[MCN-L] Job: VP of IT and Systems, Space Center Houston

[Nik Honeysett]

Space Center Houston is looking for a Vice President of Information Technology 
and Systems, details here:

https://us59.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePortal/en-US/myschdayforce/Posting/View/61
-nik



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[MCN-L] Job Posting: Director of IT, Cleveland Museum of Natural History

[Nik Honeysett]

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History is looking for an experienced, 
collaborative, and hands-on technology leader to provide both strategic vision 
and daily tactical support in maintaining and evolving an integrated IT 
infrastructure in support of the Museum's operational, programming, curatorial 
and research activities.  The Director of Information technology is responsible 
for creating, supporting and maintaining a highly efficient network and server 
infrastructure, back-end business systems as well as visitor-facing technology.

Details and application are here:

https://workforcenow.adp.com/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=49c26a0f-b438-4d50-910e-e2fca33d6a29=405259=en_US=CC4
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Re: [MCN-L] Job Posting: Chief Community and Engagement Strategist, Levine Museum of the New South, Charlotte

[Nik Honeysett]

My grasp of the Queen’s English is clearly lacking in this job posting. Salary 
is “Commensurate with experience.”

Resending...
-nik



CHIEF COMMUNITY AND ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIST


ABOUT US
Levine Museum of the New South’s mission is to connect the past to the future 
to realize the promises of a New South.   

Levine Museum uses history to build a just and equitable community through 
experiences, programs, and services that help people understand the world today 
through the lens of history and inspire them to imagine a stronger, more 
equitable future.  As Charlotte’s premiere memory-keeper and storyteller, 
Levine Museum serves adults, families, students and educators, corporations, 
and civic organizations through experiences that animate history and through 
dialogue, grounded in history, aimed at making a difference.

THE POSITION
As we become a community-centered, digital-first museum, we seek to create a 
more holistic approach that combines community development and engagement, with 
enhanced digital experiences, programs, and services with, for, and about the 
communities we serve. Our newly created position of Chief Community and 
Engagement Strategist is a unique and exciting opportunity to work and innovate 
in a forward-thinking museum with a track record of deeply engaging programming 
that provides context and meaning for critical contemporary and social issues. 
The successful candidate will be responsible for leading LMNS in imagining, 
creating and delivering coordinated and mutually supporting programs and 
activities across a variety of digital platforms and analog experiences.

THE WORK
As a member of the leadership team, participate in developing an 
audience-focused culture of equity, creativity, collaboration, and respect that 
welcomes new ideas, experimentation, and joy;
Develop, test, and execute strategies for creating history-based content for 
specific audiences, including adults, families, students and educators, across 
various platforms aimed at making history relevant and exciting;
Manage a team of community-builders, historians, and contractors to create 
digital experiences, pop-up exhibits, community celebrations, dialogue-based 
programs, training courses, and school curriculum that explore today’s most 
pressing issues in historical context;
Assemble and manage a group of community advisors who will assist in selecting 
content themes, evaluate programming efforts, and serve as Museum ambassadors 
in the community;
Collaborate with Board and staff in establishing metrics, gathering data, and 
using data analytics to inform strategy and refine programs and products;
Collaborate with Board members, consultants, and staff to develop funding 
models that support content creation, and participate in fundraising, 
friend-raising, and securing sponsorships as needed;
Work closely with development and marketing staff and advisors to secure 
support for, and raise public awareness of products and programs that reinforce 
brand and draw local and national audiences.

REQUIREMENTS
7+ years of progressive experience in developing and producing content across 
diverse platforms, both digital and analog, in the fields of museums, 
education, entertainment, or communications;
Demonstrated ability to think both strategically and entrepreneurially; 
Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with diverse communities at all 
levels and to build and inspire cross-functional teams;
Experience in budget management and fund raising or business development;
Experience in data analytics highly desirable;
An academic background in history is highly desirable – a passion for history, 
education, and community building is essential.

SALARY
Commensurate with experience.

Please send resume and cover letter to:  Jaimie Small at 
jsm...@museumofthenewsouth.org  by 
February 1st, 2021.

At Levine Museum of the New South, diversity and inclusion are core values.  We 
do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, 
national origin, sex, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual 
orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected class.  We 
strongly encourage individuals with diverse backgrounds to apply.  

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[MCN-L] Job Posting: Chief Community and Engagement Strategist, Levine Museum of the New South, Charlotte

[Nik Honeysett]

On behalf of Levine Museum of the New South...

CHIEF COMMUNITY AND ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIST

ABOUT US
Levine Museum of the New South’s mission is to connect the past to the future 
to realize the promises of a New South.   

Levine Museum uses history to build a just and equitable community through 
experiences, programs, and services that help people understand the world today 
through the lens of history and inspire them to imagine a stronger, more 
equitable future.  As Charlotte’s premiere memory-keeper and storyteller, 
Levine Museum serves adults, families, students and educators, corporations, 
and civic organizations through experiences that animate history and through 
dialogue, grounded in history, aimed at making a difference.

THE POSITION
As we become a community-centered, digital-first museum, we seek to create a 
more holistic approach that combines community development and engagement, with 
enhanced digital experiences, programs, and services with, for, and about the 
communities we serve. Our newly created position of Chief Community and 
Engagement Strategist is a unique and exciting opportunity to work and innovate 
in a forward-thinking museum with a track record of deeply engaging programming 
that provides context and meaning for critical contemporary and social issues. 
The successful candidate will be responsible for leading LMNS in imagining, 
creating and delivering coordinated and mutually supporting programs and 
activities across a variety of digital platforms and analog experiences.

THE WORK
As a member of the leadership team, participate in developing an 
audience-focused culture of equity, creativity, collaboration, and respect that 
welcomes new ideas, experimentation, and joy;
Develop, test, and execute strategies for creating history-based content for 
specific audiences, including adults, families, students and educators, across 
various platforms aimed at making history relevant and exciting;
Manage a team of community-builders, historians, and contractors to create 
digital experiences, pop-up exhibits, community celebrations, dialogue-based 
programs, training courses, and school curriculum that explore today’s most 
pressing issues in historical context;
Assemble and manage a group of community advisors who will assist in selecting 
content themes, evaluate programming efforts, and serve as Museum ambassadors 
in the community;
Collaborate with Board and staff in establishing metrics, gathering data, and 
using data analytics to inform strategy and refine programs and products;
Collaborate with Board members, consultants, and staff to develop funding 
models that support content creation, and participate in fundraising, 
friend-raising, and securing sponsorships as needed;
Work closely with development and marketing staff and advisors to secure 
support for, and raise public awareness of products and programs that reinforce 
brand and draw local and national audiences.

REQUIREMENTS
7+ years of progressive experience in developing and producing content across 
diverse platforms, both digital and analog, in the fields of museums, 
education, entertainment, or communications;
Demonstrated ability to think both strategically and entrepreneurially; 
Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with diverse communities at all 
levels and to build and inspire cross-functional teams;
Experience in budget management and fund raising or business development;
Experience in data analytics highly desirable;
An academic background in history is highly desirable – a passion for history, 
education, and community building is essential.

SALARY
Consummate with experience.

Please send resume and cover letter to:  Jaimie Small at 
jsm...@museumofthenewsouth.org <mailto:jsm...@museumofthenewsouth.org> by 
February 1st, 2021.

At Levine Museum of the New South, diversity and inclusion are core values.  We 
do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, 
national origin, sex, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual 
orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected class.  We 
strongly encourage individuals with diverse backgrounds to apply.  


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[MCN-L] MS Dynamics 365 CRM

[Nik Honeysett]

Anybody in MCNland using Dynamics 365 CRM as their museum’s CRM solution?

If yes, what is it integrated with?

Hope all are staying sane during this time of insanity.
-nik



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[MCN-L] IT-Related Re-Opening Guidelines

[Nik Honeysett]

Found this for those of us trying to figure out deskside support protocols when 
staff are back in the office:

https://its.fsu.edu/sites/g/files/upcbnu1011/files/ITS%20News%20Images/FSU_COVID-19_IT_Support_Guidelines.pdf
 
<https://its.fsu.edu/sites/g/files/upcbnu1011/files/ITS%20News%20Images/FSU_COVID-19_IT_Support_Guidelines.pdf>
-nik

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Re: [MCN-L] Fillable form question

[Nik Honeysett]

We use HelloSign (hellosign.com <http://hellosign.com/>) It has fillable text 
fields and signatures, dates, etc. Very easy UI.
-nik

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> On Apr 23, 2020, at 1:21 PM, Carrie Van Horn  wrote:
> 
> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> My first caveat here is that I am a not an IT person. There are many
> initiatives that our collections team are working on from our home
> “offices" during this time, and one of the things I have been asked to work
> on is developing digital documents and workflows. We are trying to get away
> from emailing a PDF that has to be printed, filled out, scanned, and
> returned, and vice versa.
> 
> One of the new tools we are planning to start using is Docusign for forms
> that need digital signatures (many thanks to the 2019 ARCS session!). In my
> testing, Docusign is great for forms that only need text or signatures in a
> few places, but it doesn’t seem great for questionnaires or loan forms
> where we need to both collect free text AND/OR have signatures added. I was
> able to play around with Microsoft Forms, Microsoft Word forms, and PDF
> fillable forms via Adobe Acrobat. I found Microsoft Forms easy, but it
> seemed better for a web-based questionnaire; Microsoft Word forms were OK;
> and creating the fillable PDF via Adobe Acrobat was clunky.
> 
> My question for you all is - are other folks currently using any kind of
> fillable digital form for their TBM acquisitions, loan forms, or image
> request forms? For example, I recently received a fillable PDF form with
> free text options and check boxes to fill in for different elements of
> artwork components. It was really easy to use, but *creating* that kind of
> document I found very time consuming when I was testing fillable forms.
> 
> Please let me know your feedback or feel free to send me examples!
> 
> Thanks so much,
> Carrie
> 
> Carrie Van Horn
> Associate Registrar
> Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston
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Re: [MCN-L] Net Promoter Score Share?

[Nik Honeysett]

Thanks Douglas. Excellent re COVES:ART!
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> On Jan 27, 2020, at 2:35 PM, Douglas Hegley  wrote:
> 
> Our overall museum NPS score is consistently in the 70s.
> So I'd say your weather-related hypothesis may have some merit.
> BTW: we just hosted COVES staff here at Mia, and we are working with them
> to extend the practices to art museums with COVES:ART. Stay tuned.
> Thx
> Douglas
> 
> Douglas Hegley  |  Chief Digital Officer
> Minneapolis Institute of Art
> 2400 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55404
> +1.612.870.3072  |  @dhegley <https://twitter.com/dhegley>  |
> dheg...@artsmia.org  |  www.artsmia.org
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 3:53 PM Nik Honeysett  wrote:
> 
>> Anyone collecting a Net Promoter Score for their overall museum experience
>> and willing to share?
>> 
>> The COVES project released an aggregate report for the science center
>> community (http://www.understandingvisitors.org/ <
>> http://www.understandingvisitors.org/>) they list a 71.1 overall
>> experience score.
>> 
>> We’re seeing 81.5. I think the sun may be playing a role...
>> -nik
>> 
>> 
>> 
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>> 
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>> 1549 El Prado, Suite 8, San Diego, CA 92101
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>> & science.
>> 
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[MCN-L] Net Promoter Score Share?

[Nik Honeysett]

Anyone collecting a Net Promoter Score for their overall museum experience and 
willing to share?

The COVES project released an aggregate report for the science center community 
(http://www.understandingvisitors.org/ <http://www.understandingvisitors.org/>) 
they list a 71.1 overall experience score.

We’re seeing 81.5. I think the sun may be playing a role...
-nik

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Re: [MCN-L] Admissions POS system roundup?

[Nik Honeysett]

To hide the pain and tears...

> On Sep 5, 2019, at 11:03 AM, Erin Richardson 
>  wrote:
> 
> But, Nik, that sheet is so pretty and colorful!
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Sep 5, 2019, at 1:44 PM, Nik Honeysett  wrote:
>> 
>> If you've ever wondered why I have grey hair…
>> 
>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/170a2MCtHbsFSm9SEB_5SXFqo7hQqEQuv/view?usp=sharing
>> 
>> -nik
>> ~~~~
>> 
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>> 
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>> <mailto:nhoneys...@bpoc.org>
>> 1549 El Prado, Suite 8, San Diego, CA 92101
>> 
>> A non-profit technology collaboration connecting audiences to art, culture & 
>> science.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Sep 5, 2019, at 10:29 AM, Peters, Elizabeth  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Has anyone done a survey of which POS or CRM systems members are using for 
>>> admissions and ticket sales? Would appreciate any references!
>>> 
>>> --
>>> 
>>> Elizabeth Peters
>>> Director of Digital
>>> 
>>> Brooklyn Botanic Garden
>>> 1000 Washington Avenue
>>> Brooklyn, NY 11225
>>> 718-623-7244
>>> bbg.org
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Re: [MCN-L] Admissions POS system roundup?

[Nik Honeysett]

If you've ever wondered why I have grey hair…

https://drive.google.com/file/d/170a2MCtHbsFSm9SEB_5SXFqo7hQqEQuv/view?usp=sharing

-nik


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> On Sep 5, 2019, at 10:29 AM, Peters, Elizabeth  wrote:
> 
> Has anyone done a survey of which POS or CRM systems members are using for 
> admissions and ticket sales? Would appreciate any references!
> 
> --
> 
> Elizabeth Peters
> Director of Digital
> 
> Brooklyn Botanic Garden
> 1000 Washington Avenue
> Brooklyn, NY 11225
> 718-623-7244
> bbg.org
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Re: [MCN-L] Assistance needed with ULAN data

[Nik Honeysett]

This is a great left-turn from a ULAN question. Both the point of view of OSS 
and the empowerment role of IT rather than as gatekeeper is fairly ubiquitous 
in our field, and while I know this comes from frustration, (and I am guilty) 
critique and antagonism, I’ve learned is not the answer. How do we engage and 
educate these folks?

-nik

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> On Aug 17, 2019, at 10:15, Sina Bahram  wrote:
> 
> Wow. Your network team is exhibiting professional negligence, bordering on 
> pure incompetence, if they are asserting that open-source is not secure. 
> That's an incredibly concerning lack of understanding of the most basic 
> tenants of technology and modern operations. This debate was solved decades 
> ago, not months ago. Trillions of dollars of operations occur over 
> open-source technologies in the most relaxed environments in the world to the 
> most secure ones.
> 
> There are a myriad of examples of where open source and open standards is the 
> "only" way to ensure true security, interoperability, accessibility, data 
> transparency, and so much more.
> 
> Good luck. You have my empathy.
> 
> Take care,
> Sina
> 
> President, Prime Access Consulting, Inc.
> Phone: 919-345-3832
> https://www.PAC.bz
> Twitter: @SinaBahram
> Personal Website: https://www.sinabahram.com
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: mcn-l  On Behalf Of Matt Morgan
> Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2019 7:06 AM
> To: mcn-l@mcn.edu
> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Assistance needed with ULAN data
> 
> Shyam's being kind here. It's 2019. I can't believe I'm seeing that 
> statement. If that's what they really said, it's completely 
> unprofessional at this point.
> 
> OpenRefine is in a category unto itself. It's worth them spending some 
> time "securing" it, if they're serious. But what they're really saying 
> is "we want to control what software you use to make our jobs minimally 
> easier." What they could be saying is "IT is about empowering the staff 
> with tech, even when it's hard."
> 
> Matt Morgan
> CTO
> Curtis Institute of Music
> 
>> On 8/16/19 4:17 PM, Shyam Oberoi wrote:
>> "My network team took it away because they believe open source is generally 
>> not secure."
>> 
>> That's insane, the product was developed by Google!
>> 
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenRefine
>> 
>> 
>> Shyam Oberoi
>> Chief Digital Officer
>> Royal Ontario Museum
>> O: 416-586-7935
>> E: sobe...@rom.on.ca
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: mcn-l  On Behalf Of Nancy Hoffman
>> Sent: Friday, August 16, 2019 2:48 PM
>> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
>> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Assistance needed with ULAN data
>> 
>> Hi Samantha -
>> 
>> I have a question related to your answer for Erin. Do you know of a program 
>> other than OpenRefine that can fetch URIs from the Getty's reconciliation 
>> services? I have been using OpenRefine for AAT vocabulary terms in a data 
>> publishing project. My network team took it away because they believe open 
>> source is generally not secure.
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> -Nancy
>> 
>> Nancy Buck Hoffman
>> 
>> Project Assistant
>> 
>> Archaeology Collections
>> 
>> Kellogg Center
>> 
>> Minnesota Historical Society
>> 
>> Saint Paul, MN  55102
>> 
>> 612-725-2371
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 12:40 PM Sami Norling 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Erin,
>>> 
>>> I would highly recommend using OpenRefine <http://openrefine.org>'s
>>> reconciliation service to reconcile the museum's data with ULAN entities.
>>> Once reconciled in OpenRefine, you can then enrich the museum's
>>> existing data with any of the data points available in ULAN. I am
>>> going through this process with the Indianapolis Museum of Art data to
>>> better support our linked data initiatives as well as to ensure that
>>> our data is as complete as it can be.
>>> 
>>> As an added step, I would also suggest that when you are done with the
>>> reconciliation work, you contact the Getty vocabularies team to
>>> inquire about contributing information about artists not currently in
>>> ULAN to their data set. My understanding is that they are very
>>> encouraging of such contributions.
>>> 
>>> Please consider this e-mail a super basic overview, and feel free to
>>> contact me directly for more spec

[MCN-L] The Frist Art Museum, Nashville is Hiring!

