Re: [MCN-L] Fundraising policies

[Leonard Steinbach]

Here is link to fundraising ethics...and then it is a matter of what the
museum feels is ethical and appropriate.

http://www.afpnet.org/Ethics/EnforcementDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=3261

Len Steinbach

On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 12:09 AM, Don Erwin  wrote:

> A volunteer member of the museum has submitted a proposal to perform
> fundraising activities with the stipulation that the volunteer receive a
> percentage of dollars secured through the volunteer's efforts.
>
> I am looking for precedents, warnings, requirements, etc., for this kind of
> situation.  For instance, should the board require anyone doing
> fundraising, especially those earning a commission, to hold some type of
> certification in fundraising ethics?
>
> I've found a few fundraising policies, but haven't yet found a specific
> statement on this particular situation.  If you have a fundraising policy
> that covers (or restricts) commissions on funds raised, I would love to see
> it.
>
> Thanks!
> -Don Erwin
> Niagara Aerospace Museum
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Re: [MCN-L] Website image cropping

[Leonard Steinbach]

Building a bit on what Matt is saying, maybe a bit more simply from a
rights issue.

1) Even if a museums owns a work, it does not necessarily own copyright
unless it was specifically conveyed in whole or part with purchase (or if
loaned - and similarly the lender may not have copyright.)  Whether you use
an image in whole or part in use you are describing, the rights need to be
cleared.

2) If even a copyright holder seems to give permission to use a work's
image online, that  copyright holder may not have the right to permit the
image to be used if cropped or otherwise manipulated because "moral rights"
under the Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA) or other laws (varies
internationally, and some state laws may enhance) may apply. Under that
act, under the   "the right of integrity" enables artists to prevent the
intentional distortion mutilation or other modification of a work that is
harmful to their honor or reputation. or the copyright holder if not the
artist may not the right to permit such changes. See this doc on the subject
 .
  I have no explicit cite on hand with respect to a digital image rather
than an original work, but this is about "reputation" so  I believe it
would apply.

Finally I am aware of the case of an exhibition of a major modern artist,
whose Estate, which handled rights issues, absolutely, when asked,
prohibited the use of a cropped image for the front fold of an exhibition
brochure. Good thing they were asked.

Hope this helps (and please chime in if I have misconstrued something)



On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 11:38 AM, Matt Morgan 
wrote:

> It's a problem, yes!
>
> Whoever makes your printed posters can probably tell you how frequently
> your exh. images need permission/input before cropping. In my experience,
> on top of the literal rights issues, you also have the personality issues.
> E.g., when an important person (artist, curator, donor, collector) doesn't
> like the way something looks, you might not do it even if you're within
> your rights. Different museums may put different weight on the latter
> issue. I don't think I've ever cropped an artwork image without a curator
> having veto power; but that may not be the practice everywhere. Being clear
> about that ahead of time may save you a lot of effort down the road, if you
> can get authority to do it within your department.
>
> Sometimes the "full view upon click" approach has helped with one or the
> other kind of issue. But even figuring out what the options are can be a
> time-sink. On the other hand, if you have a poster/print/advertising design
> department already securing permission for this kind of work, maybe you can
> tell them what aspect ratios work for you, and they can handle it.
>
> What about resizing for responsive displays ... will the images retain the
> same shape and details at every size? Or will foreheads potentially get
> chopped off, etc. That may be important for everyone to understand and plan
> for.
>
> best,
> Matt
>
>
> On 12/12/2016 11:15 AM, Chris Alexander wrote:
>
>> Hello all
>>
>> We're currently redesigning our website and a question came up. I'm
>> hoping to cull some information from the museum community about how other
>> museums handle the same situation.
>>
>> On our exhibition page the redesign relies heavily on landscape image
>> similar to this - where text floats to the left of a landscape image then
>> switches on the next exhibit listing.
>>
>>   •••
>> text  •   Image   •
>>   •••
>> •••  
>> •   Image   •  text
>> •••  
>>   •••
>> text  •   Image   •
>>   •••
>>
>> The design requires the images to all be the same size for it to look
>> it's best, meaning they would be cropped in a lot of cases. We came across
>> a lot of museum sites with similar requirements during our discovery phase.
>>
>> My question is - how are museums handling this? Do you secure rights for
>> cropping artwork? How difficult has it been if so? Are museums offering a
>> full image view on click of the cropped image? Are there museums throwing
>> caution to the wind?
>>
>> Very interested in hearing from you all!
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Chris Alexander
>> Digital Media Manager
>> Cantor Arts Center
>> Stanford University
>> 328 Lomita Drive
>> Stanford, CA 94305-5060
>>
>> 650.723.6114 | cma...@stanford.edu > cma...@stanford.edu>
>> http://museum.stanford.edu> ://museum.stanford.edu/>
>> http://cantorcollect
>> ions.stanford.edu
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Re: [MCN-L] Tapping the MCN Brain Trust

[Leonard Steinbach]

It would seem to me to be such a myriad of factors that one needs much more
baseline data to make such an extrapolation, eg. increases in young people
when school is not in session; are there persons who use the park as a
pedestrian thoroughfare to/from work.  Are there running trails where for
some fitness devices are in play?  You get the idea.

With this limited information, I would suggest a random survey of persons
in the park at various times/uses to ascertain wifi use compared with
visitors, compare that with connections seen to try to model
extrapolation.  Short of that level of effort, I might see if there is a
way to photograph wide enough swarths the park at various times to do
person counts which could be mapped against unique clients.

I know this seems a litte old-schoo/brute force.

This also presumes your friend has contacted those who manage wifi access
at other (analogous enough) parks to see if they have made such studies.

Hope this helps or stirs the conversation.

On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 6:21 PM, Nik Honeysett  wrote:

> I have a friend who runs a large, free public-access wifi network in a
> park. The network requires no authentication. There is modest promotion of
> the availability of free-wifi. He’s looking to estimate the total number of
> visitors to the park from the number of unique clients he sees on his wifi
> network. Despite the fact that a significant proportion of visitors have
> their smartphone with them, only a certain percentage will appear on the
> network due to a variety of factors including phone settings and a user
> checking to see whether there’s wifi available.
>
> What percentage of the total visitor number does the MCN brain trust think
> he will see on his network? Or maybe put another way, what percentage of
> the population looks for free wifi?
>
> -nik
>
> 
> Nik Honeysett | Chief Executive Officer
> BALBOA PARK ONLINE COLLABORATIVE
>
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Re: [MCN-L] digital signatures on loan agreements

[Leonard Steinbach]

It is important to understand that many commercial transactions are guided
(I the word governed is not quite correct) by the Unified Commercial Code
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Commercial_Code which helps
harmonize business practices across states. This article
http://www.elfaonline.org/cvweb_elfa/Product_Downloads/novdecf1.pdf
explains a bit about and how an electronic signature is perfectly valid
as long as the recipient accepts it.  I have executed many contracts (and
probably received many contracts) with a simple TIFF of a signature
inserted at the Sign Here.  I have also signed contracts through a simple
email stating, this email stipulates commitment to the the terms and
conditions in your contract of.  And have used more sophisticated
means when called for.

There are certainly more formal, secure, authoritative and less possibly
suspect mechanisms which includes validating authorities as this piece
http://blogs.adobe.com/security/2009/05/sign_here_getting_started_with.html
explains.

And there can be a greater degree of vetting electronic signatures for
items considered very confidential such as Hipaa-regulated  health care
information.  (I have a Microsoft HealthVault account so that a lab can
send me test info)

But all this is really about is confidence that the person who is
committing to the contract is who they say they are (*and that they had
authority to act*).   (I was once under contract to an arts institution
where the Director did indeed sign a contract, I provided work product. the
Director was fired, and I was told the Director had no authority or budget
to sign the contract and therefore the org did not have to pay, so have a
nice day.)

It basically comes down to knowledge of the persons signing, trust and safe
expedience.  There are times (and I am not saying loan agreements) when
even a handshake is still good enough.  (But when I rent an apartment to
students, they have to sign with a pen. :) )

Hope this helps

Len





On Thu, Aug 20, 2015 at 9:13 AM, Berg-Fulton, Tracey berg-fult...@cmoa.org
wrote:

 Considering I purchased a house, and recently a medical device, via
 DocuSign...I'd say that could be a viable alternative. Might certainly
 speed the process up and keep people from losing forms and/or forgetting to
 sign or initial in the right places (I believe DocuSign will pester you to
 fill in fields before letting you send/respond).

 Cheers,
 Tracey

 Tracey Berg-Fulton, M.Litt.
 Collections Database Associate
 Carnegie Museum of Art
 4400 Forbes Avenue
 Pittsburgh, PA 15213
 berg-fult...@cmoa.org
 412.622.6509

 -Original Message-
 From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
 Suzanne Quigley
 Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2015 8:51 AM
 To: Museum Computer Network Listserv mcn-l@mcn.edu
 Subject: Re: [MCN-L] digital signatures on loan agreements

 I just signed one yesterday with a digital signature. It never occurred to
 me that it might not be accepted. I saved the doc as a pdf before i emailed
 it. I don't see much difference between printing out the form, signing it,
 scanning it, saving it as a pdf and then emailing it- other than all the
 steps involved!
 I'll be interested to hear what others say.
 
 Suzanne Quigley
 917 676 9039
 ArtAndArtifactServices.com




  On Aug 19, 2015, at 3:59 PM, Ellen Stevens estev...@mail.nysed.gov
 wrote:
 
  Anyone out there using electronic (digital) signatures for loan
  agreements or other common museum agreements?  If so, what methods do
  you use to verify the authenticity of the signature and the integrity
  of the document?  I’ve read a bit about third-party certificate
  authorities but I’m not clear on how (or if) this works in conjunction
  with products like Adobe Acrobat or how it differs from Adobe’s ‘Fill
  and Sign’ functionality?
 
  Any information you’d be willing to share would be appreciated as we
  are just getting started…..
 
  Thanks,
  Ellen M. Stevens, Collections Information Manager Research 
  Collections, New York State Museum CEC 3140 Albany, New York  12203
  518.408.1522
  ellen.stev...@nysed.gov
 
 
 
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Re: [MCN-L] MCN2015 proposals due by April 30!

[Leonard Steinbach]

Working on session proposal but do you have any great insight as to whether
a not-uncommon extension is on the horizon.

thanks

len

On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 10:17 AM, Eric Longo e...@mcn.edu wrote:

 The deadline for submitting proposals for MCN2015 in Minneapolis in
 November 2015 is this Thursday April 30 at 11:59pm EST!

 Here are some ideas to get you inspired:

- Advancing digital #strategy at your museum?
- Bridging the online/onsite museum visitor experience?
- Great collaborations  agile approaches at your museum?
- Incorporating technology into your area of museum practice?
- Groundbreaking new digital initiative at your museum?
- Have great evaluation  analytics stories to tell?
- What's your approach to digital storytelling?
- Have you solved the riddle of indoor positioning at a museum?
- Are you leading change at your cultural organization?
- Are you bringing #museumed  digital tools together in awesome ways?
- Is your cultural organization embracing technology?
- New ideas  approaches to social media engagement?
- Impressive data to share re: museum visitors  digital initiatives?
- Making your museum more accessible  inclusive via technology?


 *Proposals due by April 30, 2015!*

 Submit here: http://bit.ly/mcn-2015

 Thanks,
 eric

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Re: [MCN-L] MCN2015 proposals due by April 30!

[Leonard Steinbach]

Will do and thanks..have in recent years rushed like crazy to send
proposals out just to find a last minute extension notice.

all best

len

On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 12:14 PM, Ed Rodley ed_rod...@pem.org wrote:

 I would not expect there to be *any* extension this year. Given the
 timeline for getting feedback to submitters, we don't really have time to
 extend without cutting into our review time. Get it in on the 30th is my
 advice.

 Ed

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  Working on session proposal but do you have any great insight as to
 whether
  a not-uncommon extension is on the horizon.
 
  thanks
 
  len
 
  On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 10:17 AM, Eric Longo e...@mcn.edu
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   The deadline for submitting proposals for MCN2015 in Minneapolis in
   November 2015 is this Thursday April 30 at 11:59pm EST!
  
   Here are some ideas to get you inspired:
  
  - Advancing digital #strategy at your museum?
  - Bridging the online/onsite museum visitor experience?
  - Great collaborations  agile approaches at your museum?
  - Incorporating technology into your area of museum practice?
  - Groundbreaking new digital initiative at your museum?
  - Have great evaluation  analytics stories to tell?
  - What's your approach to digital storytelling?
  - Have you solved the riddle of indoor positioning at a museum?
  - Are you leading change at your cultural organization?
  - Are you bringing #museumed  digital tools together in awesome
 ways?
  - Is your cultural organization embracing technology?
  - New ideas  approaches to social media engagement?
  - Impressive data to share re: museum visitors  digital
 initiatives?
  - Making your museum more accessible  inclusive via technology?
  
  
   *Proposals due by April 30, 2015!*
  
   Submit here: http://bit.ly/mcn-2015
  
   Thanks,
   eric
  
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Re: [MCN-L] hit me with your tech-related acronyms!

[Leonard Steinbach]

There are the

MPEG's
JPEG's
DPI
RGB
sRGB
CMYK
CIE and PANTONE color spaces
and as most exhibiton planners probably know BMFD (Benjamin Moore Fan Deck)

On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 9:51 AM, Bryan Kennedy bkenn...@smm.org wrote:

 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
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Re: [MCN-L] hit me with your tech-related acronyms!

[Leonard Steinbach]

For anyone interested in more ancient rodentiary-comic book entries

In 1992 (pre-bowser)  *Veronica* was a search engine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_(computing) for menu entries
across servers using the Gopher protocol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_(protocol), a backronym
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backronym for Very Easy Rodent-Oriented
Net-wide Index to Computer Archives, a rather nice follow up to Archie, a
prior, different search engine.  Alas, Archie was simply Archive without
the v.  (source Wikipedia).  I remember using both.  Yes, there was a
Jughead.

