[MCN-L] wikis

[Richard Urban]

Hi Diane,

I've been using wikis as part of various grant projects for the last  
several years and can say that they have been an invaluable tool,  
especially for collaborative projects with people distributed all over  
the place.
In 2006 we setup a wiki for the MCN Board that has also been important  
for improving board communications.

As these have all been for shared work among professional colleagues,  
i haven't experienced any turf wars or malicious editing,   however a  
shared wiki we have here has been regularly ravaged by spambots.  If  
you are considering something that will be public, also consider  
something that has good defenses and make regular backups.

Mediawiki is easy to setup and install for general wiki functions, but  
its group and user management is a little cumbersome.   I have a  
preference for the Confluence wikis that several partners are using,  
especially since much of the user management can be done through a web  
interface - particularly if you want to distribute permissions control  
to lower-level users.   Granted you can do all of this in Mediawiki as  
well, but for me, Confluence has a better fit for the kind of work we  
are doing.Mediawiki is free and open-source, Confluence offers a  
free community license for non-profits 
(http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/pricing.jsp#nonprofit 
).

Richard Urban, Doctoral Student
Graduate School of Library & Information Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
rjurban at uiuc.edu
http://isrl.uiuc.edu/~rjurban

On Mar 18, 2008, at 9:33 PM, Diane Andolsek wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Would those of you who have implemented a wiki at your institution  
> be so
> kind as to share your findings?  I am doing a little research  
> project for a
> client and I am interested to know:
> - Was it successful in terms of participation?  Did people contribute
> regularly?
> - Have there been any issues with participant behavior? Any turf wars?
> - Has anyone implemented a wiki and then taken it down and, if so,  
> why?
> - What wiki tools are people using?
>
> Thanks so much!
>
> Diane
>
> WEATHERHEAD Experience Design Group, Inc.
>
> Diane Andolsek | Principal
> 3220 1st. Ave. S  Ste. #303
> Seattle, WA  98134
> P: (206) 447-0851 | F: (206) 447-0854
>
> http://www.weatherhead-design.com
>
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[MCN-L] Google Wave Invites

[info]

Here is a Youtube video about Google Wave http://bit.ly/HzDVA  it's long 
but informative.

Kurt

>Hi Kurt:
>
>What is Google Wave?
>
>Boyce Tankersley
>Director of Living Plant Documentation
>Chicago Botanic Garden
>1000 Lake Cook Road
>Glencoe, IL 60022
>tel: 847-835-6841
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>you an invite.
>
>stuchell at museumpods.com
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>Kurt Stuchell
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[MCN-L] Google Wave Invites

[Boyce Tankersley]

Hi Kurt:

What is Google Wave?

Boyce Tankersley
Director of Living Plant Documentation
Chicago Botanic Garden
1000 Lake Cook Road
Glencoe, IL 60022
tel: 847-835-6841
fax: 847-835-1635
email: btankers at chicagobotanic.org
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Anyone interested in joining Google Wave?  I have a bunch of invites 
from Google so if you want to join send me a direct email I will send 
you an invite.

stuchell at museumpods.com

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[MCN-L] Google Wave Invites

[MuseumPods]

Anyone interested in joining Google Wave?  I have a bunch of invites 
from Google so if you want to join send me a direct email I will send 
you an invite.

stuchell at museumpods.com

Kurt Stuchell

[MCN-L] user needs and APIs

[Ottevanger, Jeremy]

Hi Seth,

Very interesting topics you've raised there. If I think hard I may be able to 
come up with some examples for the former (although we haven't always been 
guilty of defining our audiences that clearly). The second issue, relating to 
APIs, is something I've been thinking over quite a bit lately too, in my case 
with respect firstly to opening up our own data (so far all I've got is some 
microformats and RSS for our events, and a basic REST interface to our 
publications, but collections data shouldn't be too far behind if I can just 
make a few decisions and find some time). Secondly I've been arguing the case 
for a public API onto a big European project called Europeana (previously, or 
also, EDL, the European Digital Library). There's every intention within that 
project to do this so in some ways it was pushing against an open door, but 
(with the help of some of the people on the UK's Museum Computer Group list) 
I've been trying to develop a coherent case as well as suggest some of the 
functionality and parameters such an API might offer. I've put a recent 
presentation and some follow-up thoughts here:

http://doofercall.blogspot.com/2008/03/heres-that-edlnet-presentation-and.html
http://doofercall.blogspot.com/2008/03/public-api-inputs.html
http://doofercall.blogspot.com/2008/02/edl-api-debate-museum-computer-group.html
[these might well break onto multiple lines in which case just go to my blog 
home: http://doofercall.blogspot.com/]

Perhaps there'll be something of interest there. Certainly I'd suggest that you 
keep an eye on europeana.eu as (if my dreams come true) this may provide a 
juicy example for your research.