[Nik Honeysett]

Please check the Frist website (https://fristartmuseum.org/about/jobs 
<https://fristartmuseum.org/about/jobs>) for two brand new #musetech positions:

Digital Asset Manager and Archivist
The Digital Asset Manager will have significant experience working with 
archival materials who will assume a governing role in implementing and 
managing a new Digital Asset Management System (DAMS) and all workflows 
associated with it, and overseeing the organization, security, and integrity of 
archival physical and digital records generated during the course of business 
operations at the Frist Art Museum. This individual will oversee the life cycle 
of physical and digital assets, including ingestion, metadata tagging, 
cataloging, description, migration, storage, preservation, security, access, 
retrieval, and dissemination, working with all departments to define and uphold 
retention procedures and policies.

Manager of Digital Systems
The Manager of Digital Systems will lead the Information Technology team, 
provide strategic vision, and administer a wide range of technologies necessary 
to support museum operations.  This management position is responsible for 
evaluating and implementing internal and public-facing digital initiatives and 
collaborates with staff to increase efficacy and enable a deeper fulfillment of 
the Frist Art Museum mission.

https://fristartmuseum.org/about/jobs <https://fristartmuseum.org/about/jobs>
-nik

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[MCN-L] CatalogIt?

[Nik Honeysett]

This popped up on my radar. It doesn’t appear to be available yet, but anyone 
have insight or looking at www.catalogit.app for their collections management 
solution?
-nik



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Re: [MCN-L] Webinar - The Art of Collections Management Technology

[Nik Honeysett]

I neglected to mentioned that the public report from the study is now available:

https://www.lyrasis.org/Leadership/Documents/LYRASIS-Museum-Tech-Landscape-Report-2018.pdf
 
<https://www.lyrasis.org/Leadership/Documents/LYRASIS-Museum-Tech-Landscape-Report-2018.pdf>
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> On Jun 25, 2018, at 9:19 AM, Nik Honeysett  wrote:
> 
> Another chance to hear some high-level findings from the collections 
> management study BPOC conducted on behalf of LYRASIS. Please join this free 
> webinar, The Art of Collections Management Technology, on Wednesday June 27th 
> at 3 - 4pm EST / noon - 1pm PST.
> 
> To register, visit: 
> https://www.lyrasis.org/Content/Pages/Event-Details.aspx?Eid=BD64495E-4063-E811-80EA-00155D73CF16
>  
> <https://www.lyrasis.org/Content/Pages/Event-Details.aspx?Eid=BD64495E-4063-E811-80EA-00155D73CF16>
> 
> The webinar is based on the presentation Megan Forbes and I gave at AAM in 
> Phoenix.
> -nik
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[MCN-L] Webinar - The Art of Collections Management Technology

[Nik Honeysett]

Another chance to hear some high-level findings from the collections management 
study BPOC conducted on behalf of LYRASIS. Please join this free webinar, The 
Art of Collections Management Technology, on Wednesday June 27th at 3 - 4pm EST 
/ noon - 1pm PST.

To register, visit: 
https://www.lyrasis.org/Content/Pages/Event-Details.aspx?Eid=BD64495E-4063-E811-80EA-00155D73CF16
 
<https://www.lyrasis.org/Content/Pages/Event-Details.aspx?Eid=BD64495E-4063-E811-80EA-00155D73CF16>

The webinar is based on the presentation Megan Forbes and I gave at AAM in 
Phoenix.
-nik

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[MCN-L] Collections Management Study - Webinar

[Nik Honeysett]

Short notice, but anyone interested in hearing some high-level findings from 
the collections management study BPOC conducted on behalf of LYRASIS, please 
join this free webinar, The Art of Collections Management Technology, on Monday 
June 18th at 2:00 pm EST/11:00 am PST. To register visit:

https://www.lyrasis.org/Pages/ShoppingCart.aspx?register=6A8E8A7A-3F63-E811-80EA-00155D73CF16
 
<https://www.lyrasis.org/Pages/ShoppingCart.aspx?register=6A8E8A7A-3F63-E811-80EA-00155D73CF16>

The webinar is based on the presentation Megan Forbes and I gave at AAM in 
Phoenix.
-nik

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[MCN-L] Mob Programming

[Nik Honeysett]

Anyone doing mob programming in their institution? Looking to organize a series 
of events here in Balboa Park, and interested in any tips, do’s, don’ts, etc.
thanks-nik



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Re: [MCN-L] Custom urls vs "brand" urls for microsites

[Nik Honeysett]

Just agreeing with Douglas, and, Jewel, you’re thinking is correct. Your brand 
is your museum not your exhibition (even if it is "special"), you just need to 
make sure your home page reflects your marketing activity.

-nik
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> On Mar 13, 2018, at 11:39 AM, Douglas Hegley <dheg...@artsmia.org> wrote:
> 
> Jewel - IMHO it is best practice to keep "microsites" under your standard
> URL umbrella. If your administration feels that you *must* have a special
> URL (by the way, I know of no research that would support the efficacy of
> special URLs), then purchase that and just re-direct to your own site.
> Referral traffic to your special ex web presence is going to come from
> google, social media sites, ad click-thrus, direct email clicks, etc.
> Almost no one will be typing a full URL into a browser.
> My two cents' worth,
> Douglas
> 
> Douglas Hegley
> Chief Digital Officer
> Minneapolis Institute of Art
> 2400 Third Avenue South
> Minneapolis, MN 55404
> (612) 870-3072 | @dhegley <https://twitter.com/dhegley> |
> dheg...@artsmia.org | www.artsmia.org
> 
> 
> On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 1:33 PM, Jewel Clark <jcl...@heard.org> wrote:
> 
>> Hello All!
>> I’m having a bit of a discussion with upper management concerning a big
>> upcoming show and the build-out of a microsite for it and I need some
>> recommendations/ expertise from this knowledgeable group.
>> 
>> What has been your experience building microsites in terms of urls? Is
>> there a best practice? For instance, should we stick with “ourmuseum.org/
>> specialexhibition” for example, which would be our museum url with the
>> special exhibition as a subset of our brand, or is it preferable to get a
>> custom url such as “specialexhibitionatourmuseum.org?” There is a desire
>> in upper management to have a special url because they think that will make
>> the exhibition seem more special but for practical purposes I’m thinking we
>> shouldn’t leave our brand url and we should keep it as simple and easy to
>> remember as possible and that most people aren’t going to care what the url
>> is, only that they can remember it. What does your museum do? Your advice
>> as always is very much appreciated.
>> 
>> Jewel Clark
>> 
>> --
>> Jewel Clark
>> Digital Technologies and Websites manager
>> 
>> Heard Museum
>> 2301 N. Central Ave.
>> Phoenix, AZ 85004
>> 602.346.8353
>> jcl...@heard.org
>> heard.org
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Re: [MCN-L] MCN Pro: How GDPR law impacts your museum

[Nik Honeysett]

Overly optimistic (“Everyone’s prepping for the GDPR, so it’s a great time for 
a recap!") but interesting newsletter from OpenText on GDPR: 
http://app.mktg.opentext.com/e/es?s=459=1031706=e8cd6cca5ccb4732be00569759ba03e1=f5d58913704e488f9e35e3f0be7e6a23=39347=1
 
<http://app.mktg.opentext.com/e/es?s=459=1031706=e8cd6cca5ccb4732be00569759ba03e1=f5d58913704e488f9e35e3f0be7e6a23=39347=1>

Complete with handy infographic: 
http://images.mktg.opentext.com/EloquaImages/clients/OpenTextGlobal/%7B9accb61f-74e1-4691-8c3e-7592f4d13d6d%7D_Win-big-GDPR_1min.jpg?elqTrackId=CF2D5EA9A64F57AD335B1C14C33983BC=f5d58913704e488f9e35e3f0be7e6a23=39347=1=

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> On Feb 25, 2018, at 4:44 PM, Eric Longo <e...@mcn.edu> wrote:
> 
> *UPCOMING MCN Pro WEBINAR*
> 
> *How the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) law impacts your museum*
> Organized by the MCN Data and Insights SIG (Special Interest Group).
> Co-chairs: Elena Villaespesa and Angie Judge.
> 
> *Thursday March 15, 2018 - 3pm ET on YouTube Live *
> 
> The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) law changes coming into play
> will impact museums and visitor privacy globally, enforceable from 25 May
> 2018. To help clarify what GDPR means for museums both in the EU and also
> in other countries, the MCN Data and Insights SIG will present a webinar on
> GDPR led by Paulina Jedwabska, Head of Information Governance and
> Departmental Records Officer at Department for Digital, Culture, Media and
> Sport (DCMS).
> 
> *About Paulina Jedwabska*
> Head of Information Governance with excellent interpersonal skills and a
> genuine enthusiasm for creative solutions. Proven track record in
> governance, communications and training. Currently working as a DRO and
> active DPO at DCMS, responsible for internal compliance with GDPR.
> Previously working at the National Portrait Gallery. Fluent in English and
> Polish.
> In my previous role, I achieved review and sign off of all departmental
> retention schedules, roll out data protection training for all staff and
> improve basic records management training for new starters. I've set a
> framework for GDPR compliance.
> 
> In my previous position, I worked with Pyeongchang Organising Committee
> (POCOG) and Tokyo Organising Committee (TOCOG) to deliver their knowledge
> transfer policy as well as coordinate knowledge transfer from Rio 2016. I
> developed new initiatives for harvesting quality materials from OCOGs as
> well as implemented new terminology process. In my past role, I managed the
> ODA Enterprise Information Management system with over 6 million records
> and 7TB of data. Set requirements and testing for migration from ODA
> LiveLink to DCMS LiveLink. Managed final disposition of ODA records to TNA,
> DCMS and 3rd party archives.
> 
> 
> -
> Eric Longo
> Executive Director
> MCN <http://www.mcn.edu/> (Museum Computer Network)
> 
> toll free: +1-888-211-1477 x801
> mobile: +1-917-822-7343
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> Click here <http://calendly.com/eric-longo> to schedule a meeting with me.
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Re: [MCN-L] mcn-l Digest, Vol 150, Issue 18

[Nik Honeysett]

Actually, this one did for me. Did some check/uncheck a flag?
-nik



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> On Feb 21, 2018, at 10:41 AM, Kapsalis, Effie <kapsal...@si.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi Brian,
> 
> PDF's don't show up on the listserv. Any way to provide it as a link?
> 
> Thanks!
> Effie
> 
> On 2/21/18, 11:37 AM, "mcn-l on behalf of mcn-l-requ...@mcn.edu" 
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>Today's Topics:
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>   1. Re: mcn-l Digest, Vol 150, Issue 13 (Brian Whaley)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 16:36:48 +
>From: Brian Whaley <bwha...@kimbellmuseum.org>
>To: "mcn-l@mcn.edu" <mcn-l@mcn.edu>
>Subject: Re: [MCN-L] mcn-l Digest, Vol 150, Issue 13
>Message-ID: <ed54c6ee-f520-4417-ac90-5688ea61a...@kimbellmuseum.org>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
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>Hello all,
> 
>Attached is a PDF I cobbled together to help explain the why and how of 
> GDPR. 
> 
>Hope this helps someone out there!
> 
>Brian Whaley
>Head of IT and AV
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> 
>?On 2/14/18, 6:00 AM, "mcn-l on behalf of mcn-l-requ...@mcn.edu" 
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>Today's Topics:
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>   1. CIDOC 2018 - 2 weeks left in call for papers! (apologies for
>  cross posting) (laura phillips)
>   2. GDPR webinar with the MCN Data and Insights SIG (Angie Judge)
>   3. Re: GDPR webinar with the MCN Data and Insights SIG
>  (Sayre, Scott A)
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> 
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>Message: 1
>Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 12:45:56 + (UTC)
>From: laura phillips <laulau...@yahoo.co.uk>
>To: "mcn-l@mcn.edu" <mcn-l@mcn.edu>
>Subject: [MCN-L] CIDOC 2018 - 2 weeks left in call for papers!
>   (apologies for cross posting)
>Message-ID: <437348660.123363.1518525956...@mail.yahoo.com>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
> 
>http://www.cidoc2018.com/
>Conference theme
>The ?Provenance of Knowledge? is a core element of good practice in 
> documentation and so is the theme of the next annual CIDOC conference, in 
> Heraklion from 29 September to 4 October 2018.
>As an essential aspect of documentation, Provenance of Knowledge 
> refers to the attempt to trace the origins of the information and knowledge 
> about an object, an entity or an idea in order to reconstruct the whole chain 
> of creation, use, interpretation and dissemination of relevant information 
> and knowledge. The ultimate purpose of this reconstruction is to confirm, 
> illustrate, and validate the information and knowledge contained in the 
> documentation in order to facilitate understanding across times and cultures. 
> In this way,

Re: [MCN-L] Preparing for quickly approaching GDPR deadline

[Nik Honeysett]

Hmm, still very skeptical that “territoriality" applies here: processing is 
related to the “monitoring” in the EU of the “behavior” of data subjects as 
their behavior takes place within the EU - from a much more informed 
interpretation which seems to indicate also that unless we are proactively 
selling to an EU country, we’re not under GDPR: 

https://wp.nyu.edu/compliance_enforcement/2017/12/11/the-general-data-protection-regulation-a-primer-for-u-s-based-organizations-that-handle-eu-personal-data/
 

Interested to understand how various legal counsels in interpret this though.
-nik

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> On Feb 7, 2018, at 11:40 AM, Sayre, Scott A <sayr...@cmog.org> wrote:
> 
> Nik-
> I unfortunately think that is the case.  
> https://securityintelligence.com/news/us-firms-have-less-than-a-year-to-comply-with-the-gdpr/
>  
> <https://securityintelligence.com/news/us-firms-have-less-than-a-year-to-comply-with-the-gdpr/>
> https://www.informationweek.com/strategic-cio/security-and-risk-strategy/7-steps-to-gdpr-for-us-companies/a/d-id/1329235?
>  
> <https://www.informationweek.com/strategic-cio/security-and-risk-strategy/7-steps-to-gdpr-for-us-companies/a/d-id/1329235?>
> 
> Diana-
> Thank you.  I'll reach out after we have a couple more meetings here.  Lets 
> share what we discover as we go along.
> 
> Best,
> Scott
> 
> On 2/7/18, 2:34 PM, "mcn-l on behalf of Nik Honeysett" 
> <mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu <mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu> on behalf of 
> nhoneys...@bpoc.org <mailto:nhoneys...@bpoc.org>> wrote:
> 
>James - I don’t think that is right otherwise every business in the U.S. 
> would be potentially liable.
>-nik
> 
>
> 
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> <http://www.bpoc.org/>
> 
> 
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> <mailto:nhoneys...@bpoc.org>>
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> 
>> On Feb 7, 2018, at 11:31 AM, Sayre, Scott A <sayr...@cmog.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Agree on both accounts.  We do sell  products, classes, tickets and juried 
>> art entries online with EU customers.  
>> -S
>> 
>> On 2/7/18, 2:23 PM, "mcn-l on behalf of Nik Honeysett" 
>> <mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu on behalf of nhoneys...@bpoc.org> wrote:
>> 
>>   Also, GDPR wouldn’t apply if they purchased from your website while they 
>> were in a hotel next door to you.
>>   -nik
>> 
>>   
>> 
>>   Nik Honeysett | Chief Executive Officer | BPOC | www.bpoc.org
>> 
>> 
>>   M (805) 402-3326  P (619) 331-1974  E nhoneys...@bpoc.org 
>> <mailto:nhoneys...@bpoc.org>
>>   1549 El Prado, Suite 8, San Diego, CA 92101
>> 
>>   A non-profit technology collaboration connecting audiences to art, culture 
>> & science.
>> 
>>   
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Feb 7, 2018, at 11:20 AM, Nik Honeysett <nhoneys...@bpoc.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> My understanding is that GDPR is enforced based on the location of the 
>>> transactee at the time of the transaction, irrespective of where the server 
>>> is. So, if someone buys something from your website from Blighty, then GDPR 
>>> is in effect for you and their PII, but if that person physically buys from 
>>> your store, then GDPR does not apply.
>>> -nik
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Nik Honeysett | Chief Executive Officer | BPOC | www.bpoc.org 
>>> <http://www.bpoc.org/>
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>>> <mailto:nhoneys...@bpoc.org>
>>> 1549 El Prado, Suite 8, San Diego, CA 92101
>>> 
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Re: [MCN-L] Preparing for quickly approaching GDPR deadline

