Re: [MCN-L] hit me with your tech-related acronyms!

[Keir Winesmith]

These are great, you've brightened by day, sometimes MCN-L is TLDR.

My favourite recursive TLA is PHP (PHP Hypertext Preprocessor), but then again, 
I'm a big nerd.

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Re: [MCN-L] hit me with your tech-related acronyms!

[wsgue...@4274design.com]

For tech kludges there are:

IIWII. (it is what it is)

and

TBDIIIWII

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Re: [MCN-L] hit me with your tech-related acronyms!

[Morgan Holzer]

Ooh I love picnic and hippo! In the spirit of Simon's squirrel nutkin, we give 
things the "INATOR" treatment. So when we fixed our locations section, we 
called it the Locinator. And the research upgrade was the Researchinator. 

 We backronymed this to mean "It's Now A Totally Operational Resource."

~Morgan

> On Feb 11, 2015, at 11:20 AM, Ruginis, Andrew  
> wrote:
> 
> Two of my faves:
> 
> 
> PICNIC = problem in chair, not in computer
> 
> HiPPO = highest paid person's opinion
> 
> 
> 
> Andrew Ruginis
> Director of Information Technology
> Chicago Architecture Foundation
> 224 South Michigan Avenue
> Chicago IL 60604
> 312.561.2129
> 
> architecture.org 
> facebook/chiarchitecture
> twitter @chiarchitecture
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On 2/11/15 10:03 AM, "Leonard Steinbach"  wrote:
>> 
>> There are the
>> 
>> MPEG's
>> JPEG's
>> DPI
>> RGB
>> sRGB
>> CMYK
>> CIE and PANTONE color spaces
>> and as most exhibiton planners probably know BMFD (Benjamin Moore Fan
>> Deck)
>> 
>>> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 9:51 AM, Bryan Kennedy  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Don't forget the media/show-control/computer interface side of things:
>>> 
>>> MIDI - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI
>>> OCS - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Sound_Control
>>> UDP - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Datagram_Protocol
>>> TCP - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_Control_Protocol
>>> DMX - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMX512
>>> BNC - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BNC_connector
>>> SDI - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_digital_interface
>>> XLR - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XLR_connector
>>> RCA - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_connector
>>> RS-232 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-232
>>> Cat5 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_5_cable
>>> Cat6 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_6_cable
>>> RJ45 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular_connector#8P8C
>>> 
>>> bk
>>> 
>>> bryan kennedy
>>> director, exhibit media
>>> science museum of minnesota
>>> bkenn...@smm.org   651.221.2522
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Carissa Dougherty <
>>> cdoughe...@mortonarb.org
 wrote:
>>> 
 Hi, all...
 
 I'm trying to compile a list of tech-related acronyms that might be
 important for museum staff to know and understand -- or at the very
>>> least,
 recognize.  Right now, I'm just gathering EVERYthing I can think of --
>>> file
 extensions (PDF, JPG), emerging technologies (BLE, NFC), web-related
>>> (HTML,
 PHP)...
 
 So...
 
 - Are there any that you think are particularly relevant/important?
 
 - What terms do you frequently toss around during museum tech
>>> meetings?
 
 - Are there any that are often misunderstood/misinterpreted?
 
 I'd be happy to share my "final" list when I've got it ready...
 
 FIRE AWAY!!
 
 Thanks...
 
 Carissa
 
 Head of Knowledge Management
 
 The Morton Arboretum  |  4100 Illinois Route 53  |  Lisle, Illinois
>>> 60532
 T  *630-725-2136* |*cdoughe...@mortonarb.org <
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Re: [MCN-L] hit me with your tech-related acronyms!

[Ruginis, Andrew]

Two of my faves:


PICNIC = problem in chair, not in computer

HiPPO = highest paid person's opinion



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On 2/11/15 10:03 AM, "Leonard Steinbach"  wrote:

