[MCN-L] Call for Papers: Feminism and Museums

[Graeme Farnell]

CALL FOR PAPERS: FEMINISM AND MUSEUMS
Edited by Dr Jenna Ashton

We invite international submissions for our forthcoming book, Feminism and
Museums: Intervention, Disruption and Change, which we'll be publishing
next year (2017), to be edited by Dr Jenna Ashton (Manchester Metropolitan
University). Proposals should be submitted by Monday 21 November 2016.
Please feel free to forward this information to colleagues who may have a
special interest.

A copy of the full Call for Papers may be downloaded from:
http://bit.ly/FemMus

This year, feminist activists The Guerrilla Girls stage their latest
exhibition (and first in the UK), showcasing a survey of 400 European
galleries and revealing that museums still fail to reflect the full
diversity of art activity and art history. The anonymous art collective’s
methods of disruption range from site-specific protests and performances to
research, publications, posters and billboards. All the while remaining
anonymous in their gorilla masks.

Many other feminist curatorial projects continue to challenge the exclusion
or misrepresentation of women’s histories and cultural activities. As long
ago as 1913, in the first disruptive feminist act, three suffragettes
attacked a number of pictures in Manchester Art Gallery as part of the
campaign for women’s votes. More recently, artists such as Judy Chicago
have created activist pieces aiming to redress the absence of women’s
creativity and cultural heritage in museums; while academics such as Linda
Nochlin in her seminal essay “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?”
have analysed the sexual politics underpinning the exclusion of women from
cultural canons.

Feminism and Museums: Intervention, Disruption and Change will bring
together case studies and analyses of recent feminist actions,
interventions and disruptions which aim to directly impact and influence
collecting, interpretation and engagement activities in museums, galleries
and heritage organisations.

PURPOSE
The aims of the publication are:
* To encourage and facilitate feminist practice by sharing examples of
success and positive experience in the museum and heritage sector.
* To evaluate the impact and results of feminist practices and actions in
the museum and heritage sector.

EDITOR
Dr Jenna Ashton is Impact and Engagement Manager at Manchester Metropolitan
University’s Office for Research and Knowledge Exchange, and Creative
Director of the Digital Women’s Archive North [DWAN]. Her research and
curatorial practice explores memory and narrative, material culture,
archives and feminist interventions.

SUBMISSIONS
We welcome international proposals for both (longer) chapters and (briefer)
case studies from museum, gallery and heritage professionals, academics and
researchers. Proposals from those with practical experience of assessing
and evaluating outcomes in this field are particularly welcome, as are
contributions which present the practical experience of innovative
programmes, or the results of the impact of new initiatives.
Aspects of interest include – but are not limited to – innovations and
successes in any of the following areas:

* Curatorial and collecting decisions and initiatives
* Positive innovations in the fields of management, marketing,
interpretation, exhibitions, digital, outreach and other key aspects of
museum and heritage work.
* Successful changes to institutional structures, policies or practices
* The discovery and presentation of hidden herstories
* Positive engagement with voluntary or activist women's organisations
* The impact of organisations founded or managed on a feminist ethos
* Artist interventions

SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL
If you are interested in being considered as a contributor, please submit a
proposal and a short biography (in Microsoft Word format). Proposals should
be 300-500 words in length and biographies 100-200 words.

You can propose to submit either a chapter or a case study. Chapters will
be 4000-6000 words in length. Case studies will be 1000-2000 words. The
inclusion of images is encouraged. Please prepare your proposal with these
parameters in mind. The work should not have been published elsewhere and
all contributions must be submitted in English - translation services will
not be provided.

The deadline for proposals is Monday 21 November 2016. Please email your
proposal to both the editor: jca.cura...@gmail.com and the publishers:
propos...@museumsetc.com. Any queries in advance of submission should be
sent to the editor.

Feminism and Museums will be published by MuseumsEtc in print and digital
editions in 2017. Contributors will receive a complimentary copy of the
publication and a discount on more.

KEY DATES
PROPOSALS DUE: MONDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2016
CONTRIBUTORS NOTIFIED: 5 DECEMBER 2016
COMPLETED PAPERS DUE: 20 FEBRUARY 2017

Graeme Farnell
Publisher, MuseumsEtc

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[MCN-L] ARCS Update Issue 18 ARCS Charlotte, NC Social-Correction!

[ARCS ARCS]

ARCS Social-October 9th, 2016 Charlotte, NC

October 9th, 2016  *7:30 PM – 9:30 PM*
Location:  Valhalla Pub and Eatery
317 S Church St.
Charlotte, NC  28202
Sponsored by Masterpiece International

For more info, and to RSVP:  http://www.arcsinfo.org/news-
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Re: [MCN-L] map software

[Matthew Tarr]

hey list,

Matt and Doug in particular...