[Nik Honeysett]

James - I don’t think that is right otherwise every business in the U.S. would 
be potentially liable.
-nik



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> On Feb 7, 2018, at 11:31 AM, Sayre, Scott A <sayr...@cmog.org> wrote:
> 
> Agree on both accounts.  We do sell  products, classes, tickets and juried 
> art entries online with EU customers.  
> -S
> 
> On 2/7/18, 2:23 PM, "mcn-l on behalf of Nik Honeysett" 
> <mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu on behalf of nhoneys...@bpoc.org> wrote:
> 
>Also, GDPR wouldn’t apply if they purchased from your website while they 
> were in a hotel next door to you.
>-nik
> 
>    
> 
>Nik Honeysett | Chief Executive Officer | BPOC | www.bpoc.org
> 
> 
>M (805) 402-3326  P (619) 331-1974  E nhoneys...@bpoc.org 
> <mailto:nhoneys...@bpoc.org>
>1549 El Prado, Suite 8, San Diego, CA 92101
> 
>A non-profit technology collaboration connecting audiences to art, culture 
> & science.
> 
>    ~~~~
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Feb 7, 2018, at 11:20 AM, Nik Honeysett <nhoneys...@bpoc.org> wrote:
>> 
>> My understanding is that GDPR is enforced based on the location of the 
>> transactee at the time of the transaction, irrespective of where the server 
>> is. So, if someone buys something from your website from Blighty, then GDPR 
>> is in effect for you and their PII, but if that person physically buys from 
>> your store, then GDPR does not apply.
>> -nik
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Nik Honeysett | Chief Executive Officer | BPOC | www.bpoc.org 
>> <http://www.bpoc.org/>
>> M (805) 402-3326  P (619) 331-1974  E nhoneys...@bpoc.org 
>> <mailto:nhoneys...@bpoc.org>
>> 1549 El Prado, Suite 8, San Diego, CA 92101
>> 
>> A non-profit technology collaboration connecting audiences to art, culture & 
>> science.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Feb 7, 2018, at 11:15 AM, Sayre, Scott A <sayr...@cmog.org 
>>> <mailto:sayr...@cmog.org>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Nik-
>>> Thanks for chiming in. We have a significant customer-base (ecommerce, 
>>> online/physical visitors and students) from the EU.  Our read is that any 
>>> transaction between a US organization and a citizen of the EU falls under 
>>> the GDPR, even the transactions take place on a server here in the US.
>>> -Scott
>>> 
>>> On 2/7/18, 12:35 PM, "mcn-l on behalf of Nik Honeysett" 
>>> <mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu <mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu> on behalf of 
>>> nhoneys...@bpoc.org <mailto:nhoneys...@bpoc.org>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>   Scott,
>>> 
>>>   Do you have a significant percentage of online sales or data capture in 
>>> the EU?
>>>   -nik
>>> 
>>>   
>>> 
>>>   Nik Honeysett | Chief Executive Officer | BPOC | www.bpoc.org 
>>> <http://www.bpoc.org/>
>>> 
>>> 
>>>   M (805) 402-3326  P (619) 331-1974  E nhoneys...@bpoc.org 
>>> <mailto:nhoneys...@bpoc.org> <mailto:nhoneys...@bpoc.org 
>>> <mailto:nhoneys...@bpoc.org>>
>>>   1549 El Prado, Suite 8, San Diego, CA 92101
>>> 
>>>   A non-profit technology collaboration connecting audiences to art, 
>>> culture & science.
>>> 
>>>   
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Feb 7, 2018, at 8:54 AM, Sayre , Scott A <sc...@sandboxstudios.org 
>>>> <mailto:sc...@sandboxstudios.org>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Folks-
>>>> We are in the early stages of preparing a strategy to comply with the May 
>>>> 28th deadline for complying the EU’s General Data Protection Regulations 
>>>> (https://www.eugdpr.org/ <https://www.eugdpr.org/> 
>>>> <https

Re: [MCN-L] Preparing for quickly approaching GDPR deadline

[Nik Honeysett]

Also, GDPR wouldn’t apply if they purchased from your website while they were 
in a hotel next door to you.
-nik



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> On Feb 7, 2018, at 11:20 AM, Nik Honeysett <nhoneys...@bpoc.org> wrote:
> 
> My understanding is that GDPR is enforced based on the location of the 
> transactee at the time of the transaction, irrespective of where the server 
> is. So, if someone buys something from your website from Blighty, then GDPR 
> is in effect for you and their PII, but if that person physically buys from 
> your store, then GDPR does not apply.
> -nik
> 
> ~~~~~~~~
> 
> Nik Honeysett | Chief Executive Officer | BPOC | www.bpoc.org 
> <http://www.bpoc.org/>
> M (805) 402-3326  P (619) 331-1974  E nhoneys...@bpoc.org 
> <mailto:nhoneys...@bpoc.org>
> 1549 El Prado, Suite 8, San Diego, CA 92101
> 
> A non-profit technology collaboration connecting audiences to art, culture & 
> science.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Feb 7, 2018, at 11:15 AM, Sayre, Scott A <sayr...@cmog.org 
>> <mailto:sayr...@cmog.org>> wrote:
>> 
>> Nik-
>> Thanks for chiming in. We have a significant customer-base (ecommerce, 
>> online/physical visitors and students) from the EU.  Our read is that any 
>> transaction between a US organization and a citizen of the EU falls under 
>> the GDPR, even the transactions take place on a server here in the US.
>> -Scott
>> 
>> On 2/7/18, 12:35 PM, "mcn-l on behalf of Nik Honeysett" 
>> <mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu <mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu> on behalf of 
>> nhoneys...@bpoc.org <mailto:nhoneys...@bpoc.org>> wrote:
>> 
>>Scott,
>> 
>>Do you have a significant percentage of online sales or data capture in 
>> the EU?
>>-nik
>> 
>>
>> 
>>Nik Honeysett | Chief Executive Officer | BPOC | www.bpoc.org 
>> <http://www.bpoc.org/>
>> 
>> 
>>M (805) 402-3326  P (619) 331-1974  E nhoneys...@bpoc.org 
>> <mailto:nhoneys...@bpoc.org> <mailto:nhoneys...@bpoc.org 
>> <mailto:nhoneys...@bpoc.org>>
>>1549 El Prado, Suite 8, San Diego, CA 92101
>> 
>>A non-profit technology collaboration connecting audiences to art, 
>> culture & science.
>> 
>>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Feb 7, 2018, at 8:54 AM, Sayre , Scott A <sc...@sandboxstudios.org 
>>> <mailto:sc...@sandboxstudios.org>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Folks-
>>> We are in the early stages of preparing a strategy to comply with the May 
>>> 28th deadline for complying the EU’s General Data Protection Regulations 
>>> (https://www.eugdpr.org/ <https://www.eugdpr.org/> <https://www.eugdpr.org/ 
>>> <https://www.eugdpr.org/>>).  Hoping most of you are familiar with these 
>>> requirements and may have some thoughts on how you will be responding to 
>>> them.  We are still working on defining requirements vs. recommended 
>>> practices and how and when we will be able to address them.  It appears 
>>> this could affect our user data practices in e-commerce, blog, e-commerce 
>>> (ticketing and retail), as well as CRM.
>>> I’d love to hear how others have begun to work on meeting these regulations 
>>> and if you have found any external expertise to guide you through the 
>>> process.
>>> Many thanks in advance.
>>> -Scott
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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Re: [MCN-L] Preparing for quickly approaching GDPR deadline

[Nik Honeysett]

My understanding is that GDPR is enforced based on the location of the 
transactee at the time of the transaction, irrespective of where the server is. 
So, if someone buys something from your website from Blighty, then GDPR is in 
effect for you and their PII, but if that person physically buys from your 
store, then GDPR does not apply.
-nik



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A non-profit technology collaboration connecting audiences to art, culture & 
science.









> On Feb 7, 2018, at 11:15 AM, Sayre, Scott A <sayr...@cmog.org> wrote:
> 
> Nik-
> Thanks for chiming in. We have a significant customer-base (ecommerce, 
> online/physical visitors and students) from the EU.  Our read is that any 
> transaction between a US organization and a citizen of the EU falls under the 
> GDPR, even the transactions take place on a server here in the US.
> -Scott
> 
> On 2/7/18, 12:35 PM, "mcn-l on behalf of Nik Honeysett" 
> <mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu <mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu> on behalf of 
> nhoneys...@bpoc.org <mailto:nhoneys...@bpoc.org>> wrote:
> 
>Scott,
> 
>Do you have a significant percentage of online sales or data capture in 
> the EU?
>    -nik
> 
>
> 
>Nik Honeysett | Chief Executive Officer | BPOC | www.bpoc.org 
> <http://www.bpoc.org/>
> 
> 
>M (805) 402-3326  P (619) 331-1974  E nhoneys...@bpoc.org 
> <mailto:nhoneys...@bpoc.org> <mailto:nhoneys...@bpoc.org 
> <mailto:nhoneys...@bpoc.org>>
>1549 El Prado, Suite 8, San Diego, CA 92101
> 
>A non-profit technology collaboration connecting audiences to art, culture 
> & science.
> 
>
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Feb 7, 2018, at 8:54 AM, Sayre , Scott A <sc...@sandboxstudios.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Folks-
>> We are in the early stages of preparing a strategy to comply with the May 
>> 28th deadline for complying the EU’s General Data Protection Regulations 
>> (https://www.eugdpr.org/ <https://www.eugdpr.org/>).  Hoping most of you are 
>> familiar with these requirements and may have some thoughts on how you will 
>> be responding to them.  We are still working on defining requirements vs. 
>> recommended practices and how and when we will be able to address them.  It 
>> appears this could affect our user data practices in e-commerce, blog, 
>> e-commerce (ticketing and retail), as well as CRM.
>> I’d love to hear how others have begun to work on meeting these regulations 
>> and if you have found any external expertise to guide you through the 
>> process.
>> Many thanks in advance.
>> -Scott
>> 
>> 
>> 
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Re: [MCN-L] Preparing for quickly approaching GDPR deadline

[Nik Honeysett]

Scott,

Do you have a significant percentage of online sales or data capture in the EU?
-nik



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> On Feb 7, 2018, at 8:54 AM, Sayre , Scott A <sc...@sandboxstudios.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Folks-
> We are in the early stages of preparing a strategy to comply with the May 
> 28th deadline for complying the EU’s General Data Protection Regulations 
> (https://www.eugdpr.org/ <https://www.eugdpr.org/>).  Hoping most of you are 
> familiar with these requirements and may have some thoughts on how you will 
> be responding to them.  We are still working on defining requirements vs. 
> recommended practices and how and when we will be able to address them.  It 
> appears this could affect our user data practices in e-commerce, blog, 
> e-commerce (ticketing and retail), as well as CRM.
> I’d love to hear how others have begun to work on meeting these regulations 
> and if you have found any external expertise to guide you through the process.
> Many thanks in advance.
> -Scott
> 
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[MCN-L] Collections Management Survey Invitation

[Nik Honeysett]

Dear MCNers,

Sending out a second call to complete our collections management survey which 
can be found here: http://bit.ly/cms-survey <http://bit.ly/cms-survey> please 
take the survey or forward to a colleague who will.

To refresh, the study is on behalf of LYRASIS and funded by the Andrew W. 
Mellon Foundation, to investigate the technology landscape and evolving tactics 
and strategy around collections management in museums.

We’re uncovering some very interesting stuff, and I’ll share a visualization of 
a sample set of digitization information in a variety of museums.

https://www.bpoc.org/assets/img/projects/Digitization.png 
<https://www.bpoc.org/assets/img/projects/Digitization.png>

The colors in each add up to 100% and represent the following:

No analogue or digital representation
Analogue only
Digitized low-res only
Digitized hi-res

Can you guess which category the graph is sorted by?

Please take the survey to maximize our dataset - http://bit.ly/cms-survey 
<http://bit.ly/cms-survey>
-nik

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> On Dec 13, 2017, at 4:32 PM, Nik Honeysett <nhoneys...@bpoc.org> wrote:
> 
> Dear MCNers,
> 
> A few weeks ago I posted about BPOC’s partnership with Ithaka S+R on a 
> collections management study on behalf of LYRASIS and funded by the Andrew W. 
> Mellon Foundation, to investigate the technology landscape and evolving 
> tactics and strategy around collections management in museums. Here’s the 
> press release: http://bit.ly/lyrs-cms <http://bit.ly/lyrs-cms>. Many thanks 
> to those of you who responded off-list, it was very helpful.
> 
> The study will be a combination of survey and interviews and the survey part 
> is now ready (http://bit.ly/cms-survey <http://bit.ly/cms-survey>). I very 
> much hope you will take time to participate. This is a great opportunity for 
> all of us involved, directly or indirectly, with collections management to 
> share how we are using those systems and the challenges and opportunities we 
> face. Please contribute your voice and opinions. We will be reporting out to 
> the community starting in Spring of 2018 and already have some confirmed 
> conference sessions to discuss our findings, which we envision will be 
> relevant and valuable to the collections management communities, museum 
> leadership and the vendors who support us. 
> 
> Collections management is a broad topic and fundamental to our missions and 
> so the survey is necessarily detailed. SurveyGizmo tells me it should take 19 
> minutes to complete, it also grades it low on Fatigue and high on 
> Accessibility, with all but the last question requiring that you write 
> something rather than select an option or grade a statement. It can be 
> anonymous if that helps with your candor, but I’m hoping you’ll let us know 
> who you are.
> 
> Here’s the link: http://bit.ly/cms-survey <http://bit.ly/cms-survey> please 
> take the survey or forward to a colleague who will.
> 
> Thank you in advance.
> -nik
> 
> 
> 
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[MCN-L] Collections Management Study

[Nik Honeysett]

Dear MCNers,

I’m looking to source your wisdom, advice and input.

You may have seen the recent press release from LYRASIS (bit.ly/lyrs-cms) 
regarding their award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to study collections 
technology in museums. BPOC will be partnering with Ithaka S+R to investigate 
the technology landscape and evolving tactics and strategy around collections 
management. As institutions become more digitally savvy and our audience's 
expectations of access and interaction with our collections changes, are our 
collections management technologies appropriately supporting us or keeping pace?

The study will use both surveys and interviews to garner a field-wide 
understanding of how scope and requirements for collections management and 
access have or are changing. I’m hoping you will participate.

If you have any thoughts, advice or wisdom of how these requirements are 
changing we’d be really interested to hear them, either directly to me or 
through the listserv. What are the most burning topics to pursue? What are the 
questions we should be answering? Where are we succeeding and where are we 
failing? Do you have war stories or success stories that you can share?

When we have our survey ready, I’ll be sending it out to this list and hoping 
that you’ll participate. If you'd be willing to participate in a more in-depth 
discussion, please let me know too.

Thank you in advance.
-nik



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Re: [MCN-L] Examples of augmented reality in museums

[Nik Honeysett]

Agreed, seems thinly-veiled, and some advice to emerging vendors that this list 
is for informative, instructive advice or help. Not only that, but these kind 
of emails are likely to be counterproductive to endearing your services to this 
community.