>There are the
>
>MPEG's
>JPEG's
>DPI
>RGB
>sRGB
>CMYK
>CIE and PANTONE color spaces
>and as most exhibiton planners probably know BMFD (Benjamin Moore Fan
>Deck)
>
>On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 9:51 AM, Bryan Kennedy  wrote:
>
>> Don't forget the media/show-control/computer interface side of things:
>>
>> MIDI - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI
>> OCS - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Sound_Control
>> UDP - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Datagram_Protocol
>> TCP - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_Control_Protocol
>> DMX - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMX512
>> BNC - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BNC_connector
>> SDI - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_digital_interface
>> XLR - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XLR_connector
>> RCA - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_connector
>> RS-232 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-232
>> Cat5 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_5_cable
>> Cat6 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_6_cable
>> RJ45 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular_connector#8P8C
>>
>> bk
>> 
>> bryan kennedy
>> director, exhibit media
>> science museum of minnesota
>> bkenn...@smm.org   651.221.2522
>> 
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Carissa Dougherty <
>> cdoughe...@mortonarb.org
>> > wrote:
>>
>> > Hi, all...
>> >
>> > I'm trying to compile a list of tech-related acronyms that might be
>> > important for museum staff to know and understand -- or at the very
>> least,
>> > recognize.  Right now, I'm just gathering EVERYthing I can think of --
>> file
>> > extensions (PDF, JPG), emerging technologies (BLE, NFC), web-related
>> (HTML,
>> > PHP)...
>> >
>> > So...
>> >
>> > - Are there any that you think are particularly relevant/important?
>> >
>> > - What terms do you frequently toss around during museum tech
>>meetings?
>> >
>> > - Are there any that are often misunderstood/misinterpreted?
>> >
>> > I'd be happy to share my "final" list when I've got it ready...
>> >
>> > FIRE AWAY!!
>> >
>> > Thanks...
>> >
>> > Carissa
>> >
>> > Head of Knowledge Management
>> >
>> > The Morton Arboretum  |  4100 Illinois Route 53  |  Lisle, Illinois
>>60532
>> > T  *630-725-2136* |*cdoughe...@mortonarb.org <
>> cdoughe...@mortonarb.org
>> > >*
>> > |  mortonarb.org
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Re: [MCN-L] hit me with your tech-related acronyms!

[Leonard Steinbach]

There are the

MPEG's
JPEG's
DPI
RGB
sRGB
CMYK
CIE and PANTONE color spaces
and as most exhibiton planners probably know BMFD (Benjamin Moore Fan Deck)

On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 9:51 AM, Bryan Kennedy  wrote:

> Don't forget the media/show-control/computer interface side of things:
>
> MIDI - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI
> OCS - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Sound_Control
> UDP - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Datagram_Protocol
> TCP - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_Control_Protocol
> DMX - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMX512
> BNC - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BNC_connector
> SDI - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_digital_interface
> XLR - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XLR_connector
> RCA - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_connector
> RS-232 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-232
> Cat5 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_5_cable
> Cat6 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_6_cable
> RJ45 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular_connector#8P8C
>
> bk
> 
> bryan kennedy
> director, exhibit media
> science museum of minnesota
> bkenn...@smm.org   651.221.2522
> 
>
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Carissa Dougherty <
> cdoughe...@mortonarb.org
> > wrote:
>
> > Hi, all...
> >
> > I'm trying to compile a list of tech-related acronyms that might be
> > important for museum staff to know and understand -- or at the very
> least,
> > recognize.  Right now, I'm just gathering EVERYthing I can think of --
> file
> > extensions (PDF, JPG), emerging technologies (BLE, NFC), web-related
> (HTML,
> > PHP)...
> >
> > So...
> >
> > - Are there any that you think are particularly relevant/important?
> >
> > - What terms do you frequently toss around during museum tech meetings?
> >
> > - Are there any that are often misunderstood/misinterpreted?
> >
> > I'd be happy to share my "final" list when I've got it ready...
> >
> > FIRE AWAY!!
> >
> > Thanks...
> >
> > Carissa
> >
> > Head of Knowledge Management
> >
> > The Morton Arboretum  |  4100 Illinois Route 53  |  Lisle, Illinois 60532
> > T  *630-725-2136* |*cdoughe...@mortonarb.org <
> cdoughe...@mortonarb.org
> > >*
> > |  mortonarb.org
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Re: [MCN-L] hit me with your tech-related acronyms!

