Hello - I’m excited to share with the community the launch of Hammer Channel from the Hammer Museum. https://channel.hammer.ucla.edu
This new video platform presents over 1,000 talks, performances, conversations and more from the Hammer Museum, going back to 2005, including programs ranging from art and film to politics and activism. The site is built on a DAMS (AssetBank) that puts all of our video content in one place. For audiences, the site is organized much like a streaming service. Made possible by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Hammer Channel allows users to search, clip and share our many programs. Transcripts of every program are included on the site, making these programs easier to search and a great resource for scholars and students. The site was created by the amazing team at Cogapp, and they have made the underlying code and the framework open source. We hope this model can be replicated at other institutions, and that what we learned can be a significant resource for other museums and nonprofits who have a lot of video content to manage and publish. Numerous talented individuals in nearly every department of the museum contributed to the site. Phil Leers managed the creation of the website, in collaboration with myself, and Cogapp made the build. We had a huge team of staff who put in hours of time behind the scenes, preparing each and every video, transcripts, and the metadata for upload to the new site. Cogapp wrote up a great and comprehensive case study of the project: https://www.cogapp.com/work#/hammer-channel/ Read about Hammer Channel in this Los Angeles Times: story. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-05-05/hammer-museum-channel-streaming-events We'd love to hear any feedback you have, and are happy to answer questions. Feel free to contact me or Phil anytime. Susan Edwards sedwa...@hammer.ucla.edu Phil Leers ple...@hammer.ucla.edu And I am sure the team at cogapp would be happy to discuss as well. Enjoy! Susan Susan Edwards Associate Director, Digital Content Hammer Museum 10899 Wilshire Bl. Los Angeles, CA 90056 _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://lists.mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