All the best,

Jeremy



Jeremy Ottevanger
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Museum of London Group
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-Original Message-
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Seth 
van Hooland
Sent: 19 March 2008 14:21
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: [MCN-L] user needs and APIs

Dear all,

One of the issues I'm exploring within my phd on digitized cultural heritage, 
is the difficulty within our application domain to define and "guess" the user 
needs regarding digitized heritage collections and the interfaces we build 
around them to provide access. It's relatively easy to find examples of 
projects that failed due to the lack of interest for user needs when developing 
a project, but I am specifically looking for cases where institutions really 
did their best to define their audience (and their needs), but where at the end 
they were still surprised by different types of users and uses that showed up 
in practice and that they didn't think about... Please drop me a line when you 
think of any interesting cases and people I might contact.

A recent development within this discussion is to adopt and radicalize the idea 
that an institution can never predict user needs, and should therefore 
concentrate on offering data and metadata in "use-neutral"  
manner, in combination with an API so that external parties can develop 
services upon your data and users can "hack" your data and have a standard 
toolkit  to their disposition to fulfill their specific needs. A simple but 
illustrative example is the widget that the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam) has 
launched in 2005 (see http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/widget?lang=en)
. Shortly after the launch of this widget, an ICT student hacked the non-public 
XML stream to offer an RSS feed (see http://breyten.livejournal.com/111482.html)
  that is now know as the "informal" museumfeed of the Rijksmuseum (thank you 
Saskia Scheltjens for pointing out this example!).

I'm sure quite some people have an opinion on this issue, so please contact me 
with your remark and/or links to specific projects that I could use to 
illustrate theses issues within my research.

Thank you!

ULB - Facult? de philosophie et lettres
Dpt SIC - fili?re STIC
Av. F.D. Roosevelt, 50 CP 123
1050 Bruxelles
B?t. DC.11.203
+32 2 650 40 80
http://homepages.ulb.ac.be/~svhoolan/
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[MCN-L] user needs and APIs

[Seth van Hooland]

Dear all,

One of the issues I'm exploring within my phd on digitized cultural  
heritage, is the difficulty within our application domain to define  
and "guess" the user needs regarding digitized heritage collections  
and the interfaces we build around them to provide access. It's  
relatively easy to find examples of projects that failed due to the  
lack of interest for user needs when developing a project, but I am  
specifically looking for cases where institutions really did their  
best to define their audience (and their needs), but where at the end  
they were still surprised by different types of users and uses that  
showed up in practice and that they didn't think about... Please drop  
me a line when you think of any interesting cases and people I might  
contact.

A recent development within this discussion is to adopt and radicalize  
the idea that an institution can never predict user needs, and should  
therefore concentrate on offering data and metadata in "use-neutral"  
manner, in combination with an API so that external parties can  
develop services upon your data and users can "hack" your data and  
have a standard toolkit  to their disposition to fulfill their  
specific needs. A simple but illustrative example is the widget that  
the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam) has launched in 2005 (see 
http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/widget?lang=en) 
. Shortly after the launch of this widget, an ICT student hacked the  
non-public XML stream to offer an RSS feed (see 
http://breyten.livejournal.com/111482.html) 
  that is now know as the "informal" museumfeed of the Rijksmuseum  
(thank you Saskia Scheltjens for pointing out this example!).

I'm sure quite some people have an opinion on this issue, so please  
contact me with your remark and/or links to specific projects that I  
could use to illustrate theses issues within my research.

Thank you!