On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 3:23 PM, Tanner, Simon simon.tan...@kcl.ac.uk
wrote:

 Hi Carissa,

 In the spirit of not being at all helpful but enjoying the opportunity to
 roll out a true favourite...

 Back in the 90's we had a digital project which we gave the acronym:
 SQUIRREL NUTKIN

 It stood for:
 Sequential Query User Interface Resourcing a Research Electronic Library
 Notably User-oriented Technology for Keeping the Information Needed

 All my best,
 Simon
 
 Simon Tanner
 Department of Digital Humanities
 Room 219, 2nd Floor Drury Lane
 King's College London

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 Sent: 10 February 2015 20:00
 To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
 Subject: [MCN-L] hit me with your tech-related acronyms!

 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
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[MCN-L] Crowdfunding at MCN 2014

[Leonard Steinbach]

Hello all,

I will presenting:

Big, Small, Create--Maybe It's Even More Fun if It's Crowd-funded (Thurs
330)

at the MCN 2014 Conference next Thursday afternoon.  I look forward to
discussing many aspects of museum crowd-funding, and presenting many
examples.

I would really like to highlight (give a shout out to), briefly, examples
from museums which will be present at the conference, or those who are
present on this list and would like to be acknowledged for their.

If interested, please just respond to this list or email me at
lensteinb...@gmail.com and if you have some comment or something you
learned that you would like to share, let me know that, too (full
acknowledgment or anonymity, as preferred promised if I cite your
contribution).

Finally, let me know if you are planning to attend the session, so that I
can reach out to engage you in the conversation.

thanks

Len
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[MCN-L] Share your data and improve the MCN community

[Leonard Steinbach]

Trilce,

This promises to be a very interesting set of research and a compelling
session.

You note that Research on the sustainability of digital heritage projects
has shown that
many technology projects fail to deliver the success they were hyped to
bring while other projects yield little use.

It might be very helpful to this community if you could post a couple
citations to this research that you find particularly compelling.
Interestingly, you use the term many rather than most and I will
presume that this is because there is no good quantitative data in this
realm?

You may also want to consider in your data collection, analysis and
findings the process and key players by which projects were initiated and
defined and any self identified constraints, impediments, or competing
interests -- external or internal -- that helped foment the projects'
ultimate failure or assure success.  It may also be worth considering
projects whose success might be measured indirectly, or whose rewards have
more subtle qualitative characteristics than can generally be measured
through more traditional empirical means.

Many thanks for your consideration and I look forward to attending the
session.

Len Steinbach.


On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 7:52 AM, Trilce Navarrete 
trilce.navarrete at gmail.com wrote:

 Hi everyone
 MCN's Metrics and Evaluation's SIG (Special Interest Group) is extremely
 interested in the practice of evaluating digital activities. Each fall, the
 change-agents of the digital transformation in the cultural sector come
 together at MCN's Annual Conference to showcase and share many of the most
 innovative digital technology-driven projects and to get inspired by
 visions of yet untapped possibilities to further advance the mission of the
 institutions in the cultural sector. And while the Annual Conference is
 predominantly innovation driven, we find that not enough attention has yet
 been given to evaluation.

 Research on the sustainability of digital heritage projects has shown that
 many technology projects fail to deliver the success they were hyped to
 bring while other projects yield little use. So the Metrics and
 Evaluation's SIG would like to explore the following question: What is the
 recipe for success? And is there a common understanding among cultural
 technologists as to what success is?

 Successful long-term projects tend to have clear goals, often backed by
 digital applications that support such goals (and not the other way
 around). In our industry, success seems to be predominantly goal-driven.
 Clarity of objectives (as measurable steps to reach a goal) together with
 in the output facilitate the formulation of strong value propositions. Key
 in the process is long-term documentation of activities. But what are the
 best metrics?

 With you help and support, we hope to start identifying what cultural
 institutions typically measure to evaluate digital activities. We will
 present the preliminary findings from this research at a panel during
 MCN2014. We will show 1) what cultural institutions find important enough
 to document, 2) what metrics are being used, and 3) what is being
 evaluated.

 To participate, simply email your contributions to data at mcn.edu by October
 1, 2014.

 We are looking to collect the following data:


- Data that your cultural institution collects on a regular basis.
   Ideally, you will send a data set (any format) including several
 months (or
   years). Whatever you have and want to share.
   - Reports that your cultural institution produces to explain the data
   (for some it may just be the print out of the data set).
   - List of projects / activities that are evaluated with the data set,
   or what does your cultural institution do with the data?

 Data will be presented in aggregated format so names of individuals and
 institutions will be concealed. One institution will be selected to
 highlight its approach to present at the ME-SIG panel.

 Be part of the MCN community and contribute to building best practice on
 the most important part of the digitization process: improving access to
 collections!

 For questions, contact Trilce Navarrete chair of ME-SIG at data at mcn.edu.



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[MCN-L] email archiving

[Leonard Steinbach]

Alongside the issue of email archiving is the issue of archiving email in a
manner that would facilitate or at least minimize the problems/costs
associated with searching, especially in response to a legal discovery
action.  I believe that Google Vault purports to help serve this function
and there are undoubtedly other tools at various cost points.  Does
anyone/everyone incorporate this consideration into the email archive
strategy? Are there any cases where this came into play in a legal action
against a museum that might shed some light on the perils and protections?
A good case study?


On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Johnson, Peter pjohnson at skirball.orgwrote:

 Hi Amalyah,

 My advice to clients and colleagues regarding the retention and archiving
 of e-mail always has been to consider very carefully whether - and why -
 you even want to consider going down this road.

 Attempting to retain, archive and preserve e-mail can be a messy,
 time-consuming and expensive business. And, much like archiving and
 preserving any other electronic media, it is fraught with peril.

 I liken e-mail to phone calls and in-person conversations, which largely
 go un-recorded and generally are not archived or preserved.

 If certain e-mails or attachments need to be retained, you can print them
 out, or create pdfs to store in your digital asset management system (with
 appropriate metadata attached, of course).

 And if this question arose because some high-level executive came back
 from a meeting uttering the words we should be archiving all our e-mail,
 then a very pointed discussion about the time, expense, and headaches
 involved may be what is needed to help them return to a more reasonable
 path.

 Best regards,

 Peter Johnson
 Skirball Cultural Center Archives
 Los Angeles, CA
 pjohnson at skirball.org

 ---
 Monday, March 31, 2014

 Colleagues:
 Does anyone have an institutional email archiving/preservation/access
 policy they might be willing to share?
 [snip]
 Thanks for any input!

 Amalyah Keshet
 Head of Image Resources and Copyright Management
 The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
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[MCN-L] Network and Applications Manager Position

[Leonard Steinbach]

The Hillwood Estate, Museum, and Gardens is seeking a Network and
Applications Manager.

Hillwood (www.hillwoodmuseum.org), in northwest Washington, D.C., is the
former residence of Marjorie Merriweather Post.  The Museum has taken
significant strides over the past few years to fund and step up their
internal and public-facing use of technology, including embrace of open
source applications, and has weaved technology into its strategic plan.
This position should be of interest to someone with strong technical skills
who relishes the idea getting of hands-on with a broad range of museum
functions and active engagement with all museum departments.

For more information, see http://www.hillwoodmuseum.org/node/597

[MCN-L] Research Project - Crowdsourcing for Museums

[Leonard Steinbach]

Perhaps this list of crowdsourcing projects, although going a bit beyond
specific museums would prove useful.

?


   - The Museum of Ethnology in Berlin (*see
   http://www.smb.museum/smb/home/index.php?lang=en
   http://www.smb.museum/smb/home/index.php?lang=en for the museum, *
   
*http://cityapps.fokus.fraunhofer.de/tcs*http://cityapps.fokus.fraunhofer.de/tcs*
   for the tagging*) uses a game called Tag.Check.Score, to tag its
   photographic collection. (*see
   
codeforeurope.net/2013/09/tag-check-score-berlins-ethnological-museum-crowdsources-information-via-digital-volunteerism/
   
http://codeforeurope.net/2013/09/tag-check-score-berlins-ethnological-museum-crowdsources-information-via-digital-volunteerism/)*
   - Split Second (www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/labs/splitsecond)
   from the Brooklyn Museum provided a three-stage approach to choosing
   paintings for a small exhibition. *.*
   - Remember Me: Displaced Children of the Holocaust (*rememberme.ushmm.org
   http://rememberme.ushmm.org*) from the U.S. Holocaust Museum presents
   1100 photographs of displaced children who were orphaned,  displaced or
   otherwise separated from their families at the end of WWII. Its purpose is
   to identify them, learn their stories, and possibly reunite them with
   family members. Close to 200
   - Europeana 1914-1918?s ?Your Family History of World War? *(*
   *http://www.europeana1914-1918.eu/en*http://www.europeana1914-1918.eu/en
   *)* wherein both online and through in-person ?road shows? the project
   collected, digitized and aggregated memorabilia and stories from the period
   of the Great War (1914-1918).
   - New York Public Library?s Map Warper project (*maps.nypl.org/warper
   http://maps.nypl.org/warper*) engages the public in ?digitally
   aligning (rectifying) historical maps from the NYPL's collections to
   match today's precise maps.?
   - Guggenheim Museum?s (with BMW) BMW Guggenheim Lab  (
   www.bmwguggenheimlab.org) ? addressed issues of contemporary urban life
   through free programs, projects and public discourse? using diverse ways of
   collecting and integrating information and opinions, including game-like
   activities online and at on-site pavilions in New York, Berlin, and Mumbai.
   - *National Library of Finland* (www.nationallibrary.fi) launched
   DigiTalkoot,(digital community) an online game-based program for
   correcting/validating the OCR scanning of the Library?s immense newspaper
   archive,
   - GO! Brooklyn Exhibiton (www.gobrooklynart.org) is characterized by the
   Brooklyn Museum as a ?community curated open studio project.?
   - 1001 Stories of Denmark (www.kulturarv.dk/1001fortaellinger/en_GB), a
   website from the Danish Agency for Culture, encourages the public to
   contribute ?the sights? their own story or experience from a place, [to]
   listen to stories from all over Denmark, [to create or take] their own
   travel routes and be inspired by others.?
   - International Museum of Women (www.imow.org), an online-only
museum,  ?showcases
   art, stories and ideas to celebrate, inspire and advance the lives of women
   around the world.? Its international thematic exhibitions often include
   broad public participation through stories, videos and surveys, ?giv(ing)
   voice to women who often go unheard.?
   - Transcribe Bushman (*see*
   www.mysciencework.com/news/9106/crowdsourcing-to-preserve-bushman-heritage)
   from the University of Capetown serves to transcribe the a 19th century
   archive of the Bushman people?s ?languages, stories, and way of life,? thus
   also preserving the endangered ?click? languages of Southern Africa.
   - Zooniverse (*www.zooniverse.org http://www.zooniverse.org)* is a
   collection of extraordinary citizen-science projects, in space, climate,
   humanities, biology, and nature  which helps scientists collect and
   analyze data.
   - The Singapore Memory Project (www.singaporememory.sg/campaigns) calls
   itself ?a whole-of-nation movement that aims to capture and document
   precious moments and memories related to Singapore; recollections not
   merely from individual Singaporeans, but also organisations, associations,
   companies and groups.?


You might find this video from webwise useful


 *Institute of Museum and Library Services (US). Webwise Conference 2012.
Session 2 - Sharing Public History Work: Crowdsourcing Data and
Sources.*Chair: Sharon Leon, Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New
Media.
Panelists: Ben Brumfield, FromThePage Open-Source Transcription Software;
David Klevan, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; Ben Vershbow, New
York Public Library Labs. Online video:
http://www.tvworldwide.com/events/webwise/120229/globe_show/default_go_archive.cfm?gsid=1971type=flvtest=0live=0


as well as the website Crowdsourcing.org


Hope this helps.


Leonard Steinbach

http://www.tvworldwide.com/events/webwise/120229/globe_show/default_go_archive.cfm?gsid=1971type=flvtest=0live=0


On Fri

[MCN-L] Embedding LCD screens in new walls?

[Leonard Steinbach]

Hello George,

First off I am not sure I would use the answer I shouldnt, but I might --
the real answer, IMHO, is yes, I will, but I dont know when

Perhaps an alternative is a screen with extremely small bezel, such as
those which fall under Samsung's LFD (large format display) category.
 (There must be others from LG, Sony, etc...)

These are really quite beautiful and functional and at 11mm bezel, there is
nothing much an in-wall installation would hide.

http://www.samsunglfd.com/product/productList.do?subMenu=1cateSeq=23



http://www.samsunglfd.com/product/productList.do?subMenu=1cateSeq=23


On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 11:40 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

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[MCN-L] Online vs physical visits

[Leonard Steinbach]

Morgan,

You just beat me to the send key on this one.  ROI is measured by both
highly tangible and more intangible results, such as fulfilling the mission
irrespective of whether feet pass through the door.  I noted this in
reviewing a number of museum missions in advance of an MCN conference
discussion related to the topic a while back. It is interesting how
marketing and business units may still  tend to constrict the bounds of
ROI, as they still consider a successful financial and human resource
investment return in terms of conversions (the term for-profit businesses
use) which could mean admissions, retail, etc.  Yet, I wonder how a Board
might respond at hearing that hundreds or thousands of school children were
using the web site as a surrogate for class visits they can no longer
afford, yet still integrating the museum content into their curriculum, and
developing long term bonds with those kids (and maybe their parents).
Would they say this doesnt count. There are many examples one could give.

This issue has come up at least as far back as the inception of broadcast
radio networks, when they were not permitted for years to play recorded
music, lest they preempt record purchases. Today, even orchestras are
putting samples of their performances online *to generate audiences* and
the Met's theatrical broadcasts of operas has not caused the Opera House to
play to empty seats. And by the way, art museum exhibits have just started
to come to theaters near you, too.
http://www.twincities.com/entertainment/ci_22984422/museum-exhibitions-come-movie-theaters

I remember working with a Chief Financial Officer who asked me as I
submitted the web development budget for the subsequent year, Isnt this
website stuff finished yet? Somehow I dont think she asked the Director a
similar question about acquisitions for the collection. Some day perhaps
she will find the former question similarly moot.