Doug, I think we spoke to you guys (briefly) before embarking on our “digital 
totem” which also prominently features a “zoomable" map interface into images 
and media...

http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-digital-portal-into-distant-cultures-1469661481
a large, 4k, touch enabled display, mated to a windows PC running a locked down 
Chrome kiosk.
It is all built using html/css/js

I’ve reached out to the dev to get his thoughts on the codebase, but ether way 
I’d be happy to chat about what we learned (or are still learning)

In general we am working on how the institution wants to more fully embrace 
open source, so we should all keep in touch.

p.s. how does one switch to non-digest mode? is it rude to respond to a digest 
email with a specific point?
#mailinglistfauxpaus



-m@….

Matthew Tarr / Director, Digital Architect
mt...@amnh.org
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[MCN-L] REMINDER Call for Participants: ER&L 2017 Panel – Local Digitization Case Studies

[Hannah Marshall]

*apologies for cross-posting

Call for Participants: ER&L 2017 Panel – Making Local Collections Global:
Local Digitization Case Studies (working title)

In response to track 6 of the 2017 ER&L Conference Call for Proposals
– “Scholarly
Communication & Library publishing: Locally Digitized Materials”
 – this session seeks
to present a series of impactful case studies showcasing locally designed
and implemented digitization workflows that serve:

   -

   the source material
   -

   the institutional context
   -

   the target audience (scholarly or otherwise) for both the source
   material and the resultant digital objects


Local digitization is the cornerstone of an increasingly broad digital
collections landscape. Institutional efforts to digitize local collections
and get them into broader access channels creates innumerable opportunities
for new scholarship. Efforts to promote this content into the larger
landscape are often initiated locally, relying on in-house equipment,
expertise, and infrastructure. This work is being undertaken at every price
point by institutions and teams of all scales and levels of experience.

Please respond if you’re interested in sharing your experience developing
and maintaining local digitization workflows. Relevant case studies can
range from end-to-end solutions to single points of success within larger
workflows, and can deal with any and all content types, scales,
institutional contexts, and audiences. Also of interest are
discussions of specific
tools and platforms used to describe and manage digitized material, strategies
for promotion and outreach, and examples of locally digitized content
interacting with other collection types.

ER&L 2017 CFP Track 6 Prompt: How do we deal with new models of scholarship
that are emerging? How do we accommodate new forms of content? What can we
do to facilitate knowledge sharing and access? What role can the library
play in the creation and distribution of the products of scholarship and
creativity?

Some questions to think about regarding aspects of your local digitization
practice that might be of interest to others grappling with use cases
similar to yours:

   -

   Do you perform in-house digitization of local collections – in any
   format –  that have historically been under served or underutilized?
   -

   Do you perform in-house digitization of heavily used local collections
   to create digital surrogates that will reduce the demand for handling the
   source material?
   -

   Has local digitization enabled you to transform the way your users
   interact with your content?
   -

   Do you have analytics that capture the impact of your local digitization
   efforts?
   -

   Are you digitizing material locally for purposes other than facilitating
   user-access to the content?
   -

   Do the resultant digital objects of your local digitization efforts get
   managed, described, delivered, and preserved alongside other content in
   your collections?
   -

   How are your local digitization workflows documented for internal and/or
   external audiences?
   -

   How do you define best practice locally? How did you arrive at those
   definitions?
   -

   Are local digitization efforts pursued on a cost-recovery basis, built
   into your operating budget, or with special funding?
   -

   How do you capture rights metadata and modulate access to restricted
   content?


TO EXPRESS INTEREST, please submit here:
https://goo.gl/forms/AoC1du7ukRUmuLyh1

For questions, email: marshall.hannah.ma...@gmail.com

Timeline: Please express interest by Friday, September 30th

Best,

Hannah

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Hannah Marie Marshall

Implementation Manager, Artstor

Reference Librarian, Carlsbad City Library

Production Editor, Visual Resources Association Bulletin

marshall.hannah.ma...@gmail.com

@HannahHmm88
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Re: [MCN-L] map software

[Juan Sanabria]

Hi Matt,
Have a look at both Mapbox https://www.mapbox.com/ and Carto
https://carto.com/ .  Both have solutions that you can implement for this.
In all likelihood you'll also qualify for a free account.

