[MCN-L] MCN 2015 Session Acceptances Going Out
Watch your inboxes! If you submitted a proposal for MCN 2015 sessions or workshops, acceptance notifications are going out this week. Please note that Ignite acceptances will be sent at a later date. Notification emails will include information on how to confirm your acceptance to present at MCN 2015. Please read the email carefully and be sure to respond by the date provided. Whether you session is accepted or not, thank you for submitting a proposal and we hope to see all of you at MCN 2015 in Minneapolis, MN November 4-7, 2015. Registration for the conference opens July 1 at http://mcn.edu MCN - Advancing Digital Transformation in the Cultural Sector mcn.edu | @MuseumCN | #MCN2015 ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
[MCN-L] It's time for MCN 2013 in Montreal!
The Museum Computer Network's 41st annual conference is ready to kick off in Montreal, Canada this week, November 20-23. We have an outstanding lineup of speakers and sessions, informal interactions, exhibitors, and evening events including Ignite MCN. Whether you are coming to Montreal or following from afar, please join us on Twitter using the #MCN2013 hashtag to get in on all of the action. We've upped our video game this year and will be live webcasting select sessions and making the other sessions available on YouTube shortly after they occur. Coming to MCN 2013 in Montreal: - The full MCN 2013 program is available online at http://mcn.edu/mcn2013and on Lanyrd.com: http://lanyrd.com/2013/mcn2013/ - Go Mobile! Use the Lanyrd mobile app and login to track sessions, connect with attendees, and create your own schedule. Lanyrd mobile apps: http://lanyrd.com/blog/2013/new-mobile/ - Don?t miss the Opening Reception and Ignite MCN on Wednesday night at the Virgin Mobile Corona Theatre: http://lanyrd.com/2013/mcn2013/scryyx/ - If you're interested in joining a Special Interest Group (SIG), you can meet members at the conference. List of SIGs: http://www.mcn.edu/special-interest-groups - Tweet! Join the backchannel conversation and share your conference experience using #MCN2013 - Follow us on Twitter @MuseumCN for the latest info and updates - Coming to Montreal from outside Canada? You may want to check with your cellular provider regarding international roaming charges. There will be free Wi-Fi at the hotel conference venue. Remember to pack your passport. - Conference hotel: Hyatt Regency Montreal 1255 Jeanne-Mance Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H5B 1E5 Tel: +1 514 982 1234 - @HYATTREGENCYMTL on Twitter. Experience #MCN2013 anywhere: - Join the backchannel conversation on Twitter using #MCN2013 - Watch live webcasts of these sessions on LiveStream: http://lanyrd.com/2013/mcn2013/schedule/?q=webcast (Livestream link will be shared soon) - Check for recorded video of sessions on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/museumcn - Follow us on Twitter @MuseumCN for the latest info and updates We look forward to seeing you in Montreal and connecting online. ? bient?t! -- Museum Computer Network Marketing Committee musecompnet at gmail.com @MuseumCN
[MCN-L] MCN 2013 - CALL FOR PROPOSALS - Deadline: MAY 15
Be sure to submit your proposal by May 15 to present at the 41st annual Museum Computer Network Conference to be held in Montreal, Canada from November 20 to 23, 2013. Seven different presentation formats are available: 5-minute Ignite talk, 10-minute case study, 15-minute Hackin' Shack demo, 30-minute presentation, 90-minute panel, or a half- or full-day workshop. Pick the format that's right for you and submit an abstract here: http://wired.ivvy.com/event/MCN13/abstract/request This year?s conference theme, ?Re:Making The Museum,? taps into the current trend among cultural institutions to reexamine what they do and how the community is finding new and innovative ways to accomplish their goals. From reimagining online exhibitions to rethinking digitization practice to reevaluating interaction with audiences, there are numerous ways that museums are actively remaking themselves. Share how you are remaking the museum in a presentation at MCN 2013. Want feedback on your ideas before submitting? Join the conversation on Twitter with the #MCN2013 https://twitter.com/search?q=%23mcn2013src=typdhashtag. Need more information? Have questions? Contact the program committee (co-chairs: Liz Neely, Morgan Holzer, and Koven Smith) at program at mcn.eduprogram at mcn.edu?subject=Question%20re%3A%20MCN%202013%20Abstract%20Submission Thanks, we look forward to your proposals. -- Museum Computer Network @MuseumCN
[MCN-L] Announcing the Keep MCN2010 Green Totebag Contest!
Dear MCN-L: We need 300 totebags for the MCN 2010 Conference in Austin, Texas, October 27-30. In an effort to stay green and keep conference costs down, I am looking for donations of totebags from your cultural organization or museum. The owner of the winning bag, the one that strikes our fancy the most, will receive free registration to this year's conference. If you don't have 300 bags to donate, you can still enter the contest. To submit your bag, please email me at christinadepaolo at gmail.com with a picture of your bag, bag dimensions, and the amount you can donate. Deadline: Thursday, September 9, 2010. Thank you so much for your help. Keep MCN green (and fun)! Christina DePaolo MCN 2010 Conference Chair #MCN2010
[MCN-L] Registration for MCN 2010 is now open!
Registration for MCN 2010 is now open! http://www.mcn.edu/mcn-2010-conference-registration From museums to libraries, From conservation to future technologies, From building communities to museum ethics, From case studies to the great debates of our age: MCN 2010 is what YOU make it! Help us keep Austin weird at Halloween: MCN 2010, October 27-30th (fun, costumes and instruments strongly encouraged)! I/O: The Museum Inside-Out/Outside-In opens with a huge range of workshops to raise the bar on your professional skills, followed by three action-packed days of programmed sessions and a parallel ThatCamp Un-conference to cater to every interest and specialist topic. Learn, teach and share while playing the MCN 2010 ARG, crawling Austin's pubs, jamming to jazz during our silent auction, and touring Austin's great museums and amazing bat caves. Check out the full program on our Conference Wiki http://mcn2010.pbworks.com/Conference-Program! Registration fees: MCN Members: Earlybird: $450.00 | Regular: $500.00 Non-Members: Earlybird: $550.00 | Regular: $600.00 Student / Emerging Professional Members: Earlybird: $200.00 | Regular: $250.00 Daily: (members and non-members) Earlybird: $250.00 | Regular: $250.00 Guest Registration: Earlybird: $105.00 | Regular: $105.00 Half-Day Workshop Fee: $100.00 Earlybird Registration Deadline: Friday, September 24, 2010. Register Today! http://www.mcn.edu/mcn-2010-conference-registration Follow us @mcn2010. Questions? Contact Nancy Proctor, Conference Program Chair, nancy at pinkink.net; Christina DePaolo, Conference Chair, christinadepaolo at gmail.com
[MCN-L] MCN 2010 Conference - Austin, Texas - Scholarship Application Process Now Open!
The Museum Computer Network is providing NINE scholarships to attend this year's MCN Conference: I/O: The Museum Inside-Out/Outside-In 38th Annual MCN Conference October 27th - 30th, 2010 Austin, Texas The competitive scholarship provides free conference registration, free hotel stay, and a $50 stipend to cover additional expenses. To apply, please submit application form found at http://www.mcn.edu/mcn-2010-scholarships by August 13. Applicants must meet ONE of the following criteria for eligibility: 1. Employed at an institution with no more than 20 permanent staff 2. First-time MCN conference attendee 3. New to the profession with less than 2 years experience in the field See http://www.mcn.edu/mcn-2010-scholarships for more information about the scholarship program. Questions? Please contact Scholarship Committee chair Jana Hill at jana.hill at cartermuseum.org. Founded in 1967, the Museum Computer Network has been serving the cultural heritage community for over 40 years. The Museum Computer Network (MCN) supports the greater museum community by providing continuing opportunities to explore, implement, and disseminate new technologies and best practices in the field. Please pass this on to your colleagues. You can also contact Christina DePaolo, Conference Chair with questions about the conference, at 206 654-3165 or christinad at seattleartmuseum.org.
[MCN-L] To MCN-L Subscribers from MCN
Hello, MCN-L Subscribers: MCN's annual membership drive is under way, as those among us who are already Museum Computer Network members know from June renewal emails. If you're not yet a member and you find MCN-L to be a useful resource, I'd encourage you to strengthen your connection to MCN by joining. The benefits of doing so include discounts for our upcoming conference in Portland, the ability to join MCN Special Interest Groups (SIGs), access to the members-only section of the website and the MCN Networking Directory, voting privileges in annual elections, and...the knowledge that you are a key part of MCN! Please visit http://www.mcn.edu/join and become a member today. If you're a student or have worked in the museum field for no more than three years, our special Emerging Professionals rate gives you a more than 50% discount relative to our already modest membership fees. In any case, I hope that each of you continues to find MCN-L to be a good source of information relevant to your own professional life, and that you know you're always most welcome to join us as an MCN member. Rob Lancefield, President Museum Computer Network (MCN), http://www.mcn.edu The membership organization for museum information professionals
[MCN-L] MCN 2009: Call for Proposals
CALL FOR PROPOSALS MCN 37th Annual Conference, November 11-14, 2009, Portland, Oregon Online proposal submissions will be accepted March 6-27, 2009 http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=2266 The Museum Computer Network (MCN) will host its 2009 Conference with the theme Museum Information, Museum Efficiency: Doing More with Less! in lovely Portland, Oregon. The annual MCN meeting is one of the most important conferences serving international cultural heritage professionals, collections and new technologies. The MCN 2009 program committee seeks innovative sessions (panels, papers, case studies, and workshops) that illustrate how institutions are effectively functioning and planning to function during the tough times ahead. We are looking for active, engaged individuals and groups of individuals thinking about and using best practices in the following areas: - Serving institutional mission with cost-effective strategies in tough economic times - Making, managing, and delivering digital media in new and effective ways - Building the future now: innovations coming soon to a museum near you! Conference Topics Prospective authors are invited to make submissions in areas including, but not limited to: - Technology and Information Management Serving the Institutional Bottom Line - Digital Readiness, Digital Accomplishments, Digital Accountability (Image Capture, Digital Asset Management, Best Practices, Preservation, Access) - Implementing Systems in Adverse Conditions - Digital Convergence: Archives, Libraries, and Museums - Doing More with Less - Leadership, Sustainability, Accountability - Social Media - Superior Content, Superior Delivery Innovative formats and interaction with audience are highly desirable and will be important factors, as will practicability, in the 2009 selection process. Online proposal submissions will be accepted March 6-27, 2009 http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=2266 If you have questions or need more information please contact Holly Witchey, MCN Program Chair, 216-707-2653, hwitchey at clevelandart.org or Christina DePaolo, MCN Conference Chair, 206 654-3165, christinad at seattleartmuseum.org.