ULB - Facult? de philosophie et lettres
Dpt SIC - fili?re STIC
Av. F.D. Roosevelt, 50 CP 123
1050 Bruxelles
B?t. DC.11.203
+32 2 650 40 80
http://homepages.ulb.ac.be/~svhoolan/
skype username: sethvanhooland

[MCN-L] Touch Screen Technologies

[Adam Carrier]

Hello Narda:
We've been using the older BrightSign HD2000 and newer HD1010 units
along with Tyco ELO touchscreens for many of our exhibits. We've been
impressed with the reliability of the BrightSign/ELO combination, as
some of our BrightSigns have been running almost 2 years without a
glitch. The only issue I have had with the BrightSign is the "wall wart"
power supplies are not as rugged as the unit itself --I've replaced
several power supplies.

As far as implementing menu-driven content on the BrightSign, we use
image files as the menus and apply touch regions atop the menu choices
in the images; this is done in the BrightSign CSV config file --very
easy.

I think for your application, the BrightSign/Tyco platform should work
well.

Adam Carrier
Audiovisual Technician II
Digital Media & Exhibit Technology Department

The Mariners' Museum 
100 Museum Drive 
Newport News, Virginia  23606
Phone (757) 952-0431 
Fax (757) 591-7335
acarrier at MarinersMuseum.org

www.MarinersMuseum.org
America's National Maritime Museum

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Narda McKeen-LaClair
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 10:34 AM
To: mcn-l at mcn.edu
Subject: [MCN-L] Touch Screen Technologies

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 appreciate any advice on the simplest way to do this as well as
recommendations regarding equipment. We do have some equipment on hand
and would be interested to know if anyone has used a combination of a
BrightSign Interactive Sign Controller with a Tyco LCD  TouchMonitor to
create something similar.

 

Thanks,

Narda

 

 

Narda McKeen LaClair

Technical Administrator

Shelburne Museum

 

"Rebooting is a wonder drug - it fixes almost everything."  ~Garrett
Hazel, "Help Desk Blues," 2002

 

 

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[MCN-L] metadata for dummies

[Janice Klein]

Perian,

My eyes tend to cross too when people much more knowledgable than I explain
meta-data.   Here's my basic understanding, at least as it applies to
museums

Each field in a collections database is a discrete piece of information
about an object.   In different databases that field can have different
names, but still refer to the same piece of information; e.g, catalogue
number = accession number = number.   So that databases can "talk" to each
other (and people can share information between databases), there needs to
be an overall description of that piece of information.   In this case it
might be "unique identifying number".   Various metadata systems (like MARC,
Dublin Core) have set out lists of those pieces of information (more easily
understood as database fields) and definitions of what they are.  Another
example would be author  = maker = artist; here the metadata descriptor
might be "original creator of object".

You may (not) want to keep in mind that many museums do not use standardized
vocabularies, particularly ones with anthropological, archaeological and
historical collections.   I have worked in institutions where curators from
different collections didn't even use the same set of fields within the same
database, let alone vocabulary :-)

Hope this helps,

janice

Janice Klein
Executive Director, Mitchell Museum of the American Indian
jklein at kendall.edu
www.mitchellmuseum.org


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Perian Sully
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 1:48 PM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: [MCN-L] metadata for dummies


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 everything I'm reading into non-technical language this
neophyte can understand. I'm pretty sure I've got #'s 2-4 wrong, but can
anyone help me unravel this?

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 get lost...)

2) In order for the other computers to understand what you're giving
them, the information needs to be arranged in a specific way. These are
the element sets...? these are MARC, LOC, VRA, Dublin Core

3) Because very few institutions have "pure" collections that fit into
one of the Vocabularies, we can use multiple Vocabularies. Do we use
multiples of #2 as well? These are defined and plugged into the element
sets. They are tagged as belonging to a specific Vocabulary

(I think there's a middle piece in here I'm missing)

4) There is an umbrella structure, the Harvester, which can read #2 and
serve it to the user in readable form. Examples: OAI, MARC (also fits as
a #2), XML

So as you can see, I'm dreadfully muddled. I know it's important to
understand it, but I'm just not able to wrap my head around the various
resources out there. I'm starting to think that Ask A Ninja is more my
level...

