mcn.edu wrote: Re: Embedding LCD screens in new walls? ___ 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://mcn.edu/pipermail/mcn-l/
[MCN-L] Embedding LCD screens in new walls?
You need a door for access. Why? - What if the content changes? The content always changes. - Typos? - Hardware failure. We've had several high quality displays fail on us one month into a show. We've had several computers fail on us during the middle of a show. We haven't had many media players fail on us in the middle of a show, but it's happened. You need a fan or vent for heat. Why? Here's a little experiment you might consider. Poke a hole in the box the monitor came in. Run the power and display cable through the hole. Plug everything in and put the monitor in the box and turn it on. Give it 8 hours and see how hot the box gets. For better instrumentation, put a Hobo temp logger in the box and check if the monitor is living within it's heat specs. Run this by your fire marshall. All of that being said, I think you can make some very discrete and flush doors for media displays. If you really need the monitor built into a flush surface with no doors, at least run long cables to it and make the media player or computer accessible from a doored location. I'd be very worried about building a monitor and player into a taped off painted wall with no access. I love the idea of working to make the media devices disappear from view, but accessibility for maintenance is an important requirement in this challenge. bk ps - If you do have to make a monitor stick out from the wall more than a few inches, make sure to add a foot rail so that visitors with canes and low vision aren't able to run into the protrusion. bryan kennedy director, exhibit media science museum of minnesota bkennedy at smm.org 651.221.2522 On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Rich Cherry rcherry at museumsandtheweb.comwrote: I would go for an inwall mount like this: http://www.mountsdirect.com/product_info.php?cPath=1_17products_id=632osCsid=bf329e9a14afd1e965d7fd97102defef Alos is this for a long term exhibit or a 3-4 month one? I would obviously be more concerned on a long one. Rich On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 8:40 AM, George Scharoun GScharoun at mfa.org wrote: Has anyone had experience burying an LCD display in a wall, so as to hide the frame and/or crop the image to a desired aspect ratio? Our curators and designers (not responsible for the well-being of the equipment) are keen on the idea, as it will no doubt give the exhibition a nice clean look. However as the technical producer, I feel very uncomfortable putting any piece of equipment someplace I can't get to it, i.e. behind taped and painted seams. Even if you were guaranteed the equipment would have adequate ventilation, would you agree to install equipment without maintenance access? The question I'm often asked is, will you need to get to it? To which I respond, I shouldn't, but I might. It's true, but it feels like a flimsy answer, so I'm curious to know how others have handled this situation, or how you would handle it. Thanks so much, George ?? GEORGE SCHAROUN Technical Producer, Gallery Media Museum of Fine Arts, Boston gscharoun at mfa.org | 617-369-3512 http://www.mfa.org ___ 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://mcn.edu/pipermail/mcn-l/ -- Rich Cherry Co-chair, Museums and the Web @richcherry www.museumsandtheweb.com ___ 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://mcn.edu/pipermail/mcn-l/
[MCN-L] Music for video productions
The Free Music Archive has some great tunes that work great in video. You've got to dig, but you can find some neat stuff that avoids lots of tired background music tropes: http://freemusicarchive.org/ bk bryan kennedy director, exhibit media science museum of minnesota bkennedy at smm.org 651.221.2522 On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 9:46 AM, Candage, Lisa Candage at frick.org wrote: I'm wondering of anyone has suggestions as to where we can easily obtain high quality (but also royalty free) music tracks for use in our museum video productions. Many thanks for any advice you might have! Lisa Candage New Media Specialist The Frick Collection 1 East 70th Street New York, NY 10021 The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. ___ 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://mcn.edu/pipermail/mcn-l/
[MCN-L] Managing retention of digital projects
Git is a great tool for tracking software code, and versions of various projects. It's critical to keeping various versions of our media resources as we move forward. However, git doesn't handle large files like video, graphics, and binary code very well. So I've been doing some initial experiments with git-annex as an add-on to this tool: http://git-annex.branchable.com/ Git is a technical tool, that takes some learning to use, but it's very flexible and broadly used across many environment unlike some other solutions we've looked at. Git obviously doesn't cover all the ground of a full DAM system, but it's meeting many of our needs as we move forward with new media interactives. bk bryan kennedy director, exhibit media science museum of minnesota bkennedy at smm.org 651.221.2522 On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Perian perian at emphatic.org wrote: Something I've been trying to wrap my head around lately is what happens with all of the mobile tours, old exhibition websites, PSD and InDesign projects, Final Cut Project files, gallery