[MCN-L] 8 Days Until MCN Chicago
With apologies for cross-postings It?s still not too late to join the Museum Computer Network for our much-anticipated annual conference, November 7 through 10, 2007, in Chicago, IL. The conference hotel, the Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza, is fully booked! However, please don?t let that prevent you from taking part with us in an ambitious, relevant and rewarding four days of programming. Reservations are currently available at Crowne Plaza Hotel Chicago O`Hare, about 20 minutes by public transportation from the conference hotel. Network with your colleagues, and take part in a full range of programming covering the issues that face the administrators, users, and innovators of technology in the museum, library, archive and scholarly world today. Register online now at http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=888 Registrations are also accepted onsite at any point during the conference. View the full four-day schedule of sessions and programming at http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=1692. We hope to see you in Chicago! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.12/1097 - Release Date: 10/28/2007 1:58 PM
[MCN-L] Continuing Education Course
The Graduate School of Library and Information Science, at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, is pleased to offer Libraries and Immersive Learning in 3D Virtual Environments. This is a new non-credit, continuing education course held in Second Life. Course description: What skills and techniques from other disciplines do librarians need to learn/use/modify, in order to take the library forward to its future incarnations? One of the hot topics in the world of MUVE's, MMORPG's, and game-based education is Immersive Learning (IL). Immersive Learning uses the ability of environments to supply information, and to engage more of the learner's cognitive package than does a traditional read-lecture-and-discuss format. This course will begin by examining a few basic concepts of IL and looking at Second Life as an IL environment. The majority of the class will explore ways that librarians can support IL classes and how librarianship can incorporate IL into its practices: LIS education, providing information and education to patrons, etc. Week One: Introduction to immersive learning Week Two: Second Life as an immersive learning environment Week Three: Immersive education in virtual space Week Four: Technologies of learning Week Five: Immersive learning library programs Week Six: Immersive reference services Audience: Open to anyone interested in learning more about libraries and learning/teaching in virtual worlds. Experience in Second Life is strongly recommended. Educators and museum professionals wanting to learn more about immersive learning are welcome. Instructors: JJ Jacobson (JJ Drinkwater) and S. Thompson (Hypatia Dejavu) Section One: October 31; November 7, 14, 28; December 5 and 12 from 8:00 - 10:00 am SL (10:00 am - 12:00 pm central) Section Two: November 1, 8, 15, 29; December 6 and 13 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm SL (8:00 - 10:00 pm central) Cost: $250 For additional information and to register: http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/programs/cpd/Immersive_Learning.html No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.12/1097 - Release Date: 10/28/2007 1:58 PM
[MCN-L] MCN 2007 CONFERENCE
With apologies for cross-postings There is still time to join MCN for a full range of sessions covering the issues that face the administrators, users, and innovators of technology in the museum, library, archive and scholarly world today. The Museum Computer Network?s Annual Conference Building Content, Building Community: 40 Years of Museum Information and Technology November 7 through 10, 2007 Registration online now at http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=888 Registrations are also accepted onsite during the conference. View the full four-day schedule of sessions and programming at http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=1692 We hope to see you in Chicago! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.15.5/1085 - Release Date: 10/22/2007 10:35 AM
[MCN-L] MCN Earlybird Registration Closing Soon
With apologies for cross-postings Earlybird registration for the Museum Computer Network?s annual conference closes on September 29 there?s still time to save! MCN 2007 Building Content, Building Community: 40 Years of Museum Information and Technology November 7 - 10, 2007 From leadership to libraries, digital asset management to data sharing, from copyright to collections online, MCN 2007 offers four days full of sessions, round tables, case study showcases and town hall meetings that will interest and engage you, whether you?re an emerging professional or a seasoned expert. View the full conference program online at http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=1692 While you?re in Chicago, consider kicking off your stay with MCN?s behind the scenes tour of the Art Institute, or wrapping up your visit with the Chicago Architecture River Cruise. To qualify for the Earlybird Registration rates, mailed registration forms must be postmarked no later than September 29, 2007. Faxed and online registrations must be received no later than midnight on September 29, 2007. Conference Registration Fees: MCN Members Earlybird: $425.00 - Regular: $475.00 Non-Members Earlybird: $500.00 - Regular: $550.00 Visit www.mcn.edu/conferences for more information about registration, the full schedule of registration rates and discounts, conference program, and hotel travel information. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.30/1027 - Release Date: 9/24/2007 11:27 AM
[MCN-L] MCN Call for Proposals
This plain-text version replaces the previous announcement Apologies for cross posting. CALL FOR PANELS AND PAPERS MUSEUM COMPUTER NETWORK (MCN) Building Content, Building Community: 40 Years of Museum Information and Technology November 7-10, 2007 Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza Chicago, Illinois Proposals accepted February 5 - March 2, 2007 Call for Proposals and submissions form are now online; please see: http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=1240 This year in Chicago, MCN will revive the cross-disciplinary vision of 40 years ago and explore its promise in the present day, encouraging participation from institutions across the museum spectrum. How we are the same? How are we different? How have we dealt, successfully and unsuccessfully, with the overlapping efforts in documentation, professionalism, and use of technology across the museum community? What are we doing right and what do we need to do better? Back-story for 2007: In 1967 a group of museum professionals in New York held their first meeting to discuss the use of computers in museum settings. This meeting was the genesis of what would become the Museum Computer Network. Art, archaeology, science, and historical museums, as well as members of the computer industry (especially IBM), all participated in those early meetings. As the museum field has grown and expanded in the past half-century, we have become more and more specialized, learning primarily from those whose experiences most closely mirror our own--art with art, science with science, etc. This conference will reaffirm and revitalize our broader connections across these types of institutions. The MCN Annual Conference 2007 seeks innovative sessions (panels, papers, posters, and workshops) that reflect on 40 years of museum information and technology practice in all types of museums that define our current state, and look forward to the next decade and beyond. Prospective presenters are invited to submit proposals in any of the following areas, as well as on other topics: - Opportunities for New Professionals - Leadership, Sustainability, Accountability - Building Content, Building Communities (online museums as social spaces) - Superior Content, Superior Delivery - Digital Readiness, Digital Accomplishments, Digital Accountability (DAMS, Best Practices, Preservation, Access) - Museum Information Standards - Digital Convergence: Archives, Libraries, and Museums - Copyright Issues in the New Millennium Innovative formats and audience interaction are highly desirable and will be important factors in the 2007 selection process. Online proposal submissions will be accepted February 5 - March 2, 2007 Please see http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=1240 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.28/672 - Release Date: 2/6/07 10:22 AM
[MCN-L] MCN Call for Proposals
Apologies for cross posting. Museum Computer Network (MCN) Call for Panels and Papers Building Content, Building Community: 40 Years of Museum Information and Technology Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza November 7?10, 2007 Chicago, Illinois Proposals accepted February 5 ? March 2, 2007 Click here for online proposal form This year in Chicago, MCN will revive the cross-disciplinary vision of 40 years ago and explore its promise in the present day, encouraging participation from institutions across the museum spectrum. How we are the same? How are we different? How have we dealt, successfully and unsuccessfully, with the overlapping efforts in documentation, professionalism, and use of technology across the museum community? What are we doing right and what do we need to do better? (Back-story for 2007 :) In 1967 a group of museum professionals in New York held their first meeting to discuss the use of computers in museum settings. This meeting was the genesis of what would become the Museum Computer Network. Art, archaeology, science, and historical museums, as well as members of the computer industry (especially IBM), all participated in those early meetings. As the museum field has grown and expanded in the past half-century, we have become more and more specialized, learning primarily from those whose experiences most closely mirror our own?art with art, science with science, etc. This conference will reaffirm and revitalize our broader connections across these types of institutions. The MCN Annual Conference 2007 seeks innovative sessions (panels, papers, posters, and workshops) that reflect on 40 years of museum information and technology practice in all types of museums that define our current state, and look forward to the next decade and beyond. Prospective presenters are invited to submit proposals in any of the following areas, as well as on other topics: ?Opportunities for New Professionals ?Leadership, Sustainability, Accountability ?Building Content, Building Communities (online museums as social spaces) ?Superior Content, Superior Delivery ?Digital Readiness, Digital Accomplishments, Digital Accountability (DAMS, Best Practices, Preservation, Access) ?Museum Information Standards ?Digital Convergence: Archives, Libraries, and Museums ?Copyright Issues in the New Millennium Innovative formats and audience interaction are highly desirable and will be important factors in the 2007 selection process. Online proposal submissions will be accepted February 5 ? March 2, 2007 Click here for online proposal form -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.27/671 - Release Date: 2/5/07 4:48 PM
Summary of Fall Board Meeting