-nik

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> On Sep 29, 2017, at 15:31, Edwin Acevedo <edwin.acev...@bkon.com> wrote:
> 
> Another vendor here. Glen stated my concerns very well.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> *Edwin Acevedo*
> Technical/Marketing Copywriter
> 
> bkon.com <http://www.bkon.com/>
> (615) 861-1628 ext. 706 <6158611628>
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> 
>> On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 4:57 PM, Glen Barnes <g...@mytoursapp.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I don’t know what others on this list think but this post seems like
>> blatant advertising? As a vendor myself I am very careful to only post
>> response to questions where we can add value to a discussion. I would hate
>> to see this discussion list to turn into a LinkedIn group ;-)
>> 
>> Regards
>> Glen Barnes
>> CEO/Founder
>> Authentic - Home of My Tours, Curtis, STQRY and 7scenes
>> p: +64 (21) 0429 471
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>> 
>>> --
>>> 
>>> Message: 1
>>> Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2017 21:43:32 -0400
>>> From: Neil Mathew <n...@vertical.ai>
>>> To: mcn-l@mcn.edu
>>> Subject: [MCN-L] Examples of augmented reality in museums
>> 
>> Message-ID:
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>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>>> 
>>> Hi everyone,
>>> 
>>> With the recent surge of interest in augmented reality (AR) I thought I
>>> would share some examples of the ways museums I work with have adopted AR
>>> so far.
>>> 
>>> If you're not sure what AR is, here's a quick video:
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB7dUyxDjgQ
>>> 
>>> Basically, it lets you create the illusion of digital content overlaid on
>>> the physical world when viewed through a phone's camera. It means you can
>>> drop virtual content on physical artifacts or paintings and let visitors
>>> view it through their phones.
>>> 
>>> *A few ways it's been used so far:*
>>> 1. Digital placards - Augmented reality placards let you create
>> multimedia
>>> placards, with personalized content that would never be possible with
>>> paper.
>>> 
>>> 2. Interactive self-guided tours - augmented reality lets you create
>>> digital guided tours without any beacons. i.e. the next generation audio
>>> tour.
>>> 
>>> 3. Scavenger hunts - AR lets you play games like Pokemon go indoors in
>> any
>>> exhibit space.
>>> 
>>> *Here's another video to make this clear*
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z77Idbx-_C0
>>> 
>>> I hope you all enjoyed this! If you have any questions about how you
>> could
>>> leverage Augmented reality in your own space, don't hesitate to shoot me
>>> your questions! This is what I do all day :)
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> 
>>> *Neil Mathew*
>>> CEO | Vertical <http://vertical.ai/placenote>
>>> 
>>> --
>>> 
>>> 
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Re: [MCN-L] VR vendors?

[Nik Honeysett]

We partner with GURU here in Balboa Park on a number of projects - a wayfinding 
park-wide app with some points-of-interest AR experiences overlaying historic 
photos of key buildings and gardens, and the San Diego Museum of Art’s App with 
a couple of awesome AR experiences - the "Open Jaw of Awe" came out of the 
responses we got on those. The SDMA App and others are available for download.

Their VR pilots are excellent which they’ve demo’ed at various conferences. 
They have a Step into the Painting concept which literally does what its says, 
and when you turn around to look out at the world from within the painting, the 
world is rendered in the style of the painting you’re in. Has to be 
experienced, er… which is the whole point. They’ll be in Pittsburgh.

(Full disclosure, I’m on GURU's board)
-nik

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> On Aug 10, 2017, at 8:50 AM, Sweeting III, Floyd <sweet...@frick.org> wrote:
> 
> GURU http://theguru.co/ is an interesting one. We're not ready for VR or AR 
> yet here but I like to keep up with the possibilities, I met the Guru people 
> at a conference and like them.
> 
> Another one which I think has s lot of potential is Histovery 
> http://www.histovery.com/en/  who have done AR in French castles and museums. 
>  They did a demo here for us but our curatorial staff are not ready for VR or 
> AR yet.
> 
> Both worth a look and maybe a meeting to discuss possibilities.
> 
> Best,
> Floyd
> 
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> We're exploring a VR project here at the DMA and so I was curious if anyone 
> has recommendations for vendors, or other thoughts about VR projects at your 
> institution?
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Re: [MCN-L] .art domain extension

[Nik Honeysett]

Me too. If anybody has bought a .art domain, please contact me, I have some 
property you might be interested in buying…

-nik


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> On Feb 14, 2017, at 10:02 AM, Shyam Oberoi <sobe...@dma.org> wrote:
> 
> I'm curious to hear from other museums who are using, or are considering, the 
> new .ART domain, now that early registration "exclusive to members of the art 
> world" is open.  I've looked at the list of "early  adopters" and it doesn't 
> seem as if any US museums are actively using .ART right now.
> 
> With thanks,
> 
> Shyam
> 
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> -Original Message-
> From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Judy 
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> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2016 12:19 PM
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> Hi Floyd,
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> Contact Heather Bhandari (heatherbhand...@gmail.com) for information on the 
> .art domain extensions -- she is coordinating the early adopters.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Judy
> 
> 
> ~
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> -Original Message-
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> Colleagues,
> 
> Do any of you know if it is possible yet to apply for a .art domain extension?
> Has anyone found a registry for .art ?
> 
> I read somewhere that it's not happening until February but apparently there 
> are some early adopters.
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Re: [MCN-L] Tapping the MCN Brain Trust

[Nik Honeysett]

So, a nuanced question. If I have WiFi enabled but “Ask to Join Networks” 
disabled - will I see it on my network or not? And what’s the equivalent on 
Android?

-nik


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On Dec 5, 2016, at 11:33 AM, nikhil trivedi <ntriv...@artic.edu> wrote:

I just want to put a thought out there on the idea of people "looking for
free wifi." I wonder if the numbers you you're seeing don't translate to
people actually opening up the list of available networks on their devices.
I think our devices are constantly scanning for networks, and each scan
might result in a ping to our wireless systems.

For example, the way Location Services generally works (if i'm not
mistaken) is if we have wifi enabled on our devices, they've constantly
scanning for networks to triangulate our location. The more accurate the
location is as we move, the more scanning our devices need to do. So I'm
not surprised that 75% of mobile users are "looking for free wifi." I think
that's more a reflection of our devices constantly scanning wifi networks.

On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 11:38 AM, Nik Honeysett <nhoneys...@bpoc.org> wrote:

> Thanks again for the thoughts and insights. This is a city park, and
> anybody on this list who works with a city on landmark spaces will know I'd
> have to offer up my first born to do any kind presence detection, they’re
> as bad as art museum directors when it comes to putting things into spaces
> where they shouldn’t be. How do you set up a line of sight wireless bridge
> when you can’t have anything in sight...
> 
> Right, zoning in on an accurate measurement is my goal, and that’s a good
> point about focusing on smaller scale situations that might inform the
> larger number.
> 
> -nik
> 
> 
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> 
> On Dec 1, 2016, at 5:04 PM, Sina Bahram <s...@sinabahram.com> wrote:
> 
> Way closer to 8 to 10, once I finished :P
> 
> I have a question, if you have visitorship numbers from other sources, is
> it possible to simply find out the error windows on those numbers?
> 
> You mentioned an event with 350K people. Hopefully there are other such
> events that have 'supposed" numbers associated with them. is it possible,
> on these smaller scales, to find out the deviation from wifi numbers? That
> would at least allow you to see if your numbers agree with or wildly
> deviate from the 75% number from the UK survey.
> 
> Furthermore, can you use sampling tecniques to do this on the cheap? I'm
> sure you know more popular sections VS not. In fact, you could use existing
> wifi to tell you this. so, in certain areas to do the necessary leg work,
> but then use that to feed a larger model to validate and/or debunk your 12M
> number.
> 
> In all seriousness, if your goal is not production, but rather limited
> data collection, is it out of the question to put conventional (even
> battery powered) presence detection devices in a few key places where you
> have at least one other form of ground truth e.g. a camera?
> 
> My goal with any/all of these suggestions is to simply find out,
> eventually, which metric has higher accuracy.
> 
> I am happy to be wrong, but with that many "bags of mostly water", I just
> don't buy that a wifi-based counting system that relies on back-scatter and
> reflection counting, with some phase calculations thrown in, is going to be
> worth anything other than maybe order of magnitude.
> 
> Take care,
> Sina
> 
> President, Prime Access Consulting, Inc.
> Twitter: @SinaBahram
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> mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu <mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu>] On Behalf Of Nik
> Honeysett
> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2016 7:4

Re: [MCN-L] Tapping the MCN Brain Trust

[Nik Honeysett]

Thanks again for the thoughts and insights. This is a city park, and anybody on 
this list who works with a city on landmark spaces will know I'd have to offer 
up my first born to do any kind presence detection, they’re as bad as art 
museum directors when it comes to putting things into spaces where they 
shouldn’t be. How do you set up a line of sight wireless bridge when you can’t 
have anything in sight...

Right, zoning in on an accurate measurement is my goal, and that’s a good point 
about focusing on smaller scale situations that might inform the larger number.

-nik


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On Dec 1, 2016, at 5:04 PM, Sina Bahram <s...@sinabahram.com> wrote:

Way closer to 8 to 10, once I finished :P

I have a question, if you have visitorship numbers from other sources, is it 
possible to simply find out the error windows on those numbers?

You mentioned an event with 350K people. Hopefully there are other such events 
that have 'supposed" numbers associated with them. is it possible, on these 
smaller scales, to find out the deviation from wifi numbers? That would at 
least allow you to see if your numbers agree with or wildly deviate from the 
75% number from the UK survey.

Furthermore, can you use sampling tecniques to do this on the cheap? I'm sure 
you know more popular sections VS not. In fact, you could use existing wifi to 
tell you this. so, in certain areas to do the necessary leg work, but then use 
that to feed a larger model to validate and/or debunk your 12M number.

In all seriousness, if your goal is not production, but rather limited data 
collection, is it out of the question to put conventional (even battery 
powered) presence detection devices in a few key places where you have at least 
one other form of ground truth e.g. a camera?

My goal with any/all of these suggestions is to simply find out, eventually, 
which metric has higher accuracy.

I am happy to be wrong, but with that many "bags of mostly water", I just don't 
buy that a wifi-based counting system that relies on back-scatter and 
reflection counting, with some phase calculations thrown in, is going to be 
worth anything other than maybe order of magnitude.

Take care,
Sina

President, Prime Access Consulting, Inc.
Twitter: @SinaBahram
Company Website: http://www.pac.bz <http://www.pac.bz/>
Personal Website: http://www.sinabahram.com <http://www.sinabahram.com/>
Blog: http://blog.sinabahram.com <http://blog.sinabahram.com/>

-Original Message-
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[mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu <mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu>] On Behalf Of Nik 
Honeysett
Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2016 7:46 PM
To: mcn-l@mcn.edu <mailto:mcn-l@mcn.edu>
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Tapping the MCN Brain Trust

Sina - that took 3 minutes? You’re awesome. Many thanks...

Bruce - this is kind of thing I’m looking for - many thanks.

Obviously, my friend is me. The accepted park visitorship is 12 million - no 
idea where this comes from. Institutional attendance (museums and zoo) reports 
in at about 6.5 million but there is double, triple and quadruple counting 
hiding in these numbers. I’m interested in whether the 12 million is accurate, 
so yes, interested in the joggers, dog walkers and picnickers, etc. I’m 
inclined to think the 12 million is inflated significantly.

Its Ruckus equipment and we tried counting all devices in the area, but the 
differential between users on the wifi and devices wasn’t very big, so I didn’t 
trust it. However, if 75% of smartphone users are looking for free wifi (I 
thought it would be much lower), then maybe I should take another look at that 
number.

We serve an average of 100K users per month on the wifi and tomorrow and 
saturday is our signature event when we’ll “officially" see 350K people in the 
park - no idea where this number comes from either, but like to support it it 
or debunk it.

Thanks for the thoughts and data much appreciated. And while I’d love to use 
some drones, we’re on the SAN flight path and only a mile from the airport.

-nik

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Re: [MCN-L] Tapping the MCN Brain Trust

[Nik Honeysett]

Sina - that took 3 minutes? You’re awesome. Many thanks...

Bruce - this is kind of thing I’m looking for - many thanks.

Obviously, my friend is me. The accepted park visitorship is 12 million - no 
idea where this comes from. Institutional attendance (museums and zoo) reports 
in at about 6.5 million but there is double, triple and quadruple counting 
hiding in these numbers. I’m interested in whether the 12 million is accurate, 
so yes, interested in the joggers, dog walkers and picnickers, etc. I’m 
inclined to think the 12 million is inflated significantly.

Its Ruckus equipment and we tried counting all devices in the area, but the 
differential between users on the wifi and devices wasn’t very big, so I didn’t 
trust it. However, if 75% of smartphone users are looking for free wifi (I 
thought it would be much lower), then maybe I should take another look at that 
number.

We serve an average of 100K users per month on the wifi and tomorrow and 
saturday is our signature event when we’ll “officially" see 350K people in the 
park - no idea where this number comes from either, but like to support it it 
or debunk it.

Thanks for the thoughts and data much appreciated. And while I’d love to use 
some drones, we’re on the SAN flight path and only a mile from the airport.

