Nick
Well said! You've saved me blogging the same frustrations with this article.
I would add to your response that folksonomies are often about aiding
discoverability rather than about classifying. Whilst the Steve project may be
more about 'how do i desribe this' other implementations of
Well said. As Mal Booth replied, folksonomy can scare some people. I
think that kind of gets to the crux of the matter, seeing as the library
and archives people (and a lot of museums, too!) have done such a
fantastic job of classifying everything, and now here's this upstart way
of thinking
The Digital Library Production Service at the
University of Michigan is now accepting applications
for the position of Media Digital Photographer.
This position is responsible for digital imaging of
rare, fragile and complex objects, such as papyri,
rare books and photographs, and oversized
Along those lines...
I have always found that filtering the log of a website for search
transactions is an invaluable and interesting tool for assessing the content
the site is delivering. Particularly useful are reasonable searches that
returned no results for they are an indicator of content
Hi list of smart people much more knowledgeable than me:
I'm trying to wrap my brain around the technical aspects of metadata
sharing and structures, reading though (and not entirely comprehending)
a lot of different sources. As I am a visual, hands-on type learner, I'm
trying to put
Hi Perian,
Here's my two bits about metadata -- not as terribly informed as I ought
to be but hopefully that will mean that it's more simplistic as a result.
First off, metadata isn't a term originating from the cultural heritage
community so its usage within the library, museum and archives
Hi Perian-
1) You have objects. You apply vocabularies to the objects in
order to describe them. The vocabularies facilitate how your
object information is seen by other computers. Examples of
Vocabularies are: AAT, ULAN, Chenhall's
(I understand #1 pretty well. Here's where I start to
Hi, all--
Last summer was the most recent discussion I've found on MCN-L about Drupal as
a content management system, and I was wondering whether anybody has done any
recent comparison between Drupal and WordPress (especially WordPress MU) as a
website CMS.
We're planning on using one or the
Please reply to the list. We're interested in this topic and I bet we're not
alone.
Thanks!
Laura
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Business Development Director
Mediatrope Interactive Studio
207 Powell Street, 3rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94102
415.896.2000 x19 voice
415.896.2212 fax
www.mediatrope.com
On
Here is a site where you can get a comparison of just about any cms with any
other.
http://www.cmsmatrix.org/
I think Drupal is a little more robust than Wordpress in terms of features,
plug-ins, etc. Wordpress is more often than not just used as a blog and is
also capable of managing a site,
Hi Eric,
I can't really say I've done a comparison between Drupal and Wordpress MU as
a CMS but I do have some thoughts to share.
Fundamentally I've found Wordpress to be quite different from drupal. First
off Wordpress is a blogging platform, and MU is for running more than one
blog on a single
WRT the digg effect and Wordpress - wordpress installs MUST have a
cache-ing plugin installed. We use WP Super Cache which has saved us
from a lot of pain.
I'd not suggest a high traffic site uses WP as a CMS for the whole site
but for small orgs Wordpress can do the job quite well and has a
I'm with Seb here. Our own Titus Bicknell is a whiz at making gorgeous
Wordpress sites that have no blog components at all. Like
http://www.marcus-wareing.com/ and http://www.gatewaycanyons.com/
Granted, though, that's a LOT of custom work. But it's nice to see what
CAN be done.
At Magnes, we're
We've done a half-dozen smaller sites in wordpress and I've flirted
with the idea using wordpress for our primary site (www) but we've
never gotten to actual implementation.
Gerald's observation in this thread is a good one -- drupal started
with the goal of being a comprehensive CMS and has
Dear Dana,
Our social media efforts are collaborative across the institution. There are no
positions particularly devoted to this, we are using it as a tool for our usual
work.
In a broad conceptual sense, they are overseen by senior staff in the Getty
Trust Communications/Web team, Museum
Dear all,
We're looking for a Web Developer to assist the senior web developer in the
maintenance, design and implementation of the website. The ideal candidate must
have a background in ASP.NET, C#, object orientated design, XHTML and should be
able to prove prior experience utilizing
Hello all,
We are trying to set up an interactive listening station that would give
the visitor a chance to use a touch screen to choose between a few audio
stories that are represented by visuals. The goal would be to have
listening wands or headsets available as well.
I would
Hello all,
Are there any museums that are currently utilizing mobile fundraising
(mobile applications with options to donate, fundraising options tied into
audio and/or iPhone tours, text donations, etc..)? We are very interested in
learning about the opportunities and challenges of mobile
In case you missed the announcement the first time around - Just a
reminder that the VRA Core survey will close Monday March 1 2010 at 5pm
PST. Below is the original announcement.
Dear Colleagues,
The Data Standards Committee of the Visual Resources Association (VRA)
invites you to
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