From: Susan Patterson spat...@slam.org To: mcn-l mc...@world.std.com Subject: News from the Fall, 1998 MCN Board Meeting Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 13:28:02 -0600 X-Msmail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Here is a summary of the Fall, 1998 Board Meeting -- something of a momentous one, I think. I have left the summary in the order in which the items were addressed in the meeting. However I draw your attention to two items in particular which will have a lasting impact on MCN for the foreseeable future: 1) selection of a new Association Management Company -- Adler Droz, Inc.; and 2) the proposed plan for MCN publications. Please read these sections thoroughly and feel free to direct any questions to me -- spat...@slam.org -- or any board member. Thanks for your patience during this transition period. Susan Patterson Secretary to the Board Museum Computer Network Museum Computer Network Fall Board Meeting September 26, 1998 Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel Santa Monica, CA Members present: Richard Rinehart, President; Susanne Warren, President-Elect; David Bridge, Steve Dietz, Robin Dowden, Julie Haifley, Guy Hermann, Leslie Johnston, Amalyah Keshet, Susan Patterson, Greg Spurgeon. President Rinehart welcomed all members and announced the results of the recent election. Susanne Warren was named President-Elect; re-elected to serve second terms (second and final term through Fall, 2001) were Guy Hermann and Susan Patterson. Elected as a first term member was Sam Quigley (first term through Fall, 2001). Robin Dowden will continue as Treasurer; Susan Patterson as Secretary; and Leslie Johnston as Membership Chair. Treasurer's Report The unaudited financial statements for the Museum Computer Network for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998 paint the following picture: 1. main checking account balance as of 6/30/98: $148,552 2. unrestricted general fund (accumulation of all prior years revenue over expenses): $100,439 While we didn't make money in FY98, we also didn't loose any: ASIS reports an excess of $1,914 over expenses. We made $32,908 from the St. Louis conference. Financial reports on the LA conference were not available at the time of the board meeting. As of Sept 23, 1998, ASIS reported having received $94,285 in meeting revenue; expenses to that date were $16,659. Leslie estimated a $30,000 profit from MCN'98. Review of Committees: Executive Committee: R. Rinehart, chair, S. Warren, R. Dowden, S. Patterson, L. Johnston. AMC Transition Committee: G. Hermann, chair, S. Patterson, L. Johnston, S. Warren, R. Rinehart, R. Dowden. This committee will function through Spring, 1999 meeting. Membership Committee: L. Johnston, chair, S. Quigley. Professional Development: S. Warren, chair, R. Rinehart, S. Dietz SIGs: R. Rinehart reported that the following Special Interest Groups met during the conference: MIS, Art Archaeology, California, Internet, Intellectual Property, Visual Information, Standards. In accordance with the SIG Charter, each SIG will report to the membership a minimum of one time each year outlining their activities. Planning Committee: G. Hermann moved that the duties of the Planning Committee be assumed by the Executive Committee and that a separate planning committee be dissolved. Seconded by A. Keshet, unanimously approved. The following committees were suspended, pending coordination with the AMC: Development, Marketing, Publications. Nominating Committee: (1999) R. Dowden, chair, D. Bridge, L. Johnston, G. Spurgeon. Conference Reports 1998: L. Johnston, chair. Approximately 400 attendees with an estimated income of $30,000. The Board extended special thanks and recognition to Leslie Johnston for her outstanding efforts in administering the conference. 1999: J. Haifley, Program Chair. The 1999 conference will be held at the Wyndham Franklin Plaza Hotel in Philadelphia, PA, October 27-30. 2000: Greg Spurgeon will investigate both Victoria and Vancouver on an upcoming trip to the area. Publications Proposal As an interim measure, Spectra will be published three times in 1999, with each issue shepherded by a guest content editor. R. Rinehart will coordinate the first issue on Standards; S. Warren will coordinate the second issue on professional development; and S. Dietz will coordinate the third issue focusing on cool apps. Steve Dietz presented a publications proposal addressing both electronic and print options. In general, publications would fall into four categories: newsletter and listserv; web site and archives; articles; proceedings. A general discussion of the proposal followed with duties and deadlines assigned. G. Hermann will be website coordinator until AMC takes over general managership. G. Hermann moved that this first portion of the board
Controlled Vocabulary SIG meeting
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 13:23:39 -0400 To: mc...@world.std.com From: Leah Prescott l...@mysticseaport.org Subject: Controlled Vocabulary SIG meeting MCN 98 - Controlled Vocabulary SIG meeting September 26, 1998 To all current and prospective members of the Controlled Vocabulary SIG: You are coordially invited to attend the annual Controlled Vocabulary SIG meeting on Saturday September 26, 1998 from 8:00 to 9:00 AM. The meeting will take place as part of the annual Museum Computer Netword conference in Santa Monica, CA.(http://www.mcn.edu/MCN98/) In preparation for this meeting, I would like to ask that everyone familiarize themselves with the MCN SIG charter which can be found at http://www.mcn.edu/mcnsigch.html. A significant portion of the meeting will be dedicated to discussing the charter and the activities that need to take place to fulfill our responsibilities as outlined in this document. AGENDA: 1. SIG Mission statement 2. SIG project A. Revisiting the project that has been proposed (Survey) B. Other possibilities C. Decision on one project D. Outline for how to proceed and who will do what 3. SIG Webpage A. What do we want the page to represent? B. Who will design it? 4. New Business See you in Santa Monica, Leah Prescott Collections Information Technology Coordinator Mystic Seaport, The Museum of America and the Sea l...@mysticseaport.org(860) 572-0711 x5263
Intellectual Property SIG meeting
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 14:02:13 +0300 To: mc...@world.std.com From: akes...@imj.org.il (akeshet) Subject: Intellectual Property SIG meeting Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii MCN 98, Santa Monica Intellectual Property SIG meeting I would like to take this opportunity to invite all conference attendees to the meeting of the Intellectual Property SIG on Friday morning, September 25, 1998 from 8 to 9 AM. Items on the agenda: 1. The Board of the Museum Computer Network is considering whether MCN should join the Digital Future Coalition. DFC is an umbrella organization advocating on copyright and fair use issues in the digital arena. More about them at their website www.dfc.org. The Intellectual Property SIG has been asked for its opinion and recommendations. Discussion of this idea will be on the agenda for the SIG meeting in Santa Monica, and in the meantime any comments should be sent to the SIG Chair at akes...@netvision.net.il or fax +972-2-670-8064. The following points should be taken into consideration: * Is the mission of DFC balanced enough and important enough that we would be doing the MCN membership a service by representing their concerns in this arena * Does It fit with MCN's goal of active leadership and advocacy -- we would be the first museum group to join. * DFC allows it's members to sign on or off of each initiative separately and does not use our name on every statement they issue. This allows us flexibility and discretion. * Their emphasis is on US and International Law (they particpate in WIPO) which also reflects MCN's areas of representation. If we join, it is recommend that we have an assigned liaison to act as the contact when things come up to sign MCN's name to, to coordinate more efforts if feasible, post appropriate info to MCN-L or the MCN website or Spectra, etc. This liason will most likely be the Chair of the Copyright SIG. Your input is important! 2. How the I.P. SIG will make use of the mcn-l list for discussions (suggestion: postings, which may be of interest to all, will be subject-headed I.P. SIG:(subject) so that those who wish to may delete skip them.) It has been suggested that discussions include: - Questions and advice about every-day copyright problems members may run into. - Alerts to discussions on other lists regarding copyright/I.P. issues. - URLs of good I.P. websites: general information, digital image protection software, fair use, etc. - Other recommended resourses: books, articles, etc. - Notices regarding copyright legislation. --- 3. Creating a presence on the MCN web site. All suggestions and new members are welcome! Looking forward to seeing you, Amalyah Keshet Chair, IP SIG
Scholarly CD-ROM
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 10:58:23 -0400 From: Jenny Wilker jenny_wil...@qmgate.cc.oberlin.edu Subject: Scholarly CD-ROM To: mc...@world.std.com, vr...@uafsysb.uark.edu Message-Id: n1308770751.50...@qmgate.cc.oberlin.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mail*Link SMTP-QM 4.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; Name=Message Body Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear Colleagues: The Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin has just published Masterworks = for Learning: A College Collection Catalogue, a CD-ROM catalogue of works = in Oberlin College's Allen Memorial Art Museum, one of the top college = and university art museums in the country. Three years in the making, = this catalogue was produced almost entirely by museum staff in = collaboration with Oberlin College students, alumni, and faculty. It = developed out of our desire to make the collection more accessible--and mo= re useful--to college students and to our wider international audience as = well. The non-profit project was funded by the Andrew W. Mellon = Foundation. The scholarly catalogue presents 171 important works of art from the = entire range of art history in all media, from a Chinese Buddhist stele = to Andy Warhol's Brillo Boxes. Although each work is illustrated with a = larger than screen size image, this publication is much more than an = imagebase and much more than general audience entertainment. Each entry = consists of 500-1000 words of succinct information, a full bibliography, = and technical data; and may be may be printed out in its entirety for = further research. Also provided are glossary definitions of art = historical terms, artist biographies, contextual material, comparative = illustrations, and three-dimensional views of sculpture. The CD-ROM also = includes a multimedia introduction to museum programs and functions, a = complete collection database of 10,000 objects, and a history of the = collection and the buildings that house it. Masterworks runs on Mac Power PCs ( and Mac 6800s with system 7 or later) = and Windows 95 systems with thousands of colors capability and at least = 16 MB RAM. For further information on obtaining Masterworks contact Jenny Wilker Publications Editor Allen Memorial Art Museum Oberlin College 440-775-6870 jenny_wil...@qmgate.cc.oberlin.edu
Reorganization at the Getty???