As the definition of museum evolves.. I hope to live long enough to see
ICOM and AAM recognize museums which are only online and meet particular
criteria as bona fide and accreditable ... maybe AAM and AAMD has to get
out the word, or make it part of the ethic as much as they have both
promoted education and civic engagement, that getting museum content online
and out there, in oh so many forms, is a valid and good thing and part of
being of museum of today. Period.

Len Steinbach




On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 10:28 PM, Morgan Holzer morganholzer at nypl.orgwrote:

 Bernard,

 For me, (someone whose job relies heavily on statistics and user research),
 this question actually simply comes down to your mission statement. I
 looked your's up (
 http://www.otagomuseum.govt.nz/about-us/corporate-information/) and in
 part, it says:

 Mission: To inspire and enrich our communities, and enhance understanding
 of the world through our collection, our people and the stories we share...
 Expanding joy: Reaching out to our communities and enabling access for
 all.

 I'd wager that the vast majority of museum mission statements include
 something about education/outreach/access in regards to collections, and do
 not actually contain any mention of getting people in the door. Not putting
 up online collections/exhibitions is actually contrary to your stated goals
 of enabling access for all, and specifically targeting access for those
 who can attend.

 Of course, metrics and research help bolster the argument, but I think
 mission-driven arguments are always a good place to start.

 ~Morgan


 On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Proctor, Nancy ProctorN at si.edu wrote:

  I really appreciated Bruce Wyman and Nick Poole's responses to the
  question about online cannibalizing in-person museum visits. Sadly this
 is
  still a question museum technologists face, but more importantly I agree
 we
  need to do better at measuring ROI - though I would add, on all platforms
  museums use, not just digital ones! Easier said than done, of course.
 
  Is anyone aggregating the links and thoughts provided in these important
  emails to the listserv in a blog post or other? If not, I'd be happy to
  start a post on the Musematic blog (or other recommended site) as I'm
 sure
  many others have useful references and past posts to add as well.
 
  Nancy
 
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[MCN-L] Digital Preservation - Video Formats

[Leonard Steinbach]

A product which you might find useful is
Wondersharehttp://www.wondershare.com/mac-video-converter-ultimate/#con3
which
I have used from time to time for various video conversions. It has many
more features, including some video editing capabilities.  There is free
trial version although it watermarks test outputs. It generally gets good
reviews.  Hope this help.  Len


On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 9:35 PM, T Hopkins hoplist at hillmanncarr.com wrote:

 On a Mac, you can use the Flip4Mac plug-in.  Not free.  You can also use
 most high-end compression packages.  I believe Sorenson Squeeze and Adobe
 Encode (part of the Adobe Suites that include Premiere) can compress from
 Quicktime to WMV.  Both are available for both Mac and PC for that matter.
 On Windows, I personally prefer TMPG Video Masterworks for most compression
 and conversion, including Quicktime to WMV.

 There may be other lower cost and even free options on Windows.  I just
 don't know them off the top of my head. I believe it is possible to use
 Windows Movie Maker for instance.  I would search Google for advise on this
 path.

 As Michael points out, compression/transcoding is a tricky business when
 quality and compatibility are important, especially if you don't have a
 calibrated setup.

 I do not advise the use of WMV for archival video, but that is your
 choice.  Although it is high quality, and common, it is one of the most
 restricted codecs in use.  I DO condone the use of Quicktime as long as the
 internal codec is a high-quality, cross platform standard such as MPEG4 or
 JPEG2000. Unlike WMV, Quicktime is only a file wrapper, not a codec, and
 can be played and manipulated on the major platforms with relative ease.
  It is much less likely one would ever be trapped by Quicktime, even if
 Apple drops support.  I would suggest that you go ahead and convert for
 your system, but keep the incompatible original if you can.  It may prove
 useful in the future.

 cheers,
 tod



 On Jul 11, 2013, at 11:00 AM, Sarah Gillis wrote:

  Hello list-serv:
 
 
 
  We recently received a digital media video piece as a gift.  The artist
  gave us two copies of what they considered as an archival format,
  QuickTime.  Our digital asset preservation plan requires videos be saved
  as .wmv (Windows Media Video) file format.  The artist granted
  permission for us to change the format to our archival standard.
 
 
 
  I am having a devil of a time trying to change the file format from one
  to the other.  Has anyone else experienced this problem before? If so,
  any suggestions?
 
 
 
 
 
  Best Regards,
 
  Sarah Gillis
 
  Assistant Registrar, Image Management
 
  Worcester Art Museum
 
  55 Salisbury Street
  Worcester, MA 01609
 
  sarahgillis at worcesterart.org mailto:sarahgillis at worcesterart.org
 
  508.799.4406 x3027
 
  direct line: 508-793-4427
 
 
 
  Our image reproduction application is now available online!
 
  Image Reproduction Request
  http://www.worcesterart.org/Collection/collection_information.html
 
 
 
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  masterpiece? Visit our partner Rudinec  Assoc. today!
 
  Request-A-Print http://www.requestaprint.net/worcester/index.php
 
 
 
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  Check it out today!
 
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[MCN-L] FW: happy birthday Mosaic

[Leonard Steinbach]

and Archie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_search_engine and
Veronica http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_(search_engine) were sent
to their retirement homes(archie a polish foot-notation) and Veronica's
daughter is just fine, though surrounded by gophers.go figure...


On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 1:53 PM, Amalyah Keshet [akeshet at imj.org.il] 
akeshet at imj.org.il wrote:

 It's been an awesome twenty years:



 -Original Message-
 From: Peter Brantley
 Sent: 22 April, 2013 7:49 PM

 RT @CathyNDavidson: Happy 20th Anniversary!  The Mosaic 1.0 browser went
 public and online April 22, 1993.

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[MCN-L] Wi-Fi / Cellular Connectivity Contractor

[Leonard Steinbach]

You may want to contact:

ICI Networks
3624 West Market St. Suite 102
Akron, Ohio 44333
P: 330.665.2928
F: 330.665.0949
Email: sales at 
icinetworks.nethttps://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cmfs=1tf=1to=sales at 
icinetworks.net

They do work nationally, and their president, Brian Casto is first rate and
impeccable character.
Demands same of staff.
(Brian used to present at MCN years ago when wifi was emerging - very
museum friendly)


On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 11:10 PM, Josh Goldblum josh at bluecadet.com wrote:


 hello all

 I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for a contractor that
 specializes in testing wireless (3G/ 4G across several networks) and Wi-Fi
 connectivity in indoor and outdoor environments. The location is near
 Philadelphia so the closer the better, but this is certainly not a deal
 breaker.

 Any advise on or off-list would be greatly appreciated.

 Best

 Josh


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[MCN-L] MCN Pro Workshop 3: Social Media Engagement: Defining Measuring Success

[Leonard Steinbach]

Will a video be available later if one has registered?

On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 8:24 PM, Eric Longo eric at mcn.edu wrote:

 The next *MCN Pro Workshop* is on *Wednesday, May 8, 2013* *@ 8:30am PT /
 11:30am ET / 5pm UK / 6pm Central Europe*

 *Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes*. The last 30 minutes of each Workshop (from
 1:30pm ET to 2pm ET) will be dedicated to a ?*Hands On Free Consultancy.*?
 Workshop presenters will offer guidance and advice on specific projects
 submitted by participants who wish to receive open and public input on
 their work. All participants are welcome to stay and listen to the project
 review conversations.

 *Topic:  Social Media Engagement: Defining  Measuring Success*

 Museums have been actively using social media for years now, yet we
 continue to struggle with how to measure and articulate success. While
 numbers like fans and followers are readily available and easiest to
 report, they reveal little about levels of engagement or how social
 outreach provides value to the organization and helps to achieve its
 mission. This workshop will explore the basics of measuring social
 engagement, going beyond the numbers and exploring how we can develop more
 meaningful, goal-oriented measures of engagement, conversation, and
 learning. How can we learn what truly resonates with audiences in the
 social space and build upon our successes? Workshop panelists will discuss
 defining goals, tying goals to your institution?s mission, identifying what
 to measure and how, and communicating success to leadership. A combination
 of metrics and evaluation tools will be discussed, the challenges
 associated with interpreting social analytics and producing reports, and
 how museums are gradually working toward making social success a regular
 (and less painful) part of their museum?s reporting activities.

 *Hosted by: *Victoria Portway, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum 
 MCN board member

 *Presenters:*

- Jane Finnis, Culture24
- Sebastian Chan, Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
- Dana Allen-Greil, National Gallery of Art

 *Register TODAY for ONLY $45 (early bird special through April 24, 2013)
 at: *http://mcnpro.org/registrations/

 See you all there!
 eric

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[MCN-L] New position posting: Technology Program Manager at the Denver Art Museum

[Leonard Steinbach]

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[MCN-L] Inexpensive hosting for DMS

[Leonard Steinbach]

You may want to add the level of technical and consultative support that
the host vendor provides into your cost equation.  I have also use
Rackspace for services from time to time over many years. Their support and
advice has often proved spot on and immensely responsive to the question or
problem at hand. Depending on your internal level of technical expertise. I
have not worked with Amazon or others in this regard.
On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 5:02 AM, Jeremy Ottevanger
JOttevanger at iwm.org.ukwrote:

 Hi Cairie. Congratulations on settling on a DAMS, that's no small
 decision. As for hosting, we use RackSpace at the Imperial War Museums and,
 although it's true that they aren't the cheapest, whether that actually
 adds up to being expensive does rather depend upon your requirements. A lot
 of our hosting solution is their cloud offer - we have a bunch of virtual
 servers for different web applications, and the little ones really don't
 add up to much expense. There's also a new service that lets you mount
 extra storage without upping the specification (RAM etc) of your machine
 (called Cloud Blocks or something like that), and I don't really know what
 spec you need for your DAMS but I imagine it's more about storage than
 processor speed and RAM. So you might find that RackSpace can actually do
 what you need for what funds you have, but get your requirements clear,
 including whether you want to manage the server entirely yourself, uptime
 requirements/SLA, the backup regime, networ
  k speeds and so on. If this is a mission-critical system then your
 backups will be important!

 That said, there is no shortage of alternatives, whether big names like
 Amazon or countless smaller ones (many of which may resell space from
 people like Rackspace). I don't have direct experience of many but would
 naturally still advocate being very clear about what you require and how
 much you can do yourselves so you know what you really must spend to get
 what you really must have.

 Good luck,

 Cheers, Jeremy


 
 From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Cairie
 Riney [cairie.bird at gmail.com]
 Sent: 22 January 2013 19:49
 To: mcn-l at mcn.edu
 Subject: [MCN-L] Inexpensive hosting for DMS

 I wrote a few months ago asking advice for an open-source DAM for a
 volunteer run museum in Julian, CA. Well now we need a host! We've
 chosen ResourceSpace but their hosting costs more than this little
 museum can afford. Are there any resources out there for discounts on
 reliable hosting services?
 What companies are other museum's using for their hosting? Does anyone
 have any creative funding ideas for this effort?
 Thanks again for all of the input. It is GREATLY appreciated!
 -Cairie Riney
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[MCN-L] Civic Engagement in a Digital Age

[Leonard Steinbach]

In 2002 AAM published Mastering Civic Engagement: A Challenge to Museums,
but that important and still published work  made no mention of technology
and telecommunication's ability, even before YouTube, etc. to help achieve
that goal.  In response, I wrote and AAM published in Museum News (2003), a
lengthy essay I wrote, entitled Civic Engagement in a Digital Age: An Even
Greater Challenge to Museums in which I described then-current and
prospective uses of the internet and other tech means to pursue that aim.
This December at Museums and the Web - Asia I will report on how technology
and the internet have helped move museums even more squarely into the civic
engagement arena, and would appreciate any examples that you could share
from your own or other museums to be highlighted there and possibly appear
in a forthcoming article. *I am seeking examples where interpretetive or
internet/telecommunications or social networking played a key role.*

By civic engagement I mean those activities, programs, community
involvement, which addresses or helps address public issues, stimulates
public discussion, engages in activities that build greater civic
mindedness. Christopher Gates, in the AAM book refers to activities which
builds communities and strengthens democracies. The McCormack
Foundation refers to an exhibit that  enables a healthy democracy, where
we can freely exchange ideas, consider multiple perspectives, and act on
issues that matter to us.  The definition can be expanded further but I
think you get the idea.

Examples can and should come from anywhere in the world. Some examples
might include the (online) International Museum of Women collecting and
sharing stories of womens' plight around the world.  The BMW/Guggenheim
which uses technology (games, forums) on site and online to help build
visions of communities. Monterrey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch helps
mobilize citizens toward achieving a sustainable seafood culture. Brooklyn
Museum Go! project both sends out scouts to local art galleries and
reports and seeks feedback online in anticipation of a forthcoming
exhibition..what I like to call high tech and high touch.

I think I have used my word limit here for the year!

But I hope to hear from many of you, and that you will all benefit from any
response

thanks

len



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[MCN-L] QR codes

[Leonard Steinbach]

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has been getting tremendous press with
their Picasso exhibition and QR
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/artinfo/virginia-museum-launches_b_823736.htmland
Seb Chan had blogged on this a while ago
http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/dmsblog/index.php/2009/03/05/qr-codes-in-the-museum-problems-and-opportunities-with-extended-object-labels/

Lots of stuff happening with this

On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 9:17 AM, John Bedard jbedard at artsmia.org wrote:

 Sometime ago there was a posting about using QR codes.  Is anyone using
 them
 in their museum?  Or has anyone done any serious evaluation of them for use
 in museums?

