[MCN-L] ‏‏FW: rights question

An article (below) that is tangential but pertinant to the question. Museums are all about accuracy of attribution, especially in a collecton database. Amalyah Keshet --- Controlling copies isn't necessarily part of an artist's livelihood, but getting them

[MCN-L] Personalized exhibits

Hello We are at the planning phase of an exhibition about testing and measurement. We are contemplating the relationships between activities on the web and the exhibition. It can go two ways (or both): 1. Identify yourself and interact with the exhibits. When you return home, identify

[MCN-L] EAD for artifacts: a new site

Hi all, Today, the Kittredge Numismatic Foundationhttp://www.kittredgecollection.orgwebsite goes live to the public: John Kittredge was well known as a generous and supportive member of the numismatic community, both in Worcester, Massachusetts and in New England. Much of his collection

[MCN-L] Use policies in museums

This doesn't relate to anything specific, but as a long-time observer without deep legal knowledge or economic understanding of the licensing / copyright disputes among content creators, museums, publishers etc. I'd be interested in hearing reactions to the following situation. (Blame this post on

[MCN-L] Use policies in museums

Are we sure that MFA Houston is the bad cop? Perhaps the Robert Frank estate (or their representatives) complained to MFA Houston who then had to send a CD to your friend. Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes Berkeley, CA -Original Message-

[MCN-L] Djatoka client comments?

Hi all, Any djatoka users out there? We're on the brink of deciding between two candidates as open-source AJAX client implementations for working with navigable images served with resolution on demand by djatoka server and a JPEG 2000 back-end. The two candidates are Djatoka OpenURL, based on

[MCN-L] Djatoka client comments?

Hi Rob, I have used both. I prefer the viewer based on IIPMooViewer purely for aesthetic reasons. I like the thumbnail in the corner with the small box that shows one's zoomed position on the current layer and one's ability to navigate with that box. There's also the button to export whatever

[MCN-L] Artifax Event Management Software

Is anyone using Artifax events management software? We are looking into it and would love to hear back if anyone has had first-hand experience, good or bad, on or off the list... Thanks, Janice Craddock Information Technology Manager Amon Carter Museum 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd., Ft. Worth,

[MCN-L] Djatoka client comments?

Thanks, Ethan. That's pretty much where I've been headed so far, too, in what seems otherwise to be close to a toss-up; the current-view outline box on small reference image is a big plus. Any other comments out there? Rob On 9/17/2009 12:21 PM, Ethan Gruber wrote: Hi Rob, I have used

[MCN-L] Use policies in museums

Hi, I'll jump in here since I'm from the MFAH and my office acts as the clearance office for copyrights for museum objects. The MFAH distributes the films of Robert Frank, but we do not represent him in regards to copyright. Mr. Frank is very protective of his copyright and we were asked by his

[MCN-L] Use policies in museums

A few thoughts/data points on this, one of my favorite vexing topics (!) - I've been studying these issues for the better part of a year now and I'm a long way from figuring them out. Copyright, fair use, and non-commercial use were complex before the Internet, now they're insanely complex

[MCN-L] mcn-l Digest, Vol 48, Issue 13

Deborah, et al., You can't imagine how great it felt to read your message re: image fair use best practices for museums. Our department here at MIA has been tasked with exploring the creation of just such a document. Even better to have it industry or professional assn. supported--so we can