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 14:49:08 -0400 From: Susanne Warren warre...@together.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (Win95; I) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: mc...@world.std.com Subject: Reorganization at the Getty??? Getty Information Institute in jeopardy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mime-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by mx01.together.net id OAA21526 Subject: Reorganization at the Getty??? Getty Information Institute in jeopardy Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 07:53:23 -0700 From: Christine L. Sundt csu...@oregon.uoregon.edu To: vr...@uafsysb.uark.edu, arli...@lsv.uky.edu, c...@pucc.princeton.edu, image...@listserv.arizona.edu, Gary Schwartz gary.d.schwa...@let.uu.nl, helene.robe...@dartmouth.edu, sb...@collegeart.org, ela...@together.net, mala...@pucc.princeton.edu Rumor has it that the Getty Information Institute is being dismantled. In the process of overhauling the Getty, major programs and institutes are apparently being reorganized. The consequences of this action could be enormous for us especially if the Information Institute projects and their staffs, including but not limited to the AAT, ULAN, and TGN that have brought so many benefits to the arts, visual resources, and cultural heritage organizations in recent years are cut. From what I've heard, this seems likely. If you are as troubled by these rumors as I am, this is probably a good time to react (see below for some of my own thoughts). Maybe the best place to start a write-in campaign is with those at the top: the Getty's President and the Board of Trustees. I've found a list of names at the Getty's website (http://www.getty.edu/grant/view2.html#boa) but without contact information for the board members. With a little more searching I found some information about a few of the board members with affiliations and some addresses. Here's what I have so far. Dr. Barry Munitz President and CEO, J. Paul Getty Trust 1200 Getty Center Drive Suite 400 Los Angeles, CA 90049-1681 THE J. PAUL GETTY TRUST BOARD OF TRUSTEES Robert F. Erburu (http://www.whittier.edu/comm/rls.Erburu.html) Chairman Barry Munitz (http://www.gii.getty.edu/newpress/newceo.html) President and Chief Executive Officer Other members of the board: John F. Cooke (http://cavern.uark.edu/~niiac/members/cooke.html) Ramon C. Cortines ( http://www.artsednet.getty.edu/ArtsEdNet/Browsing/97conf/Bios/cortines.ht= ml ) David I. Fisher David P. Gardner (President, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, 525 Middlefield Rd., Suite 200, Menlo Park, CA 94025, Tel: (415)392-1070 (from http://www.ned.org/page_4/funding/fundlist.html) Gordon P. Getty Vartan Gregorian (http://cgi-user.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/1996-97/96-060gc.ht= ml ) Agnes Gund (http://www.govpataki4women.org/aGund.html) Helene L. Kaplan (from http://www.carnegie.org/science_tech/reg.txt): Helene L. Kaplan, Of Counsel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher Flom, serves as counsel or trustee of many science, arts, charitable, and educational institutions. She chairs the Board of Trustees of Barnard College and is treasurer of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Former chairman of the Board of Trustees of Carnegie Corporation of New York, Mrs. Kaplan currently serves as a trustee of that foundation, as well as trustee of the American Museum of Natural History; Committee on Economic Development; Commonwealth Fund; J. Paul Getty Trust; John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation; Institute for Advanced Study; and Mount Sinai Hospital, Medical School and Medical Center. From 1985 to 1987, she was a member of the U.S. Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on South Africa; and from 1986 to 1990, she served as a member of New York Governor Cuomo's Task Force on Life and the Law, concerned with the legal and ethical implications of advances in medical technology. Mrs. Kaplan is a director of Chemical Banking Corporation and Chemical Bank, The May Department Stores Company, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Mobil Corporation, and NYNEX Corporation. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the Council on Foreign Relations. She is a graduate of Barnard College and New York University Law School, and is the recipient of an honorary doctorate of laws from Columbia University.) Herbert L. Lucas, Jr. Stuart T. Peeler J. Patrick Whaley Harold M. Williams (former President and CEO of the Getty) Blenda J. Wilson (http://www.co.calstate.edu/PublicAffairs/csubio/prezbio/Wilson.html) Ira E.Yellin (http://www.catellus.com/html/ira_e._yellin.htm) From my perspective as a VR curator, I think the Getty president and the members of the board should be aware that: =B7 The Information Institute is a vital element of the Getty superstructure that must be continued and even enhanced -- not dismantled, not cut.
Re: request for information
To: mc...@world.std.com Subject: RE: request for information Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 10:26:10 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) Content-Type: text/plain Off the top of my head, one source I'm aware of that has awarded funding to museums for creating digital collections of primary resources is the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award/ This year's deadline in November 2. Grant guidelines are available on their Website. In addition, the Federal Government through various agencies funds projects that involve digital imaging, although rarely -- from what I've seen -- are grant funds provided solely for the purpose of digitizing collections. These agencies include: The National Endowment for the Humanities The National Endowment for the Arts The Institute of Museum and Library Services (I know museums have used General Operating Support (GOS) funds for digitizing collections. In addition, a recent grant program funds model cooperative projects between libraries and museums that can focus on technology.) The National Telecommunications Information Administration at the Department of Commerce runs the Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program, known as TIIAP (While these grants focus on community networking, a portion of the grant funds can be used for digitization). We have an article written by the Assistant Secretary of Commerce on AAM's Website encouraging museums to apply. The Department of Education's Technology Innovation Challenge Grant program (although the local school district must be the lead applicant, a number of museums have benefited from this program as project partners. Note: I'm not certain if any of these funds have been put toward digitization. We link to all of these Federal agencies on the AAM Government and Public Affairs page of AAM's Website at http://www.aam-us.org/gov.htm. I'd be interested in other responses you get. Happy hunting! Barry G. Szczesny, Esq. Government Affairs Counsel Government and Public Affairs American Association of Museums 1575 Eye Street, NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20005 202/289-9125 Phone 202/289-6578 Fax bszcz...@aam-us.org E-mail http://www.aam-us.org Website -Original Message- From: Museum Computer Network [SMTP:m...@world.std.com] Sent: Friday, August 07, 1998 9:09 AM To: mc...@world.std.com Subject: request for information Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 17:01:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Anthropology Department ant...@amnh.org To: mc...@world.std.com Subject: Digital Imaging Funding sources In-Reply-To: pine.sgi.3.95.980806140714.12673a-100...@world.std.com Message-Id: pine.gso.3.96.980806170108.3725a-100...@research.amnh.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Does anyone have a good source for funding digital imaging projects
Call for participation -- Museums and IP Primer
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: mc...@world.std.com From: Diane M. Zorich zor...@powergrid.electriciti.com Subject: Call for participation -- Museums and IP Primer Is your museum grappling with intellectual property issues (e.g., trademark or copyright)? The American Association of Museums (AAM) seeks your help in identifying intellectual property issues of concern to the museum community. AAM recently was awarded a grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts to collaborate with the Getty Information Institute and the J. Paul Getty Trust in developing and disseminating a primer on the legal and ethical issues of intellectual property for museums. To ensure that this primer covers the intellectual property concerns relevant to the museum community, we are asking those in the community to send us questions, examples, case studies, and any best practices and procedures you may have developed on intellectual property issues. With your valuable examples and insights, we hope to develop a primer that addresses a broad array of intellectual property issues specific to the museum community. Some examples of the kind of questions and real life issues we have received to date include the following: * What copyright issues must a museum consider when setting up a home page on the World Wide Web? * When a museum buys a painting from a living artist, who has the right to create reproductions of the painting? * Does the museum have to obtain permission and pay a royalty to ASCAP for music played during an opening event? Would a museum need to pay ASCAP fees for music used on a local cable television program designed to build its audience? * Who owns the copyright for research done on behalf of a museum? * A museum is planning an exhibition that includes reproductions of newspaper articles. The newspapers are defunct and the writers and photographers are unknown. How does the museum get permission to use these materials? Is the museum legally required to obtain permission? Who should it contact? * A museum is being given a collection of children's books and wants to do an exhibit based on these books. However, the donor does not hold the copyright. Can the museum blow up images from the books for the exhibit? Please send your particular intellectual property questions, examples, or comments to us at: copyri...@aam-us.org If you have any questions about the project, please direct them to me at the email address listed below. Thank you. Diane M. Zorich Project Manager, Museums and Intellectual Property Primer Project c/o 7925 Via Ensenada Carlsbad, CA 92009 Voice# 760 942-3633 Fax# 760 942-3566 Email: zor...@electriciti.com
Re: Digital camera use
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 08:15:38 -0700 (PDT) From: M. Elings meli...@library.berkeley.edu Reply-To: M. Elings meli...@library.berkeley.edu To: mc...@world.std.com Subject: Re: Digital camera use In-Reply-To: pine.sgi.3.95.980720124810.13639h-100...@world.std.com Message-Id: pine.osf.3.96.980721075533.20625a-100...@library.berkeley.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Hello Marla, I am currently co-managing The Honeyman Digital Archiving Project here in the library. We are using a Phase One digital camera back to capture images of paintings, drawings, prints and photographs. On previous imaging projects we used PhotoCD and converted to TIFF, but have found the Phase One capture to be a better solution for several reasons and are very pleased with the results (which will be on the web later this year). You might want to contact Mikki Carpenter or Linda Serenson-Colet at the MoMA in NY. They are also using a Phase One for a similar project and may be able to provide additional info on this particular camera back. ~~ Mary W. ElingsUniversity of California Pictorial Archivist Berkeley, CA 94720 The Bancroft Library Ph 510-642-8170 meli...@library.berkeley.edu Fx 510-642-7589 On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, Museum Computer Network wrote: From: Marla Misunas mmisu...@sfmoma.org To: 'mc...@world.std.com' mc...@world.std.com Subject: Digital camera use Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 15:01:46 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) Content-Type: text/plain Hi everyone, I know someone asked recently about what kinds of digital cameras people were using, but we weren't actually buying one at that time so I ignored the messages. Can someone either fill me in with recommendations or direct me to the archive? Thanks Marla Misunas Collections Database Administrator San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Phone: 415 357 4186 Fax: 415 357 4158
Digital camera use