-nik

~~~~
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BALBOA PARK ONLINE COLLABORATIVE

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A technology collaboration that connects audiences to art, culture and science.


On Dec 1, 2016, at 4:18 PM, Sina Bahram <s...@sinabahram.com> wrote:

I'm familiar with Mostofi's work, but wen I last looked at it, the out-door 
performance was far less accurate than in-door, due to not being able to rely 
on reflections, etc.

When I googled it now, I notice casual references to outdoors. What I don't 
know is whether the team did further work, or whether they are simply echoing 
the original paper's comments, but not properly accounting for in-door VS 
out-door when it comes to accuracy?


Take care,
Sina

President, Prime Access Consulting, Inc.
Twitter: @SinaBahram
Company Website: http://www.pac.bz
Personal Website: http://www.sinabahram.com
Blog: http://blog.sinabahram.com

-Original Message-
From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Bruce 
Wyman
Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2016 7:09 PM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l@mcn.edu>
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Tapping the MCN Brain Trust

(huh, it looks like I use my personal email address for this listerv, this was 
my original message)

Nik — 

It’s worth reaching out to these folks: 
<http://www.ece.ucsb.edu/~ymostofi/HeadCountingWithWiFi 
<http://www.ece.ucsb.edu/~ymostofi/HeadCountingWithWiFi>>. They may be able to 
give you the coarse estimator that you’re looking for even if they’ve patented 
their refined version.

Aside from that, This survey out of the UK in 2014. 
<http://purple.ai/latest-survey-people-use-wifi-public-places/ 
<http://purple.ai/latest-survey-people-use-wifi-public-places/>> did a survey 
which indicates ~75% of people are looking for & using wifi. (mileage may vary, 
no idea the size of n or how biased the survey pool may have been)

Additionally, the Wireless Broadband Association indicates that by 2017, 60% of 
carrier network traffic will be offloaded to Wi-Fi. And Pew Research last year 
indicates that 68% of adults have smartphones. 
<http://www.pcworld.com/article/2999631/phones/pew-survey-shows-68-percent-of-americans-now-own-a-smartphone.html
 
<http://www.pcworld.com/article/2999631/phones/pew-survey-shows-68-percent-of-americans-now-own-a-smartphone.html>>
 (and another study that I can’t find at the moment suggests that 90% of 
smartphones have Wifi which seems low to me, but we’re quibbling at this point).

So. 2/3 of the population have smartphones, 75% of those smartphone users are 
looking for free wifi, stringing together a few studies and looking at some 
tough commonality.

That gets you somewhat close for estimate purposes.

And then validate with a small tracking study and / or the UCSB folks in the 
first link.

-bw.



> On Dec 1, 2016, at 3:21 PM, Nik Honeysett <nhoneys...@bpoc.org 
> <mailto:nhoneys...@bpoc.org>> wrote:
> 
> I have a friend who runs a large, free public-access wifi network in a park. 
> The network requires no authentication. There is modest promotion of the 
> availability of free-wifi. He’s looking to estimate the total number of 
> visitors to the park from the number of unique clients he sees on his wifi 
> network. Despite the fact that a significant proportion of visitors have 
> their smartphone with them, only a certain percentage wil

[MCN-L] Tapping the MCN Brain Trust

[Nik Honeysett]

I have a friend who runs a large, free public-access wifi network in a park. 
The network requires no authentication. There is modest promotion of the 
availability of free-wifi. He’s looking to estimate the total number of 
visitors to the park from the number of unique clients he sees on his wifi 
network. Despite the fact that a significant proportion of visitors have their 
smartphone with them, only a certain percentage will appear on the network due 
to a variety of factors including phone settings and a user checking to see 
whether there’s wifi available.

What percentage of the total visitor number does the MCN brain trust think he 
will see on his network? Or maybe put another way, what percentage of the 
population looks for free wifi?

-nik


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[MCN-L] Job Posting: Director of Sales, Guru, San Diego

[Nik Honeysett]

Job Posting: Director of Sales, Guru. San Diego.

Tired of selling boring products or services? Want to achieve goals for 
projects you actually care about? Want to work with a team of passionate and 
creative individuals on projects that make a cultural impact? Do you like to 
travel?

If you answered yes to all of the above, we want to hear from you.

Guru is a group of talented and creative people who believe in the power of 
cultural conversation, in the beauty of art and culture, and the personal 
growth that results from education. We seek to change the way people interact 
with their world by providing a connection to learning through exploration and 
interaction.

Guru is in the business of creating unforgettable cultural experiences that 
entertain, educate and drop jaws. We use the device that every museum, aquarium 
and zoo visitor has, their smartphone, to create meaningful engagement, 
one-of-a-kind augmented and virtual reality experiences, and content that will 
change how visitors learn and understand our cultural world and living 
collections. This San Diego startup has exploded onto the cultural venue scene 
and is experiencing rapid national and international growth. We need a talented 
Director of Sales with the passion and drive to match ours - help us change the 
way visitors experience attractions, arts and culture.

Description
As Guru’s Director of Sales you will be a key player in our commercial success 
through identifying and nurturing new contacts, maintaining customer 
relationships in an ever-growing network, and negotiating and delivering 
contracts. The long sales cycle of our industry will demand the patience of a 
saint, the stamina of a long-distance runner and the diplomacy of an 
international politician.

The successful candidate will be both self-starter and team player; comfortable 
interacting with all levels of client staff; adept at building and maintaining 
meaningful relationships; and have prior experience in managing, growing and 
maintaining a sales team. Initially you will be solely responsible for 
prospecting, qualifying and closing leads, but will work to quickly establish a 
sales team to drive and support our rapid national and international growth. 
Guru is a tech-savvy company, passionate and knowledgeable about the 
opportunities of technology in the cultural and attraction space, that’s what 
we need in our Director of Sales. Ideally, this position will be based in San 
Diego but we are willing to consider a remote office for the right candidate. 
You will travel often to Asia, New Zealand, Australia and Europe.

Working with Guru’s CEO you will:
Develop and execute a strategic plan to achieve sales targets and to expand the 
company’s customer base;
Effectively communicate the value proposition through proposals, presentations 
and other channels at your disposal;
Define, hit and exceed annual sales targets within assigned territories and 
accounts;
Build and maintain strong, long-lasting customer relationships;
Contribute to the general advancement and success of the organisation by 
accomplishing related tasks as needed;
In time, develop national and international sales staff by recruiting, 
selecting, orienting, and training employees;
In time, manage national sales staff job results by counseling and disciplining 
employees; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results.
You will have:
Seven years of proven sales experience, consistently meeting or exceeding 
targets; driving the sales process from plan to close;
An engaging, effective and articulate presentation style able to communicate 
and influence credibly, trust and the value of our products and services to all 
levels of a client organization;
The proven ability to articulate the distinct aspects of our products and 
services and overcome customer trepidation;
Fluency in relevant industries and trends.
You will receive:
A competitive salary and benefits package;
Daily satisfaction working in a fast-paced and fun environment, and thank the 
day you responded to this posting. 

Send cover letter and resume to nhoneys...@theguru.co 
<mailto:nhoneys...@theguru.co>

-nik

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Re: [MCN-L] Budget for Digital

[Nik Honeysett]

Yes, operating. The lowest number in my unofficial survey was just over 3%, 
which qualifies under Keir’s comment, I think.

-nik


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On Apr 14, 2016, at 10:15 AM, Douglas Hegley <dheg...@artsmia.org> wrote:

If we are talking only about operating budget, Nik's figures match what
I've learned over the years. At Mia, we are at about that 5% figure.
Capital is a different story. Technology accounts for more than 30% of the
Capital budget year-over-year, and can vary widely. That figure is then
adjusted according to how much fundraising we can accomplish to offset the
hit on the museum's funds.
In other words, it's complicated!
- Douglas

On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 12:04 PM, Nik Honeysett <nhoneys...@bpoc.org 
<mailto:nhoneys...@bpoc.org>> wrote:

> My completely unofficial, back-of-the-napkin, finger-in-the-wind,
> two-year-old, but-from-reliable-sources (museum administrators) put the
> average at just under 5%, with some outliers like the Getty at about 8%.
> 
> -nik
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> 
> A technology collaboration that connects audiences to art, culture and
> science.
> 
> 
> On Apr 14, 2016, at 9:58 AM, Tim Rager <t...@seattleartmuseum.org> wrote:
> 
> Informal survey – I’m curious how much of your museum budget is dedicated
> to IT or Digital?   Or does anyone know if there’s some sort of
> industry-wide benchmark report available that talks about this?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> TIM RAGER
> Director of Technology
> 
> Seattle Art Museum
> p: 206.344.5278
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Re: [MCN-L] Budget for Digital

[Nik Honeysett]

My completely unofficial, back-of-the-napkin, finger-in-the-wind, two-year-old, 
but-from-reliable-sources (museum administrators) put the average at just under 
5%, with some outliers like the Getty at about 8%.

-nik
 

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On Apr 14, 2016, at 9:58 AM, Tim Rager <t...@seattleartmuseum.org> wrote:

Informal survey – I’m curious how much of your museum budget is dedicated to IT 
or Digital?   Or does anyone know if there’s some sort of industry-wide 
benchmark report available that talks about this?





TIM RAGER
Director of Technology

Seattle Art Museum
p: 206.344.5278
seattleartmuseum.org<http://seattleartmuseum.org/>

KEHINDE WILEY: A NEW REPUBLIC / Seattle Art Museum / Feb 11 – May 8
MOOD INDIGO: TEXTILES FROM AROUND THE WORLD / Asian Art Museum / Apr 9 – Oct 9
JOURNEY TO DUNHUANG / Asian Art Museum / Mar 5 – Jun 12
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[MCN-L] Job Posting: Senior Director of Integrated Content, AAM

[Nik Honeysett]

Bring your demonstrated expertise in information management, content 
development and content deployment frameworks to work with the American 
Alliance of Museums in an exciting new position. The Alliance’s new strategic 
plan calls for a comprehensive program of rich professional resources which 
will comprise the core of AAM’s individual and museum membership offerings. To 
that end, AAM seeks a Senior Director of Integrated Content to lead the vision 
and implementation of this program.

The successful candidate will have knowledge of emerging trends in digital 
humanities and other content-rich environments and keen entrepreneurial 
instincts. S/he will work with Alliance leadership and subject matter experts 
to develop and implement a holistic, enterprise-wide approach to the creation, 
management and distribution of educational content across channels (website, 
webcasts, print, face-to-face meetings and social media) in support of the 
AAM’s mission and strategic goals.

Leading a staff of four, the Senior Director will work closely with the 
Director of Communications to distribute timely and relevant content that 
resonates with target audiences. S/he will collaborate with the Development 
Office in preparing grant and sponsorship proposals and reports, and will serve 
as the primary liaison to the Alliance’s 22 Professional Networks to leverage 
their expertise. The Senior Director will also collaborate externally with 
national, regional and state museum associations and others to aggregate and 
curate relevant digital content. 

Requires 7+ years’ experience in project/information management, and 
multi-channel content development and deployment; demonstrated expertise in 
technology infrastructures that support content development and delivery; 
digital asset management; fluency in web analytics and program evaluation 
tools. Must be able to think at a high strategic level while also managing 
details and taking a hands-on approach when needed. B.A., in information 
technology, library & information science, English, communications or related 
field required; graduate degree preferred.

The American Alliance of Museums, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, is a 
trusted leader, partner, and advocate for museums and works to build a field 
that includes dynamic individuals, institutions and communities. With a budget 
of $10M, the Alliance provides leadership, advocacy and service to its 
membership and the field at large. For more information, please visit 
www.aam-us.org. Interested applicants should submit cover letter, resume and 
salary requirements to: h...@aam-us.org, citing "Content Director" in the 
subject line. The Alliance is an equal opportunity employer and values a 
diverse workplace.

See: http://www.aam-us.org/about-us/who-we-are/employment-opportunities 
<http://www.aam-us.org/about-us/who-we-are/employment-opportunities>

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[MCN-L] Smith Leadership Symposium. Balboa Park, San Diego. April 20th, 2015

[Nik Honeysett]

The Balboa Park Learning Institute is excited to announce the 5th annual Smith 
Leadership Symposium which will explore the changing role of 21st century 
cultural institutions, collaborative organizational structures and staff 
training models, digital strategy, and technology trends with the launch of the 
NMC Horizon Report: 2015 Museum Edition.

Join your colleagues on Monday, April 20 in Balboa Park, San Diego or watch for 
free via live-stream, register at bit.ly/2015-SmithSym 
http://bit.ly/2015-SmithSym 

We are pleased to welcome Marsha Semmel, David Rosenberg, Michael Edson, Alex 
Freeman, Amy Heibel, Nik Honeysett, Joaquin Ortiz and many more! Check out the 
line-up of speakers, bios and session abstracts at  www.smithsymposium.org 
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[MCN-L] Job Posting: Digital Publications Manager, J. Paul Getty Museum

[Nik Honeysett]

Digital Publications Manager

Getty Publications produces award-winning, highly illustrated books
that result from or complement the work of the J. Paul Getty Museum, the
Getty Conservation Institute, and the Getty Research Institute.  This
wide variety of titles covers the fields of art, photography,
archaeology, architecture, conservation, and the humanities for both the
general public and specialists.  The majority of our publications are
printed but we are producing an increasing number of digital
publications.  The Digital Publications Manager will work in close
concert with the Getty Publications management team to develop,
implement, and manage the press?s digital publishing program.  The
position is responsible for managing a variety of digital publications,
including PDFs, ebooks, apps, a journal, and other online publications.
 
For more details see https://jobs-getty.icims.com/jobs/2000/job
 

[MCN-L] Job Posting: Educational Technologist, J. Paul Getty Museum

[Nik Honeysett]

The J. Paul Getty Museum seeks an Educational Technologist to guide the
Education department?s strategic and tactical digital initiatives to
foster engagement with works of art across a broad array of platforms
including but not limited to the web, in-gallery interpretation and
social media. Liaises with groups within the Museum and across the Trust
to develop and coordinate projects that support the Getty?s educational
mission. 
 
Apply online at: https://jobs-getty.icims.com/jobs/1888/job
 
-nik

[MCN-L] Job Posting: Senior User Experience Designer, J. Paul Getty Museum

[Nik Honeysett]

Reporting to the Head of Design, the J. Paul Getty Museum seeks a Senior 
Digital User Experience Designer to help us create exceptional interactions and 
experiences with our collection content through our on-site mobile device, 
apps, digital signage, fixed position interactive kiosks, and digital branding 
initiatives. You will work collaboratively with staff from across the 
organization to assess needs; conceptualize, design and prototype ideas; then 
in partnership with departments across the institution, produce and deploy 
award-winning solutions. These solutions will create compelling experiences and 
interactions with our collection content.
 
See: https://jobs-getty.icims.com/jobs/1863/job
 

[MCN-L] ecommerce

[Nik Honeysett]

We are switching to Shopify too. We'll integrate with our POS system within a 
month or two.
 
-nik

 Nate Solas nate.solas at walkerart.org 1/27/2012 12:32 PM 
We switched to shopify.com last year and I'm pretty happy with it. Very,
very nice admin features, API, and good functionality. Doesn't integrate
with our POS system but it's light years better than the old system that
did, so it's worth the extra admin overhead of syncing stock.
Nate


On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Matt Wheeler mwheeler at pmm-maine.orgwrote:

 Our museum sells photographic reproductions, and we have a retail store; we
 want to add ecommerce to our website to increase revenue. I wonder if there
 are reputable companies out there providing a flexible shopping cart
 feature bundled with secure online payment transaction, or if the two
 solutions tend to be separate and have to be interfaced? What are people
 using? Suggestions?

 Thanks-

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 Photography Archives,
 Penobscot Marine Museum

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[MCN-L] Wireless in public spaces

[Nik Honeysett]

Sam,
 
We have free access at the Getty in public spaces and selected galleries as 
part of our Google Goggles rollout. We intend to make access ubiquitous in all 
galleries over the coming months. Like SFMOMA, we have a tc accept screen for 
liability issues and we have a DHCP release after 20 mins of inactivity.
 
But our biggest challenge is the tc accept screen. Because its an app, any 
visitor who comes in and tries to Goggle a work will have an unhappy experience 
unless they have first opened a browser and accessed our network. Legal won't 
budge on the tc, IT are unable to packet-sniff to filter out browser vs app 
network requests, so our workaround has been to train Security to approach any 
visitors waving a smartphone around and check whether they have opened a 
browser - this has actually been very successful.
 
-nik

 
 
Nik Honeysett
Head of Administration
J. Paul Getty Museum
tel: 310-440-7346
fax: 310-440-7751
nhoneysett at getty.edu
 Ballate, Leo lballate at SFMOMA.org 1/24/2012 2:02 PM 
Hi Sam,

We have had free public WiFi here at SFMOMA for some time and have been very 
happy with its success. Our visitors, guests, and staff really love this 
service. See my responses below:

Leo Ballate
IT Director
SFMOMA
www.sfmoma.org

Check out our current podcast feature at http://www.sfmoma.org/podcasts
and Making Sense of Modern Art at http://www.sfmoma.org/msoma

-Original Message-
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Sam 
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Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 11:29 AM
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Folks,

It seems like a lot of people are talking about, or in fact retrofitting their 
old(er) buildings for wireless connectivity...
I wonder if people might share their thoughts on the subject and, if so, maybe 
these questions might be useful as a starting point.

1.  Are you providing free wireless Internet access to your visitors?  
[Ballate, Leo]  Yes If
so:

- Are visitors required to authenticate to the wireless network, or is the 