They are both quite easy to get started with and you can stylize and design
a map to work perfectly with your content. We use both extensively in our
work for the National Park Service and their mapping and features are
really fun to work with. Feel free to reach out if you have more questions.

Good luck!
Juan

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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http://guideonemobile.com   p: 212-300-3376



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>3. Re: map software (Wayne Graham)
>4. Re: map software (Matt Wheeler)
>5. Online Catalog (Stan Orchard)
>6. Re: Online Catalog (Sina Bahram)
>7. Re: Online Catalog (Matt Morgan)
>8. Re: Online Catalog (Mike Ellis)
>9. Re: Online Catalog (Mike Ellis)
>   10. Call for Papers: Feminism and Museums (Graeme Farnell)
>
>
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>
> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 11:47:21 -0400
> From: Matt Wheeler 
> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
> Subject: [MCN-L] map software
> Message-ID:
>  gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> Good morning--
>
> For our 2017 exhibit, we want to feature an LCD touch screen which will
> show a zoomable map of North America. the map will have locations marked,
> and the location tags will be linked to images from our photo collections
> which are related to the location. Has anyone used or heard about software
> that will do this?
>
> Many thanks in advance---
>
> Matt
>
> --
> Matt Wheeler,
> Photography Archives,
> Penobscot Marine Museum
> Archives (207) 548-2529 ext. 211
> 5 Church Street, PO Box 498
> Searsport, Maine 04974
>
> --
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 10:52:48 -0500
> From: Douglas Hegley 
> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] map software
> Message-ID:
>  gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> At Mia, we are creating this interface as open source software under an
> IMLS grant. Not sure if the timelines will align. What are the exact dates
> of your installation?
> Thx
> Douglas
>
> On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Matt Wheeler 
> wrote:
>
> > Good morning--
> >
> > For our 2017 exhibit, we want to feature an LCD touch screen which will
> > show a zoomable map of North America. the map will have locations marked,
> > and the location tags will be linked to images from our photo collections
> > which are related to the location. Has anyone used or heard about
> software
> > that will do this?
> >
> > Many thanks in advance---
> >
> > Matt
> >
> > --
> > Matt Wheeler,
> > Photography Archives,
> > Penobscot Marine Museum
> > Archives (207) 548-2529 ext. 211
> > 5 Church Street, PO Box 498
> > Searsport, Maine 04974
> >
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> Douglas Hegley
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> Minneapolis, MN 55404
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>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 16:08:56 +
> From: Wayne Graham 
> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] map software
> Message-ID: <5697e70c-b5de-4a07-828c-6954aa82b...@clir.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> Hi Matt,
>
> I worked on a piece of software a few years ago called Neatline that does
> this (http://neatline.org), though you may not like the additional
> overhead of Omeka for this. I?ve also done something like this with Google
> Earth (which sometimes works well with touch screens) and set the default
> view and zoom to what you want. You might also want to check out FotoMaps (
> fotomaps.net) if you?re OK with Flash running (though I?m not sure about
> it?s touc

Re: [MCN-L] map software

[Keir Winesmith]

Hi all

I'll also add https://mapzen.com/ and, in particular, 
https://mapzen.com/products/tangram/. We're also looking at 
https://whosonfirst.mapzen.com/ for places, as it's better than GeoNames or 
Getty's TGN for our needs.

Cheers,
Keir



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Head of Web and Digital Platforms

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
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From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Juan 
Sanabria
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 7:55 AM
To: mcn-l@mcn.edu
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] map software

Hi Matt,
Have a look at both Mapbox https://www.mapbox.com/ and Carto https://carto.com/ 
.  Both have solutions that you can implement for this.
In all likelihood you'll also qualify for a free account.

They are both quite easy to get started with and you can stylize and design a 
map to work perfectly with your content. We use both extensively in our work 
for the National Park Service and their mapping and features are really fun to 
work with. Feel free to reach out if you have more questions.

Good luck!
Juan

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Juan Sanabria - Principal - GuideOne Mobile
http://guideonemobile.com   p: 212-300-3376