 John

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 Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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 Minneapolis, MN 55404

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[MCN-L] Multilingual collection database

[Leonard Steinbach]

I believe, but not absolutely certain, that  KeEmu supports Asian and other
Character sets

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Gordy, John j-gordy at nga.gov wrote:

 Hello everyone
 I have a question on behalf of the National Museum of Cambodia. They have
 approximately 17,000 objects, mostly sculptural including bronze, stone,
 and
 ceramics. They need to store collection information in 3 languages. Khmer,
 English, and French. They have imagery for all the objects and would
 ultimately like to put it online. We are interested if anyone?s found a
 collection engine that supports Latin and Asian Character sets.
 Happy Tet
 -jg

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[MCN-L] Heading to Denver for MW2010? Got an iPhone?

[Leonard Steinbach]

Great! Looking forward to trying it...and running into you at MW

On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 9:58 PM, Ben Rubinstein benr at cogapp.com wrote:

 If you can answer 'yes' to at least two of the above questions, you
 might want to take a look at this app, which lets you search papers
 and view them by speaker, session or keyword, and mark favourites:

 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mw2010/id348377811?mt=8

 It's a first cut, and done in a bit of a hurry, so if you do try it
 out please let us know what you think.

 Have a great conference!

 Ben
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[MCN-L] Expanded MacArthur Digital Learning site

[Leonard Steinbach]

I thought to bring to your attention the newly expanded *Spotlight on
Digital Media and Learning* http://spotlight.macfound.org/ web site and
blog supported by the MacArthur Foundation.

As they describe it:

How is digital media affecting the way young people think, play, act, and
learn?and what does this mean for society? These are the questions
researchers are exploring through the MacArthur Foundation?s Digital Media
and Learning initiative.

Spotlight reports on findings, trends, and innovations emerging from this
research for those who serve, study, and interact with youth.

It would seem the programs and research they highlight should be of
interest to the museum community.


Len Steinbach

[MCN-L] webcasting a conference presentation

[Leonard Steinbach]

Are you looking for both video of the speaker and simultaneous
powerpoint/audio or just powerpoint and audio.

On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Diane M. Zorich dianezorich at 
comcast.netwrote:

 Colleagues,

 One of the participants in my MCN session finds himself needing to be
 in two places at one time, so he would like to webcast his MCN
 presentation.  (At the time of the session, he will be physically
 located at another hotel that does not have webcasting capabilities.)

 Has anyone used a commercial webcasting service for a conference
 presentation?  Would you recommend it?  What was the approximate
 cost?  (We are ruling out Skype because it is less than ideal for
 presentations that include Powerpoint.)

 Thanks for any and all ideas.

 Diane


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[MCN-L] Mac vs. PC

[Leonard Steinbach]

Having managed support for mixed environments in moderate to large
organizations, though predominantly PC, since the introduction of the Mac
Plus, I would like to second Rich's thoughts and add a little.

The primary concern should be user productivity and functional efficacy;
most seeming difficulties in a PC environment can be overcome.. However,
in analyzing the cost of bringing in (especially your first) Macs, one
should include some funds for technical orientation or training for (at
least one) technical support staff including a good orientation to a wide
variety of formal and informal online support resources; that gives you the
win-win of getting the machines you need and professional development for
staff. There is an inherent unfairness and jeopardy in saying guess got
we're getting and now you gotta support it.

One should also (or alternatively) identify (preferably) local Mac support
expertise which can be accessed before internal staff frustration reaches a
peak (or pique) and serves a self-fulfilling told you so prophecy.
Identify someone from whom staff can learn (knowledge transfer resource).

So the bottom line is that perceived problems in bringing Macs into an
otherwise PC environment can be avoided or resolved by making sure that
access to and funds for support services (internal or outsourced) are in
place. It should and can be a positive experience for user staff and IT
staff alike, and need not turn into us vs. them.

Hope this helps.



On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Rich Cherry
rcherry at balboaparkonline.orgwrote:

 Drury,

 Like many technology questions this has very little to do with the
 technology (although many will claim otherwise), it has to do with the
 religion the IT department practices.  If an IT department has a strong MAC
 person then it's fairly easy to integrate and use without issues, if the IT
 department is ambivalent or hostile to MAC then it depends on the status of
 the requester in the institution on how good they are supported (sometimes
 outside support is contracted).  So when I was CIO in a museum with no MAC
 person we resisted, when I was at a museum where I could hire a great MAC
 support person we supported and expanded it and our users benefited from the
 diversity.

 Rich



 -Original Message-
 From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
 Drury Wellford
 Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 9:23 AM
 To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
 Subject: [MCN-L] Mac vs. PC

 Help!  The Museum of the Confederacy is seeking advice from fellow
 museum professionals.

 We are starting a digitization project, and are beginning by scanning
 over 6000 original photographs we have in our collection.  We are
 looking at buying a 24 iMac, but are now addressing concerns about
 whether Mac software will be compatible with the museum's PC-based
 server, and whether we will be able to integrate Mac image files with
 our PC-based Collections databases.  We plan to store the images on an
 external hard drive as well, but again are wondering how difficult it
 will be to retrieve the images and use them on PC software.

 Any suggestions?

 Thanks a lot, and sorry if this question is a repeat of one that has
 been asked of the listserv a million times before.

 Drury Wellford

 Ann Drury Wellford
 Photo Services Manager
 The Museum of the Confederacy
 1201 East Clay Street
 Richmond, VA  23219
 Phone: (804) 649-1861 x17
 Fax: (804) 644-7150
 www.moc.org
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[MCN-L] Mac vs. PC

[Leonard Steinbach]

And I think the guys in certain IT departments should untie the not j

On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Eisenhardt, Chuck 
eisenhardt at bostonkids.org wrote:

 Ah, nothing like a good ol' 'Mac vs. PC' engagement.

 I agree entirely with Jeff's points here. To see an
 organizational preference for a Windows network termed
 a 'religious' response, ie. somehow not a considered business
 strategy, but an article of faith or prejudgement, is
 unseemly.

 I agree also with Rich on the point that the differences
 in the platforms are in no way a technical 'schism' but
 at base, are entirely a matter of packaging the same
 technology, starting with very basic audience
 expectations.

 Was the Apple 'keyboard power button' (remember that
 break-through?) technologically different from or advanced
 over a hardware switch? And, in going back to a
 chassis-based switch why (in the iMac) put it on the
 back of the workstation? 'Ease of use'.

 We are a W2008 server network and our Macs are happily
 integrated. I recognize the strengths and suitability
 for certain Mac-only or 'Mac-first' applications,
 but so far we seem to have a happy marriage.

 I think those guys in the Apple ads ought
 to move to New Hampshire and 'tie the knot'.

 Chuck Eisenhardt
 Director of Information Technology
 Boston Children's Museum





 -Original Message-
 From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
 Jeff L. La Clair
 Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 1:27 PM
 To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
 Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Mac vs. PC

 If you are on a Windows 2008 DC and policy's with AD and WSUS (updates),
 and unhealthy PC checks when a non-domain computer enters your network
 (managment) for PC's is much easier as well as deployment methods of
 patches and updates. without the need to invest.  I have 16 Mac's and
 156 PC's... By far the PC's are much easier to manage, deploy and patch.
 Jeff

 Thank You,

 Jeff La Clair
 Director of Information Technology
 Baltimore Museum of Art
 10 Art Museum Dr
 Baltimore, MD. 21218
 443-573-1596
 Jllaclair at artbma.org
 
 From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Bruce
 Wyman [bwyman at denverartmuseum.org]
 Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 1:27 PM
 To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
 Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Mac vs. PC

 Management.  PC environment much easier to control users with AD and
 user profiles (when roaming).

 Jeff, you might be interested in Apple's current document (updated
 last in April, 2009) - Best Practices: Integrating Mac OS X with
 Active Directory available at
 http://images.apple.com/business/solutions/it/docs/Best_Practices_Activ
 e_Directory.pdfhttp://images.apple.com/business/solutions/it/docs/Best_Practices_Activ%0Ae_Directory.pdf
 

 Or, if you prefer, Apple also offers an online seminar (view in the
 browser or download) at
 http://seminars.apple.com/seminarsonline/activedir/apple/index.html?s=3
 01
 covering much of the same material.

 We maintain a mixed environment here in Denver and have had no
 problems over the last 5 years with mac users in our AD controlled
 network. In fact, half of the Technology Department uses OS X with
 virtualized windows environments.

 -bw.
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[MCN-L] Programs targeting older persons

[Leonard Steinbach]

Hello all,

I would appreciate any information you may be aware of on museum programs
(education, exhibition, other engagement) using telecommunications (web,
distance learning,etc.) to target older audiences (e.g. 55+) who reside in
retirement communities, assisted living facilities, nursing homes,
hospitals, or are homebound or are part of elderhostel or community college
based programs.

Programs addressing the needs of these populations where they live, but are
not telecommunications based would also be of interest. (I am not so
interested in programs which bring older persons to the museum.)

many thanks

feel free to respond to the list or privately.

Len

[MCN-L] JOB POSTING- IT DIRECTOR, THE WALTERS

[Leonard Steinbach]

Apologies for cross-posting

The following position opening has been announced.

*THE WALTERS ART MUSEUM, BALTIMORE, MD http://www.thewalters.org/, SEEKS *

*DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY*



The Walters Art Museum is seeking to fill the position of Director of
Information Technology to provide leadership, management, and support for
the use of a broad range of technologies. These include data, voice,
imaging, email, network infrastructure and external telecommunication,
special software applications and general office productivity software,
workstations and peripherals, web presence and features, exhibition-based
inter-actives and displays, security systems, audio visual resources, and
any other devices and applications which would be reasonably subsumed within
this rubric as well as help desk and other support services.

* *

*DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:*

* *

1.  Supervises IT staff.

2.  Develops and manages technology operating, capital, and special
project budgets.

3.  Assures that technology-based projects are successfully realized
within their planned budget and timeframes.

4.  Develops and manages backup and business recovery plans

5.  Helps management and staff understand technology trends and
opportunities and provides internal technology consultation.

6.  Develops and maintains relevant policies and procedures.

7.  Provides assistance with grant application and project reporting
requirements.

8.  Develops and updates long-range strategic technology plans in
support of institutional plans and mission.

9.  Recommends and manages hardware and software procurement to meet
ongoing staff needs and the requirements of the strategic plan.

10.  Keeps abreast of current developments in the museum world relating to  the
use of technology and represents museum technology interests at national
conferences.

11.  Develops and implements staff training program to assure efficient and
productive use of technology resources.

12.  Performs other duties as necessary.* *





*QUALIFICATIONS:*

* *

Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university; education and/or
training in related technology fields; five years related experience or
equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience should
include responsibility for:  core and special purpose business software
applications; end-user support for individuals and departments;
infrastructure systems and technologies such as data/voice networks and
storage and telephony; development and evaluation of Requests for Proposals;
working with vendors; budget preparation, management and analysis; direct
staff supervision and evaluation; experience which demonstrates likelihood
to successfully achieve job responsibilities.  Experience in the museum
community is preferred, but not required.



Qualified candidates are able to identify, read, analyze, interpret,
synthesize and apply information from technical literature, professional and
academic journals, financial reports, legal documents, and other sources.  The
candidate will have strong writing and oral communication skills and the
ability to effectively present information to staff, top management, public
groups and the Board of Trustees.  The qualified candidate is able to work
independently and with personal initiative, and   interact and communicate
effectively with subordinates and senior management.  Strong personal
management and organization skills are required.



Qualified candidates must be team players, capable of working successfully
in an environment which values transparency, consensus, and mutual support.
This includes comfort in a business environment characterized by expanding
technological opportunities, limited resources, and staff who are amenable,
but must be shepherded, toward change.



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[MCN-L] Organizational Question

[Leonard Steinbach]

While I dont disagree with the approaches discussed, it occurs to me that
the most important step, the thoughtful analysis and prioritization of what
is most important in terms of outcomes (and not features --- these should
follow outcomes) has been leapfrogged.

My preferred approach is to do a stakeholders' analysis of what outcomes
are desired.

Stakeholders would be both internal (e.g. all departments and key staff) and
external (e.g. prospective visitors including older persons and families
with children, members, prospective donors (good chance to garner buy-in),
teachers, members of local press).

Prospective outcomes might include getting people to visit, generating
contributions, assuring and supporting press coverage, displaying
collection, conveying a certain spirit or persona for the organization,
retail through an online store.

With a match of outcomes to stakeholders one can then evaluate which
outcomes have the most return on their investment (financial, mission); some
might be musts and others might be prioritized...the web site  is more
easily built for accommodation of future enhancements if those prospects are
known in advance

Once you know the outcomes, it is fairly straightforward to identify the web
features that are needed to attain that outcome.

This may all seem more formal than it need be..it is essentially a sequence
of structured meetings and need not take more than a couple days to
complete.

Such a process can also lead to a better understanding of who within an
organization will have responsibility for what functions on the website, but
i am not trying to make more of this than your question requires.

All of this does serve to bring a depth and strength to the information you
can provide in an RFI to several vendors...and different vendors, issued the
challenge of designing a site which will meet both feature and outcome
requirements  will bring a variety of graphical and functional designs to
bear. It should also accelerate this part of the process.

One last thing about RFI's:  Send them to a variety of vendors who exhibit
different strengths; i dont worry about geographic proximity but some face
time throughout the project is vital,  and allow them to demonstrate their
creativity in design and cost-effectiveness.

I hope this helps.

Len Steinbach



On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 6:51 PM, Peter Turner petert at northwestmuseum.org
wrote:

 This discussion is of great interest to me as we are in the situation here
 at the MAC where our current web host is quitting the web hosting
 business.

 There are 2 pieces of information I would appreciate from anyone with an
 opinion:

 1 - Is there anyone in this community who has used or created a RFI
 (Request
 For Information) that would be willing to share that document with me ??
 Please send to me directly at the email below. I would be very grateful.

 2 - Who hosts your site (one stop shop, self host or split design, CMS,
 Host) and how happy are you ??

 Any comments and help very gratefully accepted as we have a fairly
 aggressive timeline to move hosts.

