[MCN-L] did anyone go to these conference sessions and take notes?

the conference. 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

[MCN-L] When copyright confusion attacks!

would be copyrighted, right? ~Perian Sully Judah L. Magnes Museum

[MCN-L] Inventory, Access, Interpretation: The Evolution of Collection Management Software - master's project

of weeks in Pasadena! I'll be the one with weird orange and yellow autumnal hair. -- Perian Sully Collection Database and Records Administrator Judah L. Magnes Museum 2911 Russell St. Berkeley, CA 94705 510-549-6950 x 335

[MCN-L] Save the Date! THATCamp Bay Area, October 9-10, 2010

on Twitter. Please let your friends know and feel free to share this with other listservs. Hope to see you there! ~Perian Perian Sully http://emphatic.org http://musematic.net http://mediaandtechnology.org Twitter: @p_sully

[MCN-L] REMINDER! SPC-endorsed session proposals for AAM 2011 are due tomorrow (Friday, July 16th)

everything is complete, as AAM will reject the proposal if it's not. That includes contact info and biographies for all speakers. I'm really excited by what I've seen so far, and I'm looking forward to hearing from more of you. Best, ~Perian Sully AAM Media and Technology SPC Program Chair -- Perian

[MCN-L] newly released W3 emotion markup language

I am more bemused by this than I should be and have to share: http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/WD-emotionml-20100729/ I'm trying to come up with some reasonable use of this, and all I can come up with is some sort of metaverse or semantic web application. But I don't think I'd want to code in it... the

[MCN-L] Fwd: DEADLINE EXTENDED: 2012 Annual Meeting Session Proposals

=Museumj=7126803s=http://www.magnetmail.net/Actions/unsubscribe.cfm?message_id=1522862user_id=Museumrecipient_id=626924563email=perian at emphatic.orggroup_id=443825 [image: Powered By Real Magnet] -- Perian Sully http://www.emphatic.org http://www.musematic.net http

[MCN-L] Comments on your collections online

to remember which sites those were. SO! Do any of you know/have collections online that allow for user comments? Have you seen some great discussions between users that have served to enlighten the staff and public alike? Thanks in advance and hope y'all are staying warm. Best, ~Perian Perian

[MCN-L] Offsite Digital Image Archive Options

associated with this, though if the project is of particular interest to them, they will sometimes award free allocations: http://www.sdsc.edu/resources/Resources.html Perian Sully Collection Information and New Media Coordinator Judah L. Magnes Museum -Original Message- From: mcn-l

[MCN-L] Public Authoring examples

-is-my-hero-what-museum.h tml - Nina's review of Click I feel like this is just the tip of the iceberg. Digging through the Museums and the Web papers will yield a ton more information and case studies. http://www.archimuse.com/conferences/mw.html Hope this is of use. Perian Sully Collection

[MCN-L] Twitter!

never! Cheers! Perian Sully Collections Information and Web Programs Manager Judah L. Magnes Museum

[MCN-L] Web vs. 'real world' visitors

Dear Nancy: Have you seen the IMLS Interconnections report? http://www.interconnectionsreport.org/ Lots of hard data about some of the questions you're asking. The slideshow provides a nice summary as well on the report. Perian Sully Collections Information and Web Programs Manager Judah L

[MCN-L] Web vs. 'real world' visitors

of analytics and questions we should be asking and would also benefit the rest of the field? Perian Sully Collections Information and Web Programs Manager Judah L. Magnes Museum -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Folsom, Diana Sent

[MCN-L] Website content analysis / site map - recommendedsoftware?

://www.techsoup.org/stock/product.asp?catalog_name=TechSoupMaincate gory_name=Office+Tools+MSproduct_id=LS-2512Cat1=Office+Tools+MSCatCou nt=1 Best, Perian Sully Collections Information and Web Programs Manager Judah L. Magnes Museum -Original Message- From: Oberoi, Shyam

[MCN-L] free ftp software?

I use both of these myself. I am more comfortable with Filezilla and use it for more traditional FTP sites, but WinSCP's use of SCP means I end up using it for one other site I connect to on a regular basis (this site doesn't allow FTP or SFTP) Perian Sully Collections Information and Web

[MCN-L] MCN 2008? and a thanks

...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Perian Sully Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 5:04 PM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] MCN 2008? and a thanks Hi everyone! I was wondering if anyone knew where the 2008 conference is going to held and what the dates are? I can't find anything on the website. Also, many

[MCN-L] Webcasting

hosting company somewhere who offers services to nonprofits? Does anyone know of any really good step-by-step tutorials for webcasting? Confusedly yours, Perian Sully Collection Information and New Media Coordinator Judah L. Magnes Museum