From: Marla Misunas mmisu...@sfmoma.org To: 'mc...@world.std.com' mc...@world.std.com Subject: Digital camera use Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 15:01:46 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) Content-Type: text/plain Hi everyone, I know someone asked recently about what kinds of digital cameras people were using, but we weren't actually buying one at that time so I ignored the messages. Can someone either fill me in with recommendations or direct me to the archive? Thanks Marla Misunas Collections Database Administrator San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Phone: 415 357 4186 Fax: 415 357 4158
Re: Digital camera use
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 20:09:43 +0200 (MET DST) X-Sender: j7...@mail.pi.se Message-Id: v02140400b1d94bdb7caa@[195.7.73.87] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: mc...@world.std.com Subject: Re: Digital camera use Hello Marla Misunas and listreaders! M. Misunas wrote: I know someone asked recently about what kinds of digital cameras people were using, but we weren't actually buying one at that time so I ignored the messages. Can someone either fill me in with recommendations or direct me to the archive? Thanks In my profession I have worked with varoius brands, for example Dycam, Minolta and Sony. Good performers in my opinion have been Minolta and Sony. Currently using a Sony Mavica which has many advantages. It stores images on floppy disks in JPG format (high and medium quality avaiable) which can be read instantly on PC and Mac. Further, it has a great zoom and relays pretty accurate colours. Good for documentation/report purposes and electronic publishing - web or multimedia. The downside is the limited resolution and not being able to upgrade. It really depends on what you need the camera to do. Do you need high resolution for printing? Stationary or mobile use - look at the weight and body design. Is colour accuracy important or less important? Compare colour reproduction as these tend to vary a lot. Many cameras use a lot of battery power to view images internally as well as downloading to a pc. Is it possible to upgrade and increase memory size? The most important aspect: price range! Plenty of mid-range good performers on the market performing surprisingly close to expensive models. Finally, you might try the feature archives on the Publish RGB web-site, they have reviewed digital cameras previously: http://www.publish.com In Europe many of the glossy photomags have provided good surveys. Maybe photomags could be worth reading too? Best wishes, Paul Henningsson, Goteborg Sweden Freelance producer of culture/heritage multimedia
Re: Digital camera use
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 16:18:07 -0400 To: mc...@world.std.com From: Rob Lancefield rlancefi...@wesleyan.edu Subject: Re: Digital camera use Hi, Marla and fellow MCN'ers: Since I didn't post to the earlier thread, thought I'd chime in now. I've been using a Fuji DS-300 for direct capture of works on paper, and have found it to be a workable tool for basic web-worthy imaging. Chief advantages of this camera for our application: - user control over white balance, f/stop, and exposure duration - reasonably close focusing - reasonable cost (i.e., within our $2K budget for a capture device) - durable build - live NTSC video output, useful for rough framing when working close (since the DS-300 has a separate, non-SLR optical viewfinder, with the usual resultant parallax effects). Chief disadvantage of this camera for our application: - when the macro function is enabled for close focusing, the camera throws its fixed-mount lens to its widest focal length (no doubt an engineering decison in favor of depth of field, to ease the task of the auto-focus). This introduces noticeable barrel distortion, which has proven impractical to correct during image processing (no surprise: it's always best to address these issues as far upstream as possible, ideally at point of initial capture). Lack of lens interchangeability precludes use of a purpose-built macro lens (the reasonable way to attain better flat-field rendering without such visual artifacts). Despite its one shortcoming of close-focus barrel distortion, we'll happily keep using the DS-300 until the cost of interchangeable-lens digicams drops substantially. (If price were no object, we'd use a body that can take Nikon-mount lenses; but this would cost several times more than the DS-300. This differential primarily buys a higher resolution CCD, which--nice as it would be!--we don't need for this project, and can't afford. Maybe someone will bring to market a lower-cost back for Nikon lenses, but one that doesn't offer high-end resolution...hmmm, any digicam manufacturers lurking here??) If you're interested in our imaging workflow using the Fuji, it's summarized at http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/ddii/process.html BTW, not long ago museum-l had a thread on even lower-end digicams for rough documentation as part of registration workflow; if those devices might be of interest, you might want to search their archives too. If you'd like a lead to a mail-order house with whom I've been satisfied re: pricing for the DS-300 and other gear (and efficient turnaround), feel free to contact me offlist (I'll forgo further testimonials here...). HTH, Rob Hi everyone, I know someone asked recently about what kinds of digital cameras people were using, but we weren't actually buying one at that time so I ignored the messages. Can someone either fill me in with recommendations or direct me to the archive? Thanks Marla Misunas Collections Database Administrator == Robert Lancefield http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/home.html Registrar of Collections rlancefi...@wesleyan.edu Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University tel 860.685.2965 301 High Street, Middletown, CT 06459 USA fax 860.685.2501 ==
article on digital imaging
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 21:09:21 -0400 To: mc...@world.std.com From: rineh...@uclink2.berkeley.edu (Richard Rinehart) Subject: article on digital imaging I thought you all might be interested in a recent article in the Chron of Higher Education. It's one facet of the academic community's reaction to projects like AMICO and MDLC among other current issues in digital imaging and legislation. Below is the citation I wrote for an e-journal I cite for off and on FYI. -Rick Failing, Patricia. Scholars Face Hefty Fees and Elaborate Contracts When They Use Digital Images http://chronicle.com The Chronicle of Higher Education XLIV (38): B4-5. -- This article takes a look at the area of image licensing in the digital era. Focussing on museums and other owners of digital images, image re-licensors (such as Corbis), and image users such as scholars and teachers, this article makes the case for fair use in education while attempting to provide an overview of the current state of affairs. The article oversimplifies some aspects, such as casting museums as owners and scholars universities as users - in actuality each can play either role. Still, the article's basic messages; that this is an important area to attend to, that the education community as a whole (including museums, universities, and scholars) need to seriously evaluate our educational vs. profit goals when we digitize images, and that scholars need to heed government activity as much as commercial; are all points well-taken. Richard Rinehart Information Systems Manager Education Technology Specialist Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive @ University of California http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/ President-Elect, Museum Computer Network, http://www.mcn.edu/
MCN Silent Auction Donations Requested
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 14:25:59 -0400 From: Kerridwen Harvey khar...@cyberus.ca Reply-To: khar...@cyberus.ca Organization: Harvey Heritage Services X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (Win95; U) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: MCN-L mc...@world.std.com, Museum-L museu...@home.ease.lsoft.com Subject: MCN Silent Auction Donations Requested Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Raid the museum shop and bring us the bounty! Do you have any great CD-ROMs, software, exhibition catalogues, or other publications, jewelry, greeting cards, clothing, or other items from your institution that you would like to donate to the Annual Museum Computer Network Silent Auction? This annual event benefits MCN, a nonprofit organization of professionals dedicated to fostering the cultural aims of museums through the use of computer technologies. This year the Silent Auction will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, September 24 at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, in Santa Monica, California, during the annual MCN conference. This event is always a good time, but a warning: friendships and collegial relationships have been tried because of the ensuing bidding wars over much wanted items! We ask that you please bring your auction items to the Registration Desk at the conference in Santa Monica. If you need to ship your items, please contact the MCN office for instructions. We ask that each donor limit donations of posters to two because packing the posters is always a challenge! Thank you for your generosity - your contributions will help MCN deliver the programs you value! P.S. We'd appreciate anything you'd like to donate, but please don't part with any of the treasures of your museum's collection! Reproduction treasures will do just fine! MCN Office: mdev...@asis.org (301) 585-4413 http://www.mcn.edu/MCN98
MCN98 Conference Sessions announced!
Date: Wed, 01 Jul 1998 12:34:01 -0400 From: Kerridwen Harvey khar...@cyberus.ca Reply-To: khar...@cyberus.ca Organization: Harvey Heritage Services X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (Win95; U) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: ONMUSE-L onmus...@chin.gc.ca, Museum-L museu...@home.ease.lsoft.com, MCN-L mc...@world.std.com, canmus...@chin.gc.ca Subject: MCN98 Conference Sessions announced! Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Please pardon cross-postings. CONFERENCE SESSIONS FOR THE 1998 MUSEUM COMPUTER NETWORK CONFERENCE ANNOUNCED ON THE MCN WEB SITE! http://www.mcn.edu/MCN98 A partial list of conference sessions has been posted to the conference web site. This is a list of 26 sessions. In the final program, there will be about 30 sessions. We will shortly be confirming the other sessions. You will also find a preliminary schedule for the conference, which takes place September 23-26, in Santa Monica, California. A registration form, details on the conference hotel, local attractions, pre-conference workshops, and more are also provided. Remember the early registration deadline, with its related savings, is July 31! Please visit the Web site frequently for updates, abstracts of the sessions and a specific schedule of sessions -- coming soon! FOR MORE INFORMATION: http://www.mcn.edu/MCN98 tel: (301) 585-4413 e-mail: mdev...@asis.org
Re: Digital Images for Registration