 Peter Turner
 Information Technology Specialist
 Northwest Museum of Arts  Culture
 2316 West First Ave
 Spokane, WA 99201
 Phone   509-363-5327
 Fax 509-363-5303
 Email   petert at northwestmuseum.org



 -Original Message-
 From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
 Holly Witchey
 Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 9:08 AM
 To: Bstokes at mosthistory.org; Museum Computer Network Listserv
 Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Organizational Question

 Dear Bill:

 I agree with Barbara's comments below with a caveat.  Museum leadership
 should be called upon to make the decision on who manages web site but
 they should make the call from a position of educated strength.  My
 recommendation is, unless you are simply rolling in money, that the
 responsible path for any cultural heritage organization to take in 2008
 is to send out an a Request for Information (RFI) as opposed to an
 Request for Proposal (RFP) to several developers asking them to comment,
 in a brief document, on what they do for your institution, how they
 would propose to do it, how you would manage it, and what, in general,
 it might cost--you should also include your current favored vendor in
 the process.  When all the responses come back in you then weight the
 pros and cons, sometimes a favored vendor will come in higher than
 others, but a good working relationship might compensate for the
 additional cost.  This information is then presented to the museum
 leadership, or reviewed in conjunction with museum leadership, depending
 on the size of your institution, and a decision is made.

 If it comes down to a choice between one or two, then you might want to
 go with a full blown RFP, but I've always found RFIs are just as useful
 and not as time consuming for all parties. Then...once you've chosen
 your vendor the most important thing is to MANAGE EVERYONE'S
 EXPECTATIONS.  

[MCN-L] wikis in museums?

[Leonard Steinbach]

Please check out MN150 http://www.mnhs.org/exhibits/mn150/ .

On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 2:01 PM, j trant jtrant at archimuse.com wrote:

 there have been several threads about wikis on the list of the UK
 Museum Computer Group. See
 http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?S1=MCG  to search their
 archive.

 jt


 At 10:50 AM -0700 6/1/08, Stan Orchard wrote:
 Hi all...I posted a similar message to the ASTC listserv and didn't
 get much response, which surprised me. So, thought I'd drop a line
 here. I'm looking for examples of wikis in a museum setting. For
 internal use? External with the public? Any and all examples would be
 appreciated. I'd love to be able to point people at public examples
 especially. Appreciate any and all responses. Thanks!
 
 Stan Orchard
 Pacific Science Center
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[MCN-L] webby

[Leonard Steinbach]

In case you missed it, the webby awards have been announced.  Winners and
nominees are at http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php?season=12.

Great to see wonderful ideas expressed in the outside world.  Take a look
at TED's site for Best Visual Design - Functional and how items of interest
can be visually sorted.

In the Arts category, it was nice to see that Edward Hopper's New  York from
the National Gallery of Art was a finalist.  It recently won a Gold Muse
Award at AAM.

Would love to see discussion of web sites with specific lessons museums
could learn from.

len

[MCN-L] FREE online/SL conference

[Leonard Steinbach]

Hi folks,

I pitched this conference a couple weeks ago and wanted to share this
updated information since there will be some presence in SL as well as
near-hi def video streaming and a couple technology superstars involved.

IT IS FREE.

I think the topics covered are of significant interest to the museum
community, but almost more importantly, the content, messages and insights
are coming from outside the museum community...from/to the higher education
community with which museum technologists share more inherent kinship than
is usually recognized.  I hope most of us agree that visitors from beyond
our galaxy may prove very worthwhile.

Thoughts on my premise or the event itself, now or post-event are welcome
here or off list.   Thanks.

So here, from Case Western Reserve

Colleagues and friends --

We're nearly sold out (250 free lunches;-) for the upcoming Collaborative
Technology and Community Engagement Summit being held at Case Western
Reserve University's Thwing Center on May 8th from 9 - 4.
At 9 am OneCommunity unveils the new and expanded University Circle wireless
mesh Live throughout University Circle, parts of East Cleveland, Cleveland
Heights, and Cleveland
The program features the (co)author of Wikinomics (http://www.wikinomics.com)
as our lunchtime (free) keynote (Anthony Williams) and Cory Ondrejka
(founder of Second Life) and more than 16 breakout sessions and 40 speakers
and demonstrations. President Barbara Snyder will be offering remarks
following the keynote.

Registration and up to date programing information is available at
http://www.case.edu/its/collabtech08/collabtech08.html

For those unable to attend in person, you can participate in SecondLife
http://slurl.com/secondlife/ClevelandPlus/184/107/24 once you've created
your avatar (instructions available
http://www.case.edu/its/services/documents/SlClevelandPLusIntro.pdf) We will
also be streaming much of the event (see program for times) in new near-high
definition streaming (H264) at
http://mediavision.case.edu/H264/caselive.html
CollabTech 08 is sponsored by Case Western Reserve University's Information
Technology Services, University Libraries, UCITE, Office of the Provost,
Human Resources, Council of Technology Officers, and Faculty Senate
Committee on Information Resources. CollabTech08 is made possible through
generous contributions of OneCommunity, Dell Computers, Apple Computers,
PerceptIS, Mobile Discovery, IBM, EMC, and Cisco Systems.

[MCN-L] FREE online/SL conference

[Leonard Steinbach]

In case there was confusion, the streaming much of the event (see program
for times) in new near-high definition streaming (H264) at
http://mediavision.case.edu/H264/caselive.html  does not require any
virtual world participation.



On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Chad Petrovay cpetrovay at thewalters.org
wrote:

 They don't offer a streaming option that doesn't involve creating an
 avatar?

 Chad M Petrovay
 Collections Database Administrator
 P: 410.547.9000 x266

 -Original Message-
 From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
 Leonard Steinbach
 Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 12:55 PM
 To: mcn-l at toronto.mediatrope.com
 Subject: [MCN-L] FREE online/SL conference

 Hi folks,

 I pitched this conference a couple weeks ago and wanted to share this
 updated information since there will be some presence in SL as well as
 near-hi def video streaming and a couple technology superstars involved.

 IT IS FREE.

 I think the topics covered are of significant interest to the museum
 community, but almost more importantly, the content, messages and
 insights
 are coming from outside the museum community...from/to the higher
 education
 community with which museum technologists share more inherent kinship
 than
 is usually recognized.  I hope most of us agree that visitors from
 beyond
 our galaxy may prove very worthwhile.

 Thoughts on my premise or the event itself, now or post-event are
 welcome
 here or off list.   Thanks.

 So here, from Case Western Reserve

 Colleagues and friends --

 We're nearly sold out (250 free lunches;-) for the upcoming
 Collaborative
 Technology and Community Engagement Summit being held at Case Western
 Reserve University's Thwing Center on May 8th from 9 - 4.
 At 9 am OneCommunity unveils the new and expanded University Circle
 wireless
 mesh Live throughout University Circle, parts of East Cleveland,
 Cleveland
 Heights, and Cleveland
 The program features the (co)author of Wikinomics
 (http://www.wikinomics.com)
 as our lunchtime (free) keynote (Anthony Williams) and Cory Ondrejka
 (founder of Second Life) and more than 16 breakout sessions and 40
 speakers
 and demonstrations. President Barbara Snyder will be offering remarks
 following the keynote.

 Registration and up to date programing information is available at
 http://www.case.edu/its/collabtech08/collabtech08.html

 For those unable to attend in person, you can participate in SecondLife
 http://slurl.com/secondlife/ClevelandPlus/184/107/24 once you've created
 your avatar (instructions available
 http://www.case.edu/its/services/documents/SlClevelandPLusIntro.pdf) We
 will
 also be streaming much of the event (see program for times) in new
 near-high
 definition streaming (H264) at
 http://mediavision.case.edu/H264/caselive.html
 CollabTech 08 is sponsored by Case Western Reserve University's
 Information
 Technology Services, University Libraries, UCITE, Office of the Provost,
 Human Resources, Council of Technology Officers, and Faculty Senate
 Committee on Information Resources. CollabTech08 is made possible
 through
 generous contributions of OneCommunity, Dell Computers, Apple Computers,
 PerceptIS, Mobile Discovery, IBM, EMC, and Cisco Systems.
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[MCN-L] collaboration learning from higher ed

[Leonard Steinbach]

The higher education community has a lot of great knowledge and experience
to share with the cultural community when it comes to new media and
technology  related collaboration, learning, scholarship, communications,
open source software and other areas.  That is one reason that I think it
makes sense to pay attention to what's happening at NMC http://www.nmc.org,
Internet2 http://www.internet2.org and other places where higher
educators/technologists hang out.

Here is a great example of a University-sponsored day-long conference, free
in person, streaming in second life, that will explore collaboration
technology from angle that could  be relevant to the museum community, but
illuminated from a  different direction.

*note: i am not affiliated with this in any way but will be there in person.
*

From Case Western Reserve University...


This is an outstanding opportunity for the entire  community to learn and
participant in the emerging world of collaboration technology. In addition
to workshops, panels, and keynotes, there are big raffle drawings for
computer systems and more (must be present to win). The website is open for
registration at http://www.case.edu/its/collabtech08/collabtech08.html

Case Western Reserve University will highlight new technologies and how they
enhance research and discovery during its campus Collaboration Technologies
Summit 2008 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 8 in Thwing Center. In addition, the
keynote and panels will be streamed in ClevelandPlus in
SecondLifehttp://www.case.edu/its/services/documents/SlClevelandPLusIntro.pdf.


All university faculty, staff, students, alumni, neighborhood and community
partners are invited to attend the symposium and demonstration event?that
will be conducted simultaneously at collaborative sites throughout world.

The event will feature a *keynote address* by Anthony D. Williams. An
author, researcher and consultant, Williams's latest project is the
bestselling book (co-authored with Don Tapscott) called *Wikinomics: How
Mass Collaboration Changes Everything.*

Two panels at the summit will be anchored by Campus Computing Project
Director, Dr. Kenneth Green, Visiting Scholar at Claremont Colleges. The
first panel is titled *Making Sense of the explosion of Web 2.0 tools and
their relevance and consequence in Higher Education*. Panelists include
educators and faculty leaders from Case Western Reserve University,
University of Southern California, Bradley University, and Researchers from
IBM. At the end of the day-long event Green will host a panel called
*Collaboration
Technology?What's Next?: Bold Predictions, Cautionary Notes and Take Away
Lessons*. Panelists include leaders from Case Western Reserve University,
Tri-C, MIT, and the co-founder of SecondLife, Cory Ondrejka.
Breakout sessions will include: Track 1: Community Engagement: From local
impact to global influence

   - Connected Communities and Wireless Connectivity?Case Western
   Reserve, OneCommunity?The Next Chapter
   - Virtual Worlds and the New Frontiers of Learning?From SecondLife to
   Wonderland
   - Worldwide Learning Environments
   - To Data Warehousing and Beyond!

Track 2: Mobile Discovery

   - Mobile Advertising?Where and how do 2D codes fit in? The Convergence
   of Print, Mobile and Internet: from USA TODAY to FaceBook, how
   CodeIntelligence extends the value of print advertising. The Nation's First
   2D bar code trial: Findings  Implications

Track 3: The People Formerly Known as the Audience

   - Rich Media and Participatory Culture?The Experience of YouTube and
   iTunes in Higher Education
   - New Frontiers in Video-Based Collaboration
   - Towards a Unified Communications Environment Leveraging VOIP and
   WebEx?The Cisco Story

Track 4: Blogs and Wikis

   - Meet the Bloggers: Community Thought Leadership and Touching New
   Audiences
   - Scholarship and Blogging, the View From Within the Academy
   - Wikis and Collaboration Models for Active Learning

Featured at the Summit will be demonstrations of the launch of the
University Circle Wireless Mesh with Cleveland-based OneCommunity,

Details of the Summit, including registration information, can be found at
http://www.case.edu/its/collabtech08/collabtech08.html

The conference is free.

The Collaborative Technologies Summit 2008 is sponsored by Case Western
Reserve's Information Technology Services, University Library, University
Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education, Office of the Provost,
Human Resources, Faculty Senate Committee on Information Resources and
Council of Technology Officers. Corporate underwriting comes from IBM,
Cisco, EMC, Dell, OneCommunity, Mobile Discovery, and PerceptIS.

[MCN-L] Google mail versus MS Exchange or others

[Leonard Steinbach]

I have been strongly urging cultural institutions, especially those with
minimal or overworked, overstretched technology staffs to give serious
consideration to moving to G-mail under their education/non-profit
organization program.  Many colleges/universities have been going, or are
considering going, this route, with Arizona State University among the
leaders in this. (they have been a bit radical in some other technology
approaches as well).  The academic sector may  prove a good role model in
this.

I wont recapitulate the full apps
programhttp://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/org/index.htmlbut the
increased storage capacity, sophisticated spam filtering, easy
access to other google apps , migration assistance, retention of
institutional email addressing, ease of remote access, become compelling
cases for evaluation. Undoubtedly one factor would be the extent to which
specialized features of Exchange  used by staff can not be easily replaced.

I have long posited that, generally speaking,  the core competency of
museums is not the management of complex systems, but the creative use of
them and that museums should be vigilant in periodically reevaluating where
there time and costs are dedicated.

For some museums, internal email management may be appropriate, but for many
it probably no longer is.  In an era of increasing emergence of webware as
an effective application strategy, legacy, in-house systems will come under
increasing scrutiny.  I think Email is a start.





http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/index.html





On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 9:32 AM, Chuck Patch chuck.patch at gmail.com wrote:

 I'd be interested in learning what led you to consider this option.

 Chuck Patch

 On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Stan Orchard stanorchard at mac.com wrote:

  I'd love to see any comments here on the list. Thanks!
 
  On Apr 15, 2008, at 11:07 AM, Nancy Pinn wrote:
   We are taking a look at switching from Microsoft Exchange to Google
   mail
   for our email services.  I am curious if any of you have made this
   switch or have given it any serious consideration.  Any thoughts you
   would care to share will be appreciated.
  
  
  
   Please feel free to communicate with me directly at
   npinn at thewalters.org
   or calling me on 410-246-8339.
  
