[MCN-L] Erik Landsberg Leaving MoMA

Dear MCN Colleagues, After 21 years at MoMA I have decided to take advantage of the museum's early retirement program. My last day at MoMA will be Friday, December 30. I am excited about my next projects, which include more fully dedicating myself to my ongoing photographic practice

[MCN-L] Deadline for submission: IS Archiving Conference

Dear Colleagues, The annual Imaging Science and Technology (IS) Archiving Conference is the premier cultural heritage sector opportunity for the exchange of ideas and research among imaging scientists, project managers, archivists, photographers, technicians and those responsible for

[MCN-L] Photographer Position Available MoMA

MoMA's Department of Imaging and Visual Resources has a permanent position available for a FT Collection Photographer. This is an opportunity for a photographer with strong skills, sophisticated judgement, and a sincere interest of Modern and contemporary art to join a world class imaging team.

[MCN-L] MoMA Consultant Position - Electronic Records Management

With apologies for cross-posting: It may be of interest to some MCN folks to know that MoMA's Archives department is recruiting for a long term consultant to oversee its transition to an electronic records system. The posting can be found here:

[MCN-L] MoMA Consultant Position - Electronic Records Management

It may be of interest to some MCN folks to know that MoMA's Archives department is recruiting for a long term consultant to oversee its transition to an electronic records system. The posting can be found here:

[MCN-L] Imaging Science and Technology Archiving Conference May 19-22

All, I always return from IST Archiving conferences with fresh frames of reference, new professional connections, and deeper understanding of digital archiving of cultural heritage. If you are involved in cultural heritage imaging (in all its forms), archiving, preservation and access and have

Re: [MCN-L] Digitizing Photographs

There are many considerations to be taken into account, and the best solution will be particular to each institution and project. I've noticed a few references to the heat produced by incandescent lights on a copystand. For the record, flash is highly preferrable to incandescent in most copystand

Re: [MCN-L] Digitizing Photographs

If it hasn't already been said, photographing in a shoot-down copystand setup will also allow you to avoid the glare from certain glossy and/or rippled prints that frequently occurs due to the frontal lighting of a scanner. For especially stubborn glare, the copystand approach also permits you to

[MCN-L] IST Archiving Conference Registration Now Open

*Of interest to many MCN members, and with apologies for cross posting:* Registration is now open for the 2014 IST Archiving Conference, which this year will be held in Berlin, Germany from May 13-16. Consisting of a day of short courses followed by 3 days of technical papers and networking,

[MCN-L] Fwd: Call for Archiving 2014 Abstracts

Dear Colleagues, The call for papers for the spring IST Archiving Conference has been announced, with a deadline of December 2, 2013. Please read below and consider submitting an abstract for consideration. If you are not already familiar with this annual archiving conference, it is an important

[MCN-L] MoMA Position Available: Manager of Collection and Exhibition Technologies

(With apologies for cross-postings) MoMA is now accepting applications for the position of Manager, Collection and Exhibition Technologies, which is responsible for all aspects of our collections management system (TMS). The complete job description and application procedures can be found by

[MCN-L] Last Days to Register for IST Archiving 2013 Conference

A reminder to all MCN imaging, archiving, and technology professionals that the Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IST) Archiving 2013 Conference will take place in Washington, DC from April 2-5. The conference program, list of short courses, and registration links can be found here:

[MCN-L] DAM Maturity Model

Dan, Thanks for posting the link. This is a useful matrix for evaluating where a DAM project stands, where it needs to go, and for helping to identify next steps. It comes along at just the right time for my meeting next Monday morning! Erik On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Daniel Dennehy

[MCN-L] Call for Papers/ Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IST) 2012 Archiving Conference

All, Presentation proposals are still being accepted for the Society of Imaging Science and Technology (IST) Archiving Conference, which will be held June 12-15 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The fast-approaching deadline for submission of a 500 word abstract is November 14. In addition to the general

[MCN-L] Call for Papers/ Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IST) 2012 Archiving Conference:

All, Presentation proposals are still being accepted for the Society of Imaging Science and Technology (IST) Archiving Conference, which will be held June 12-15 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The fast-approaching deadline for submission of a 500 word abstract is November 14. In addition to the general