network open?  [Ballate, Leo]  The network is open, but users must accept our 
terms and conditions of use (see attached) before they can use the public wifi.
What considerations went into this decision?[Ballate, Leo]  We offered 
unfettered wifi access for a number of years. However, it was time to make sure 
we had t  c to protect us from any legal liability that could arise from 
public use of our wifi network.

- Are visitor wireless sessions limited in any way:  duration limits, 
throughput limits, access restrictions?[Ballate, Leo]  No, however, our DHCP 
server issues leases for only 30 minutes.

- Do you provide SLA / service guarantees?[Ballate, Leo]  No (see attached 
terms and conditions)

- What level of support (if any) do you provide to your visitors and their 
personal devices?[Ballate, Leo]  None

2.  Do you support additional wireless networks at your institution for use by 
staff or systems (security, VoIP, etc.)?[Ballate, Leo]  Yes, we expose our 
internal lan (WPA2), but do not broadcast the SSID. We allow a handful of 
museum owned devices to access our internal lan via Wifi. We change the 
password for the internal wifi lan on a regular basis. We are investigating 
local certificates to beef up security when accessing the internal lan via wifi.

3.  Which equipment manufacturer did you select for the wireless network:
Cisco, Aruba, Aerohive, Meraki, etc.?[Ballate, Leo]  Extreme networks.

Any comments will be appreciated![Ballate, Leo]  Good luck on your research and 
let us know how it goes!
--
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Art Institute of Chicago
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Chicago, IL  60603
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[MCN-L] Job Posting: Senior Software Developer, J. Paul Getty Museum

[Nik Honeysett]

Overview
The department of Collection Information  Access at the J. Paul Getty
Museum seeks an experienced and multi-talented software developer to
work collaboratively in a team environment in the support, strategy,
management, dissemination and delivery of its collection documentation,
metadata and digital assets in the networked environment. Projects
include delivery of collection information to our website and in-gallery
kiosks, support of in-gallery technologies and mobile devices, advanced
search solutions and support of related content, collection and digital
asset management systems.
 
The Senior Software Developer will work on a number of wide-ranging and
evolving initiatives to support the way collection-related information
is stored, integrated and published; configure and support
information-based systems in a museum environment; maintain legacy
custom-built applications and databases; integrate existing
enterprise-wide applications with other home-grown applications and open
source solutions; maintain and advance data models, data dictionaries
and information processes; work with technical staff to build mechanisms
and APIs for exchanging data and metadata between repositories; work
with user communities for requirements analysis, problem definition and
solutions development; apply standards and best-practice solutions for
maintaining and developing the software that supports the Museum?s
information architecture; provide analysis, documentation and ROI for
strategies; communicate complex technology issues effectively with
technical and non-technical personnel.
 
Responsibilities
The successful candidate will have solid experience in all phases of
the software development cycle; technically proficient in the
environments in which software applications operate; solid programming
experience with Java; solid experience working with Oracle 10g, SQL
Server and SQL; proficient at Unix scripting languages, JavaScript,
JSON, HTML, CSS, XML and XSLT; working knowledge of ontologies and
ontology standards like RDF and concepts associated with the Semantic
Web a plus; experience with third-party or open-source systems for
collections management, digital asset management, content authoring and
web content management. Experience with search-oriented architectures, a
plus.
 
Qualifications
* Bachelor?s degree in a related field Master?s degree preferred
* 5-8 years software development experience
 
Apply here: https://jobs-getty.icims.com/jobs/1552/job
 

[MCN-L] Job Posting: Senior Media Producer, J. Paul Getty Museum

[Nik Honeysett]

Senior Media Producer, J. Paul Getty Museum

The Collections Information  Access department of the J. Paul Getty
Museum seeks a Senior Media Producer to lead the media production team
in the development and implementation of interactive media content and
titles. Collections Information  Access is a highly creative,
collaborative, team-oriented department and the Senior Media Producer:
provides the creative vision and ensures consistency with Getty?s
strategic direction and quality standards; manages project resources,
staff and schedules to ensure that projects meet deadlines and budgets;
communicates effectively with interface design to achieve desired user
experience; serves as a liaison between the production team and content
providers, both in understanding content specifications and advising
providers about online production processes and technical implementation
issues; communicates effectively with content authors, designers, media
specialists, external contractors, and editors, in addition to
curatorial, education, exhibition, and Web production staff; and
educates staff and users on elements and specifications including user
interface functionality, navigation and content.

The successful candidate will have: a Bachelor's degree in related area
of study; at least five years experience in educational media production
or a related field; strong project management, communication,
collaborative and organizational skills; experience managing production
teams in a media-rich environment; solid understanding of new
developments in multimedia technology; solid experience developing and
managing budgets and project plans; expertise with media editing tools
and software; a solid understanding of editorial processes as they
relate to digital interactive projects for in-gallery and online
environments; experience producing content for diverse audiences;
energy, enthusiasm, initiative, and innovation.

Apply at: https://jobs-getty.icims.com/jobs/1602/job

[MCN-L] Job Posting: Senior Software Developer, J. Paul Getty Museum

[Nik Honeysett]

 
The department of Collection Information  Access at the J. Paul Getty
Museum seeks two experienced and multi-talented software developers to
work collaboratively in a team environment in the support, strategy,
management, dissemination and delivery of its collection documentation,
metadata and digital assets in the networked environment. Projects
include delivery of collection information to our website and in-gallery
kiosks, support of in-gallery technologies and mobile devices, advanced
search solutions and support of related content, collection and digital
asset management systems.
 
The Senior Software Developers will work on a number of wide-ranging
and evolving initiatives to support the way collection-related
information is stored, integrated and published; configure and support
information-based systems in a museum environment; maintain legacy
custom-built applications and databases; integrate existing
enterprise-wide applications with other home-grown applications and open
source solutions; maintain and advance data models, data dictionaries
and information processes; work with technical staff to build mechanisms
and APIs for exchanging data and metadata between repositories; work
with user communities for requirements analysis, problem definition and
solutions development; apply standards and best-practice solutions for
maintaining and developing the software that supports the Museum?s
information architecture; provide analysis, documentation and ROI for
strategies; communicate complex technology issues effectively with
technical and non-technical personnel.
Responsibilities: 

The successful candidates will have solid experience in all phases of
the software development cycle; technically proficient in the
environments in which software applications operate; solid programming
experience with Java; solid experience working with Oracle 10g, SQL
Server and SQL; proficient at Unix scripting languages, JavaScript,
JSON, HTML, CSS, XML and XSLT; working knowledge of ontologies and
ontology standards like RDF and concepts associated with the Semantic
Web a plus; experience with third-party or open-source systems for
collections management, digital asset management, content authoring and
web content management. Experience with search-oriented architectures, a
plus.

Qualifications:
* Bachelor?s degree in a related field Master?s degree preferred
* 5-8 years software development experience
 
See: https://jobs-getty.icims.com/jobs/1552/job
 

[MCN-L] Posting: Head of Collection Information and Access, J. Paul Getty Museum

[Nik Honeysett]

The J. Paul Getty Museum seeks a Head of Collection Information 
Access, a leadership position that is responsible for the direction,
oversight and management of all documentation on its collection and
delivery of this information to a variety of online and in-gallery
audiences. The department serves as the central repository for all
collections-related information and works in tandem with colleagues
across the Museum in the education, curatorial, conservation,
registration and publication departments, to document and generate
interpretive content about the collection. The Head of Collection
Information and Access ensures that the department resources are managed
in conformity with data standards and best practices and advocates for
the most appropriate use of the Museum?s portfolio of digital assets.
The Head serves as both an in-house expert helping facilitate the
generation of new information about the collection, and as a leader on
how best to represent these data assets across a wide variety of
platforms for both general and scholarly audiences.

Responsibilities: 

Responsible for the management, production and dissemination of
documentation on the Museum?s collection, the Head will lead a
department of fourteen staff; set project timelines; manage workflow;
make staffing assignments; coordinate work team activities; and ensure
that the department is aligned with the museum?s strategic and tactical
initiatives.
 
The successful candidate will have proven expertise and leadership
providing access to collections documentation in a museum environment;
including a thorough knowledge of data management and architecture
principles, digital media production and delivery initiatives; the
ability to determine, respond and anticipate visitor and online-audience
needs; the ability to initiate, prioritize, manage and lead a team of
technical, production and editorial staff; and the ability to advocate
and engage with peers and colleagues at all levels and backgrounds.
 
Apply online at the Getty's website:
https://jobs-getty.icims.com/jobs/1494/job
 

[MCN-L] Image Sizes

[Nik Honeysett]

This reminds me of a classic example in the music industry in the early
90's. Blue Note Record's legal team came across a 12 single called The
Band Played the Boogie featuring an illegal sampling of Grant Green's
Sookie Sookie, enjoying a huge underground following. Rather than
pursue a suit, Blue Note hired the group and gave them access to their
full back catalogue. The resulting release was Blue Note's first
platinum-selling album (Us3 - Hand on the Torch).
 
So, put your images out there, wait for someone to figure out how to
make money from them, then hire them.
 
(wish me luck with getting that through our general counsel).
 
-nik

 Stanley Smith SSmith at getty.edu 5/5/2009 1:20 PM 

If you think that your images are not out there, you are mistaken.  At
the Getty we have taken pains to manage how our images migrate from
our
walls, but a quick Google image search of ?Irises? and ?Van Gogh? will
yield hundreds of hits (the most hilarious of which is a line of
dog-themed ceramic plates with the painting serving as background to
visages of various breeds).  This is not too concerning, as the
artwork
itself is in the public domain, and Bridgeman v. Corel says that we
can?t claim photographic copyright?so all?s fair in love and war. 

Speaking of Bridgeman, though, I recently tried to order a print of
the
same painting from Bridgeman?s website. I am conducting research for a
possible print-on-demand service at the Getty --(yes Will, if there is
money to be made we should be the ones making it!) -- I wanted to see
what other commercial ventures were doing with our images?mostly a
quality survey.  I foolish used my Getty mailing address when placing
the order (a 20 x 24 archival inkjet print on fine-art paper for about
$70).  Two days later I got an email from Bridgeman stating: 

?We regret to inform you that your order of 'Irises,1889' (supplier 
code BAL40070) cannot be processed due to the transparency being  
unsuitable for reproduction. The Bridgeman Art Library have advised 
that the quality of this particular print would be compromised by 
enlarging it beyond the image size and as a result we have been 
forced
to cancel and refund your order. The image will be removed from our
site
within the next couple of days to avoid any future  disappointment.

Even Bridgeman was nervous about copyright issues!  Irises was removed
from their website the next day.  There is really no possible way to
prevent your images from getting out in the world.  Those CD?s or
transparencies that you have sent for scholar requests or publications
over the years are still out there, and can fall into any number of
hands.  Current imaging software is very good at ?rezing? up small
image
image files into ones that can be used for print.  Current stitching
software can easily reconstruct Zoomify panes into a very high
resolution image.  Even if you disable the ability to right-click an
image for download, nothing can stop someone from using a screen grab.

The best we can do, I think, is to make sure that recipients of our
images know exactly what their usage rights are.  But we should not be
surprised when some people ignore our directives. The PLUS coalition
has
a great product that helps track and enforce image rights, and they
are
developing a profile that is specific to museums. 

A couple of years ago I was exploring other ways to track our images
in
the ?cloud?.  As a test, I gave a company called Idee a set of 400
jpegs
of paintings from our collection.  They had developed software that
crawls the web looking for images based not on text data, but on the
images themselves.  The results of this test were astonishing?they had
hundreds of hits.  Ultimately it was not technology that we were
willing
to adopt?one reason was who has time to sent hundreds of
cease-and-desist letters to obscure websites, some of which may have
had
the images legitimately?


Stanley Smith
Manager, Imaging Services
J. Paul Getty Museum
1200 Getty Center Drive,  Suite 1000
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1687
(310) 440-7286
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[MCN-L] Media and Technology in Philly

[Nik Honeysett]

The Media and Technology SPC hope that you will be attending the annual
AAM conference in Philadelphia, April 30 - May 4, only a few weeks away.
It promises to be a great event. Complete details can be found at
http://www.aam-us.org/am09/.
 
We had a record number of panels selected for the program this year, 15
from a total of 19 proposed, and have summarized them for your attending
pleasure on our website at
http://mediaandtechnology.org/panels/2009.html- please support us by
attending them if you can. You will also find panels listed there that
we have endorsed as relevant to the Media  Technology community.
 
On Thursday, April 30 at 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Loews Philadelphia is
the 20th ANNUAL MUSE AWARDS AND CHAMPAGNE RECEPTION. We had a record
number of submissions this year and engaged international juries to help
review the entries. The event has been generously sponsored by Real
Magnet*, Developers of Magnet Mail (www.realmagnet.com (
http://www.realmagnet.com/ )). There is no ticket required for this
event and the Champagne will be free-flowing, dress is top hat and tails
or business casual. You do not need to be registered for the conference
to attend this reception.
 
Don?t miss the MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS on Friday, May 1 from 3:30-5:30 pm
at Exhibit Hall AB in the Pennsylvania Convention Center. You'll be
able to see the MUSE winners demonstrating their award-wining entries.
You must be registered for the conference to enter the Convention Center
Market Place.
 
You can still register to attend the MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY SPC BUSINESS
LUNCH on Saturday, May 2 at 12:15-1:45 p.m. at the Philadelphia
Marriott.
 
Finally, please stop by booth 130 in the Expo hall. Once again we are
partnering with MCN on a joint booth. The Expo Hall is open from noon on
Friday, May 1 through 2pm on Sunday May 3.
 
Hope to see you there.
 
-MT SPC
 
*Real Magnet is the developer of MagnetMail, a comprehensive email
marketing application with integrated surveys and audio and web
conferencing solutions. This integration simplifies workflow and
aggregates marketing data, making your marketing campaigns and events
more efficient and faster to deploy. More than 1,000 organizations use
MagnetMail to communicate with customers and prospects. For more
information on how Real Magnet can streamline your museum?s marketing
and event management, contact us at sales at realmagnet.comor 301-652-4025
x131 or visit www.realmagnet.com ( http://www.realmagnet.com/ ).

[MCN-L] Job Posting: Information Architect, The J. Paul Getty Museum

[Nik Honeysett]

Information Architect, Collection Information  Access, The J. Paul Getty Museum

The department of Collection Information  Access at the J. Paul Getty Museum 
is seeking an Information Architect to oversee the back-end structure, data 
models, systems and applications used by the Museum to support the management 
and dissemination of documentation, digital assets, and metadata on the 
collection and to ensure its accessibility in the networked environment. The 
Information Architect will lead efforts in restructuring the way information is 
stored, systems integrated, and data published so as best to ensure efficiency 
in processes, scalability and sustainability, and resource discovery. This will 
involve architectural designs, analysis, integration, and strategic direction 
for how best to manage existing enterprise-wide applications such as 
collections management, content management and digital asset management systems 
with other custom grown applications and open source solutions, in addition to 
overseeing data modeling and strategies that are system independent.
 
The position will be responsible for the maintenance of data models, data 
dictionaries, and processes; work with technical staff across the Getty to 
build mechanisms for exchanging data and metadata between repositories; and 
work closely with user communities for requirements analysis, problem 
definition and solutions development. The ideal candidate will utilize 
standards, best practices, and forward-thinking solutions for structuring the 
Museums information architecture, and be able to provide analysis, 
documentation, and ROI for strategies. The candidate should have experience in 
all phases of the software development cycle; understand and be technically 
proficient in the environments in which software applications operate (i.e. 
Unix, Windows); have familiarity with semantic technologies including triple 
stores, natural language processing, and clustering techniques. The candidate 
should be comfortable with writing technical documentation and design 
documents, outlining detailed process flow and workflow mappings, have strong 
analytical skills, excellent oral and written communication skills, and the 
ability to effectively work in a team environment.
 
Requirements: Proven experience working with relational databases (Oracle 10g), 
SQL Server and using Structured Query Language; familiarity with C++, JAVA or 
similar object-oriented programming language; and proficient at UNIX scripting 
languages; JavaScript, HTML, CSS, XML and XSLT. Working knowledge of ontologies 
and ontology standards like RDF and concepts associated with the Semantic Web. 
Qualifications: Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Library  Information 
Science, Information Technology, or related studies required, Masters 
preferred. Minimum 8 years of experience in the electronic management of 
information, and developing, implementing and managing information architecture 