  
  
   Thanks,
  
   Nancy
  
  
  
  
  
   Nancy C. Pinn
  
   Director of Information Technology
  
   The Walters Art Museum
  
   600 North Charles Street
  
   Baltimore MD 21201
  
   410-547-9000 ext 339
  
   410-246-8339 - direct dial
  
   410-244-5870 - fax
  
   www.thewalters.org
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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[MCN-L] Google mail versus MS Exchange or others

[Leonard Steinbach]

Thanks, Chuck and Ari,  and I shall sit back a bit after this one...

I appreciate Chuck's reference to reliance on the ISP, but wonder how really
increased this would be?  We still rely on ISPs for external email, web
access, ticketing and others for pretty critical usefulness.  Also (maybe
this is one of those for better or worse things) google mail becomes more
independent of an ISP than if email is simply outsourced to the ISP.  I take
the point about other applications creating a comfort level for remote
applications, but email could also be a start.

But I dont want to neglect the whole issue of Return on Investment. To what
extent does moving email (etal) out free up financial and human resources to
focus on that which must be done internally, and, more importantly, improve
service and resources so that it results in a net gain to the organization
as a whole.

And if this is ACT ONE, ACT TWO is outsourcing phone systems through remote
VOIP hosting, an area which is not quite a mature and cost-effective in all
situations as might be hoped...but rapidly getting there.



On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Chuck Patch chuck.patch at gmail.com wrote:

 OK. I held off hijacking the thread until someone else did it for me..

 Interesting. During the month(s) our internal systems were down following
 Katrina, I set up initial communications among the staff using Google
 groups
 and set up people without personal email accounts on Google mail. While we
 later developed an online staff directory that people could personally
 update while on the road, it was the initial use of the Google group that
 allowed us to get in contact. Although I suspect that there would still be
 significant resistance among our tech folk, the truth is that there is
 nothing that our institution does with Exchange that couldn't be done in
 Google mail, which is another way of saying that no one uses any of the
 useful features in Exchange, such as meeting scheduling etc. Or rather, a
 handful will and the rest never pay attention to those features which
 makes
 them useless.

 I also agree with Ari that staff will probably hate the Google apps and
 prefer Office, but then when has anyone's staff not hated anything other
 than what they've been using? Switch them to Office 2007 and I promise
 Google Apps will look fabulous. I think the real hump for most
 institutions
 to surmount is the sense that you're much more reliant on your ISP with
 this
 system. In fact, it's not email where web services are making inroads,
 it's
 in more peripheral stuff like event registration, online calendaring, shop
 stores, etc that are raising the comfort level for things closer to the
 mission.

 Chuck Patch


 On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Leonard Steinbach 
 lensteinbach at gmail.com
 wrote:

  I have been strongly urging cultural institutions, especially those with
  minimal or overworked, overstretched technology staffs to give serious
  consideration to moving to G-mail under their education/non-profit
  organization program.  Many colleges/universities have been going, or
 are
  considering going, this route, with Arizona State University among the
  leaders in this. (they have been a bit radical in some other technology
  approaches as well).  The academic sector may  prove a good role model
 in
  this.
 
  I wont recapitulate the full apps
  programhttp://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/org/index.htmlbut the
  increased storage capacity, sophisticated spam filtering, easy
  access to other google apps , migration assistance, retention of
  institutional email addressing, ease of remote access, become compelling
  cases for evaluation. Undoubtedly one factor would be the extent to
 which
  specialized features of Exchange  used by staff can not be easily
  replaced.
 
  I have long posited that, generally speaking,  the core competency of
  museums is not the management of complex systems, but the creative use
 of
  them and that museums should be vigilant in periodically reevaluating
  where
  there time and costs are dedicated.
 
  For some museums, internal email management may be appropriate, but for
  many
  it probably no longer is.  In an era of increasing emergence of webware
 as
  an effective application strategy, legacy, in-house systems will come
  under
  increasing scrutiny.  I think Email is a start.
 
 
 
 
 
  http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/index.html
 
 
 
 
 
  On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 9:32 AM, Chuck Patch chuck.patch at gmail.com
  wrote:
 
   I'd be interested in learning what led you to consider this option.
  
   Chuck Patch
  
   On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Stan Orchard stanorchard at mac.com
  wrote:
  
I'd love to see any comments here on the list. Thanks!
   
On Apr 15, 2008, at 11:07 AM, Nancy Pinn wrote:
 We are taking a look at switching from Microsoft Exchange to
 Google
 mail
 for our email services.  I am curious if any of you have made this
 switch or have given it any

[MCN-L] Fwd: NMC announces Open Virtual Worlds project with Sun Microsytems

[Leonard Steinbach]

I think the following announcement should be of interest to the museum
community, especially any museums who are involved with, or considering
engaging virtual worlds and Second Life.



* Dear NMCers,

Today the New Media Consortium (NMC) announced a $250,000 two-year
collaboration with Sun Microsystems to launch the Open Virtual Worlds
Project, an effort that is aimed at making it even easier to learn, work,
and exchange ideas in virtual space. The project will develop a range of
standards-based, portable open-source educational spaces, content, and
objects, and use them to extend Sun Microsystems's open source Project
Darkstar and Project Wonderland virtual world platforms.

 As part of the Open Virtual Worlds effort, Sun Microsystems will become the
NMC's newest Platinum partner, which is the highest level of corporate
participation in the NMC, and reflects a strong commitment on the part of a
company to the work of the NMC and its members.  At the same time, the NMC
will also join the Sun Immersion Special Interest Group, which is a Sun
Microsystems Inc. sponsored community dedicated to advancing the state of
open source technology and content for virtual worlds and gaming in
education.

In launching the Open Virtual Worlds project, the NMC will build on its
extensive presence in Second Life and add to the services it offers
educational institutions with a suite of services aimed at those who need a
secure extensible platform or simply prefer an open solution. Open Virtual
Worlds will be a new project housed within NMC Virtual Worlds, along with
its extensive Second Life project.

The NMC remains deeply committed to the Second Life platform, and plans to
continue to offer comprehensive services for it for the long term. At the
same time, we believe that Sun's open-source platforms will meet the needs
that many institutions have for higher levels of security, clear ownership
of intellectual property, and portability. Adding a suite of open-content,
open-source services will add an important dimension to NMC Virtual Worlds
that we hope will help members continue to explore the evolving range of
options unfolding in the virtual world arena.

The project's business plan includes scalable hosted solutions that will
make it very easy for any institution to experiment with the educational
spaces and content that is planned for development, as well as very high
quality custom development services. Over the long term, just as we have
done in Second Life, revenues from custom development will support a wide
range of activities, content, and events that will be available and open to
all.

See the official press release for more information at
http://www.nmc.org/news/nmc/nmc-launches-open-virtual-worlds-project

As the Open Virtual Worlds project unfolds over the next few months, we will
add a major new component to the NMC Virtual Worlds website that will be the
repository for news, information, downloads, and more.

Larry Johnson
Chief Executive Officer

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email   johnson at nmc.org
web www.nmc.org
*



-- 
Leonard Steinbach
Resident Scholar, Museum Programs
New Media Consortium



-- 
Leonard Steinbach
Resident Scholar, Museum Programs
New Media Consortium

[MCN-L] Web count-down clock examples?

[Leonard Steinbach]

I use a countdown timeclock called Timeleft from
Nestersofthttp://www.nestersoft.com/timeleft/ on
my computer screen when i do classes, lectures, etc...and I know that it
includes a variety of formats and features exportable to a websitefree
trial for local use is available.  There is also a website called
timeleft.com which is just a pretty proforma sales referral portal but has
some good links to clock software...that's where i found what i am using,

len

On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Christina DePaolo 
Christinad at seattleartmuseum.org wrote:

 Hi,
 Do any of you use count-down clocks on your websites or know of websites
 that do? We are thinking about adding a count down feature to the homepage
 to promote the opening and closing of special exhibitions. We are looking
 for examples, so if you can pass any on, I would really appreciate it.

 Thanks.

 Christina DePaolo
 New Media
 Seattle Art Museum

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[MCN-L] Fwd: New Media Exhibit Opens Feb. 5

[Leonard Steinbach]

Hello all,

I know that many of us have long standing interested in new media production
and accessibility by persons of disabilities.  I was not previously aware of
the work specifically identified as produced by persons with disabilities
and referred to below.

len steinbach

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[MCN-L] Server Room/Museum Environmental Monitoring

[Leonard Steinbach]

While Rich's comments have a great deal of merit there has also been a great
deal of evolution in Building Automation Systems.  To a great extent they
are communicating on IP networks allowing better, more flexible monitoring
and control, and to the extent that they can run on common cabling systems
and on an institutions overall IP network there may be opportunities for
cost effective installation and operation.

It may be useful to look at the environmental control system areas on the
websites of companies such as Siemens and Johnson Controls to get a sense of
where things are going. Certainly check with your three prospective vendors
to see if they specifically provide solutions which enable interoperability;
even a pro forma evaluation of alternative approaches can be worthwhile.

However, the extent to which it makes sense or is even feasible to unify
existing control systems, which have traditionally been married to specific
vendor management systems, is a very big question (compared with decisons
pertaining to totally new construction).  Staff comfort with systems for
which they are responsible is certainly important.

In the final analysis though, what would you be gaining with a unified
solution (other than an elegance of design).  Would there be cost savings,
in terms of service contract cost, upgrade cost, opportunities for staff who
- with a unified system - would have time to address and achieve other
things, reduction in staff?   Perhaps the real long term return on
investment should be a guiding force in deciding the extent to which you
pursue your ideal.  If three systems is an economical way to go, adds
overall reliability in such a critical application, and staff dont really
spend much time attending to those systems anyway (other than adjusting
certain parameters) maybe this isnt the place for the good fight.

Finally, I have visited your museum several times. It is a favorite
destination it is a wonderful architectural feat which i have to believe
presents a number of environmental challenges. Good luck.

Len Steinbach



On Jan 9, 2008 8:50 AM, Cherry, Rich rcherry at skirball.org wrote:

 The question is weather this is really an IT related system or a
 Building/Engineering related system.  My guess is that its really a
 Building system because one of the end results should be to actually
 control humidity and temp not just monitor it... to do that you need a
 building control system that's tied into your chillers/humidifiers etc.
 There are more versions of these than you can imagine.  They span from
 simple systems to very complex database controlled systems that have
 logic based design tools that allow the engineer to design complex what
 if scenarios. In many cases it boils down to what the systems you need
 to tie it into and what your engineering integrators understand how to
 do and what system your chief engineer knows than anything else.  If you
 get a fancy system and your chief engineer is the kind of person who
 likes dials and gauges and works around it you would be wasting your
 money.

 Rich

 Rich Cherry
 Director of Operations
 Skirball Cultural Center
 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd.
 Los Angeles, CA 90049
 Work: (310) 440-4777
 Fax: (310) 440-4595





 -Original Message-
 From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
 Gauthier, Troy
 Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 4:17 PM
 To: mcn-l at mcn.edu
 Subject: [MCN-L] Server Room/Museum Environmental Monitoring

 Looking for one solution that meets the needs of multiple areas within
 the museum.



 We are looking for a unified environmental monitoring system that
 upgrade our current system (which is gallery, temp, humidity myopic)and
 will meet the requirements of



 Conservation and Collections within the galleries... temp and humidity;

 Building Requirements... monitoring freezers, flooding, temperature;

 And Equipment protection... monitoring our server room for temp and
 humidity.



 I discovered we were prepared to purchase 3 separate systems and was
 hoping other museums may have had a similar experience deploying
 environmental monitoring systems.



 I realise this is in the grey area of being MCN relevant but hopefully
 this discussion will be of use to many.



 Troy Gauthier

 Manager, Information Technology

   Direct   604-827-5355

Email   troy.gauthier at ubc.ca



 Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia

 223A - 6393 N.W. Marine Drive, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2

 p. 604.827.5355   f. 604.822.2974   e. troy.gauthier at ubc.ca  w.
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[MCN-L] IP SIG: Spam v. Spam

[Leonard Steinbach]

according to wikipedia, Hormel has been very supportative of the Python
routine including promotional support with Spamalot, etc.

On Dec 3, 2007 1:45 AM, Amalyah Keshet akeshet at imj.org.il wrote:

 Which raises the interesting question, did Hormel ever sue Monty Python
 for
 trademark infringement?

 But if you're currently doing an in-depth enquiry into sampling, fan
 fiction, and mashups, have a look at
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luVjkTEIoJc . Research-related, of course.

 AK

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 From: Leonard Steinbach lensteinbach at gmail.com
 To: Museum Computer Network Listserv mcn-l at mcn.edu
 Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 3:31 AM
 Subject: Re: [MCN-L] IP SIG: Spam v. Spam


  and here's more proof   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ7YedEopp4
 
 
 
 
  On Dec 2, 2007 9:08 AM, Amalyah Keshet akeshet at imj.org.il wrote:
 
  Finally, a scrap of evidence that sanity is still alive and well:
 
 
 
 
  NEW YORK, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Spam Arrest LLC, a provider of software
 and
  services aimed at stopping email spam, on Wednesday said it won a
  five-year
  legal battle against Hormel Foods Corp to keep its trademark.
 
  Spam Arrest said a three-judge panel found that Hormel's trademark
 does
  not extend to computer software for filtering spam.
 
  Hormel sells Spam processed meats and sued the software maker, claiming
  dilution on the trademarked name.
 
  Consumers are smarter than to confuse us with the source for meat
 called
  spam, Spam Arrest Chief Executive Brian Cartmell said in a statement.
  (Reporting by Justin Grant; Editing by David Cowell)
 
 
 
  And that took five years to figure out?
 
 
 
  Amalyah Keshet
  Head of Image Resources  Copyright Management
  The Israel Museum, Jerusalem  akeshet at imj.org.il
  Chair, MCN IP SIG   www.mcn.edu
  Blog  www.musematic.net

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[MCN-L] IP SIG: Spam v. Spam

[Leonard Steinbach]

and here's more proof   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ7YedEopp4




On Dec 2, 2007 9:08 AM, Amalyah Keshet akeshet at imj.org.il wrote:

 Finally, a scrap of evidence that sanity is still alive and well:



 


 NEW YORK, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Spam Arrest LLC, a provider of software and
 services aimed at stopping email spam, on Wednesday said it won a five-year
 legal battle against Hormel Foods Corp to keep its trademark.