Help! and thanks in advance

--

Perian Sully
Collection Database and Records Administrator
Judah L. Magnes Museum
2911 Russell St.
Berkeley, CA 94705
510-549-6950 x 335


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[MCN-L] Corbis Settles With TemplateMonster; Wins $20 Million Judgment From Mystery Companies

[Mike Rippy]

Corbis Settles With TemplateMonster; Wins $20 Million Judgment From
Mystery Companies
 
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/newswire/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003410162

[MCN-L] Drupal vs. WordPress MU as content management systems

[Dana Hutchins]

Following on many good comments about how Drupal compares to Wordpress MU
I'll throw in some comments about my team's experience, most of which has
been with Drupal 6 over the past 18 months, though we have built a few small
sites with WordPress.

We've certainly found that Drupal holds up well when building some very
ambitious user-generated content social media sites such as this extensive
citizen science educational environment recently completed for the Gulf of
Maine Research Institute www.vitalsignsme.org. Many details of this
project's development are profiled in the Drupal Showcase at
http://drupal.org/node/694998.

As we specified and prototyped the architecture of the site we were
concerned that the number of Drupal modules we would need to fulfill the
requirements of the project would be far more than what the underlying
Drupal structure would support in terms of acceptable performance. Most
recommendations were to keep the total number of modules used under 30 or so
with a maximum of 50. The Vital Signs environment is composed of about 80
modules, including 13 original custom modules created by our team.

Performance has been very good and I would highly recommend Drupal for
smaller projects as well as for large, ambitious projects or projects that
will have to grow extensively in phases. A new hosted Drupal 7 solution is
also in the works and should be available by fall 2010. Named Drupal
Gardens, this will be 'Drupal as a service', making it very easy to setup
small sites ala Wordpress or SN ala Ning, yet Drupal Gardens sites will be
fully extensible and able to be moved onto your own Drupal hosting install
whenever desired. This should be a very powerful addition to this already
capable platform. http://buytaert.net/drupal-gardens

You'll find many answers to questions about our Vital Signs project on the
Drupal Showcase site and I'll try to find time to answer others that may
come up.

Dana


Dana Hutchins
Image Works/XhibitNet
541 Congress St.
Portland, ME 04101
207.773.1101 ext.102
dana at imagewks.com
www.ImageWks.com
www.xhibit.net




On 2/22/10 3:44 PM, "Eric Johnson"  wrote:

> 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 other as part of a complete site redesign:
> using the content we currently have as a base, but updating the overall site
> design and navigation; permitting content editing by multiple staffers; and
> providing a more sophisticated integration of social media (multiple blogs
> among other things).
> 
> So we're trying to get a read on the current state of these two platforms.
> Along with general opinions about ease of use and the their development
> communities, we're interested in:
> 
> * ability to handle heavy traffic
> * security
> * how well customizations roll from upgrade to upgrade
> * social media integration
> 
> Any and all opinions, pro and con, about either Drupal or WordPress MU (or
> both) would be most appreciated!
> 
> I'm happy to write up a summary post of anything I hear (and to clarify if
> needed).
> 
> Many thanks!
> 
> --Eric
> 
> Eric D. M. Johnson
> New Media Specialist
> Monticello
> P.O. Box 316
> Charlottesville, VA 22902
> Phone: (434) 984-7570 | Fax: (434) 977-6140
> http://www.monticello.org/
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[MCN-L] wikis

[Diane Andolsek]

Hello,

Would those of you who have implemented a wiki at your institution be so
kind as to share your findings?  I am doing a little research project for a
client and I am interested to know:
- Was it successful in terms of participation?  Did people contribute
regularly?
- Have there been any issues with participant behavior? Any turf wars? 
- Has anyone implemented a wiki and then taken it down and, if so, why?
- What wiki tools are people using?

Thanks so much!

Diane

WEATHERHEAD Experience Design Group, Inc.

Diane Andolsek | Principal
3220 1st. Ave. S  Ste. #303
Seattle, WA  98134
P: (206) 447-0851 | F: (206) 447-0854

http://www.weatherhead-design.com

Educational Experiences, Sophisticated Technology

[MCN-L] Drupal vs. WordPress MU as content management systems

[Robert Stein]

Hi Folks,

I'm happy to chime in here as the token Drupal guy.  We've certainly found
that Drupal has been an effective solution for us over the past several
years.  We've been relatively successful in bending it and smooshing it up
against lots of different kinds of backend systems for integration.  We've
also found it's templating and theming support to be very flexible and able
to support whatever designs we might think of.