in a publishing, library, or educational repository environment strongly 
preferred.
 
Please email to: jobs at getty.edu. Include your cover letter and resume and 
indicating in the subject line, MI Architect /AT. Equal Opportunity Employer.

[MCN-L] Form submission software and time-lapse video

[Nik Honeysett]

For the form submission, I think this pretty much does what you need:
http://www.SeaGreenSoftware.com 
 
-nik

 Perian Sully psully at magnes.org 1/22/2009 8:54 AM 
We were having very similar problems. I had set up an HTML-based form,
as well as a PDF form, but neither were working. I finally got the PDF
form to work, but I eventually realized that the HTML form required a
mailman program on our web host (Yahoo, at the moment). Yahoo's mailman
wouldn't allow us to custom-set the email address the form was supposed
to go to. If you have a less-draconian hosting service, or host
internally, it's actually pretty easy (I think...) to use their mailman.
You would just have to specify the location of the mailman and the email
address the form should go to. (Hopefully someone with more info about
this process can confirm or deny my rumors...!)

We finally ended up using Google Docs and their form-building tool. It
uses an Excel-like format to collect the responses, and you can download
the responses into Excel. Pretty cool! I'm likely to create another one
this week for exactly what you're planning to do.

If you end up using a PDF, you can specify that the responses get sent
back to you in an XML or CSV format which can be imported into Excel.
You'll need Adobe Acrobat to create the form, however.

Good luck!

Perian Sully
Collections Information Manager
Web Programs Strategist
The Magnes
Berkeley, CA

-Original Message-
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
dlewisarfm at aol.com 
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 8:46 PM
To: mcn-l at mcn.edu 
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Form submission software and time-lapse video


In answer to the first question
You might look at and play around with Google Documents as an
inexpensive (FREE!) solution.   They have pretty good integration
between Gmail, Google Docs (with a spread sheet and a simple form
creating template).

I've mussed around enough to know that it probably CAN be done, but not
enough to know exactly how to do it -- good luck.   *smile*



- David - 
David Lewis, Curator
Aurora Regional Fire Museum
www.AuroraRegionalFireMuseum.org 







-Original Message-
From: Richard Urban rjur...@illinois.edu
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv mcn-l at mcn.edu
Sent: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 7:46 pm
Subject: [MCN-L] Form submission software and time-lapse video












Begin forwarded message:

 Hello MCN-L,

 I have a couple unrelated questions I would like to throw out to the 

 List.

 First, we in the Photo Department at VMFA are looking for some sort 

 of form submission solution. Currently, requests for photography  
 from the museum staff come to us on paper. We are looking for a  
 software solution, in a box (via intranet) or web-based, that will  
 allow our internal staff to digitally submit requests for  
 photography from their own computers. It would be ideal if these  
 forms could be exported into a spreadsheet like Excel. Another perk 

 would be if the form submission system would allow tracking, so that 

 we can acknowledge receipt of the request and acknowledge=2
0 
 completion. We do not currently have a museum-wide digital asset  
 management system, though I know some of the ?enterprise? systems  
 allow this feature. We are looking for recommendations, if anyone  
 has any, for systems, packages, or web-based systems that would  
 allow this sort of online form submission and tracking that would be 

 separate from an asset management system.

 Secondly, we are looking for recommendations for inexpensive digital 

 video cameras that have a time-lapse capture feature. If anyone is  
 using anything to accomplish these sort of videos, we would  
 appreciate hearing about what you are using. We are looking  
 specifically for small, light, and inexpensive camera systems for  
 documenting installations and construction.

 Thanks in advance...


 Travis Fullerton
 Assistant Photographer
 Photography Department

 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
 200 N Boulevard / Richmond, VA 23220-4007
 T 804.340.1538 / F 804.340.1548
 travis.fullerton at vmfa.museum 

 www.vmfa.museum 





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[MCN-L] free ftp software?

[Nik Honeysett]

I use FireFTP - a Firefox plugin
 
-nik

 Perian Sully psully at magnes.org 10/15/2008 10:18 AM 
I use both of these myself. I am more comfortable with Filezilla and use
it for more traditional FTP sites, but WinSCP's use of SCP means I end
up using it for one other site I connect to on a regular basis (this
site doesn't allow FTP or SFTP)

Perian Sully
Collections Information and Web Programs Manager
Judah L. Magnes Museum

-Original Message-
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
Elizabeth Bruton
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 7:59 AM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] free ftp software?

I'd recommend WinSCP or Filezilla, both are free, open source FTP
clients.

Filezilla
Pros: Available for Windows, Mac, and Linux
Cons: No synchronize feature; does not support SCP protocol

WinSCP
Pros: Has portable executable version; has synchronize feature; supports
SCP
protocol in addition to SFTP  FTP
Cons: Only available for Windows

Liz

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[MCN-L] Student Loan Forgiveness

[Nik Honeysett]

If you're a student or know one...
 
-nik
 
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
 
The College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007 established a new public 
service loan forgiveness program that discharges any remaining debt after 10 
years of full-time employment in public service - including tax-exempt 
501(c)(3) organizations.  This contrasts with loan forgiveness for borrowers 
who are not employed full time in public service jobs:  forgiveness of the 
remaining balance after 25 years of repayment under the income-contingent and 
income-based repayment plans.  Borrowers must consolidate into Direct Lending 
to qualify for the loan forgiveness.
 
Forgiveness occurs only after 120 monthly payments made on or after October 1, 
2007, so October 2017...keep paying!  Remaining interest and principal are 
forgiven.  The borrower must be employed full-time in a public service job for 
each of the 120 monthly payments.
 
Only payments on a Federal Direct Loan are counted.
 
Eligible loans include Federal Direct Stafford Loans (Subsidized and 
Unsubsidized), Federal Direct PLUS Loans, and Federal Direct Consolidation 
Loans.  Borrowers in the FFEL Program will need to consolidate into Direct 
Loans.
 
Although Perkins Loans are not eligible for public service loan forgiveness, if 
they are included in a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan, the entire 
consolidation loan, including the Perkins Loans, is eligible for public service 
loan forgiveness.  Perkins Loan borrowers will need to consider the tradeoffs 
of consolidation; they may lose favorable benefits such as subsidized interest, 
a 9-month grace period, and a generous loan forgiveness program.
 
Parent PLUS and Grad PLUS have some contingencies, but may be eligible for the 
loan forgiveness program when included in a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan.  
See the link below for further information.
 
Eligible repayment plans are income-based repayment, income contingent 
repayment, standard repayment or a combination of these repayment plans.  
Payments made under other repayment plans (such as extended repayment and 
graduated repayment) are not eligible.
 
Bottom Line Advice:
 
Borrowers who will be employed in public service jobs and who have loans under 
the FFEL program should obtain a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan as soon as 
possible.
Parent PLUS borrowers who entered repayment on or after July 1, 2006, will need 
to consolidate their PLUS loans even if they are already in the Direct Loan 
program.
Borrowers should start off with income-contingent repayment if they can.  They 
should switch to income-based repayment as soon as it becomes available on July 
1, 2009, if they can.
 
There are some caveats: under current law, the amount of debt discharged is 
probably treated as taxable income, leading to a big federal income tax bill 
after 10 years.  Care must be taken to determine that the savings exceed the 
tax liability.  It is also possible that Congress will decide to exclude such 
loan forgiveness from taxable income before this becomes an issue in 2017.  An 
additional caveat: the loan forgiveness program is targeted at students who 
pursue public service careers and who have high debt and low income.  Borrowers 
with low debt and/or high income will not benefit as much.
 
Link for more information:  http://www.finaid.org/loans/publicservice.phtml 
 

[MCN-L] Acquisition Policies (or Collection Management Policies)

[Nik Honeysett]

Ours is posted on our website 
http://www.getty.edu/about/governance/pdfs/acquisitions_policy.pdf 
 
-nik

 Cho, Shelly SCho at lacma.org 9/24/2008 3:16 PM 
I am interested in receiving copies of acquisition policies (or
collection management policies) incorporating guidelines for
investigating clear title or provenance issues.  Also any policy or
procedures incorporating the AAM or AAMD statements regarding the
acquisition of artworks without clear title or obtained illegally from
their country of origin.  This is at the request of our general
counsel's office in order to bring our own acquisition policy up to
date.  In return we will be happy to share with you a copy of our
revised policy and/or procedures.  Thank you.



Renee Montgomery

Assistant Director

Risk Management and Collections Information

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

T 323 857-6059

E reneem at lacma.org 

F 323 857-6213





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[MCN-L] Job Posting: AMNH Chief Digital Officer

[Nik Honeysett]

Apologies for cross posting.
 
Please see the attached invitation to apply for the position of Vice President 
and Chief Digital Officer at the American Museum of Natural History.
 
-nik

[MCN-L] Resend: Job Posting: AMNH Chief Digital Officer

[Nik Honeysett]

 Apologies the attachment was stripped...
 
-nik
 
 
An Invitation to Apply for the Position of  Vice President and Chief
Digital Officer
 
American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York
 

THE SEARCH
 
The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH or the Museum) seeks a
visionary, strategic-minded leader as Vice President and Chief Digital
Officer.  This is a newly created leadership position at the Museum and
an outstanding opportunity to head digital strategy formulation and
implementation at one of the world?s preeminent scientific and cultural
institutions.  
 
Since its founding in 1869, the American Museum of Natural History has
advanced its global mission to discover, interpret, and disseminate
information about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe
through a wide ranging program of scientific research, education, and
exhibitions.  Today, it is one of the largest natural history museums in
the world, housing more than 40 exhibition halls, numerous laboratories
and teaching facilities, a major natural history library, and vast
storage areas for its extensive collections of specimens and cultural
artifacts. Long an innovator in science research and education, the
Museum recently established the Richard Gilder Graduate School, becoming
the first and only museum in the U.S. to offer a Ph.D. degree.  
 
The Vice President and Chief Digital Officer (CDO) reports directly to
the President and will build and lead a new centralized Digital Group to
serve and support the Museum?s mission, operations, and programs.  In
collaboration with other Museum leaders and constituencies, the CDO will
have responsibility for the development, promotion, and management of
all digital content and activities at the Museum.  A highly visible
position on the AMNH senior leadership team, the CDO will have
tremendous potential for institution-wide impact.
 
The American Museum of Natural History has retained Isaacson, Miller, a
national executive search firm, to assist in the recruitment of the Vice
President and Chief Digital Officer.  After extensive consultation with
representatives from the Museum?s leadership, the firm has prepared this
document, which will be shared with candidates and sources in the
search.  More information about the Museum can be found at
http://www.amnh.org/.
 

BACKGROUND
 
History and Mission
 
The American Museum of Natural History is a nonprofit, educational
corporation, chartered in 1869 as a museum and library by a special act
of the Legislature of the State of New York.   Established ?for the
purpose of . . . encouraging and developing the study of Natural
Science; of advancing the general knowledge of kindred subjects and to
that end of furnishing popular instruction,? the Museum counts among its
early supporters founder Albert S. Bickmore, as well as such prominent
New Yorkers as Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. and J.P. Morgan.  The Museum is a
member of the University of the State of New York under the auspices of
the Regents of the State of New York and is accredited by the American
Association of Museums. 
Since its founding, the American Museum of Natural History has been one
of the world?s preeminent institutions for scientific research and
education, with a commitment to exploring the broad range of natural
history ? including cultural history, systematics, and earth processes,
as well as the diversity and behavior of zoological life. The AMNH
mission, which reflects a close integration of science and education, is
to discover, interpret, and disseminate through scientific research and
education knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the
universe.
Today, AMNH is a complex, multifaceted organization with broad
international scope and impact and one of the largest natural history
museums in the world.  AMNH has earned recognition as a leader in
research in the natural sciences and anthropology, as well as in museum
education and exhibition. It is renowned worldwide for its extraordinary
collections of artifacts and specimens and for its exceptional program
of permanent and temporary exhibitions, which present a panorama of the
world?s cultures, serve as a field guide to the entire planet, and
examine the universe beyond Earth.
The AMNH campus sits in the middle of the approximately 18-acre
Theodore Roosevelt Park of the City of New York on Manhattan?s Upper
West Side and comprises a complex of 27 interconnected buildings housing
45 permanent exhibit halls, a planetarium, temporary exhibition halls,
research and collections facilities, and a natural sciences library,
with parking and food service amenities for the convenience of its
approximately four million annual visitors. 
Throughout its history, the Museum has had a commitment to the
exploration and conservation of the natural world that has been rivaled
by few other institutions. Its scientific staff numbers over 200,
including more than 40 curators, and carries out research programs in
anthropology, 

[MCN-L] Website benchmarking

[Nik Honeysett]

We attempted to do this at one point, but found it to be a real challenge. 
Aside from issues like every metrics software having a different notion of what 
constitutes a visit, we found that some institutions either didn't or didn't 
want to filter out unwanted traffic such as bots and spiders, which are 
significant numbers. In the pursuit of accuracy, we went through one 
significant upgrade of our metrics software NetGenesis (web log processing) and 
recently switched to Omniture (page tagging). Both changes resulted in 
decreases in our traffic due to improvements in filtering. We previously 
concluded that the only way to accurately benchmark with others, was for all to 
use a centralized system like this and match all parameters. So, good luck with 
that...
 
-nik
 
Nik Honeysett
Head of Administration
J. Paul Getty Museum
tel: 310-440-7346
fax: 310-440-7751
nhoneysett at getty.edu 

 Leonard Steinbach lensteinbach at gmail.com 3/11/2008 10:26 AM 
I was wondering whether anyone uses any particular web traffic statistics to
compare the performance of their website to the websites of other museums.
In effect is anyone benchmarking their website against others, or know of
any studies or papers which address this issue?

Thanks
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[MCN-L] Website benchmarking

[Nik Honeysett]

Google Analytics is a page tagging service, its accuracy will depend on you and 
what you want. If you have comprehensively tagged all your pages, then it will 
comprehensively report on your traffic, but that traffic will include bots and 
spiders i.e. not real people. You can filter these out - up to a point - but 
are real-people numbers important to you? Its unlikely that you will ever get 
an accurate number of real people visiting your site, so its best to accept 
that.
 
Assuming, you did have an accurate number and that number suddenly doubled or 
halved what would you do? What would happen? In either case you would want to 
know why, but you're not really interested in the number, only the change. You 
can figure that out whether you have real-people numbers or all-inclusive 
numbers. Your real concern should be trends and Google Analytics is fine for 
this, as long as you know what you're reporting and you don't change the 
filtering.
 
-nik

 Jeff Tancil jtancil at tenement.org 3/11/2008 12:58 PM 
That seems to beg a question: what stats service is useful? As a fairly
dinky Museum, we use the best free service, GoogleAnalytics. How badly
do people think that skews?

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Like you say, these sites are ok for trends but do not give anything
close to accurate figures for traffic your numbers.

-nik

 Russ Brooks RBrooks at mus-nature.ca 3/11/2008 10:43 AM 
When we noticed a shift in our web statistics we wondered if it was just
our
site or was it something that was affecting all other museums.

We found the two following sites very useful in providing us with an
opportunity to compare our performance to that of other museums.
http://www.alexa.com/ 
http://www.compete.com/ 

These two sites allowed us to see the exact same patterns in traffic
affecting nearly all other museums.

These sites can also be useful when trying to determine Internet usage
trends. Is Facebook still hot? Type in their address and you can see the
results.



On 3/11/08 1:26 PM, Leonard Steinbach lensteinbach at gmail.com wrote:

 I was wondering whether anyone uses any particular web traffic
statistics to
 compare the performance of their website to the websites of other
museums.
 In effect is anyone benchmarking their website against others, or know
of
 any studies or papers which address this issue?
 
 Thanks
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[MCN-L] What to save: Policies for selecting/archiving digital assets

[Nik Honeysett]

Without going into detail, we found these to be helpful:
 
a. Digital object has value to the institution
b. Digital object must be managed for access and rights.
c. Digital object is a master - not work in progress or derivative
d. Digital object must be searchable and found in many ways - good metadata
e. Digital object can only be accessed by authorized users
f.  Digital object should be protected  preserved with the best practices 
available
g. Institution has defined use and access rights to the digital object

-nik
 
Nik Honeysett
Head of Administration
J. Paul Getty Museum
tel: 310-440-7346
fax: 310-440-7751
nhoneysett at getty.edu 

 Real, Will RealW at CarnegieMuseums.Org 3/5/2008 2:58 PM 
Have any of the institutions who have gone down the DAMS road also
succeeded in developing policies for deciding which assets to retain?
The discussions we have had here leave our heads spinning wondering who
would make these decisions and with what criteria. Like everyone else,
we have thousands of images depicting multiple views of an event or
gallery, multiple bracketed exposures of conservation treatment or
collections documentation, multiple images specific to a particular
initiative or campaign long past, alternate crops or edits, and so on.
We realized quickly that these decisions would have to be made in many
cases by a knowledgeable and broad-minded staff person rather than a