 Spam Arrest said a three-judge panel found that Hormel's trademark does
 not extend to computer software for filtering spam.

 Hormel sells Spam processed meats and sued the software maker, claiming
 dilution on the trademarked name.

 Consumers are smarter than to confuse us with the source for meat called
 spam, Spam Arrest Chief Executive Brian Cartmell said in a statement.
 (Reporting by Justin Grant; Editing by David Cowell)



 


 And that took five years to figure out?



 Amalyah Keshet
 Head of Image Resources  Copyright Management
 The Israel Museum, Jerusalem  akeshet at imj.org.il
 Chair, MCN IP SIG   www.mcn.edu
 Blog  www.musematic.net





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[MCN-L] cultural diplomacy

[Leonard Steinbach]

I have been long interested in how web or other technology based
collaborations are a form of cultural diplomacy, which for the
moment I will simply define as fostering better understandings among
peoples based on the sharing of art and culture.

For example, FRAME  www.framemuseums.org fosters the sharing of
information, exhibitions, and intellectual discourse through a
consortium of 12 French and 12 American regional museums.   I was most
impressed and inspired by the work of our colleagues and friends at
the National Palace Museum in Taiwan who through multi-lingual
presentation and broad distribution of information about their art are
really promoting and sharing their culture.
http://www.npm.gov.tw/en/home.htm  Our friends also talked about their
involvement n
culturemondo -- check out
http://www.culturelink.org/conf/culturemondo/index.html

Then there are non-museum projects such as the Digital Worlds
Institute http://www.digitalworlds.ufl.edu/ which is using internet2
and music and other culture to bridge communities around the world.

Anyway. i would appreciate and links or information about web or
otherwise technology-based culture-based multi-national initiatives to
bring the world's peoples together.

many thanks

Len Steinbach
lensteinbach at gmail.com
cell 917 821 6207

[MCN-L] Website workflow

[Leonard Steinbach]

Perian,

I know that this may not exactly be the type of answer you are looking for,
but before deciding on the workflow, and what seems to be the internal
ownership of the website, you way want to be clear on what i believe are
two important questions:

Who are the most significant stakeholders (internal and external) for the
web site?
What are the paybacks --- financial and mission-related --- that you are
expecting from the website in its new manifestation?

A clear understanding of the answers to these questions may help identify
where the website should live, and how the work should flow (editorially if
not technically).  Clarity on these issues right up front might also
minimize the extent to which the website design and priorities simply
reflect the opinions of the department in which it lives..

I hope this helps...

Len Steinbach


On 7/26/07, Perian Sully psully at magnes.org wrote:

 Hi everyone -

 We're beginning a process of redesigning our website and we're trying to
 decide what the workflow will be to update the site. Because we don't have
 a
 web team or even an IT department, we're trying to figure out who will be
 in
 charge of the overall tone of the site (we're not comfortable with housing
 it with the marketing department), and what the path is for various
 departments for contributing content.

 Would anyone be willing to share how your institution manages web
 information and processes?

 Thanks in advance!

 Perian Sully
 Collection Database  Records Administrator
 Judah L. Magnes Museum
 2911 Russell St.
 Berkeley, CA 94705
 510-549-6950 x 335
 http://www.magnes.org
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broadband and museum

[Leonard Steinbach]

Hello folks



As I continue to work on my paper on broadband and museums
for MW2005, I would appreciate any references anyone could provide to any
museums using broadband in any meaningful way. In addition to use in
streaming video, which I am certainly interested in, I would also like to know
about uses in research, vr, videoconferencing, distance learning, gaming,
online exhibitions, etc. I am especially interested in application which would
not be feasible without the use of broadband.



This could include works in progress, proposals funded
or unfunded etc.



Of course, any references would be fully cited, and may
result in an interview and quotes in the context of the paper.



Many thanks



Len




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Re: Confidentiality Statement

[Leonard Steinbach]

I find that many vendor contracts include confidentiality clauses which
I then find myself broadening...e.g. info available to all staff who
have reasonable interest in knowledge, etc.  I rarely sign
non-disclosure agreements unless I am really being shown something very
hush-hush and of significant interest and I never sign a non-disclosure
to hear about some ideas. Happy to discuss further offline

-Original Message-
From: Christine Bostick [mailto:christinebost...@ohs.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 2:30 PM
To: mcn-l@mcn.edu
Subject: Confidentiality Statement

Does anyone have a confidentiality statement in place between your
museum and software vendors?  If you do, may I have a copy?


Thanks.



Christine Bostick
IT Director
Oregon Historical Society
1200 SW Park Avenue   Portland, OR  97205
Phone: 503-306-5217 Fax: 503-478-3017
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vp debate

[Leonard Steinbach]

In case you are planning to watch the VP debate on Tuesday,
I thought I would let you know the CNN is broadcasting from The Cleveland
Museum of Art.




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Re: Museums and Humanities Cyberinfrastructure

[Leonard Steinbach]

Yes I meant to say that there are NO
Museum leaders among



-Original Message-
From: David Green
[mailto:red...@mac.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004
4:28 PM
To:
mcn_mc...@listserver.americaneagle.com
Subject: Re: Museums and
Humanities Cyberinfrastructure



It is also noteworthy,
but not necessarily significant, that there are Museum leaders among the
Commission members and Advisors; 



Len: Did you mean to say
that there are NO museum leaders as I can't see any on the list. I don't
think one should necessarily have expected any, although it would have been
prescient of them to have included one cross-over - an academic, a scholar who
was active in museums (as Bill Barnett would appear to be). 



Commission Members: 



Paul Courant 

Provost and Professor of Economics 

University of Michigan 



Sarah Fraser 

Associate Professor and Chair 

Art History, Northwestern University 



Mike Goodchild 

Director, Center for Spatially Integrated Social
Science Professor, Geography 

University of California, Santa Barbara 



Margaret Hedstrom 

Associate Professor, School of Information 

University of Michigan 



Charles Henry 

Vice President and Chief Information Officer 

Rice University 



Peter B. Kaufman 

Director of Strategic Initiatives, Innodata Isogen 

President, Intelligent Television 



Jerome McGann 

John Stewart Bryan Professor 

English, University of Virginia 



Roy Rosenzweig 

Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor 

History, George Mason University 



John Unsworth (Chair) 

Dean and Professor 

Grad School of Library and Information Science 

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 



Bruce Zuckerman 

Professor, School of Religion 

Director, Archaeological Research Collection 

University of Southern California 



Advisors to the Commission: 



Dan Atkins 

Professor, School of Information 

Director, Alliance for Community Technology 

University of Michigan 



James Herbert 

Senior NSF/NEH Advisor 

National Science Foundation 



Clifford Lynch, Director 

Coalition for Networked Information 



Deanna Marcum 

Associate Librarian for Library Services 

Library of Congress 



Harold Short 

Director, Center for Computing in the Humanities 

King's College, London 



Donald J. Waters 

Program Officer for Scholarly Communication 

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 



Steve Wheatley 

Vice-President, American Council of Learned Societies




Senior Editor: 



Abby Smith 

Director of Programs 

Council on Library and Information Resources 

Washington, DC 



David 





On Jun 16, 2004, at 1:49 PM, Leonard Steinbach wrote: 



David, 



 



Thank you for raising
promulgating this... I was (truly) about to do so myself. 



 



I will be attending the
Commission meeting in New York on Saturday, but not ostensibly to
testify. I am looking forward to seeing how Museums are portrayed, and as
you noted, the Chicago notes are not posted yet, so your summation is most
helpful. 



 



It may be (again, I was
awaiting my experience on Saturday to decide my view) that both AAM and MCN
should provide more formal representational testimony to the Commission, both
as written documents and verbal testimony. 



 



It is also noteworthy,
but not necessarily significant, that there are Museum leaders among the
Commission members and Advisors; however, given the sponsorship of the Mellon
foundation, it seems hardly likely that museums will be forgotten on all this.




 



I will just reiterate
that the website for this project is http://www.acls.org/cyberinfrastructure/cyber.htm and one can
find more information there, including meeting notes, and sign up there for
email notifications about its progress. 



 



I am glad you have
stimulated this discussion. 



 



Len Steinbach




 



 



-Original Message- 

From: David Green
[mailto:red...@mac.com] 

Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 10:28 AM


To: mcn_mc...@listserver.americaneagle.com


Subject: Museums and Humanities
Cyberinfrastructure 



 



Readers might be interested in the progress of the
Commission on Cyberinfrastructure for the Humanities and Social Sciences,
sponsored by the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
http://www.acls.org/cyberinfrastructure/cyber.htm. 



 



The Commission is a humanities response to the
influential NSF Commission on Cyberinfrastructure that made recommendations for
improving national cyberinfrastructure for scientific research and teaching (
See Revolutioning Science  Engineering Through
Cyber-infrastructure,
http://www.communitytechnology.org/nsf_ci_report/). 



 



The ACLS has been holding a series of public meetings
(so far in DC and Chicago). The next is this coming Saturday (June 19) at the
NY Public Library from 10 to 4:30pm (future public meetings are scheduled for
Berkeley, Los Angeles, Houston and Baltimore - see the whole list at
http://www.acls.org/cyberinfrastructure/cyber_public_sessions.htm

Re: Job Title

[Leonard Steinbach]

New 
Meda Manager.

len

  -Original Message-From: J.Bermudez 
  [mailto:j.bermu...@pacificasiamuseum.org]Sent: Tuesday, November 
  18, 2003 7:10 PMTo: 
  mcn_mc...@listserver.americaneagle.comSubject: Job 
  TitleDear Colleagues:If I may borrow a moment of 
  your time, I'd greatly appreciate your input in regards to a matter that is 
  most puzzling. Currently, I am the Collections Database Manager as 
  well as the Manager of Digital Imaging. I maintain all the digital archives 
  pertaining to the museum's collection as well as update records of recent 
  acquisitions. I also photograph all new incoming gifts and past donations and 
  am responsible for image standards and file naming standards.I have 
  just been made responsible for managing content on our web site, and 
  troubleshooting and maintaining our in-house e-mail system. And 
  (I promise you this is no joke), starting next year, I will be responsible 
  maintaining the further development of our web site and all web based 
  projects.While I am excited to do these many jobs, what title should I 
  hold? I am most perplexed.Any and all comments are appreciated. 
  Thank you. Julian 
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REMINDER TODAY ONLINE AT 3PM EST Important New Resource for Museum Community

[Leonard Steinbach]

In case you were having too much fun at the MCN Conference in Las Vegas and
missed the original announcement:




TODAY AT 3 PM EST

 www.clevelandart.org/digitalpromise

OR

 ...OLE_Obj... www.webcastgroup.com/webcast/index.asp?WebcastID=894






It's a long announcement, but worth it. I promise ---len steinbach



A Special Program of Importance to the Museum Education Community
Broadcast Live on the Internet  Thursday Nov 13 3pm EST

The world of museum-based  education and object has the potential to be
tranformed profoundly through legislation currently receiving bi-partisan
support. It is called DOIT, the Digital Opportunity Investment Trust.

The DOIT legislation is endorsed by the American Association of Museums

DON'T MISS THIS PROGRAM !

The Cleveland Museum of Art,Case Western Reserve University and The Webcast
Group Present

A Digital Gift to the Nation
Lawrence K. Grossman
Co-Chairman, The Digital Promise Project,
and former president of NBC News and PBS

Discussing the impact, importance and potential of 
DOIT: A Digital Gift to the Nation

Thursday, November 13, 2003 3:00 pm (sharp)
at The Cleveland Museum of Art




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with additional panelists discussing DOIT's prospective impact on education,
economic development, and cultural Institutions:

Maxwell L. Anderson, Leadership Fellow, Chief Executive Leadership
Institute, Yale School of Management,and Past President, Association of Art
Museum Directors 

Dr. Robert Ballard, Founder  Chief Scientist, The JASON Foundation for
Education, President, Institute for Exploration [on videotape]

Anne G. Murphy, Digital Promise Project Director

Leonard Steinbach, Chief Information Officer, The Cleveland Museum of Art 

Others

The Digital Promise is a proposal to establish a major educational trust
fund that will help transform education, training and lifelong learning to
meet the needs of the nation's new knowledge-based economy. The educational
trust fund (the Digital Opportunity Investment Trust, or DO IT) would be
financed by billions of dollars in revenue from auctions of unused,
publicly-owned telecommunications spectrum, as mandated by Congress. The
project proposes to do for education in the U.S. what the National Science
Foundation does for science, the National Institutes of Health do for
health, and DARPA does for defense. It also recommends regional digital
resource centers to support cultural institutions and help in the
digitization of documents and other artifacts.

DO IT would enable the nation's schools, universities, libraries and museums
to reach outside their walls to millions of people in the U.S. and
throughout the world. It would support research and development of new
educational models and prototypes, taking full advantage of the Internet and
other new digital telecommunications technologies. This proposal is in the
spirit of the great American educational innovations of previous centuries
such as the GI Bill of 1948 and the Land Grant Colleges Act of 1862 that
helped transform the nation's economy and strengthen its democracy. 

For more information about DOIT including their recent report to Congress,
go to www.digitalpromise.org.

Be sure to attend the session on Digital Promise at the AAM Annual
Conference 2004.