From: Ed Earle eea...@ammi.org To: mc...@world.std.com Subject: RE: Digital Images for Registration Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 09:35:30 -0400 X-Priority: 3 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.0.1458.49) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Our original scans are saved as TIFF files. We use the tiff header to store text associated with the image (title, maker, accession number, date, publisher, etc). This is a mini Dublin core as part of the data structure of the image itself. We use the file info feature in Adobe Photoshop to embed this information in the file. * Ed Edward W. Earle American Museum of the Moving Image -Original Message- From: Museum Computer Network [SMTP:m...@world.std.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 1998 9:12 PM To: mc...@world.std.com Subject:Re: Digital Images for Registration Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 10:47:06 -0700 To: mc...@world.std.com From: Leslie Johnston lesl...@stanford.edu Subject: Re: Digital Images for Registration 1)What kind of file name or number do you integrate into the image file so that it can be coordinated with the paper log? Or do you include in each shot a slip of paper with the registration no. written on it, next to the object? Or shoot each item with its marked registration no. showing? The paper log has the name of the shot as recorded on the camera (this is set in stone by the camera and cannot be changed at the time of recording) and the accession number. When the image is pulled from the diskette for color correction and resizing it is renamed with the accession number. We actually have a law (the Museums Law 198... well, I forget the year) which stipulates these requirements for registration documentation photographs. In fact, as the law stipulates the neccessity of a negative and negative no. we're not sure if a digital file and file name will be acceptable. (A special committee is advising the Israeli Justice Dept. on changes in legislation needed for the acceptance of digital documents as evidence in court -- which might lead to an eventual solution.) Do any list members have similar legal or procedural requirements? We do not have such a law. Has anyone run into an insurance company which would not accept a digital image in the case of a damage or theft claim (due to ease of manipulation)? 2) Do you automatically create, in addition to the digital image for registration, a conventional photograph? This is a major issue for us as we have visual documentation of maybe 20% of our collections. Unfortunately, we do not have a photographer on staff. Our head preparator was doing photography on an as-needed basis (he is a pro, by the way), but that had to stop as we near the reinstallation of collections into the galleries. A policy was set by our head registrar that we _must_ shoot a digital image of every incoming object because of this lack of standard photography. We will also shoot objects with the digital camera as they go into the galleries if they are completely lacking visual documentation. Leslie Leslie Johnston Academic Technology Specialist Stanford University Museum of Art / Art Department lesl...@leland.stanford.edu
Technology information request
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 07:53:53 -0400 To: mc...@world.std.com From: michele devine mdev...@asis.org Subject: Technology Information Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii posted for: mnich...@syspac.com Greetings. My name is Michelle Nichols a member of the Education Staff at the Arizona State University Art Museum in Tempe, Arizona. We are currently increasing the educational side of our web page. I would be greatly appreciative if someone could recommend some publications dealing with museums and curriculum issues on-line. reply to: mnich...@syspac.com Thank you. Michelle Nichols Michele Devine ASIS 301 495-0900 mdev...@asis.org http://www.asis.org
[Fwd: uniform titles for works of art]
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 15:41:26 -0500 From: Elisa Lanzi ela...@together.net Organization: Lanzi/Warren Associates X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: mc...@world.std.com Subject: [Fwd: uniform titles for works of art] Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=8430DB0BFC7103A865C93A8D This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --8430DB0BFC7103A865C93A8D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I am forwarding a message concerning proposed rules for forming uniform titles of works of art. Museum documentation people will find this of interest. The Library of Congress is accepting comments on the proposed document until April 20. -- Elisa Lanzi Lanzi/Warren Associates Box 1046 Bennington, VT 05201 phone: 802.442.1570 ela...@together.net --8430DB0BFC7103A865C93A8D Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from mailhub.uark.edu (mailhub.uark.edu [130.184.9.32]) by sequoia.together.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) with ESMTP id HAA04232 for ela...@together.net; Tue, 24 Mar 1998 07:57:20 -0500 (EST) Received: from mailhub (130.184.9.32) by mailhub.uark.edu (LSMTP for Windows NT v1.0a) with SMTP id 1941A9D0 ; Tue, 24 Mar 1998 6:57:24 -0600 Received: from UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU by UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8c) with spool id 9344 for vr...@uafsysb.uark.edu; Tue, 24 Mar 1998 06:55:53 -0600 Received: from UAFSYSB (NJE origin SMTPTEST@UAFSYSB) by UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 4385; Tue, 24 Mar 1998 06:45:48 -0600 Received: from cmcl2.nyu.edu by UAFSYSB.UARK.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R3) with TCP; Tue, 24 Mar 98 06:45:46 CST Received: from elmer4.bobst.nyu.edu (port 2821@ELMER4.BOBST.NYU.EDU) by cmcl2.nyu.edu (PMDF V5.1-10 #24942) with ESMTP id 0eqb001qqq5...@cmcl2.nyu.edu for vr...@uafsysb.uark.edu; Tue, 24 Mar 1998 07:46:46 -0500 (EST) Received: from ELMER4/SpoolDir by elmer4.bobst.nyu.edu (Mercury 1.21); Tue, 24 Mar 1998 07:45:59 -0500 Received: from SpoolDir by ELMER4 (Mercury 1.30); Tue, 24 Mar 1998 07:45:37 -0500 MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.42a) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Priority: normal Message-ID: 20d358c7...@elmer4.bobst.nyu.edu Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 07:45:34 -0500 Reply-To: Visual Resources Association vr...@uafsysb.uark.edu Sender: Visual Resources Association vr...@uafsysb.uark.edu From: Sherman Clarke clar...@elmer4.bobst.nyu.edu Organization: NYU Libraries Subject: uniform titles for works of art Comments: To: arli...@lsv.uky.edu, dfer...@moma.org To: vr...@uafsysb.uark.edu NAMED WORKS OF ART The draft rule interpretation for establishing uniform titles for named works of art is now available on the LC web at http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/. Bob Hiatt of the Cataloging Policy and Support Office, editor of the Cataloging service bulletin, came to Philadelphia to present the official draft based on the submission from the Cataloging Advisory Committee. This rule interpretation and guidelines will allow NACO contributors to create name authority records for named works in the international Name Authority File maintained at the Library of Congress. Comments are due by April 20th. Most RIs are promulgated soon after the comment period ends. UNNAMED WORKS OF ART After laying the named works of art rule interpretation at the LC doorstep, the ARLIS/NA Cataloging Advisory Committee will move on to unnamed works of art (recognizing that named works are the easy part!). As a first step, Liz O'Keefe of the Morgan Library has prepared a discussion paper which will be discussed on March 30th at the New York art Catalogers Discussion Group. The paper is now available on the web at http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/9783/unnamed.html. If you do not have easy web access and would like a copy of any of these documents, let me know at sherman.cla...@nyu.edu. Sherman Clarke NYU Libraries --8430DB0BFC7103A865C93A8D--
Deadline for Proposals for MCN'98
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1998 08:48:55 -0800 From: Kerridwen Harvey khar...@cyberus.ca Reply-To: khar...@cyberus.ca Organization: Harvey Heritage Services X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; U; 16bit) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: MCN-L mc...@world.std.com Subject: Deadline for Proposals for MCN'98 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Apologies for cross posting. Knowledge Creation - Knowledge Sharing - Knowledge Preservation The Annual Conference of the Museum Computer Network Santa Monica, California, USA September 23 - 26, 1998 Reminder: Proposals for Sessions Workshops are due March 16! Proposals may address any area of museum computing. The call for proposals can be found at http://www.mcn.edu. For a hard copy of the call for proposals or any questions concerning proposals contact: Leslie Johnston, MCN'98 Program Chair Stanford University Museum of Art Stanford, CA 94305 Tel: +650-725-5383. Fax: 650-725-0464 E-mail: lesl...@leland.stanford.edu
AMICO University Testbed Project: Call for Participation
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 21:46:29 -0400 (EDT) X-Sender: jtr...@spinit.pgh.net Message-Id: v03010d0cb076c3ffa6f6@[206.210.65.247] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: Recipient.List.Suppressed:;@world.std.com From: J. Trant jtr...@archimuse.com Subject: AMICO University Testbed Project: Call for Participation The full Call for Participation in the Art Museum Image Consortium's University Testbed project is now available at http://www.amn.org/AMICO/testbed.call.html Multimedia digital documentation of over 20,000 works, from the collections of the 23 member museums, will be made available under license to selected university participants during the academic year 1998-1999. AMICO will use existing distribution channels to deliver access to the Library during the test-bed phase and beyond. Discussions are currently underway with the Research Libraries Group to provide distribution support during the test-bed. As previously announced, an information session about the testbed project will be held in conjunction with the upcoming CNI meeting, at 9:30, Sunday October 26, 1997. If you are unable to attend, please feel free to address specific questions about the testbed to Jennifer Trant jtr...@archimuse.com or David Bearman db...@archimuse.com AMICO's management consultants. J. Trant jtr...@archimuse.com Partner and Principal Consultant www.archimuse.com Archives Museum Informatics 5501 Walnut St., Suite 203 ph. + 1-412-683-9775 Pittsburgh, PA USA 15232 fax + 1-412-683-7366
Re: Electronic media references
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 12:00:45 -0700 Message-Id: v02130502b0442302cc15@[128.32.252.42] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: mc...@world.std.com From: rineh...@uclink2.berkeley.edu (Richard Rinehart) Subject: Re: Electronic media references Hi all, I'm sending out a request on behalf of some others around SFMOMA in Conservation, Registration Curatorial who are looking at issues of preservation maintenance of our Media Arts collection, generally electronic artwork. Which references or journals do you recommend for assistance/ideas in dealing with media arts materials? Any leads would be appreciated. Thanks. Marla Misunas Collections Database Administrator San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Hi Marla, I had to give a talk on my campus once about electronic data longevity and integrity - I've included the short annotated bibliography below. If you get any other responses please post them to the list; they would be very useful I'm sure. Thanks, Richard Rinehart Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive @ University of California Data Longevity Portability Bearman, David John Perkins. Standards Framework for the Computer Interchange of Museum Information CIMI (Computer Interchange of Museum Information Committee) publication on standards for computer data. http://www.cni.org/pub/CIMI/framework.html. Rothenberg, Jeff. Ensuring the Longevity of Digital Documents Scientific American 272(1) (January 1995):42-47. -- Of interest to anyone involved in information technology, this article addresses the obstacles to archiving information in any current digital form. There are two major obstacles: obsolescence of physical medium and software format. In regard to physical media, we must rely upon admittedly fragile formats such as magnetic tape, to media with unknown real-life longevity such as CD-ROM. On the software side, content is interwoven with format in the bitstream. The author maintains that without a bootstrap of paper telling someone in the future what software format was used, some digital documents will be unreadable. He even addresses the question of hardware and software independent formats by breaking down a relational database. However, he did not answer such questions as whether or not simpler standards such as ASCII will remain an independent standard, or for that matter logical structure formats based in ASCII such as SGML. Data Integrity Authenticity Graham, Peter S. Long-Term Intellectual Preservation [http://aultnis.rutgers.edu/texts/dps.html] -- This article was presented at the RLG Symposium on Digital Imaging Technology for Preservation at Cornell University March 17 18, 1995. Graham tackles the problems of long term authentication of any type of digital information, as well as preservation of that data. Any digital document, if it is to convey authority, must be an exact duplicate of the original or contain a record of all deviations from the original. One proposed solution for authentication is Digital Time Stamping, whereby a one-way algorithm is used to generate a key that can be produced only by the original document. These keys would be made public, thus ensuring the validity of the documents. This article is a useful, non-technical starting point in puzzling out these critical issues of the longevity and authenticity of any type of digital information. Lunin, Lois F. and Robin P. Peek, eds. Perspectives on Electronic Publishing Journal of the American Society for Information Science 45(10)(December 1994):727-799.--Lynch, Clifford A. The Integrity of Digital Information: Mechanics and Definitional Issues -- Lynch examines some of the issues encompassing the integrity of digital objects in the networked environment. He defines the use of the word integrity in relationship to the information distribution system, illustrates the basic mechanics of digital information integrity and addresses issues concerning digital integrity regarding electronic publishing and intellectual content. Richard Rinehart | Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive Systems Manager Education | University of California Technology Specialist | 2625 Durant, Berkeley, CA 94720-2250 rineh...@uclink2.berkeley.edu | http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/ Board of Directors, Museum Computer Network, http://www.mcn.edu/