[MCN-L] Webcasting

it. best len -- Forwarded message -- From: Perian Sully psu...@magnes.org Date: Jan 24, 2008 7:33 PM Subject: [MCN-L] Webcasting To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Hi fellow techies... In another classic example of Perian-biting-off-more-than-she-can-chew, I suggested to my bosses that I

[MCN-L] Webby awards

to process them and think about them further, but a (very) brief glance at the Webby Award Winner, SPI, made my jaw drop. Congratulations to the winners and nominees!! Perian Sully Collection Database Records Administrator Judah L. Magnes Museum 2911 Russell St. Berkeley, CA 94705 510-549-6950 x 335

[MCN-L] image sizes

complaints that our fees are too high (they are relatively high on paper, but we do negotiate), and we're retooling it as we learn better. But we've definitely noticed that the financial benefits are outweighing the risks thus far. ~P Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist

[MCN-L] ‏‏RE: image sizes

the materials. So we decided to just trust our audience to be responsible. So far, *knock on wood* the results are pretty positive. ~P Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes Berkeley, CA -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn

[MCN-L] Digital Preservation and Nuclear Holocaust: An Animation

Oh, the things that pop up on Twitter (I think Richard Urban was the first to tweet this...) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbBa6Oam7-w A cute animation about the (very) basics of digital preservation. Enjoy! Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist

[MCN-L] Portland

for MCN this year! Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes Berkeley, CA -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Diane M. Zorich Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 4:46 AM To: mcn-l at toronto.mediatrope.com

[MCN-L] Looking for a New Webblast/Email/Metrics Service

be greatly appreciated. Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes Berkeley, CA

[MCN-L] Virtualization

and cons are? I'd love to get caught up to the conversation! ~P Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes Berkeley, CA

[MCN-L] Who manages your social media presence?

it will work smoothly. Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes Berkeley, CA -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Melissa Kinkley Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 11:40 AM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu

[MCN-L] question on gallery simulation software

Hmm. I'm not an exhibition designer, but would Second Life be a good platform for this? I have seen it used for gallery mockups (and have done something similar myself for other purposes), but it does have the advantage of being fairly easy to learn. ~Perian Perian Sully Collections Information

[MCN-L] Skype- use it or block it?

to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ -- Perian Sully http://www.emphatic.org http

[MCN-L] image file names

number yet), what are some other arguments in favor of using a unique identifier instead of the accession number? ~P Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes Berkeley, CA -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu

[MCN-L] FW: Media and Technology SPC-endorsed session proposals for AAM 2011 are due July 16!

for being a part of this committee. I look forward to our further conversations and getting to know you better. Perian Sully Media and Technology SPC Program Chair programs at mediaandtechnology.org P.S. A special shout-out to Herminia Din, who has been the MT Program Chair for the past five years

[MCN-L] (no subject)

blargh. sorry guys. its been a long week Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes Berkeley, CA

[MCN-L] Records for displaying unrelated objects together

Robyn: I haven't used Mimsy, so I couldn't say if it supports this, but what I've done with a few different databases now is to create an Exhibition record that links all of the items. But for individual, discrete groups, I've always had to manually massage the labels, then save the label to the

[MCN-L] Change of contact information

will be moving over to UCB, and I wish them the best of luck. With thanks, Perian Sully http://www.emphatic.org http://www.musematic.org http://www.mediaandtechnology.org

[MCN-L] Database access for curators?

Hi Maggie: I don't know if Mimsy has workflow capabilities, but some systems allow you to be notified of changes or let you see/approve the changes before they become live. Barring that, I've also instructed my curators to place the original information into a notes field before they delete it

[MCN-L] Database access for curators?

Chuck, Gabriela, and Maggie have it correct. One would hope that the db staff worked with the curators in advance, to determine the correct terminology terms! However, I can tell you that no one applies terms consistently, so having that final approval by the information manager is critical.

[MCN-L] Bad news for the public domain

Yikes... Court Says It's Okay To Remove Content From The Public Domain And Put It Back Under Copyright http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100621/2320049908.shtml From the article: ...last year, a district court made a very important ruling on what appeared to be a minor part of copyright law.

[MCN-L] scanner recommendations?