That being said, we do use WordPress as our preferred platform for our blog,
and have found it to be an extremely effective tool for that purpose.  I'll
admit to not being as much of a WordPress expert as many others on this list
likely are, and I suspect given enough time, we'd find an adequate number of
folks who have had good experiences with both solutions.

Truth is, they're both really great open-source platforms that will most
likely support much of what you're looking for. It strikes me that your
specific questions about traffic, customizations, security and upgrades in
the big picture will be well supported by either platform... and both
platforms will offer their own special set of challenges.

Both platforms continue to have active developer communities, both have
really useful sets of module and plugin support, both have a good set of
companies that can support your museum should you find yourself needing
significant help.  Really good signs for a healthy product that will stand a
good chance of success.

If I can veer off into opinion a bit more, I would suggest that the locus of
users for WordPress is probably centered more around a blog style site so
its probably a safe bet that that community will support that aspect of
tools better over the long run.  I would also suggest that the locus of
users for Drupal tends more towards sites that require integration with
datasets, the support of functional requirements or web apps...  in my
opinion, it's probably a safe bet that the Drupal community will continue to
support those areas well.  I should also add that these are not the only two
platforms that would perform well like this, but these are certainly two
good choices and two that we've used specifically at the IMA.

In my experience, both sites can be made easy to use, and both can be
difficult depending on what your trying to accomplish.  We've had success
running Drupal sites with literally hundreds of non-technical authors using
it daily never really noticing that they were authoring webpages in Drupal.

Hope this helps you!  Bottom line, I think you've narrowed the field down to
two excellent choices.

Rob

On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 7:27 PM, Bruce Wyman wrote:

> 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 worked it's way
> down the food chain, wordpress the reverse. However, I think the
> developer community around wordpress have decreased the pain point in
> wp playing as a grownup substantially.
>
> We started using wp because the back-end is surprisingly friendly for
> the average user. I always found an extra layer of abstraction in
> drupal that made simple things not straightforward and I always found
> my mental model expecting something slightly different than what
> drupal delivered. Admittedly, that was usually because I was trying
> to do something simple and dirty and drupal was the over-powered tool
> for the simple task (oh, but what an awesome tool at the end of the
> day).
>
> Drupal also generally struck me as something made by developers for
> developers, wordpress seemed to err on the side of users & designers.
> I know that the next major rev of Drupal will be going through a
> major overhaul of the back-end, I'm looking forward to the
> improvements.
>
> I think both systems have incredibly rich user communities
> surrounding them and more often than not, we can find a plugin that's
> close to some sort of functionality that we need / want and we can
> modify from there. Even luckier, there's a rich developer community
> for wordpress around Denver and we know the original developer (Matt)
> so we have something of a fallback position if we got really serious
> and got stuck along the way.
>
> I think drupal's being used for the larger sites that I know of (IMA
> redesign, Balboa Park Collaborative, to name a few) and I think your
> choice depends on familiarity, scope of project, and programming
> skills.
>
> -bw.
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[MCN-L] Meeting structures and interdepartmental communications

[Cathryn Goodwin]

I'd be interested in hearing about how other small to mid-sized museums
structure their internal communications.  How often does the full staff
meet and are these "working" meetings?  How do you manage exhibition /
programming / collections meetings, and how does iinformation from these
meetings get communicated to the rest of the staff?  What technologies
do you use to facilitate interdepartmental communication?

Thanks in advance

Cathryn Goodwin

Cathryn L. Goodwin
Collections Data Specialist
Princeton University Art Museum
Princeton, NJ  08540
609.258.9374

Vice-President MCN
www.mcn.edu

[MCN-L] Fwd: AAM Podcasts Anyone?

[Richard Urban]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Greg Stevens" 
> Date: February 23, 2010 2:12:46 PM CST
> To: "Greg Stevens" 
> Cc: "Stephanie Fitzwater" 
> Subject: AAM Podcasts Anyone?
> 
> Dear Colleagues,
>  
> AAM is currently working on developing an AAM Podcast and Teleconference 
> program. To help us know more about what you might want/need from programs 
> like this, we?ve developed a short survey to learn more about our audience 
> and their podcast experiences. Thanks for taking five minutes to tell us 
> about your current podcast use and preferences by completing the survey here. 
> http://www.magnetmail.net/forms/display_form.cfm?uid=Museum&fid=23266&rtype=nonmm
>  
> Please feel free to share this message with colleagues who might be 
> interested!
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Greg Stevens
> Assistant Director, Professional Development
> American Association of Museums
> 1575 Eye Street NW, Suite 400
> Washington, DC 20005
> (202) 218-7675 Direct
> (202) 289-6578 Fax
> gstevens at aam-us.org
> www.aam-us.org/profed
> AAM PD:  Dishing Up a Great Menu for 2010!