Contact: Leonard Steinbach lsteinb...@clevelandart.org  216 707 2642

The Webcast Group is an interactive broadcasting corporation focusing on
corporate communications, continuing education and vertical market content
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JUNE 19 - COME TO, CALL IN - MCN DIGITAL CAMERA DIALOG

[Leonard Steinbach]

MUSEUMS AND DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY: A 
DIALOG WITH A MANUFACTURER
Presented by the Cleveland Museum of Art 
and Museum Computer Network(MCN)
Open toparticipation in person or 
by conference call
Thursday, June 19, 2003 Noon - 5pm 
EDT
Participate by Conference Call-In 
3pm
Email jfredri...@clevelandart.org to 
participate

Museums are increasingly key users of advanced 
digital imaging and related hardware and software products including image 
management software, scanners, printers, and cameras. Although museum 
professionals have engaged in ongoing dialogs with image management software 
publishers, direct engagement with hardware manufacturers has been far less 
frequent. As a result, museum digital photography needs are forced to be met by 
the products designed and optimized for other market segments and consumers. 

On June 19, 2003, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and 
Museum Computer Network, hopes to start changing this, through the direct 
discussion of museum digital camera needs with an important provider of digital 
camera technology for specialized markets. Key staff from the Cleveland Museum 
of Art, other institutions and outside experts will meet with David Gilblom, 
President of Alternate Vision Corporation(AVC), of Los Altos, California, which 
has been designated by Foveon, Inc., makers of new image sensors for digital 
cameras, to help it address broader and specific target markets for specialized 
camera production. 
At the meeting, Gilblom, who has 35 years of 
experience in developing and marketing image capture equipment for medical, 
industrial, scientific and graphic arts applications, will present details of 
the Foveon technology, demonstrate the current product, and participate in a 
discussion intended to provide AVC with the technical and contextual information 
it needs to include the special requirements of the art museum community in its 
plans for development of a new high-accuracy color camera product. The session 
will take place in the Cleveland Museum of Art's digital imaging studio. 

Interested and qualified members of the museum 
photography and imaging community are invited to participate in person in this 
event, or may engage in a special briefing and discussion by conference call. At 
the minimum, this should prove an engaging, enlightening, and provocative 
discussion of Foveon technology and its future. Beyond that it may prove an 
important mechanism for the invention and marketing of a new and cost-effective 
camera specifically designed to meet museum needs. 
Findings from this meeting, related both to the 
process and outcome of the dialog and as well as technical assessments, will be 
presented at MCN's 2003 Annual Conference in the fall. Participants will be 
acknowledged in the report.
TO PARTICIPATE IN PERSON OR CONFERENCE 
CALL
PLEASE EMAIL 
jfredri...@clevelandart.org

Additionally Background:
Foveon, Inc., has recently introduced a new kind of 
color area image sensor in which each pixel location contains three stacked 
photosensors to provide full color data at full resolution without the need for 
color filters or multiple exposures. The first product to incorporate the sensor 
is a digital still camera, the SD-9, made by Sigma Corporation of Japan. To 
address broader markets for specialized photographic and video cameras, Foveon 
appointed Alternative Vision Corporation (AVC) of Los Altos, California, to 
support these markets with sensors, equipment and support. AVC now offers a 
development system for camera designers and a real-time camera using the Foveon 
image sensor. 
Among the specialized markets AVC supports, there are 
several that require high-resolution color accuracy substantially better than 
can be provided with three-channel imaging devices. To address those needs, AVC 
is investigating the development of a new camera using the Foveon three channel 
image sensor in combination with a specialized filter to produce six-channel 
color data capable of representing over 90% of the visual color space with 
accuracy of 1 DeltaE or less. Such a camera could operate in real time and 
produce image data suitable for driving any of the wide-gamut displays now under 
development.
AVC's President, David Gilblom, has 35 years of 
experience as the innovator -- and one who launched -- vital "image capture" 
equipment for medical, scientific, industry or graphic-art applications. He 
partakes in the June 19 meeting at Cleveland Museum of Art (hosted by Len 
Steinbach) to share, with attendees, details of the Foveon technology and 
demonstrate the current product. Moreover, he aims to fully understand the 
expectations of museums (whether their focus be art, history or science) when it 
comes to an affordable high-performance digital camera suitable for a range of 
purposes. This insight can accelerate arrival of a foreseen Foveon device, 
realistically optimized for museums.
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READ: Museum Technology Fed Funding deadline

[Leonard Steinbach]

Friends and Colleagues:

Museums constantly lament the lack of funding for creating and deploying
innovative technology projects. But here is an almost always overlooked
excellent mechanism for realizing a creative idea for the use of technology,
which includes hardware, software, training, network costs, etc: The U.S.
Department of Commerce (yes, commerce) Technology Opportunities Program
(TOP). Technology. Opportunities. Program.

The Cleveland Museum of Art, as previous beneficiary of this program, was
able to implement a broadband, interactive video, lifelong learning program
for older persons at adult residencies, adult day care, and for isolated
persons at home. But the examples of museums trying for this money are few
and far between! [Examples are on the TOP web site. see link below] Program
staff have been knowledgeable, supportive and great to work with.

Continued federal funding has just been approved, but the postmark deadline
is April 23! [But the process is not as onerous as the ones used by some
other agencies.] Go for it!

As a frequent attendee of Museums and the Web and MCN conferences, I know
there are lots of great ideas out there! The program is NOT looking for
anyone to INVENT technology. Use up to date or emerging technology in AN
INNOVATIVE WAY.

Partnerships/collaboration is vital so get started.

Contact Don Druker at the TOP program for more information and advice. NO
ONE ELSE. He is the museum guy and will give excellent feedback to your
ideas, as well as resources.

If museums do not actively pursue funding opportunities that are available,
then we will lose them to other federal priorities, and deprive ourselves of
the moral authority to demand more funds.

The program description is below.

Good Luck!

Len Steinbach
Chief Information Officer
Cleveland Museum of Art
Past-president on the Board of MCN

 FROM THE TOP SITE
 http://www.ntia.doc.gov/top/grants/application.htm


 As a national program, TOP emphasizes innovation, learning, and diffusion
of new ideas and practical knowledge. Through TOP, NTIA provides
organizations with opportunities to explore the possibilities that new
telecommunications and information technology offer to improve the provision
of educational, cultural, health care, public information, public safety, or
other social services.


TOP projects demonstrate innovative applications of new telecommunications
and information technology to address pressing needs in the public and
non-profit sectors. Therefore, TOP expects applicants to present a clear
vision and a workable plan to apply technologies to address specific
challenges in their communities. Rather than simply requesting funds to
build capacity or upgrade existing equipment, each application should
describe a project that pinpoints specific problems, proposes creative
solutions, and postulates measurable outcomes.


All funded projects must be interactive in that they foster the exchange and
sharing of information among individuals and/or groups, as opposed to
one-way or broadcast systems. Because these grants will serve as national
models for other communities, NTIA expects each project to include
provisions for a thorough, independent evaluation that will provide valid
and reliable data as well as valuable lessons learned to be shared with
others interested in the project.


In previous fiscal years, NTIA supported planning projects. The emphasis for
Fiscal Year 2003 is on projects that deploy, use, and evaluate applications
of new telecommunications technology. NTIA will, however, support projects
that incorporate some planning activities as part of the proposed project.



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Web portal job at aam

[Leonard Steinbach]

A while back AAM 
issued guidelines to museums regarding providing publicly accessible information 
about objectswhose provenance during the Nazi-era may prove useful to 
persons researching the current whereabouts of certain objects. At that 
time, AAM also decided that it would be in the public's and museums' interests 
to develop a web portal to help centralize such the searching and sharing of 
such information. That effort has recently received funding. The following 
interesting, exciting, and important job opportunity relates to that 
project:
Project Manager, Nazi-era Portal web 
project

American Association of Museums seeks a Project 
Manager to supervise the
development, maintenance, and marketing of a 
Web-based database search tool.
Three (3) year contract. This position will work 
closely with developers to
oversee database construction and with museums to 
gather and organize
database content. College degree required; Masters 
preferred. Must have
experience with museum collections databases. Should 
be familiar with
Nazi-era assets topic, html, and web management. 
Demonstrated competency
dealing with the public via the telephone is 
required. Salary mid-forties.
Send resume and cover letter to AAM Human Resources 
at h...@aam-us.org.
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Fwd: Questionnaire on on-line museum discussion forums

[Leonard Steinbach]

-Original Message-
From: Jonathan Bowen [mailto:jpbo...@btinternet.com]
Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 5:48 PM
To: CHILDMUS mailing list; H-MUSEUM mailing list; ICOM-L mailing list;
MCG mailing list; MUSEUM-L mailing list; MUSWEB-L mailing list;
RESOURCENEWS mailing list; VSMUS mailing list; WEBHEAD-L mailing list
Cc: Leonard Steinbach; Chuck Patch; David Bearman; Jennifer Trant; Jim
Hemsley; Jim Angus; Neil Schwartz
Subject: Questionnaire on on-line museum discussion forums


An International Online Museum Forums Survey in English (and soon
French) is currently evaluating the needs of its audience. It will
take a few minutes of your time and be very helpful for developing
future museum-related group discussions.

The questionnaire can be found online under:

http://forums.museophile.net/questionnaire

An associated experimental museum forums website can be found under:

http://forums.museophile.net/

Please note that all responses are completely confidential. Thanks in
advance for your collaboration.

The questionnaire is being undertaken by Roxane Bernier (Department of
Sociology, Université de Montréal, Canada) and Prof. Jonathan Bowen
(SCISM, South Bank University, London, UK). Initial results will be
presented at the MCN 2002 Museum Computer Network Conference, Toronto,
Canada, 4-7 September 2002.

--
Jonathan Bowen
www.jpbowen.com

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Fwd: Program and Registration No Strings Attached Confer

[Leonard Steinbach]

Sorry if you've seen this before, and if you are coming 
to it you are morally, ethically, and otherwise obliged to let me know, say 
helloand visit the Cleveland Museum of Art!

JOIN OVER 200 
Registrants!PLEASE X-POST as appropriate.NO STRINGS ATTACHED: 
A National and Virtual Conference and Showcase on the Application of Wireless 
Technology and Personal Digital Assistants in Higher Education. May 1-2, 
2002REGISTRATION NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE... NO CHARGE FOR FACULTY, 
STUDENTS, STAFFhttp://www.cwru.edu/nostringsattached Case Western 
Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) in cooperation with the Campus Computing 
Project, Converge Magazine, HEKATE, Horizonlive, BMI, Playstream, NiceMedia, and 
Softcom and with support from Dell Computer, Compaq, IBM, Sun Microsystems, 
Palm, IBM, SCT, PeopleSoft, Oracle, Microsoft, Apple, Sprint, Cisco, and Netgear 
present the first annual No Strings Attached Conference May 1-2 in 
Cleveland.Real Experiences in the applied use of PDA's and 
Wireless Technology·The 
Next Level of Distributed Learning: The Introduction of PDA's to MED 3  4 
Students and Residents.·Data 
Tracking Via the Palm: Development of a Help Desk Troubleshooting System that 
has No Barriers.·PDA's: 
Determining the Impact and Quantifying Use in Medical Education.·Implications 
of Student Use of PDA's in Third Year Clerkships.·USE 
of PDA's and Wireless Technology in the CWRU Medical School·Use 
of Wireless Laptop "Loaners" in the Library·Real-Time 
Interaction and Assessment Technologies Based on Wireless Networking 
Technologies and Mobile Computing Devices·Wireless 
Laptops are Tops.·Wirelessly 
Enabled ePayments designed Specifically for Higher Education·Scalable 
Communications for Wireless Handheld Devices·Experiences 
with WLAN Deployments on Campus·Pervasive 
Computing Issues in Business Research and Education.·The 
University of South Dakota Palm Initiative: A Two Year Initiative AND 
MORE.KEYNOTES, VENDOR PANELS, ROUNDTABLES, EXCHANGE, 
NATIONAL SATELLITE BROADCAST, WEBSTREAMINGREGISTRATION NOW AVAILABLE 
ONLINE 
Lev S. Gonick, PhDVice President for 
Information ServicesChief Information OfficerCase Western Reserve 
University10900 Euclid AvenueCleveland, Ohio 44106-7019Email: 
lev_gon...@cwru.eduPhone:216.368.1025Fax:216.368.4903 
Lev S. Gonick, PhDVice President for Information 
ServicesChief Information OfficerCase Western Reserve 
University10900 Euclid AvenueCleveland, Ohio 44106-7019Email: 
lev_gon...@cwru.eduPhone:216.368.1025Fax:216.368.4903 

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Fwd: [cimi-membership] New Architect magazine: March New

[Leonard Steinbach]

of interest

-Original Message-
From: John Perkins [mailto:jperk...@fox.nstn.ca]
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 3:36 PM
To: CIMI Membership Discussion List
Cc: cimi-st...@cimilists.rlg.org;
cimi-executive-commit...@cimilists.rlg.org
Subject: [cimi-membership] New Architect magazine: March Newsletter



Folks;

Sometimes in amongst the dross of email notices something really 
useful comes along. Such is an excellent overview article on emerging 
digital rights management standards:

http://www.newarchitectmag.com/documents/s=2453/new1011651985727/index.html.

It gives a very interesting summary of the competing Digital Rights 
Management meta-languages such as XrML and features some quotations 
 from former CIMI member  Renato Ianella.

The whole message is attached in case you're interested in subscribing.

Best, John



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This Month at NewArchitectmag.com: Digital Rights
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Internet Strategies for Technology Leaders
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This newsletter marks the first issue of This Month at
NewArchitectmag.com, through which I'll keep you updated
about changes to the site and magazine.  The editors and
I will also use these monthly mailings to provide you with
exclusive takes on current events in the industry. And from
time to time, we'll conduct polls and share research
with you.  If there's something you'd like to see here, or a
current topic that you'd like us to comment on, don't hesitate
to email me.

With Web Techniques now having evolved into New Architect
magazine, we've launched a corresponding Web site:
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this week, then it's highly likely that you've already
been redirected to the new site.  You'll find that we've
kept all the goodies (including the Web Techniques archives)
and even added some things (like the Research section.)

But enough about us, let's talk about you.  This month, we have a
couple informal survey questions that correspond to our upcoming
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What makes a technology innovative?  And which Internet
technologies do you consider to be truly innovative?

So what do you think?  Send me an email and let me know what
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