I second Denise's recommendation. The Epson 1XL series is fantastic. ~Perian On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 9:37 AM, Gose, Denise gosed at ccp.library.arizona.edu wrote: We love our Epson 1XL scanners - but you'll pay close to $3000 for the version with Silverfast software and transparency

[MCN-L] RIP Delicious

This makes me very sad indeed: http://gizmodo.com/5714292/rest-in-peace-delicious I spent a lot of time adding cultural heritage content and links and tutorials to Delicious. Maybe I should just migrate them to Zotero instead? Anyone else have any suggestions for a comparable service? The article

[MCN-L] Content credit lines within institutional websites

Hi all: I have a bit of a philosophical question. I'm in the process of migrating our institutional website and I'm noticing that a lot of content areas, particularly those that are best described as online exhibitions, have a credit line within the description: Exhibition is a project

[MCN-L] GeoCities RIP

Proof that even CSS can be used for evil... (ow. I have a headache now) Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes Berkeley, CA -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Morgan, Matt Sent: Saturday

[MCN-L] The Great Ebook Throwdown - my summary

Speaking personally, I use the free app Stanza on my iPhone for reading e-books in bed (it's nice to have the lights out and still be able to read!). The disadvantage is the small size of the page, which Kindle obviously excels at. But having an e-book reader that doubles as phone, game player,

[MCN-L] Project management systems for inter-organizationalcooperation

We're currently working on a website project using Basecamp. We're pretty impressed with it and it makes things nice and easy to keep track of tasks. http://basecamphq.com/ Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes Berkeley, CA -Original Message

[MCN-L] Attachments sent in email

We don't have specific rules, but anything larger than 10 Mb we suggest Yousendit. Really large stuff I upload to an FTP site on our webhost On Aug 7, 2009, at 1:56 PM, Sweeting III, Floyd sweeting at frick.org wrote: I'm curious as to what size limits you have on sending attachments.

[MCN-L] Web page about how to use collections online

. I'd like to see how others have framed their instructions, so I don't miss anything or overly-confuse anyone Please feel free to reply to me offlist with a link to your instructions. Many thanks in advance! Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes

[MCN-L] Web page about how to use collections online

a different UI. Best, ~Perian -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Perian Sully Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 1:59 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] Web page about how to use collections online Dear fellow MCNers

[MCN-L] Website and Digital Communications Coordinator job at Contemporary Jewish Museum, SF

Came across this today and figured someone might be interested: http://thecjm.org/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewview=articleid =203 Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes 2911 Russell St. Berkeley, CA 94705 Work: 510-549-6950 x 357 Fax

[MCN-L] More seats now available! Free Strategic Social Media Seminar for the Cultural Sector featuring Sebastian Chan @ SFMOMA

in galleries and out in the world around us. It will also address issues around how to better measure digital initiatives and also address philosophies of open access and emerging business models around open content. More information and RSVP (required) at www.theatrebayarea.org/digital Perian

[MCN-L] Microsoft ordered to stop selling Word

It already has on my computer, apparently. Haven't been able to get the darn thing to work right in months! Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes Berkeley, CA -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu

[MCN-L] Digital Image of Collection Object

to researchers, this has proved invaluable, since the researchers need to be able to read the works. But that's just us. Perian Sully Collection Information and New Media Coordinator Judah L. Magnes Museum -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf

[MCN-L] FW: IMLS Announces Results of Study on the Internet's Impact on Museums and Libraries

Forwarded from Museum-L Perian Sully Collection Information and New Media Coordinator Judah L. Magnes Museum From: Museum discussion list [mailto:museu...@home.ease.lsoft.com] On Behalf Of Kevin OConnell Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 1:02 PM To: MUSEUM-L at HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject

[MCN-L] website evaluations

Hi all: We're redesigning our website and wanted to get a survey out for our members, to help us determine the content and the structure of the new site. Does anyone have a needs assessment survey or something like who would be willing to share? Thanks! Perian Sully Collection

[MCN-L] wikis for project management

organization? and how did you get everyone using it? Perian Sully Collection Information and New Media Coordinator Judah L. Magnes Museum 2911 Russell St. Berkeley, CA 94705 Work: 510-549-6950 x 357 Fax: 510-849-3673 http://www.magnes.org http://www.musematic.org http

[MCN-L] Titles

enough, so I'm not entirely comfortable with it. Does anyone here deal with website management and strategy? What is your title? Are you happy with it? Please reply to me offlist. Thanks! Perian Sully Collection Information and New Media Coordinator Judah L. Magnes Museum 2911 Russell St

[MCN-L] meaningless inventory numbers

will use the RID# - temporary loans for exhibition, for example - but for our collections, we'll stick with the standard. Hope this helps! Perian Sully Collection Information and New Media Coordinator Judah L. Magnes Museum -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun

[MCN-L] RAW vs. TIF

allow you to scale back up. Perian Sully Collection Information and New Media Coordinator Judah L. Magnes Museum -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Kathy Amoroso Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 7:42 AM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject

[MCN-L] This month's AVISO - New Guide States Intellectual Property Benefits Museums

else read it who has any opinions? http://www.wipo.int/copyright/en/museums_ip/guide.html Perian Sully Collection Database Records Administrator Judah L. Magnes Museum 2911 Russell St. Berkeley, CA 94705 510-549-6950 x 335 http://www.magnes.org Contributor, http://www.musematic.org

