[MCN-L] Content Database Specialist Opening at Minneapolis Institute of Ars

The MIA seeks a qualified professional to maintain, and coordinate activities around, the data systems containing the museum?s digital content and intellectual property. Primary focus will be on the collection management database used to catalog all art objects (currently The Museum System ?

[MCN-L] Content Database Specialist Opening at Minneapolis Institute of Arts

The MIA seeks a qualified professional to maintain, and coordinate activities around, the data systems containing the museum?s digital content and intellectual property. Primary focus will be on the collection management database used to catalog all art objects (currently The Museum System ?

[MCN-L] Wad-Giles to Pinyin Conversion

We are looking at ways to convert Wade-Giles to Pinyin Conversion in our TMS system. Has anybody else done this? Or does anybody know of software that can do this? -- John R. Bedard | Director of Information Systems Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2400 Third Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55404

[MCN-L] Auditors recommendation?

Our auditors are recommending that employees in key positions (*both IT and business process*) should be required to take five consecutive days of Paid Time Off (PTO) and prohibiting employees from coming onsite and accessing the network and application systems remotely during the PTO period. Are

[MCN-L] Considering a DAS for cell phone coverage in the museum

I would be interested in talking to anyone who has evaluated and/or retrofitted an existing building with a Distributed Antenna System (DAS) for cell phone coverage by multiple carriers. -- John R. Bedard | Director of Information Systems Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2400 Third Avenue South

[MCN-L] DAMs

Beth, The best advice I can offer for a selection process of any system once you narrow the field is to prepare a test script. Give the vendor a specific script to follow, with data you provide. This helps you understand exactly much better what a system will and will not do in your

[MCN-L] digital asset management tools/software

We are using Media Bin from Autonomy. John On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 14:20, Beth Heller bheller at americanalpineclub.orgwrote: I would like to hear what people are using to organize, identify, search, serve and push digital files of all formats, in-house and to the web. We are looking to

[MCN-L] Skype- use it or block it?

We have some staff members interested in using Skype. Interested in finding out if others are using, blocking it, or have done any analysis of using it. John -- John R. Bedard | Director of Information Systems Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2400 Third Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55404

[MCN-L] On-Line Voting Services

We are looking at Third Party On-Line Voting services for our annual meeting proxy. Does anyone have experience with any of the following. Or do you recommend anyone who can do a very simple on-line voting at a low cost? We want to use a true voting application, with proper controls, not a

[MCN-L] QR codes

Sometime ago there was a posting about using QR codes. Is anyone using them in their museum? Or has anyone done any serious evaluation of them for use in museums? John -- John R. Bedard | Director of Information Systems Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2400 Third Avenue South Minneapolis, MN

[MCN-L] Formal support for iPads and other tablets?

We are interested in knowing if any has a formal support plan or policy for support of iPads and other tablets. This would include institution owned and personal devices. -- John R. Bedard | Director of Information Systems Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2400 Third Avenue South Minneapolis, MN

[MCN-L] New Position Posting - Chief Technologist

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts seeks a proven, high quality technology professional to lead the development of its internal business systems and public facing media-based initiatives, creating a vision and strategy for all its technology resources and projects and to ensure that all technology

[MCN-L] A Quick Survey

Here is an excerpt from our policy at the MIA. We treat still and video the same. *May I photograph in the MIA? * Yes?with a few precautions to ensure the safety of visitors and artwork. If it?s for personal use and without a tripod, feel free to use your still or video camera. Please note:

[MCN-L] move to Google Apps

We completed the migration to Google Apps last August and would be willing to share our experience. We are very happy with the move. The Field Museum of Chicago also has made the move and did a presentation at the MCN conference in Portland John John R. Bedard Minneapolis Institurte of Arts

[MCN-L] Director of Visitor Experience Position Opening

*POSITION SUMMARY:* The MIA seeks an experienced professional to plan, implement, direct, and manage a sales and service department, Visitor and Member Services (VMS), by utilizing online, phone, and in-lobby programs. This position is responsible for enhancing the visitor and member experience

[MCN-L] WiFi Access in Museums

We just installed museum-wide wi-fi. We split the access into two: MIA_wireless for public and MIA_Internal for staff. The MIA_wireless goes out a separate DSL line and does not have access to our internal network. We are working on adding a page where a user agrees to terms of use before

[MCN-L] cross-platform apps?

I see some iPhone apps being developed by museums, including mine. Don't recall seeing any announcements of cross-platform apps by museums. With the growth of Android phones I am wondering if anybody has done or plans to do cross-platform apps. And if not, why not. John R. Bedard |

[MCN-L] Switching to Gmail

At the Portland MCN conference Andrew Ruginis of the Field Museum in Chicago did a presentation on switching to Google Mail. We are now in the process of considering a similar move. Has anybody else done a serious evaluation of moving to Google Mail? If so, are you willing to share your

[MCN-L] Public Wi-Fi

We are about to start installing wi-fi throughout out building and will be providing it free to visitors. I see that a lot of places like coffee shops that offer free wi-fi require a person to agree to terms of use before connecting. I would be interested in knowing whether or not you have a

[MCN-L] MCN presentations site?