[Bryan Kennedy]

Don't forget the media/show-control/computer interface side of things:

MIDI - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI
OCS - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Sound_Control
UDP - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Datagram_Protocol
TCP - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_Control_Protocol
DMX - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMX512
BNC - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BNC_connector
SDI - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_digital_interface
XLR - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XLR_connector
RCA - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_connector
RS-232 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-232
Cat5 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_5_cable
Cat6 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_6_cable
RJ45 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular_connector#8P8C

bk

bryan kennedy
director, exhibit media
science museum of minnesota
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On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Carissa Dougherty  wrote:

> Hi, all...
>
> I'm trying to compile a list of tech-related acronyms that might be
> important for museum staff to know and understand -- or at the very least,
> recognize.  Right now, I'm just gathering EVERYthing I can think of -- file
> extensions (PDF, JPG), emerging technologies (BLE, NFC), web-related (HTML,
> PHP)...
>
> So...
>
> - Are there any that you think are particularly relevant/important?
>
> - What terms do you frequently toss around during museum tech meetings?
>
> - Are there any that are often misunderstood/misinterpreted?
>
> I'd be happy to share my "final" list when I've got it ready...
>
> FIRE AWAY!!
>
> Thanks...
>
> Carissa
>
> Head of Knowledge Management
>
> The Morton Arboretum  |  4100 Illinois Route 53  |  Lisle, Illinois 60532
> T  *630-725-2136* |*cdoughe...@mortonarb.org  >*
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Re: [MCN-L] hit me with your tech-related acronyms!

[Michael Stocking]

Currently working on the UI and UX for a project coded using MVC (a bit like 
MVVM) and, thrillingly, using AES-57, AES-60 and AES-X098C schemas. We’re 
having to validate MD5 and SHA checksums and generate SMPTE time codes. Which 
is nice.

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On 11 Feb 2015, at 14:31, musedia  wrote:

> 
> Hello,
> 
> Perhaps you could include: UXP  ("User Experience" and/or "User Experience 
> Platform") ...and bouncing off that: VXP ("Visitor Experience")
> 
> Please also see:
> "Digital Curator Survival Guide: A Glossary of Tech Terms Museums Should Know"
> http://bit.ly/16RWI98
> 
> Best wishes,
> Paul Henningsson
> 
> musedia
> 
> 
> musedia
> box 12139
> se-402 42 gothenburg
> sweden
> 
> tel . +46 (0)735-52 23 36
> e-mail . p...@musedia.net
> skype . musedia
> www.musedia.net
> 
> http://blogg.museiteknik.com
> 
> 
> 
> At 20:59 2015-02-10, you wrote:
>> Hi, all...
>> 
>> I'm trying to compile a list of tech-related acronyms that might be
>> important for museum staff to know and understand -- or at the very least,
>> recognize.  Right now, I'm just gathering EVERYthing I can think of -- file
>> extensions (PDF, JPG), emerging technologies (BLE, NFC), web-related (HTML,
>> PHP)...
>> 
>> So...
>> 
>> - Are there any that you think are particularly relevant/important?
>> 
>> - What terms do you frequently toss around during museum tech meetings?
>> 
>> - Are there any that are often misunderstood/misinterpreted?
>> 
>> I'd be happy to share my "final" list when I've got it ready...
>> 
>> FIRE AWAY!!
>> 
>> Thanks...
>> 
>> Carissa
>> 
>> Head of Knowledge Management
>> 
>> The Morton Arboretum  |  4100 Illinois Route 53  |  Lisle, Illinois 60532
>> T  *630-725-2136* |*cdoughe...@mortonarb.org *
>> |  mortonarb.org
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Re: [MCN-L] hit me with your tech-related acronyms!

[musedia]

Hello,

Perhaps you could include: UXP  ("User Experience" and/or "User 
Experience Platform") ...and bouncing off that: VXP ("Visitor Experience")


Please also see:
"Digital Curator Survival Guide: A Glossary of Tech Terms Museums Should Know"
http://bit.ly/16RWI98

Best wishes,
Paul Henningsson

musedia


musedia
box 12139
se-402 42 gothenburg
sweden

tel . +46 (0)735-52 23 36
e-mail . p...@musedia.net
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At 20:59 2015-02-10, you wrote:

Hi, all...

I'm trying to compile a list of tech-related acronyms that might be
important for museum staff to know and understand -- or at the very least,
recognize.  Right now, I'm just gathering EVERYthing I can think of -- file
extensions (PDF, JPG), emerging technologies (BLE, NFC), web-related (HTML,
PHP)...

So...

- Are there any that you think are particularly relevant/important?

- What terms do you frequently toss around during museum tech meetings?

- Are there any that are often misunderstood/misinterpreted?

I'd be happy to share my "final" list when I've got it ready...