Re: more about image storage
From: rineh...@uclink2.berkeley.edu (Richard Rinehart) Subject: Re: more about image storage Hi Sasha, Leslie, et al, I'm glad to see discussion of this as it's something we all have to think about, but of course often gets left behind more deadline oriented issues. To answer your question Sasha, in part I would refer to the message below, which points out the relative fragility of even certain kinds of CD's to data-loss, but mostly I relied on the approach of my campus, UC Berkeley, for it's backup/storage solutions. Berkeley has been backing up campus servers (of all sorts) to DAT tape using a campus-wide backup service, relying on multiple copies and storing some in off-site locations as a guard against the fragility of the media (a given DAT is supposedly reliable for ten years). I get your point about backup vs. storage, but in many practical situations we rely on one to be the other (especially if the differences are not enough to warrent the extra time). We record redudant data on media much like DAT (Jaz: for now) and use our campus service to store extra copies off site in a storage facility in another state (Californians being constantly afraid of the big one). Of course when Zip turns to Jaz turns to MMM-bop or whatever comes next, we'll port upward. So those are the two prongs of my strategy: data-redudancy across geographic regions and porting because no current media is going to be permanent (a hundred year lifespan is considered archival, and none of our current digital storage media are going to last a quarter of that! What will happen to all the CD-recorders/players when DVD is the standard, and last I heard the DVD standard was not backward compatible with ISO9660 CD). So, in a sense all our current strategies are backups, and we just need to balance between how often we'll need to port vs. the advantages of that media in robustness, time-savings, speed, cost, suitability and availability in our environment, etc. Anyway, this is my thinking, but it certainly could stand more investigation :) Richard Rinehart Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 18:17:16 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: 970911180912_-365824...@emout06.mail.aol.com To: mc...@world.std.com Subject: more about image storage We are multimedia producer/designers who have a big need for storing graphics files. Over the years, we have used Syquest, optical and Jaz disks and CD-ROM recordable discs. The optical disks are very slow and several have been unreliable and/or unreadable. The Jaz disks seem fine and are much faster, although we have heard rumors that others are having trouble. We have an older CD-ROM recording system that is a little tempermental. but a newer one should be fine. Some of our problem has been a factor of the hard disk and not the disc-recorder per se. CD-ROM discs have been a good option for us. However, the recordable type is not as durable as those made with a glass master, and you must make sure that you don't stick something like a post-it to the surface, as the film can lift right off. Hope this is helpful. Lois McLean, Producer McLean Media Richard Rinehart | Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive Systems Manager Education | University of California Technology Specialist | 2625 Durant, Berkeley, CA 94720-2250 rineh...@uclink2.berkeley.edu | http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/ Board of Directors, Museum Computer Network, http://www.mcn.edu/
more about image storage
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 18:17:16 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: 970911180912_-365824...@emout06.mail.aol.com To: mc...@world.std.com Subject: more about image storage We are multimedia producer/designers who have a big need for storing graphics files. Over the years, we have used Syquest, optical and Jaz disks and CD-ROM recordable discs. The optical disks are very slow and several have been unreliable and/or unreadable. The Jaz disks seem fine and are much faster, although we have heard rumors that others are having trouble. We have an older CD-ROM recording system that is a little tempermental. but a newer one should be fine. Some of our problem has been a factor of the hard disk and not the disc-recorder per se. CD-ROM discs have been a good option for us. However, the recordable type is not as durable as those made with a glass master, and you must make sure that you don't stick something like a post-it to the surface, as the film can lift right off. Hope this is helpful. Lois McLean, Producer McLean Media
Text v Fine-Arts Cataloging
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 20:47:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Katherine Jones-Garmil gar...@husc.harvard.edu To: mc...@world.std.com Subject: Text v Fine-Arts Cataloging (fwd) Message-Id: pine.osf.3.96.970807204705.12975b-100...@login6.fas.harvard.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII *** Katherine Jones-Garmil| Program Director Assistant Director| Museum Computer Network Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology | m...@athena.mit.edu 11 Divinity Avenue| Cambridge, MA 02138 USA | (617) 495-1969 gar...@fas.harvard.edu | (617) 495-7535 fax| *** -- Forwarded message -- Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 16:59:25 -0400 From: David Green da...@cni.org Reply-To: ninch-annou...@cni.org To: Multiple recipients of list ninch-annou...@cni.org Subject: Text v Fine-Arts Cataloging In an unusual practice, I wanted to distribute on the NINCH-Announce list a comment made by Robert Baron on the Visual Resources Association's list about differences between carrying text and fine-art imagery onto the network through current and developing cataloging practices. It may get to the heart of some issues David Green ps: To sign on to the VRA-L listserv, send the command SUBSCRIBE VRA-L to lists...@uafsysb.uark.edu *** I don't think of the differences between library and fine-arts cataloging as due to distinctions in technology and database sophistication, but, rather due to fundamental differences between their respective cataloged content. True, fine-arts cataloging will be well served by finely hewn thesauri and efficiently networked databases, but the core difference, to me, revolves around understanding the work of art as a unique man-made object in which style, subject, patronage, meaning, aesthetics, purpose and use are the defining criteria -- criteria rarely written into the work itself. Book cataloging, in contrast, looks at the tangible, proceeds from the given, defines categories of use to users, classifies by criteria suitable to serve as finding aids. Looking at it this way, it seems only natural that computers came to libraries first and that to make computers bend to the demands of the fine arts has been, to say it mildly, a struggle. Robert Baron
Re: IBM versus Macintosh
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 08:39:55 -0500 To: mc...@world.std.com From: Guy Hermann g...@mystic.org Subject: RE: IBM versus Macintosh Late entry to discussion, and a statistic, too. According to 7/14/97 issue= of Computerworld, Apple's PC market share has dropped from 6% last year to= 3% this year. This alone makes me real nervous about even short term futu= re. However you feel about Boy Bill and the Wintel Empire, they are here, = there is a glut of new products (hard, firm and soft) being produced from t= hem, and the future looks MSy. I'm not nervous. I won't question MS's dominance, but a closer look at the situation can lead to a differing analysis. Most important, there is now a distinction which needs to be remembered between Apple and the MacOS. Apple is selling fewer computers. Clone makers are selling more. Overall MacOS market share is about the same. This is bad for Apple, but good for the MacOS. A good discussion (Mac slanted of course!) is available at: http://www.mackido.com/Reference/MacOrNT.html Here is an excerpt: Apple is not going out of business. Apple is number 150 on the Fortune 500 list, ahead of Bethlehem Steel, General Dynamics, Coca-Cola, Nike, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, and Cisco Systems. Microsoft is ranked only at 172. (Fortune 500 Listing, July 15, 1997) Overall, Apple's doing well given the current state of the computer market, the growth of which is flattening (The Hollywood Reporter, Scott McKim). That Apple has lost money is a minor issue. With 1.7 billion in revenue, the most recent quarter's fifty-million dollar loss is trivial. MARKET SHARE Contrary to public opinion, the Mac OS market is growing, not shrinking. From January '96 to January '97, Mac OS market share grew 61.5% (CI: US Dealer Sales Show Ray of Hope for Mac OS, Rogers Communications, March 7, 1997). Apple may lose share, but that's to be expected with competition. IBM began the personal computing market and then nearly disappeared from it. The market lives on. The Washington Times said: Industry critics have been predicting the death of Apple Computer for most of the 1990s. The news that Gil Amelio, Apple's chairman and chief executive, abruptly resigned and was replaced provided fresh cries of Apple's impending demise. Apple will likely survive, even if a massive refocusing is needed. The Mac platform, however, will grow and thrive, even if your next Mac doesn't come from Cupertino and even if someone other than Apple makes the next revision of the Mac operating system. (Apple May Appear Sour, But Strong, Deep Roots Assure Survival, The Washington Times, July 14, 1997). Even if Apple has only a small market share According to Automotive News (October, 1995), Saab, Mercedes, Infiniti, Volvo, Lexus, and BMW have less than 1% of the world car market each. And even the big guns like Mitsubishi and Chrysler, have less than 2% of the market apiece. The bottom 16 car companies put together, in fact, constitute only 9.8% of the market. Does that mean these companies won't survive? Hardly. They are prospering companies that would kill for Apple's 9% market share. So would almost any individual PC clone maker (Clip'n Save: The Numbers Nobody Knows, MacWorld Magazine, July, 1996). Apple's ailments are well documented in the press, but the press still equates Mac OS market share with Apple market share. If Apple simply closed its doors today, there's no shortage of clones, and they're building market share. Those building and licensed to build Mac clones include: Motorola Akia IBM Power Computing Vertegri Research Marathon Computers UMAX Vision Power PowerTools Daystar Digital Everex ProMax APS Exponential Computer Warehouse FirePower Systems There are also nearly a dozen foreign manufacturers. If Apple simply vanished, the clone makers would continue the Mac OS. Many are larger than Apple itself and are deeply bound to the company. and many more pages of discussion. Guy S. Hermann ** g...@mysticseaport.org ** 860-572-5392 http://www.mysticseaport.org/ The Museum of America and the Sea Community precedes commerce. John Hagel The network is the network. Eric Schmidt
Re: IBM versus Macintosh
