[MCN-L] Study on impact on interpretative staff by collections online efforts

Hi everyone: For about 8 years now, I've had a bit of an agenda to see if we can move past relatively passive online catalogs and into enriching interpretive materials about the collections. I've been thinking a lot lately about possible methods for this, now that so many of us have our collect

[MCN-L] Photo Metadata sans DAMS

Hi Cairie! In the past, prior to DAMS, I would use Adobe Bridge to embed information into the IPTC metadata, but only fields that were common to all assets; fields like Institution/Author, Keywords (museum,culture,art,nameofinstitution...), Website, etc. As far as I could find at the time, the

[MCN-L] Photo Metadata sans DAMS

I have a question about photo metadata and how to record it. So while digitizing negatives, I've been recording the metadata into an excel sheet. I'm following Dublin Core and added some preservation metadata fields. Anywho, considering the institution I'm volunteering for doesn't have a DAMS or CM

[MCN-L] FW: happy birthday Mosaic

and Archie and Veronica were sent to their retirement homes(archie a polish foot-notation) and Veronica's daughter is just fine, though surrounded by gophers.go figure... On Tue

[MCN-L] Looking for a record retention policy example

Julie, The SAA Museum Archives Section has a best practice resource guide that includes several records retention policies at http://www.archivists.org/saagroups/museum/standards.htm Leslie Cade Archivist and Records Manager The Cleveland Museum of Art 11150 East Boulevard Cleveland, Ohio 44106

[MCN-L] Looking for a record retention policy example

Does anyone have an electronic record (or document) retention and destruction policy that they'd be willing to share? We are completing our AAM re-certification and need to update our policy... and I was hoping to have another Museum's policy to use as a template. Please feel free to reply off-li

[MCN-L] Twitter chat: What's the point of social media for museums?Tuesday, 4/23, 4-6pm ET

Vng H mw Y M erupt u colsdlo Sent from my iPhone On 23/04/2013, at 10:02 AM, "Allen-Greil, Dana" wrote: > Before we can measure success, we must first be able to answer the question: > Why is social media important for museums and what are we hoping to achieve? > > Join the next #musesocia

[MCN-L] Twitter chat: What's the point of social media for museums?Tuesday, 4/23, 4-6pm ET

S Sent from my iPhone On 23/04/2013, at 10:02 AM, "Allen-Greil, Dana" wrote: > Why +++ Visit the Te Papa website http://www.tepapa.govt.nz The email message together with the accompanying attachments may be CONFIDENTIAL. If y

[MCN-L] Boston bombings: Social media spirals out of control

Food for thought? http://newsle.com/article/0/70968148/ http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-fi-boston-bombings-media-20130420,0,19541.story Amalyah Keshet

[MCN-L] IP SIG: Panel Discussion: Legal Protection in Fashion

For MCNers in the Seattle area, a panel discussion on legal protection in fashion this Thursday, April 25. The panel, comprised of attorneys and fashion designers, is presented by Washington Lawyers for the Arts. More information and registration available here

[MCN-L] FW: happy birthday Mosaic

It's been an awesome twenty years: -Original Message- From: Peter Brantley Sent: 22 April, 2013 7:49 PM RT @CathyNDavidson: Happy 20th Anniversary! The Mosaic 1.0 browser went public and online April 22, 1993. __ Amalyah Keshet Head of Im