FIRE AWAY!!

Thanks...

Carissa

Head of Knowledge Management

The Morton Arboretum  |  4100 Illinois Route 53  |  Lisle, Illinois 60532
T  *630-725-2136* |*cdoughe...@mortonarb.org *
|  mortonarb.org

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Re: [MCN-L] hit me with your tech-related acronyms!

[Rob Lancefield on lists]

And then there are the "justa" acronyms (apocryphal retronyms or real):

JAVA (once upon a time, wrongly rumored by some to stand for "Just 
Another Vague Acronym," but it's not an acronym at all*)


JBOD (real: Just a Bunch Of Disks: multiple drives not configured as a 
RAID** array)


Rob

* 
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3042854/what-is-the-abbreviation-of-java-language


** Hey, RAID. There's another for the endless list.


On 2/11/15 8:55 AM, Marc Check wrote:

Okay, I couldn't resist this call-out.

Back in the day I had a brief foray at Eastman Kodak Company before their 
ill-fated attempt to move to digital.

As the TWAIN API is probably still used in Museums for digital imaging, and while 
arguable there is general consensus that intended or not, TWAIN is considered an acronym 
for "Technology Without An Interesting Name".  One of my all-time favs  : )

Marc E. Check
Associate Vice President
Information and Interactive Technology
Museum of Science
1 Science Park
Boston, MA 02114
617.589.4279 (office)
585.755.8622 (mobile)

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Re: [MCN-L] hit me with your tech-related acronyms!

[Marc Check]

Okay, I couldn't resist this call-out.



Back in the day I had a brief foray at Eastman Kodak Company before their 
ill-fated attempt to move to digital.



As the TWAIN API is probably still used in Museums for digital imaging, and 
while arguable there is general consensus that intended or not, TWAIN is 
considered an acronym for "Technology Without An Interesting Name".  One of my 
all-time favs  : )



Marc E. Check

Associate Vice President

Information and Interactive Technology

Museum of Science

1 Science Park

Boston, MA 02114

617.589.4279 (office)

585.755.8622 (mobile)




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Re: [MCN-L] hit me with your tech-related acronyms!

[Ben Rubinstein]

On 10/02/2015 20:15, Rob Lancefield on lists wrote:

And so very many more that it might be worth thinking about turning this
effort into a community-sourced wiki or some such resource, which could have
certain advantages: ease of updating, wide accessibility


A GLAM version of the Urban Dictionary?

This could go badly wrong...

Ben

PS - on a more helpful note - as well as technical acronyms that people 
working in museums may come across, this can helpfully extend to include 
museum acronyms that technical people working with museums may encounter.  I 
think of the Venn diagram of museums and tech - there are acronyms from both 
worlds, and some which arise in the intersection area, which some museum 
people won't have encountered before, and some tech people won't have either.


Off the top of my head:

Tech acronyms that might be useful for museum people includes
JP2
PTIF
ConMS
ColMS
DAMS
Solr
CRM
AWS
XML
JSON
REST
API
OCR
LOD
RDF
DRM
UUID

Museums-for-tech-people includes
TGN
AAT
DACS
VAGA
ARS
AAMD
RTI
ROI! (sorry)

Somewhere in the middle includes
METS
TEI
AIP
ALTO
EAD
LIDO
CIDOC-CRM
OAIS
OAI-PMH
DCMI
BagIt
PREMIS


My head feels better without that lot on top of it.

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Re: [MCN-L] hit me with your tech-related acronyms!

[Amalyah Keshet]

Awesome, Simon.  A true unliterary masterpiece.

As long as we're gleefully slipping off the subject, how about our "acronym" 
for the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist collection:  Imps and Pimps.

Amalyah Keshet




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-Original Message-
From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Tanner, 
Simon
Sent: 10 February, 2015 10:23 PM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] hit me with your tech-related acronyms!

Hi Carissa,

In the spirit of not being at all helpful but enjoying the opportunity to roll 
out a true favourite...

Back in the 90's we had a digital project which we gave the acronym: SQUIRREL 
NUTKIN

It stood for:
Sequential Query User Interface Resourcing a Research Electronic Library
Notably User-oriented Technology for Keeping the Information Needed

All my best,
Simon

Simon Tanner
Department of Digital Humanities
Room 219, 2nd Floor Drury Lane
King's College London

Email: simon.tan...@kcl.ac.uk
Twitter: @SimonTanner


-Original Message-
From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Carissa 
Dougherty
Sent: 10 February 2015 20:00
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: [MCN-L] hit me with your tech-related acronyms!