[MCN-L] Fwd: SUMMER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR VISUAL RESOURCES AND IMAGE MANAGEMENT 2010

[Richard Urban]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Reiskind, Alix" 
> Date: February 23, 2010 12:55:52 PM CST
> To: 
> Subject: SUMMER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR VISUAL RESOURCES AND IMAGE 
> MANAGEMENT 2010 
>  
> SUMMER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR VISUAL RESOURCES AND IMAGE MANAGEMENT 2010
> http://www.vrafoundation.org/sei2010/index.html
>  
> The Art Libraries Society/North America (ARLIS/NA) and the Visual Resources 
> Association Foundation (VRAF) are pleased to announce that registration for 
> the 2010 Summer Educational Institute (SEI Pro) for Visual Resources and 
> Image Management is open!  SEI has been filled to capacity in past years, 
> please register early to assure a spot in SEI Pro.
>  
> SEI Pro will be held at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque from June 
> 8 to June 11, 2010.  It is an intensive workshop intended to provide advanced 
> instruction in visual resources and image collection management.  ARLIS/NA 
> and the VRAF have developed a special curriculum to offer in-depth training 
> that is often not found in library and information science degree programs.  
> Find all you need to know on the SEI webpage, 
> http://www.vrafoundation.org/sei2010/.   
>  
> Contacts (Summer Educational Institute Implementation Committee Co-Chairs):
>  
> Alix Reiskind
> Visual Resources Librarian
> Frances Loeb Library
> Harvard Graduate School of Design
> 48 Quincy Street
> Cambridge, MA  02138
> 617.496.8673
> areiskind at gsd.harvard.edu  
>  
> Kathe Hicks Albrecht
> Visual Resources Curator
> Katzen Arts Center
> American University
> 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW
> Washington, DC 20016
> 202.885.1675
> kalbrec at american.edu

[MCN-L] Fwd: CCAHA's AV Media Preservation Program in July 2008 - Save the Date!

[M. Elings]

>Please excuse cross postings.
>
>CCAHA?s AV Media Preservation Program in July 2008 ? Save the Date!
>
>A Race Against Time: Preserving Our Audiovisual Media
>Presented by the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
>
>July 24 and 25, 2008
>Boston, MA
>
>Sessions:
>?Overview of Machine-Based AV Media Identification and Preservation
>?Funding Opportunities for AV Media Preservation
>?Reformatting Options for AV Media
>?Contracting for AV Preservation Services
>?Surveying and Selecting AV Media 
>Materials for Preservation and Access
>?Case Studies and Round Table Discussions
>
>Lead Speaker:
>Alan Lewis, Audiovisual Archives Consultant, Washington, DC
>
>Speakers:
>George Blood, President, Safe Sound Archive
>
>
>
>Thomas F.R. Clareson, Program Director, New Initiatives, PALINET
>
>
>
>
>
>Sarah Stauderman, Preservation Manager, Smithsonian Institution Archives
>
>The fee for this two-day program is 
>$200.  Funders for this program include the 
>Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) 
>and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
>
>Cosponsored by PALINET.
>Local cosponsors include Simmons College 
>Graduate School of Library and Information 
>Science; Weissman Preservation Center, Harvard 
>University Library and Preservation & Imaging 
>Services and Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library, 
>Harvard College Library; and the Northeast Document Conservation Center.
>
>Registration begins in April.  For more 
>information, visit 
>www.ccaha.org, call 
>215-545-0613 or email pso at ccaha.org .
>
>
>Kim Andrews
>Preservation Services Officer
>CONSERVATION CENTER for Art and Historic Artifacts
>264 S. 23rd Street
>Philadelphia, PA  19103
>215-545-0613 (phone)
>215-735-9313 (fax)
>kandrews at ccaha.org
>www.ccaha.org
>
>Are you a member institution of the Conservation 
>Center?  Click 
>here to become 
>a member and take advantage of our great member benefits!
>