student intern or volunteer. But who has the time?

And then there is the perhaps even more complex world of audio and
video. Archive the raw footage, the outtakes, the clips, the final
edits, etc.?

We have a task force that is developing a proposal for an
enterprise-wide DAMS and the task force wants to include information
about the impact a DAMS would have on process and staffing.

If anyone has been through this and come up with solutions for their
institutions, we would very much appreciate it if you could share them
with us. It would also be interesting to know whether the permissions
and policies that can be set by a DAMS administrator might also enforce
conformity to established standards for content selection.

Will Real
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
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[MCN-L] Difficult license provisions

[Nik Honeysett]

A particular favorite:
 
As used herein, ?Residuals? shall mean ideas, information and
understandings retained in the unaided memory of the receiving party?s
employees as a result of their review, evaluation, testing or access to
the information of the disclosing party. An employee?s memory is unaided
if the employee has not intentionally memorized the subject information
for the purpose of retaining and subsequently using or disclosing it.
Must... forget...
 
-nik

 lesley at copyrightlaws.com 3/5/2008 6:05 PM 
I am writing an article on difficult provisions in a license
agreement.  By that, I mean a term or condition which is either
difficult to
comply with, or difficult to negotiate.  Any comments on or off list
would be great.  Thanks.

Lesley

Lesley Ellen Harris
http://copyrightlaws.com 

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[MCN-L] Archive materials - image sizes?

[Nik Honeysett]

Bravo to Sam (the man with the longest title in Museum Technology) for
questioning time honored advice. (Hmm... Time honored?). There are other
areas where this thinking is being applied very productively, for
example in software and website development.
 
I know this topic has come up before, but I'm concerned by the do it
once, burn to DVD, never have to do it again philosophy. Life
expectancy for this media is not in the never range. If you are on a
digitization initiative and buying large quantities of low quality media
you should be wary of the life expectancy of your archive. You may
_have_ to rescan or at least transfer to different media stock. In that
regard a more appropriate resolution based on your institution's short-
to mid- term needs (5-10 years?) may be appropriate.
 
Storage is cheap, but this compounds the problem. Bigger, faster,
cheaper means that you put more of your digital eggs in one media
basket. If one out of 10 DVDs fail, you loose 100 tiffs, if one out 10
HD-DVDs fail, you loose 1,000 tiffs.
 
-nik

 Waibel,Guenter waibelg at oclc.org 1/8/2008 9:37 AM 
Hi Perian,

A lot of the responses you've received so far have advised you to go
for higher resolution. I belief that this advice may make sense in
certain circumstances (for example, original art, fragile materials or
small high-value collections), but the situation you're describing is
different (the documents aren't precious). I'd encourage you to weigh
the intended use of the material in making your decision. The advice you
received was accurate if your main goal is preservation, but that's not
what your post led me to believe. If your main goal is increased access
to as many items in your collection as fast as possible, I think a
different approach may be more suitable.

For those of you who will be surprised to hear me say this... Sam
Quigley gave an inspiring talk at an SAA preconference RLG Programs
organized in Chicago '07, during which he began to question the
time-honored advice of do it once for all time, and argued that a
model of rapid digitization for access may be just as valid to make
museum collections available as quickly as possible. It made me (and
some of my colleagues) refine our positions when it comes to
digitization. Since I don't want to put words in Sam's mouth any more
than I've already done (I suspect he's reading this!), you can listen to
his talk at http://www.oclc.org/programs/events/2007-08-29.htm.

Some of my colleagues who were involved in organizing this event put
together a provocative essay called Shifting Gears, summarizing some
of the forward-looking ideas discussed during the event Sam spoke at -
the end result is very much aimed at the archival community, but worth
considering in this context as well. You'll find it at
http://www.oclc.org/programs/publications/reports/2007-02.pdf. Here's
a pertinent excerpt:

Many of our digital initiatives have stressed the importance of
preservation, leaving access as an afterthought (the idea being if you
capture preservation-quality; you can always derive an access copy). In
reality, due to the very special nature of these often unique materials,
we will always preserve the originals to the best of our ability. In
light of recent programs for the mass digitization of books, if special
collections and their funding continue to be marginalized, our
administrations may not keep us around to attend to the originals.

In the past, we've soothed our doubts by repeating the mantra, we'll
only get one chance to do it, so it's got to be done right. Experience
has shown that that is not in fact the case. Often we do go back when
the technology improves or when we better understand our users' needs.
We need to put on our helmets now and go for the biggest bang for the
buck in terms of access.

Cheers,
G?nter

***

G?nter Waibel
RLG Programs, OCLC
voice: +1-650-287-2144
G?nter blogs at ... http://www.hangingtogether.org 




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Perian Sully
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 8:24 AM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: [MCN-L] Archive materials - image sizes?

Hi all:

We're currently having a debate about the appropriate scanned image
sizes for archival documents. Our scanner doesn't scan into RAW, so
we're batting back and forth whether to save the master TIFFs as 600
or
300 dpi. 

On the 300 side:
1) many of our archival materials were already scanned at 300 dpi
(that
being the original size I designated, but we've a long way to go yet) 
2) the majority of our reproduction requests are for 300 dpi JPG
3) storage space concerns
4) archive materials are mostly documents and don't necessarily need
600
dpi treatment
5) since the documents aren't precious like the 3D materials and
photographs, we can go back and rescan if we really need a 600 dpi JPG
(ie. handling concerns aren't as great)

On the 600 side:
1) scan once and be done with it
2) we do sometimes 

[MCN-L] Image Size (was Pan Zoom Server)

[Nik Honeysett]

This doesn't quite answer the question but addresses the issue of what is worth 
stealing. We tried some comparative print tests of raw and derivative jpeg 
images. Raw images were uncompressed tiff approximately 4000 pixels square, the 
scaled and compressed images were scaled to 1600 pixels and jpeg compressed 
using Photoshop setting 8. The resulting images were about 1 MB in file size. 
We printed a range of sizes from 4 x 6 up to 24 x 36 - postcard to poster 
size. In blind tests most people couldn't tell the difference even at the 
largest size, only the trained eye could reliably differentiate and not without 
close examination. While you might expect this result for the smaller prints, 
the poster size print result was interesting. The largest size was printed to 
canvas which helped in disguising the artefacts and used a Light Jet printer.
 
-nik
 
Nik Honeysett
Head of Administration
J. Paul Getty Museum
tel: 310-440-7346
fax: 310-440-7751
nhoneysett at getty.edu 


 Real, Will RealW at CarnegieMuseums.Org 9/6/2007 6:19 AM 
Matt's comment about image size leads me to wonder what members of the
MCN community think is the biggest possible image that would not be
worth stealing for financial gain. Here we have settled on 500 pixel
images, but that was fairly arbitrary.

Will Real
Carnegie Museum of Art

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Morgan, Matt
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 5:55 PM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Pan Zoom Server

Do we know that users like zooming? Or if certain particular groups of
users like zooming?

I often find zooming irritating. I would mostly rather have a single,
somewhat larger full view of an image than to zoom in on just a piece of
the image, even if the detail is not as good. Zooming takes more clicks
 drags, and then I end up with something where I can't really see the
work.

I just wonder sometimes if the effort we put into zoom is worthwhile.
Should we just make the images bigger? I know that ours could be a lot
bigger before it's possible to get any financial gain by stealing them.

Thanks,
Matt

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[MCN-L] Survey Request

[Nik Honeysett]

Apologies for cross-posting.
 
I'm chairing a session at AAM Chicago entitled Why Millions of Virtual
Visitors Must Matter to Museums. I would be extremely grateful if you
had a few minutes to complete a 6-question, anonymous, multiple-choice
survey to gather some data from the field comparing physical visitors to
your museum, with your online traffic. In addition, the survey addresses
institutional resources devoted to website development. I hope you can
find the time to complete this brief survey or send this link to the
appropriate individual in your institution. I will present the results
as part of the session and also summarise through musematic.
 
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=422112952171 
 
Many Thanks.
 
-nik
 
Nik Honeysett
Head of Administration
J. Paul Getty Museum
tel: 310-440-7346
fax: 310-440-7751
nhoneysett at getty.edu

[MCN-L] publishing URLS: rule of thumb?

[Nik Honeysett]

From a branding standpoint you should always try to promote your domain
name as cleanly as possible. The chances of anyone typing a long url
correctly are slim, and ideally as Ari says, it should be memorable so
that they don't need the listing to type it out. The ideal situation is
to list your domain and ensure there is a relevant link on it, either
directly or indirectly - we promote events indirectly by listing the
homepage and an instruction to link to our Events Calendar; or directly
by just listing the homepage and feature an icon of that event on our
home page. Alternatively, we set up a redirect at the root level so that
we can promote a short url comprising of domain name and a short
descriptor e.g. getty.edu/thang
 
-nik


 Ari Davidow aridavidow at gmail.com 12/19/2006 8:29 AM 
It depends on what you are promoting. If you are talking about your
website
in general, use the main home page. If you are talking about something
specific, send people to that specific location (this is where you want
to
either have human-readable URLs or build in some simple redirects).
You
never want to send people to your website, and from there to have to
figure
out how to get where they really wanted to be.

ari

On 12/18/06, Christina DePaolo Christinad at seattleartmuseum.org
wrote:

 Do you have a standard for promoting your website in your
organization's
 print publications?



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[MCN-L] Posting - Director of Experience Design

[Nik Honeysett]

The Franklin Institute
Philadelphia, PA
 
Director of Experience Design
 
The Franklin Institute is experiencing a revitalization with a focus on
the family audience and the development of a more fully integrated
visitor experience.
 
We seek an accomplished individual with a track record of demonstrated
execution of creativity and project development processes while managing
large exhibit projects from development through fabrication. This person
must demonstrate an understanding and knowledge of what appeals to
people of various ages and from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic
backgrounds in the design of exhibit and interactive experiences.  
 
Working closely with the Vice President, Exhibit and Program
Development, the Director of Experience Design will develop interactive
and compelling exhibits, incorporating the many strategies now being
tested in the museum, entertainment, and educational industries. 
Responsibilities include conceptualization and design of new
exhibitions, managing a budget, and management of a staff that includes
exhibit designers as well as a large number of outside vendors,
consultants and sub-contracts.  The demonstrated ability to create and
manage project teams in a large, complex organization is imperative.  
 
A minimum of a bachelor?s degree plus minimum of five (5) years in
professional exhibit design. Continuing education in such areas as
exhibit design, business management, marketing, museum management or
related field would be a plus.  For additional information or candidate
nominations, please contact:  Ed Rivera, Principal, Kittleman 
Associates, 300 South Wacker Drive, Suite 1710, Chicago, IL 60606;
Phone: 312-986-1166, Fax: 312-986-0895.  Email:  erivera at kittleman.net.

[MCN-L] Pasadena Conference Tours

[Nik Honeysett]

Step right up! Hurry, Hurry!
 
There are a few spaces left for the conference tours on Wednesday 8th
and Saturday 11th for these venues: 
 
Norton Simon Highlights Tour at 2 pm on Wednesday 8th and at 2:30 pm on
Saturday 11th. $22.50 - http://www.nortonsimon.org/ 
 
Pacific Asia Museum Tour at 2 pm on Wednesday 8th and at 2 pm on
Saturday 11th. Free - http://www.pacificasiamuseum.org/ 
 
Gamble House Tour at 3:30 pm on Saturday 11th. $22.50. $22.50 -
http://www.gamblehouse.org/ 
 
These tours are almost full so you'd better be quick! If you have
already registered and wish to sign up for a tour, please contact Dawn
at our conference management company: dawn at mcphersonclarke.com 
 
For all your conference tour details check the website at
http://www.mcn.edu/conferences/index.asp?subkey=1233 
 
 
 
 
Nik Honeysett
Head of Administration
J. Paul Getty Museum
tel: 310-440-7346
fax: 310-440-7751
nhoneysett at getty.edu

[MCN-L] defining CMS user access [faked-from] (Out of the Office)

[Nik Honeysett]

I am currently out of the office. I will be checking email and voicemail 
periodically. If you need immediate attention please contact Judi Hillier 
(x6422, jhillier at getty.edu).

[MCN-L] Can a CIS be a DAMS too?

[Nik Honeysett]

IMHO, I think it is a mistake to expect a single system to do both the job of a 
CIS and DAM well, for the good reasons that are discussed in this thread. I 
would look long and hard at any vendor who claimed a system that did, or 
claimed to be able to build a system that did. These systems do very different 
things, but there are crucial points of intersection and the principle of 
best-of-breed is one that should be applied here. Meet your institution's needs 
separately for each system with the additional requirement of the ability to 
integrate at the appropriate points for each. I would rather be in the position 
of going to a software developer to develop the integration of two 
applications, than the ground-up development of a complex application like 
this. Consider too, that both vendors may partner in the development of some 
integration software that would enhance their product.

Modularity and interoperability are key componants to a sustainable 
infrastructure for the management of digital resources in all their forms, and 
don't be swaid by the perceived cost-saving of a single system.

My 2 cents.

-nik

Nik Honeysett
Manager, Web Group
J. Paul Getty Trust
tel: 310-440-7346
fax: 310-440-7704
nhoneysett at getty.edu


 Trudy at dig-mar.com 07/06/06 1:50 PM 
I have been loving this discussion, especially as I , along with Maureen
Burns, are moderating a Panel at the Pasadena Conference on Taming the Many
Headed DAM.  This panel is the result of questions raised at my workshop on
Managing a DAM in Boston, regarding just this issue.
One thing I think is important to consider as far as one stop solutions go
is that the managing of the data ( images and metadata) may be one solution,
but you still might want for different inputs and output solutions if only
in terms of user interfaces.
The problem in the single solution for data managing seems to be data
structuring.  I wonder if we could take a fresh look at Dublin Core for more
specialized uses, such as how the VRA Core and CCO are tweaking it to work
with cultural objects.  Might there not also be a cross walkable Core for
Publishing, exhibits, archives. Etc?
Maybe the RLG's   Museum Collections Sharing Working
Group, could add to their list?
Guenter? *,-)

Trudy Levy
-- 

Trudy Levy
Consultant for Digital Imaging Projects

Image Integration 415 750 1274http://www.DIG-Mar.com 
Membership Chair, Visual Resources Association  http://vraweb.org 
Images are information - Manage them





On 7/3/06 9:19 AM, Quigley squigle at panix.com wrote:

 ooops try this instead for Fedora...  very interesting... Suzanne
 Quigley
 
   www.fedora.info 
 
 Suzanne Quigley
 
 
 On Jul 3, 2006, at 12:02 PM, Morgan, Matt wrote:
 
 On 6/30/06 10:01 AM,   wrote:
 
 Hi Matt,
 
 I'm curious about where the drive is coming from to have a one stop
 solution mean there's one system under it all.   I often feel sorry
 for the folks at Past Perfect when I see comments elsewhere about why
 doesn't it also do accounting, POS,  and your taxes on top of already
 managing museum collections, archives, libraries, and membership.  I
 think it juliennes potatoes too.
 
 I didn't mean to argue that CIS's /should/ offer DAMS-type
 services. I just
 think it's a common hope.
 
 I was surprised to realize this when it came to DAMS, but museums
 are the
 DAMS vendors' most demanding customers. For example, the number of
 them that
 can satisfy Deborah's hierarchy demands even partially (or with
 difficult
 workarounds) is pretty few. You would think that big real estate
 companies
 (region, city, neighborhood, street, house, room--just guessing but
 you get
 the idea), for example, might have similar needs. But I guess
 they're not
 using DAMS yet, or they're not being very demanding.
 
 So given the unlikelihood that a top-notch CIS vendor, really
 specialized in
 that field, could also become a first-rate DAMS vendor, I think the
 one-stop
 solution is not going to happen.
 
 
 Colleges and universities are working to build institutional
 repositories (IR) to capture grey literature' on campuses, and some
 of these solutions may be adaptable to building digital repositories
 of non-collection materials in a museum, as you suggest - CAD
 drawings, exhibit scripts, PR copy, etc.
 
 I have seen some custom software vendors looking at Fedora
 (http://fedora.us) as a back-end for a combined (physical and
 digital) asset
 management solution. It certainly meets all the storage  organization
 requirements, and with an easier-to-use UI layer it could work.
 
 
 The challenge of course, is that sometimes these materials are
 related to objects in a CIS, or images in DAM.   As I suggested to
 Dianne, the question may be, how do we build more open systems that
 allow interaction between different functions.
 
 That is definitely the right approach!
 
 Thanks,
 Matt
 
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[MCN-L] programmer salaries

[Nik Honeysett]

We don't use monster.com to hire but its a fairly good tool to figure out what 
the state of the job market is for situations like this. You can use 
monster.com to search for programmer postings in Boston and then filter by 
salary range - you won't get (m)any for what you're looking to offer. And Holly 
is right on the money - you get what you pay for...
 
-nik
 
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 Ari Davidow aridavidow at gmail.com 2/2/2007 7:33 AM 
We're having a bit of an argument here about appropriate salaries for
programming staff. We are considering hiring our first developer. The
internal argument goes something like, this person is just out of school
and we can't pay him as much as someone with a Masters - ie, we can't pay
as much as we pay our starting humanities graduates. The reality is that we
could then be offering someone in the very low $30k range, which is, by my
quick glance at Boston salaries, about 10k  (or more) lower than such people
get outside of our field.

For those people who have hired staff developers, what do you pay for what
skills at what level? -- I imagine paying less for PHP developers than Java
developers, for instance. Where are there some salary tables that I can look
at to get a sense of what an expensive city (Boston) pays for these skills
in the non-profit world (recognizing that most non-profits do not hire staff
developers).

ari
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