Most confernences I attend now have a site where all the presentations are posted, or at least links to all the presentations are posted. Is there a single location for all the presentations at last week's Portland Conference? Several of the speakers have given out links to their

[MCN-L] Twitter Analytics

We are looking for a way to get Twitter analytics like we can get for Flicker. It tells us which specific posts are the most successful and what time of day people pay the most attention to us etc. Any Suggestions? Thanks John John R. Bedard | Director of Information Systems

[MCN-L] Mac vs. PC

Interesting reading all the responses that this post generated. Some emotional and very thoughtful. One point not made is that Apple does not provide the same type of support and advance look on products to enterprises that Microsoft does, it seems to ignore the business market in favor or

[MCN-L] Need a list of DAMS options

As Marla states, we also use Media Bin and we synchronize metadata for images of objects in the collection with our TMS CMS. We also have store none-object images (e.g., event photography, gallery installations, even our badge photos in it. We also it to automatically generate derivatives for

[MCN-L] Quick Survey on email limits

I am taking a quick survey on limits (age, size, number of messages) that museum place on on email storage. You can participate and/or view the survey contents at http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=phY6vmXIwG2ahG5j2iXQkVA Thanks in advance to all who are willing to share this

[MCN-L] Intranet Survey - updated

Thank you to those who have participated so far in the Intranet Survey. Unfortunately, during the day yesterday one participant did not realize that the first row was a header row and the column headers got overwritten.I have restored the headers and added a note to indicate that a

[MCN-L] Intranet survey

We are in the process of developing an Intranet and would be interested in surveying other museums to learn what they have done. Below is link to a Google Doc for this survey that anyone can access, either to participate in the survey or to see what has been posted. You can even add another

[MCN-L] Annual reports online

Last year we did both print and full color pdf available on-line. This year we eliminated the print version. My understanding is that it was a budget decision to eliminate the print version. You can view them at http://www.artsmia.org/index.php?section_id=80 John John R. Bedard |

[MCN-L] NTEN - Non-Profit Technology Network?

Does anybody have experience with NTEN, Non-Profit Technology Network? If so, is there anything it offers that MCN does not? Or any recommendations about joining or not joining? John R. Bedard Director of Information Projects and Services The Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2400 Third

[MCN-L] Digital Asset Management System

We use TMS for Collections Management and Media Bin for DAMS. We do a nightly one way synch of metadata from TMS to Media Bin. We are working on linking the images back to TMS with some insight from our colleagues at the Met. We are always willing to share our experiences; the good, the bad

[MCN-L] renewals?

I usually get my MCN renewal notices by early June, but have not received it yet. As our fiscal year ends June 30 I am wondering if renewals are late or mine got lost in transit John R. Bedard Director of Information Projects and Services The Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2400 Third

[MCN-L] School Tour Scheduling Software

We use Artifax, which was customized for us for school tours. We do not charge for school tours, so there is no payments and receipts, but I believe that they have that function. Because of the customization we have not been able to upgrade but they have just given us an upgrade path that

[MCN-L] Operations Reports Specialist Position open

The MIA seeks a qualified professional to support the Development division with its fundraising efforts by providing report design and writing in a timely and effective manner. This position is responsible for writing, maintaining and running reports. Requires proficiency in Access Report

[MCN-L] no daily digest for a week

I have not received the daily digest for over a week. Have there been no messages posted? John John R. Bedard Director of Information Projects and Services The Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2400 Third Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55404 Phone: 612-870-3268 Fax: 612-870-3004 Email: JBedard

[MCN-L] RFID cards in Museums

We are evaluating the use of RFID cards for members. Has anybody already implemented RFID in their membership cards? If so, would you will be willing to share your experience and how you are using them? Thanks in advance for sharing John John R. Bedard Director of Information Projects and

[MCN-L] TMS 9.35 and Crystal 11Problems

We have been trying to test TMS 9.35 and Crystal 11 and cannot get Crystal to work with TMS. Has anybody else tried to install TMS 9.35 and Crystal 11? If so, could you share your experience with us? Thanks John R. Bedard Director of Information Projects and Services The Minneapolis

[MCN-L] Image Server

I don't know the size of your organization, but it sounds like you should investigate Digital Asset Management Systems. There is a wide variety of systems from desktop to enterprise. John Bedard John R. Bedard Director of Information Projects and Services The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

[MCN-L] Conference Presentations?

Has the date been announced yet when the MCN 2006 presentations will be posted on the MCN web site? John R. Bedard Director of Information Projects and Services The Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2400 Third Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55404 Phone: 612-870-3268 Fax: 612-870-3004 Email: JBedard

[MCN-L] [IT SIG:] Collections Management Software

I would suggest that you come to the MCN conference in Pasadena. There usually are vendors there, and you can network with a number of organizations who use various Collections Management Software packages. John R. Bedard Director of Information Projects and Services The Minneapolis

[MCN-L] Daily Digets

Just received the first daily digest version of the listserv. Was suprised to see that it does not contain some type of summary showing all the postings with subject line. This is the first listserv that I have subscribed to that does not produce a summary document. Can this feature be

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