kiosk displays, touchtable, etc. once we're done with them. It seems to me that we're the one industry, with the exception, perhaps, of theme parks and space programs, that has such a wide variety of outputs and use so many different technologies. So how do you all manage this stuff? Images, audio, video, and documents are easy, but everything else seems a lot harder. Is there software out there that allows you to keep track of all of it? Does it just get linked into a project management software, with the hope we'll be able to open it in 5 years? I know we can link them into our DAMS, and maybe that's the best solution, but I'm wondering if there are other dedicated types of software that can help us manage these many different filetypes, and maybe allow us to link in emulators. Any ideas or experiences of your own workflows would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, ~Perian __**_ 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-lhttp://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/**pipermail/mcn-l/http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
[MCN-L] email signature publicity
I personally REALLY dislike this form of marketing. My intuition tells me that it's very ineffective while only adding clutter to professional communication. I can't picture many scenarios where I would decide to attend a museum program, exhibit, or event because of someone's email signature. I definitely don't have any data on my side though. So, my suggestion would be to, encourage your staff to include a link that contains a unique identifier (maybe a Google Analytics campaign tracker) and then measure whether it gets any clicks or or purchases, signups, etc. Once again, this is just a personal reaction. I'm very curious if people have positive results with this sort of marketing. bk bryan kennedy director, exhibit media science museum of minnesota bkennedy at smm.org 651.221.2522 On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 3:00 AM, Amalyah Keshet [akeshet at imj.org.il] akeshet at imj.org.il wrote: I would like to appeal to the great minds of MCN for examples of their museums? automatic email signatures that include an image and a little blurb publicizing a current exhibition. Just for inspiration. If willing emailers could zap off a blank email to me at akeshet at imj.org.il I would be eternally grateful. And: has anyone encountered problems with these automatic signatures, on the part of recipients? Messages too heavy, etc.? Many thanks, Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Chair, MCN IP SIG Download FREE whitepaper http://www.exclaimer.com/support/documentation.aspx ___ 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/
[MCN-L] Open caption standards
Hey Folks, I'm doing some work to formalize our captioning standards for museum video displays, for a big new show that we're working on [1]. We've developed some internal best-practices (well, strong opinions maybe). But I'd love to see how they align with other institutions' or other standards from outside the museum field. I'm curious about: * Line length * Text color, style * Font choice * Dual language displays * Speaker position * Open vs. closed (or optional) captions * Captioning in a multi-screen media theater or object theater There's lots of information out there related to standards for captioning in movies and TV, but these standards often miss some elements of the dynamics in a museum environment. Any online-resources, scientific papers, or opinions are welcome. Best, bk [1] - Maya - http://www.smm.org/maya bryan kennedy director, exhibit media science museum of minnesota bkennedy at smm.org 651.221.2522
[MCN-L] Using barcodes and tablets
Great question Cris, We use labels with QR codes to track media hardware that we use in our exhibits. These QR codes are directly linked to a online database tool that we've built for tracking components, graphics, hardware, and objects in various exhibit projects. We currently only use the QR codes on media hardware, but have plans to expand this in the future. I know you're focused more on museum objects, but I think the process could be somewhat similar. Here's our workflow: 1. Create a new entry for a thing in our web tool. This generates a webpage with a unique URL, e.g. http://example.com/fake-exhibit/components/hardware/7896789 We generally do this in our planning stage before we actually purchase or acquire the asset. 2. Get the thing (monitor, computer, etc) 3. Update the online database entry with any new information. The URL for this entry still stays the same but any changes to the entry are versioned and trackable. 4. Generate a QR code for the URL. Since the URL will always stay the same (or get redirected) this QR code will always link to the online entry. 5. Use a computer connected label maker to print an adhesive label for the thing. 