[MCN-L] IP: copyrighted images in didactics

2009-08-26 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
We try to use common sense. If we're reproducing an artist's or photographer's work as a big enlargement as part of an exhibtion wall design, we're using that work, in the full sense of the word. We're doing something with it. And we'll get permission and pay. But if we're reproducing

[MCN-L] Using Mobile Technologies To Promote Children's Learning

2009-08-26 Thread McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]
Colleagues/ A Must-Read Major / Major Report/Study /Gerry New York and Las Vegas, January 9, 2009 - Mobile device use is exploding among children worldwide, cell phones and iPods are this generation's preferred form of social communication. More than half of the world's population

[MCN-L] institutional policy for a museum's online

2009-08-26 Thread Susan Edwards
Maja - We're in the process of developing a policy, also adapted in part from the Walker Art Center's blog guidelines, which I love because they are so succinct and also really point to common sense. I think common sense is the key, but as Perian points out, not everyone agrees on what

[MCN-L] Blog post on institutional policy re: social media

2009-08-26 Thread Stephanie Weaver
The National Trust recently held a conference and dealt with this very issue. They've written a great blog post that would be helpful for setting policy, regardless of the type of institution you work at: http://bit.ly/TU2h8 Best, Stephanie Weaver Visitor experience consultant