From: Robert MacKimmie robe...@apple.com Date: Fri, 1 Aug 97 18:46:47 -0700 Subject: Re: IBM versus Macintosh Reply-To: robe...@apple.com Question: Macintosh -vs.- Wintel Operating Systems are equivalent to political and religious preferences - you are likely born into them or have discovered one or are converted to one by work dictates or recreation/pleasure. Being in a mixed environment during this past year, my desktop has included (at the same time) SUN UNIX, Microsoft NT, Win95, Mac 7.6, Mac 8.0 PPC, NEXTSTEP, OPENSTEP/Intel and Rhapsody. I can state across the board that the biggest factor in productivity and/or system preference seems to be what OS people presently use. Getting any individual to change OS can be like trying to get a mule to drink a Mai Tai out of fancy fruit and paper umbrella accented bar glass with a long straw. Nobody likes to use anything other than what they have been using. Prying cold dead fingers off the keyboard is universal for most everybody, regardless of what OS they use. The interesting part of the Macintosh story, is that Apple Computer has purchased NeXT Software, Inc., (Steve Jobs' company) on December 20, 1996, including the mature-by-a-decade NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP operating system - which is UNIX based, with an ultra smooth Macintosh-type interface. It is public knowledge that the new Mac upper-end operating system is nearing developer release and as a NeXT/OPENSTEP user for the past six years, I can say that Macintosh people out there should be chomping at the bit to get any information about Rhapsody because its origin is without doubt, THE Cat's Meow !!! Mac OS 8 may be getting news, but (OPENSTEP was and) Rhapsody will be stable (crashes almost unheard of), powerful, multitasking, multiprocessing, TCP/IP to the core, Internet savvy, great inter-application integration, great as stand-alone or as client-server networked machines institution-wide, Display PostScript as the imaging model, powerful relational database support for all major packages, and on and on... I make these comments because as a photo curator in a non-profit collection management position for eight years, my efforts towards computerization were rewarded when I thought beyond platform specific issues and sought solutions for my data development/collection management problems. I found a wonderful computing solution that went beyond Windows or Mac, and now that technology will likely find a much larger audience because of the recent Apple purchase. With Steve Jobs back in the creative vision seat for a time, next week's MacWorld Boston conference might yield some interesting headlines which have implications for everyone. Microsoft may own 85% of the desktop machines out there, but Bill Gates hasn't yet monopolized the Internet. Remain focused on Open Standards and your data will follow. Computing is still young and desktop diversity will always keep things interesting and productive. Demanding what you need professionally, not what exists presently, and the software engineers may get orders from the marketing types with features generated by customer demand - a very powerful feature stimulus. From a person who uses many OSs, but prefers (a specific) one, Robert MacKimmie r...@objectdata.com
Re: IBM versus Macintosh
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 17:21:20 -0500 From: Guy Hermann g...@mystic.org Subject: Re: IBM versus Macintosh Question: How many of you out there are currently investing in Macintosh technology? Are you predominently purchasing Wintel machines? Is there any trends in the Museum world to standardize on one platform? Any light you could shed on this subject would be most helpful No other replies? We are still buying a lot of Mac hardware, although we recently bought our first W95 system a few weeks ago for an application which requires it. The big question seems to be, are Macs a bad investment now with everyone using windows. We don't think they are any more of a bad investment than any computer is. Whatever we buy will be obsolete in three years anyway (computers are really an office supply at this point). Since our technology focus is on the Internet, we find Macs to be quite capable, and very easy to manage, Internet clients. The standardization we are concentrating on is with our data and digital information. This is the long term investment we are making. In terms of computing platforms, we think more in terms of consistency than standards. And we don't have the money to go out and replace al of our computers in any case. By the time we managed to migrate to a new standard, something else would have come along and it would be time to change again. So we are sticking with Macs and hoping that the platform-independent world of Java comes to pass. But even if it doesn't, we're pretty sure that we and 25 million other folks will still be word-processing, e-mailing, and surfing the net with ou Macs 5 years from now. Sandy Moore Network Administrator The Toledo Museum of Art sandym2...@aol.com Guy S. Hermann ** g...@mysticseaport.org ** 860-572-5392 http://www.mysticseaport.org/ The Museum of America and the Sea Community precedes commerce. John Hagel The network is the network. Eric Schmidt
Conflict of Interest - reply
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 17:25:35 -0500 To: mc...@facteur.std.com From: Guy Hermann g...@mystic.org Subject: Re: MCN Conflict of interest policy Jennifer, Robert, et. al. Thanks for the comments on MCN's new policy on conflict of interest in conference sessions. This policy was suggested after the last conference and was proposed, discussed and approved at the last board meeting. It is similar to policies in force at other membership organizations like AAM and SAA. The policy is certainly not designed to exclude vendors or consultants from the conference program. I am not sure what part of its language gives that impression. The policy specifically states that we value vendors and consultants (and we do!). It does not exclude vendors or consultants from proposing or participating in sessions, nor does it place a complete stricture on their chairing sessions (_should_ not chair sessions is the exact language). The intent is to keep the focus of conference sessions on issues. It is also designed to act as a reminder to those few vendors and consultants who might be tempted to use conference sessions to promote their own products and services. We have rehashed the policy again on the MCN Board discussion list and the concensus is that such a policy is in the best interest of the membership and will result in a stronger conference program. If you feel that this policy will adversely affect your ability to participate in your session at the conference, please let me know and we can discuss it further.
Conflict of Interest Policy
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 12:55:49 -0400 To: mc...@world.std.com From: Robert A. Baron raba...@pipeline.com Subject: Re: MCN Policy on Vendors Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii re: Jennifer Trant's objection to MCN vendor policy I agree with Jennifer here and wish, further, to remind MCN members of the long-standing and productive relationship MCN and its members have had with the vendor community. Vendors have taken a major role in the development of MCN as an organization and have contributed their expertise as board members and as participants in annual meeting sessions, some of which were specifically defined for the vendor community. In some ways the very discipline that MCN is here to support owes itself to the work and ingenuity of vendors. Further, the distinction between the self-interest of vendors and the lack of self-interest of the non-vendor community is false, misleading and promulgates a fiction and an inaccurate stereotype. It is just as important to one group as to the other that their products and services investigations succeed. If the pay-back differs in each case, nonetheless it all comes down to the same thing: it puts food on the table and provides means to pay the landlord. The policy Jennifer quoted is also short-sighted in its lack of acknowledgement of the fluid interchange between the vendor and non-profit communities. How many vendors have come from the museum and non-profit communities? How many vendors and their employees return? How many do both at the same time? I believe all people who have something valuable to contribute to MCN should be encouraged to do so. To avoid the slightest hint of conflict of interest, all contributors should indicate in the formal schedule of the conference or near the by-line of their articles their current affiliation. Robert Baron consultant raba...@pipeline.com At 07:18 AM 6/18/97 -0400, Jennifer Trant wrote: Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 17:15:50 -0500 To: mc...@europe.std.com From: jtr...@archimuse.com (J. Trant) Subject: Museum Computer Network, Conflict of Interest Policy Dear Guy, Kathy, MCN Board and Members, I've just learned of the following MCN Policy, as an appendix to a note regarding participation in the upcoming MCN meeting in St Louis. *Museum Computer Network Conflict of Interest Policy* Please take note of the following policy: The Museum Computer Network (MCN) values commercial vendors and service providers as important members of the museum community and welcomes their participation in the conference program. MCN cannot, however, endorse or appear to endorse, the products and services of any individual commercial enterprise. Therefore, if commercial interests/enterprises take part in conference sessions or workshops as speakers or instructors, they must not promote or advocate their products or services, nor should they chair or moderate a session. When and why did MCN adopt such a policy? Where was it discussed? Did the members have an opportunity to comment? As we all know, the nature of work in technology in musuems is such that most of it is completed by contractors and consultants. If MCN chooses to exclude a significant portion of its constituency from the shaping of its program, it is shooting itself in the foot. The majority of experitise and experience in this field is moving into the 'private' sphere. jennifer [who makes her living working FOR and WITH museums] J. Trant jtr...@archimuse.com Partner and Principal Consultant www.archimuse.com Archives Museums Informatics 5501 Walnut St., Suite 203 ph. + 1-412-683-9775 Pittsburgh, PA USA 15232-1455fax + 1-412-683-7366
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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 10:49:14 -0800 To: mc...@world.std.com From: Diane M. Zorich zor...@powergrid.electriciti.com Subject: MCN Call for Nominations 1997 Election for the Board of Directors Notice of Annual Meeting and Call for Nominations In accordance with the bylaws of the Museum Computer Network, this notice constitutes the official announcement of the annual meeting of the membership. The membership meeting is scheduled for October 17, 1997 at 11:30AM during the MCN annual conference, to be held at the Hyatt Regency Union Station, St Louis, MO. In accordance with the bylaws, this notice also constitutes a call to the membership for nominees to be placed on the ballot for election of officers. The 1997 elections to the Board of Directors and President-elect will be conducted by mail ballot in early September and the results announced at the annual meeting in St. Louis. Nominations for Election to the Board of Directors The Nominating Committee is seeking candidates to fill three vacancies on the Board of Directors this year. Board members serve a three year term with the possibility of re-election for a second three year term. Board members are asked to serve on the Board as individuals in their professional capacity, not as representatives of any organization. Board members are required to attend two meetings during the year, one in conjunction with the annual conference and a second usually held in the Spring. The MCN Board of Directors is a working board; members are expected to serve on committees of the Board and to be active participants in the work of the organization. Outgoing board members are: Bob Leming (who is resigning one year prior to the expiration of his term,) Suzanne Quigley, and Diane Zorich. Board members continuing to serve are: Class of 1998: Guy Hermann, Susan Patterson, Christine Steiner, Susanne Warren Class of 1999: David Bridge, Robin Dowden, Leslie Johnston, Ric Rinehart, Greg Spurgeon Nominations for President-elect The Nominating Committee is also seeking nominations from the membership for the position of President-elect. The President-elect will serve for two years, one year as President-elect, and one year as President. Nominees do not have to be current Board members, or be elected to Board service beyond the two years required to serve as President-elect and President. The President-elect and President are Board members by virtue of their election to office. Nominees for both elections must have the written endorsement of three (3) current members of the organization. To place a name on the election ballot, mail, fax or email the endorsements and a brief biographical sketch and statement of goals for the organization to: Museum Computer Network 8720 Georgia Avenue, Suite 501 Silver Spring, MD USA 20910 (attn: Michele Devine) phone: 301/585-4413 fax: 301/495-0810 email: mdev...@asis.org The deadline for receipt of nominations is Friday, August 1, 1997.
