[MCN-L] AAMD thumbnail image size guidelines
Thanks to Amalyah and Diane for the helpful replies! Amalyah, I love how you get 250x300 = 300x300. Turning vagueness to your advantage. -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il] Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 2:11 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] AAMD thumbnail image size guidelines FW: From: ImageMuse at yahoogroups.com [mailto:ImageMuse at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il] Sent: 07 August, 2011 11:36 AM To: 'ImageMuse at yahoogroups.com' Subject: RE: [ImageMuse] AAMD Guidelines on Fair Use Our collections database went online in 2006 with thumbnails of everything, at a bit larger than the AAMD recommendations. We take the position that this is fundamental information analogous to the information in the caption; it just happens to be visual. In addition, at that size, we can serve the fair use rights of students and researchers, (Note: not all countries have Fair Use provisions in their copyright laws.) As for your question about square works of art: I would interpret 250 x 300 as 300 on the longest side. That is, 300 x 300 for a square image. Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Chair, MCN IP Group
[MCN-L] AAMD thumbnail image size guidelines
Matt: Envelope-pushing is right up there with Yoga and Pilates. It builds core strength. Recommendations are just that: recommendations. No reason not to adjust them, experiment with them, expand them -- or even reject them and go another direction. These particular recommendations are very welcome and laudable, but we are the ones who will take them to the next level. Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] on behalf of Morgan, Matt [matt.mor...@metmuseum.org] Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 16:55 To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] AAMD thumbnail image size guidelines Thanks to Amalyah and Diane for the helpful replies! Amalyah, I love how you get 250x300 = 300x300. Turning vagueness to your advantage. -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il] Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 2:11 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] AAMD thumbnail image size guidelines FW: From: ImageMuse at yahoogroups.com [mailto:ImageMuse at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il] Sent: 07 August, 2011 11:36 AM To: 'ImageMuse at yahoogroups.com' Subject: RE: [ImageMuse] AAMD Guidelines on Fair Use Our collections database went online in 2006 with thumbnails of everything, at a bit larger than the AAMD recommendations. We take the position that this is fundamental information analogous to the information in the caption; it just happens to be visual. In addition, at that size, we can serve the fair use rights of students and researchers, (Note: not all countries have Fair Use provisions in their copyright laws.) As for your question about square works of art: I would interpret 250 x 300 as 300 on the longest side. That is, 300 x 300 for a square image. Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Chair, MCN IP Group ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
[MCN-L] AAMD thumbnail image size guidelines
Last summer, AAMD began recommending that museums can share thumbnail-sized (max 250x300 px in their definition) images of works with problematic copyright under Fair Use. This announcement came before the Met's recent website relaunch, but /after/ we had already committed to displaying thumbnails of those works at max 150x150. We're now just beginning to move on updating our thumbnails to the larger size recommended by AAMD. Has anybody else responded to that recommendation yet? Would you share any questions/answers that came up in the process? Thanks, Matt
[MCN-L] AAMD thumbnail image size guidelines
Matt, Chris Sundt posted a related question about who is following AAMD thumbnail guidelines on the VRA list a short while ago. You might want to check the archives of that list to see what responses she received ( http://listserv.uark.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=VRA-L) Diane On 6/12/12 10:12 AM, Morgan, Matt wrote: Last summer, AAMD began recommending that museums can share thumbnail-sized (max 250x300 px in their definition) images of works with problematic copyright under Fair Use. This announcement came before the Met's recent website relaunch, but /after/ we had already committed to displaying thumbnails of those works at max 150x150. We're now just beginning to move on updating our thumbnails to the larger size recommended by AAMD. Has anybody else responded to that recommendation yet? Would you share any questions/answers that came up in the process? Thanks, Matt ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