6. Stick it to the thing. The label still contains human readable data that would allow you to match up the device with the entry even if the QR code or URL broke (even though, we are committed to making sure they don't). During installs, inventory work, repairs, various staff can use any camera enabled device (tablet, phone, computer with camera) to look up the database entry for the thing. They can also update this in place. It's nice to be able to be up on a lift, scan a projector barcode, and update the database entry with serial number or somesuch info. The key here is that the QR code is equivalent to the URL and the URL is equivalent to the database entry for the thing. I think we're working to re-invent the URL sometimes. It's a great canonical identifier for things, as long as you remember Cool URIs don't change - http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI.html . But this does require a develop for the web first mentality, which I understand is far from the norm in the collections management world. Looking forward to critiques of our process or examples from others, bk bryan kennedy director, exhibit media science museum of minnesota bkennedy at smm.org 651.221.2522 On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 2:44 PM, Cris Baczek cris.baczek at umfa.utah.eduwrote: Hello, My museum currently uses barcodes to track objects. We do ongoing inventories of our collections where we take a hand-held scanner, scan the barcode for a location, scan multiple barcodes for objects in that location, download the scanner data to a desktop computer, and upload this data (a .txt file) to our CMS database. This workflow works but it requires multiple steps during which data may be lost and time isn't used as efficiently as possible. We are researching how to go from this multi-step, multi-device method to a wireless workflow where a scanner would communicate through Bluetooth to a tablet and seamlessly update object location information. Is there anyone working this way? If so, I am interested in your workflow and the hardware and software you utilize. Many thanks, Cris Baczek cbaczek at umfa.utah.edumailto:cbaczek at umfa.utah.edu Collections Photographer Digital Media Producer Utah Museum of Fine Arts t: 801.585.0125 ___ 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/
[MCN-L] Using barcodes and tablets
Richard, that's cool to hear that this isn't a totally heretical idea. Regarding your concern about read-only vs editable. It is easy to control this with either permissions, or a flag on the URL that allows you to see a specific revision on the edit. http://example.com/fake-exhibit/components/hardware/7896789?v=12 bk bryan kennedy director, exhibit media science museum of minnesota bkennedy at smm.org 651.221.2522 On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Richard Light richard at light.demon.co.ukwrote: On 30/05/2013 16:32, bryan kennedy wrote: The key here is that the QR code is equivalent to the URL and the URL is equivalent to the database entry for the thing. I think we're working to re-invent the URL sometimes. It's a great canonical identifier for things, as long as you remember Cool URIs don't change - http://www.w3.org/Provider/**Style/URI.htmlhttp://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI.html . But this does require a develop for the web first mentality, which I understand is far from the norm in the collections management world. Excellent post, Bryan. I would strongly support the idea of using URLs as canonical identifiers. Interesting that you provide an updateable HTML view of the information, rather than a read only one. While no museum collection I know of has started off with URLs like yours for collections objects, it is possible to retro-fit a Linked Data view on to existing catalogue frameworks. Thus for example: http://collections.wordsworth.**org.uk/Object/WTcoll/id/GRMDC.**C104.4http://collections.wordsworth.org.uk/Object/WTcoll/id/GRMDC.C104.4 is a persistent identifier for the Wordsworth Trust's object with accession/identity number GRMDC.C104.4. In addition, you can take advantage of content negotiation to get added value from this single identifier, so that it delivers you XML, RDF or even an image, via 303 See Other redirects to: http://collections.wordsworth.**org.uk/Object/WTcoll/id/xml/**GRMDC.C104.4http://collections.wordsworth.org.uk/Object/WTcoll/id/xml/GRMDC.C104.4 http://collections.wordsworth.**org.uk/Object/WTcoll/id/rdf/**GRMDC.C104.4http://collections.wordsworth.org.uk/Object/WTcoll/id/rdf/GRMDC.C104.4 http://collections.wordsworth.**org.uk/Object/WTcoll/id/jpeg/** GRMDC.C104.4http://collections.wordsworth.org.uk/Object/WTcoll/id/jpeg/GRMDC.C104.4 respectively. Richard -- *Richard Light* ___ 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/
[MCN-L] Dashboard UI for Google Docs?
Curious, do you mean you want to pull data from Google Doc spreadsheets? There's some great dashboard tools that can pull in structured data (csv, json, etc.) that you can get out of a Google Doc. I'm thinking of: Dashing - http://shopify.github.io/dashing/#overview GeckBoard - http://www.geckoboard.com/ Panic's Status Board - http://www.panic.com/statusboard/ But maybe that's not what you're looking for. I guess I'm curious to know a bit more about what you want to display about the Google Docs info. Cheers, bk bryan kennedy director, exhibit media science museum of minnesota bkennedy at smm.org 651.221.2522 On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 7:40 PM, Christina DePaolo cdepaolo at bpoc.orgwrote: Hi MCNnrs, Has anyone created a web interface dashboard to aggregate Google docs? We've been researching the developer groups on google, and there are some models out there, but the UI of the examples are not very user-friendly. I was wondering if anyone in our community has experience in this area. Thank you. Christina DePaolo | Director of Digital Media *BALBOA PARK ONLINE COLLABORATIVE* *P* (619) 331-1962 *E* cdepaolo at bpoc.org 2131 Pan American Plaza, San Diego, CA 92101 Innovative | Collaborative | bpoc.org http://www.bpoc.org/ ___ 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/