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>1. map software (Matt Wheeler)
>2. Re: map software (Douglas Hegley)
>3. Re: map software (Wayne Graham)
>4. Re: map software (Matt Wheeler)
>5. Online Catalog (Stan Orchard)
>6. Re: Online Catalog (Sina Bahram)
>7. Re: Online Catalog (Matt Morgan)
>8. Re: Online Catalog (Mike Ellis)
>9. Re: Online Catalog (Mike Ellis)
>   10. Call for Papers: Feminism and Museums (Graeme Farnell)
>
>
> --
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 11:47:21 -0400
> From: Matt Wheeler 
> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
> Subject: [MCN-L] map software
> Message-ID:
>  gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> Good morning--
>
> For our 2017 exhibit, we want to feature an LCD touch screen which
> will show a zoomable map of North America. the map will have locations
> marked, and the location tags will be linked to images from our photo
> collections which are related to the location. Has anyone used or
> heard about software that will do this?
>
> Many thanks in advance---
>
> Matt
>
> --
> Matt Wheeler,
> Photography Archives,
> Penobscot Marine Museum
> Archives (207) 548-2529 ext. 211
> 5 Church Street, PO Box 498
> Searsport, Maine 04974
>
> --
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 10:52:48 -0500
> From: Douglas Hegley 
> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] map software
> Message-ID:
>  gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> At Mia, we are creating this interface as open source software under
> an IMLS grant. Not sure if the timelines will align. What are the
> exact dates of your installation?
> Thx
> Douglas
>
> On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Matt Wheeler
> 
> wrote:
>
> > Good morning--
> >
> > For our 2017 exhibit, we want to feature an LCD touch screen which
> > will show a zoomable map of North America. the map will have
> > locations marked, and the location tags will be linked to images
> > from our photo collections which are related to the location. Has
> > anyone used or heard about
> software
> > that will do this?
> >
> > Many thanks in advance---
> >
> > Matt
> >
> > --
> > Matt Wheeler,
> > Photography Archives,
> > Penobscot Marine Museum
> > Archives (207) 548-2529 ext. 211
> > 5 Church Street, PO Box 498
> > Searsport, Maine 04974
> >
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[MCN-L] Service Design Consultant

[Tatum Walker]

Hello all!
We are currently looking to improve the service design onsite using digital 
signage. Our current challenge is trying to make it clear we are a timed entry 
site that has multiple buildings and varied program based on time of entry. We 
are hoping implementing digital signage may help in this challenge and we look 
to a service design consultant to help us find the best solution.

We are looking for recommendations of service design consultants who can help 
in this endeavor. If any of you have recommendations please send them my way. 
Thank you all!


Warm regards,

Tatum Walker


Associate Director of Digital Strategy

Ford’s Theatre | Where Lincoln’s Legacy Lives

514 10th St. NW, Washington, DC 20004

Email | twal...@fords.org

Phone | 202.434.9547
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[MCN-L] FINAL DAYS! VRA 2017 Conference Call for Posters

[Robb Detlefs]

From: Chris Strasbaugh
Date: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 12:09 PM
Cc: Jackie Spafford, 
"elaine.p...@colorado.edu", 
"sben...@american.edu", 
"musol...@umich.edu", 
"esch...@austin.utexas.edu", Carey Weber, 
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Subject: Please send to affiliate organizations: FINAL DAYS! VRA 2017 
Conference Call for Posters


The Visual Resources 
Association’s
 34th Annual Conference will be held in Louisville, Kentucky from Wednesday, 
March 29th, through Saturday, April 1st, 2017, in the Louisville Marriott 
Downtown 
 
hotel.  The theme for the Louisville conference is unbridled opportunities. 
Please mark your calendars.

 Proposals are now being solicited for the 2017 posters.  All proposals are 
welcome. Deadline for submissions is October 1, 2016.

Participants in the Poster Session present a professional topic both 
graphically and through direct interaction with conference attendees.  This 
format encourages one-on-one discussions and self-paced viewing. Posters depict 
workplace initiatives, research works in process, and other library/visual 
resource topics of contemporary interest.


Submit your poster proposal via ouronline submission 
form.


A poster consists of a visual display accompanied by pertinent handouts; The 
visual poster display can take any form or look, provided it is confined to the 
30” x 42” area. Creating the opportunity for conversation is the main goal of 
the poster session.

Beyond the display panels and certain basic mounting supplies, poster 
presenters will be required to bring all materials and mount their own display 
at the designated time. Full details will be provided in December, following 
selection and confirmation of poster presenters. Successful applicants will be 
notified by October 15, 2016.


Chris Strasbaugh
Vice President of Conference Programming, Visual Resources Association
Digital Resource Archivist and Curator
The Ohio State University
Knowlton School of Architecture
275 W. Woodruff Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210-1138
614-247-6645

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robb.detl...@gallerysystems.com | 
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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 


-nik


Nik Honeysett | Chief Executive Officer

BALBOA PARK ONLINE COLLABORATIVE

M (805) 402-3326  P (619) 331-1974  E nhoneys...@bpoc.org 

2131 Pan American Plaza, San Diego, CA 92101

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


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