[MCN-L] RFP: Museum Collection Database Public Portal User Study

2020-08-12 Thread Erin Richardson
Hello! Please do not reply to this email address regarding this RFP. You can follow the directions below (greatly preferred), or send a message to erichard...@fivecolleges.edu Request for Proposal Museums’ Collections Database Public Portal User Study Summary Five Colleges, Inc. (FCI) seeks a

Re: [MCN-L] mcn-l Digest, Vol 179, Issue 6 - using Matterport

2020-08-12 Thread Robin White
Hi Meredith, We used Matterport type software to document the exhibition We Are Nature: Living in the Anthropocene at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. The software works well if your goal is simply to document an exhibition for archival purposes. If you want to make it useful for

Re: [MCN-L] Eliminating headphones

2020-08-12 Thread hoplist
I have historically recommended that any exhibit with headphones also include a standard mini jack for personal headphones. This is not a response to Covid but rather to the general visitor discomfort with sharing headphones. I also suggest that inexpensive ear bud type headphones be made

[MCN-L] FINAL CFP: IEEE TALE 2020 EdTech & STEM Ed Conference - Online/Virtual, 8-11 Dec (Scopus, Ei Compendex, CPCI)

2020-08-12 Thread Lee, Mark
++ FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE 2020: An International Conference on Engineering, Technology & Education 8-11 December 2020 - Online/Virtual http://tale2020.org/ Submission Deadline: 17 August 2020

Re: [MCN-L] Eliminating headphones

2020-08-12 Thread Matthew Wagner
Hi George, I have a client that is considering Bluetooth and Bluetooth beacons but they are currently looking at potential barriers (and there are a few of them). While practicality might be an issue, so many headphone have Bluetooth capabilities that pairs with relative ease. Hopefully if things

[MCN-L] Eliminating headphones

2020-08-12 Thread George Scharoun
Hi all, I'm curious to know how you have or plan to adapt to new hygiene standards in terms of headphones, specifically the type attached to a video or interactive in the galleries. Do you have short term fixes or long term strategies you'd like to share or think through? Some ideas (all with