[MCN-L] Best DAMS

NetXposure is our DAM at MoMA Erik Landsberg - Original Message - From: Dave Reed [mailto:daver...@netx.net] Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 03:35 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Best DAMS Hello Jeanne Kessler I'd like you to consider NetXposure

[MCN-L] digital asset management tools/software

MoMA is using NetXposure. I think Billy?s suggestion of creating a DAM group within MCN is a great one and I am sure there would be similar interest among my MoMA colleagues. Erik Erik Landsberg Head of Collections Imaging The Museum of Modern Art 11 West 53 Street, New York, NY 10019

[MCN-L] Position Available - Collections Photographer

MoMA's Imaging Services department is searching for an experienced Collections Photographer. This 1-year grant funded position includes the possibility of a 1 year extension. Full job description and application procedures can be found here: http://moma.org/about/jobs . Feel free to forward to any

[MCN-L] A Quick Survey

Sam, Our official policy for general visitors is: ?Still photography for personal use is permitted in collection galleries only. No flash or tripods allowed. Videotaping is permitted in the lobby only. No photographs or videotapes may be reproduced, distributed, or sold without permission from the

[MCN-L] Brooklyn Museum goes live with rights info

Nice work Deb (lots of it)! Congratulations! Erik From: Deborah Wythe deborahwy...@hotmail.com Reply-To: Museum Computer Network Listserv mcn-l at mcn.edu Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:36:45 -0500 To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Cc: shelley.bernstein at brooklynmuseum.org Subject: [MCN-L] Brooklyn Museum goes

[MCN-L] ‏‏RE : Digitizing Guidelines for museum artifacts

Kate; Stanley?s conference session will offer valuable information on the productivity/quality balance and many related technical and practical considerations. Good guidance is also available regarding file creation specifications and file delivery considerations in the Universal Photographic

[MCN-L] Need a list of DAMS options

MoMA is using NetXposure Image Portal http://www.netx.net/ It is SQL based and browser accessed. After much internal work, our database administrator has it nicely plumbed to TMS. Our DAM currently holds 60,000 images of collection objects and we are now beginning to load another 18,000

[MCN-L] Terminology question

I?ll leave it to the archivists to help Will with his cataloging terminology. But with regard to ?reversal film?, the term is normally used in imaging to refer to a positive transparency (eg: Kodachrome, Ektachrome, etc.) rather than a negative. Erik Landsberg Head of Collections Imaging The

[MCN-L] photography, digitization, and a color/grey card?

Interesting thread. Our current solution to the issues below is to capture a Macbeth Color Checker within every shot and save that file as DNG. We then convert to TIFF, crop away the captured color checker, do our visual editing tweaks, and insert an electronically generated ?perfect? Macbeth

[MCN-L] Department name question.

Our department at MoMA is named Imaging Services. I have overall responsibility for the department and my title is Head of Collections Imaging. I?m involved primarily with policy, budgets, project management, technical research, staffing issues. Our other management position, Production Manager,

[MCN-L] [ITS-SENDERBASE] Re: Department name question.

Maybe my team is taking too many coffee breaks... From: Susan Cole sus...@seattleartmuseum.org Reply-To: Museum Computer Network Listserv mcn-l at mcn.edu Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:38:48 -0500 To: Museum Computer Network Listserv mcn-l at mcn.edu Conversation: [MCN-L] [ITS-SENDERBASE] Re:

[MCN-L] Digitial Image management software for Mac's

Also worth considering is Microsoft Expression Media, formerly I-View Media Pro. Although it does not serve our needs at MoMA, I find it useful for organization and very fast access to thumbnails and enlarged previews for a small archive of several thousand images, providing convenient batch

[MCN-L] Image Server

Roger, One possibility (of many) you may want to investigate is NetExposure Image Portal. We are building our DAM in NetEx to match some of the same needs that you mention: keep the files on our own server, web access to the DAM allowing for easy implementation for many users. Also, important to

[MCN-L] DAM system recommendations

While underscoring Deb and John?s emphasis on starting with a system needs and staff capabilities analysis, our DAM solution that permits communication with TMS is NetXposure?s Image Portal. However considerable in-house IT work is required to build good functionality between the 2 systems. Erik