[MCN-L] -Database Questions

Are you talking about using FileMaker Pro's External SQL Data Sources (ESS) to back your interface onto MS-SQL or Oracle, or transitioning to an new collections management system built on those technologies? Personally, I'd be asking questions about what is prompting this push. Are there securi

[MCN-L] Technology Disaster

There are these things called lightning protectors that you can buy for your phone and data lines. They're a couple of bucks and they prevent not only lightning but power surges from any source from traveling down the wires. If you have a leased circuit you might ask your provider about installi

[MCN-L] -Database Questions

Misty, I think we need to know more about your Collections Management System to give you good advice. For example, is this a homegrown thing, or are you using some application that runs on top of Filemaker? Filemaker often handles both data storage and the front-end interface, where Oracle and M

[MCN-L] IP SIG: Copyright Program at Suffolk Law School, Boston

DONAHUE LECTURE SERIES - Ten Ways to Conceive of the Derivative Work Right in Copyright Law Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010 Location: Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA Time: 04:00 AM - 06:30 AM GUEST PANELIST Professor Pamela Samuelson

[MCN-L] iPhone app

Please add Mobeum by Open Museum to Nancy Proctor's list of mobile tour services available to museums. Mobeum, a web-based museum visitor mobile tour, is currently in alpha testing at the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth and will become available to any museum as of April 1, 2010. Mobeum uses the

[MCN-L] iPhone app discussion

Is anyone currently charging for their mobile app, or are they planning to? I've been talking to one of these companies about this revenue share and the owner says others plan to. I don't have an issue with it as long as the cost is low, but it always helps to sell an idea to the rest of the in

[MCN-L] Technology Disaster

Business continuity plans and disaster recovery plans should always be developed for all mission critical systems. Your story helps to remind us all of that fact. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 11, 2010, at 1:06 PM, "Jason Bondy" wrote: > Melissa, > > I'm sorry to hear of all that trouble, but

[MCN-L] FW: Tech adventures

_ From: Eisenhardt, Chuck Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 9:45 AM To: 'Melissa Johnson' Subject: Tech adventures Thanks for sharing this. The real lessons should go to your management and Board, who have to spend a little cash once in a awhile, if the

[MCN-L] -Database Questions

Hello All, I wanted to see if anyone has had any experience using Microsoft SQL or Oracle in a collections database manner. We currently use Filemaker Pro, which suits our purposes quite well. However, we are being encouraged by higher ups that we should convert to Microsoft SQL or Oracle.

[MCN-L] iPhone app discussion

Hi all, There's another option that hasn't been mentioned yet, a DIY version called appmakr, from http://www.appmakr.com/. I haven't used it so I can't speak from personal experience - perhaps someone else on the List can , but people like Guy Kawaski and Seth Godin, well respected social

[MCN-L] Technology Disaster

Melissa, I'm sorry to hear of all that trouble, but I thank you for sharing your story. A lot of times we take the technology for granted and don't realize we need to be proactive to make sure it is always available. Although in your case, with a lightning strike that close, even with better bac

[MCN-L] A request, from those of us who get this list in digest form

Hi everyone, Can I make a request that people reply to this list with only the message you are writing, not the entire set of messages that might be attached to your email? It makes it nearly impossible, when reading in digest form, to scroll down and actually see what the new messages are.

[MCN-L] iPhone app discussion

I think the cost of getting an iPhone app developed really depends on what you want it to do. Sure if you want a fancy app with all the 'bells and whistles' you can easily spend 30k. However, if you're like most organizations and don't have that kind of cash, there are much more cost effecti

[MCN-L] Medium format Digital cameras

Hi Travis, I mentioned the Phase One 645AF as the camera body to use with the P40+ or P45+ backs; Phase One has other cameras, but this is the one we are looking at. I believe that this flexibility alone is an advantage compared to the new Hasselblad HD systems. We are in contact with some ven

[MCN-L] ye lode TIF vs. JPEG2000 debate

Hi Perian, Replacing your high-quality derivative TIFFs with JPEG 2000 may make sense now. It would save space, especially if one JPEG 2000 file can replace multiple derivative TIFFs. I don't know when you last looked at JPEG 2000, but interest in it continues to grow and more and more of that int

[MCN-L] ye olde TIF vs. JPEG2000 debate

I'd recommend taking a look at the Djatoka Image Server project coming out of Los Alamos. It's designed to serve up JPEG2000s in a variety of ways in real-world scenarios: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/djatoka/index.php?title=Main_Page They presented at Open Repositories last year I thin

[MCN-L] ye olde TIF vs. JPEG2000 debate

The digital online catalog project Connecticut History Online (www.cthistoryonline.org) used jp2s for phase 2 of their project to allow both zooming in on large images (like maps and bird's-eye views), and save space on the server. (It is a collaborative project, so individual institutions are res

[MCN-L] iPhone app discussion

I agree with Stephanie. Just yesterday I came across another company offering this model in which the app & CMS are free to the museum, and revenue is shared between the provider and museum on app or tour sales. That brings my count to 4 that I'm aware of for sure: 1. Toura 2. uGuideMe 3.

[MCN-L] Medium format Digital cameras

The H4D40 is a camera system. The back is not separate, and cannot be put onto a Phase One camera. And an H4 camera doesn't work with any other back. Hasselblad only makes the CF back that is compatible with other cameras (mostly intended for use with V-system) Also, Hasselblad no longer makes the

[MCN-L] CAL SIG: support our museums on your license plate!

The California Association of Museums is excited to announce an opportunity to commemorate a very special California artist, Santa Rosa's own Charles M. Schulz, and raise much-need funding for museums. With your help, we can make the official California Snoopy license plate

[MCN-L] iPhone app discussion

1) The one issue that I am concerned about is having all my content for our iphone app be housed at another location. This makes you committed to keeping the content with that provider. I would like to update and add content so that it feeds from our website. 2) This same content should be able t

[MCN-L] ye olde TIF vs. JPEG2000 debate

You might want to read the following article where the authors decided not to use JPEG2000 for their project for several reason. Here are three of them: 1. JPEG2000 does not preserve the TIFF technical metadata when converted to JPEG2000 2. JPEG2000 files are more inconvenient to OCR than TIFF

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