Hi, all...

I'm trying to compile a list of tech-related acronyms that might be important 
for museum staff to know and understand -- or at the very least, recognize.  
Right now, I'm just gathering EVERYthing I can think of -- file extensions 
(PDF, JPG), emerging technologies (BLE, NFC), web-related (HTML, PHP)...

So...

- Are there any that you think are particularly relevant/important?

- What terms do you frequently toss around during museum tech meetings?

- Are there any that are often misunderstood/misinterpreted?

I'd be happy to share my "final" list when I've got it ready...

FIRE AWAY!!

Thanks...

Carissa

Head of Knowledge Management

The Morton Arboretum  |  4100 Illinois Route 53  |  Lisle, Illinois 60532
T  *630-725-2136* |*cdoughe...@mortonarb.org *
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Re: [MCN-L] CAA Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for the Visual Arts

[Amalyah Keshet]

Eve:



It’s been a long haul; congratulations to CAA for getting this published.



Your point about who CAA represents is a good one.  We need to keep in mind 
that CAA also represents artists.



Just as an aside, and if it’s of help to anyone:  we set our thumbnail size 
policy at 400 x 400 pixels (or 400 on the longest side).  This allows a 
printout suitable (just) for a school report or research notes or other private 
study use, presumably consistent with the Fair Use provisions of the Israel 
Copyright Law, and is reasonably close to the AAMD recommendation.



Amalyah Keshet

Head of Image Resources & Copyright Management

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem













-Original Message-
From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Eve 
Sinaiko
Sent: 10 February, 2015 9:26 PM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] FW: CAA Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for the Visual 
Arts



The Museums section of the guideline is, in my opinion, the weakest part. It's 
probably due to the fact that CAA represents museums, but primarily by 
representing the individual scholars.



A revision will be needed. For now, this is a good first step, as it reaches a 
much broader audience and constituencies than the AAMD guideline.



Regards,

Eve Sinaiko

NYC





-Original Message-

>From: Ben Rubinstein mailto:benr...@cogapp.com>>

>Sent: Feb 10, 2015 2:14 PM

>To: Museum Computer Network Listserv mailto:mcn-l@mcn.edu>>

>Subject: Re: [MCN-L] FW: CAA Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for the

>Visual Arts

>

>Thanks Diane (and Melissa) for bringing this to the list's attention.

>

>I note with a sigh that while the Code says (p12)

>

>> Museums...

>> - Downloadable images made available online should be suitable in

>> size for  full-screen projection or display on a personal computer or

>> mobile device, but generally not larger.

>

>The associated FAQ at

>http://www.collegeart.org/pdf/fair-use/best-practices-fair-use-faq.pdf

>

>recommends (p3)

>http://aamd.org/sites/default/files/document/Thumbnail%20Images%20Polic

>y.pdf

>

>which it says "states conclusions that are fully consistent with the Code".

>

>The AAMD policy (from 2011) settled on 250 x 300 pixels as the

>defensible size for an image which (apart from being an incredibly

>unhelpful way to state max

>dimensions) is a long way from "suitable in size for full-screen

>projection or display on a personal computer or mobile device".

>

>So we're still a long way from clarity!

>

>- Ben

>

>

>

>On 09/02/2015 16:54, Diane Zorich wrote:

>> FYI  includes a section for museums.

>>

>> From:  "Christine L. Sundt" 
>> mailto:csu...@mindspring.com>>

>> Reply-To:  Visual Resources Association 
>> mailto:vr...@listserv.uark.edu>>

>> Date:  Monday, February 9, 2015 11:08 AM

>> To:  mailto:vr...@listserv.uark.edu>>

>> Subject:  CAA Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for the Visual Arts

>>

>>

>> The College Art Association (CAA)'s Code of Best Practices in Fair

>> Use for the Visual Arts has been published and is available for download 
>> online:

>> http://www.collegeart.org/fair-use/. Printed copies will be

>> distributed during CAA's annual conference, this week at the New York Hilton.

>>

>> For more information about this publication please visit

>> http://www.collegeart.org/news/2015/02/09/caa-announces-publication-o

>> f-code- of-best-practices-in-fair-use-for-the-visual-arts/

>>

>> Christine L. Sundt

>

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