[MCN-L] Creative Commons text

) as they wish. Thanks for any advice! Perian Sully Collection Database Records Administrator Judah L. Magnes Museum 2911 Russell St. Berkeley, CA 94705 510-549-6950 x 335 http://www.magnes.org Contributor, http://www.musematic.org

[MCN-L] videos in exhibits

We don't use touchscreen capability, but we do use an iPod to deliver looped videos. We set the video(s) up in a playlist and set the thing to repeat all. This is fairly new for us (used in 2 exhibitions so far), but so far, so good! Perian Sully Collection Database Records Administrator Judah L

[MCN-L] MARC record conversion into Excel or CSV?

have a software package that helped you? Thanks in advance everyone! Perian Sully Collection Database Records Administrator Judah L. Magnes Museum 2911 Russell St. Berkeley, CA 94705 510-549-6950 x 335 http://www.magnes.org Contributor, http://www.musematic.org

[MCN-L] Computer systems for a new museum

(what's left of it anyway...), the program's flexibility, and it is cost-effective when staff time is taken into account. Ok, off of my soapbox now! Perian Sully Collection Database Records Administrator Judah L. Magnes Museum 2911 Russell St. Berkeley, CA 94705 510-549-6950 x 335 http

[MCN-L] Creative Commons launches ccLearn

barriers, we promote interoperability standards and tools to facilitate remixing and reuse. * With social barriers, we encourage teachers and learners to re-use educational materials available on the Web, and to build on each other's contributions. Perian Sully Collection Database Records

[MCN-L] Website workflow

not comfortable with housing it with the marketing department), and what the path is for various departments for contributing content. Would anyone be willing to share how your institution manages web information and processes? Thanks in advance! Perian Sully Collection Database Records Administrator

[MCN-L] Website workflow

and priorities simply reflect the opinions of the department in which it lives.. I hope this helps... Len Steinbach On 7/26/07, Perian Sully psully at magnes.org wrote: Hi everyone - We're beginning a process of redesigning our website and we're trying to decide what the workflow will be to update

[MCN-L] IP SIG: LACMA's Magritte exhibit: This is not fair use

I also saw that article and had some issue with it, too. I'm pretty pro-CC and free-use in most cases, but as Amalyah said, museums don't always (or usually) have the option to make everything fair-use. It's really out of our hands. And so I find it intensely frustrating that a lot of

[MCN-L] Tricky question - is Mac better than PC?

at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l -- Perian Sully Collection Database and Records Administrator Judah L. Magnes Museum 2911 Russell St. Berkeley, CA 94705 510-549-6950 x 335

[MCN-L] CNet article on net neutrality and digital copyright regulations under a Democratic congress

Hi list: Thought many of you would find this article interesting. I certainly did. There's hope yet!! http://news.com.com/What+the+Democrats+win+means+for+tech/2100-1028_3-6133833.html ~Perian What the Democrats' win means for tech By Declan McCullagh

[MCN-L] Net Neutrality

fortunately this article was written in April. The new Democratic congress will try again when it convenes Perian Sully Collection Database and Records Administrator Judah L. Magnes Museum Berkeley, CA Mike Rippy wrote: Republicans defeat Net neutrality proposal http://news.com.com/2100

[MCN-L] Fwd: folksonomy article

and identify stuff? How can they do that if they don't know the words something is classified under? Thus, getting to that hybrid model Nick was suggesting, folksonomy is certainly an aid and not a hindrance. Perian Sully Collection Database and Records Administrator Judah L. Magnes Museum Berkeley, CA

[MCN-L] metadata for dummies

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

[MCN-L] digitization wish-lists

? flat-panel LCD monitor Photoshop CS2 KE Software EMu CMS Thanks everyone for your input! You can reply to me directly. -- Perian Sully Collection Database and Records Administrator Judah L. Magnes Museum 2911 Russell St. Berkeley, CA 94705 510-549-6950 x 335

[MCN-L] DAMS comparisons?

willing to share. Thanks for all of your help, both now and in the past (and, I daresay, in the future) -- Perian Sully Collection Database and Records Administrator Judah L. Magnes Museum 2911 Russell St. Berkeley, CA 94705 510-549-6950 x 335

[MCN-L] CNet article of the recent New Media and Social Memory Symposium at BAM

merely need to invoke the dreaded P-word /soapbox -- Perian Sully Collection Database and Records Administrator Judah L. Magnes Museum 2911 Russell St. Berkeley, CA 94705 510-549-6950 x 335

[MCN-L] CSLI programs at Stanford

on a regular basis. *dates/times below **abstract below Perian Sully Collection Database and Records Administrator Judah L. Magnes Museum Berkeley, CA The CSLI Calendar appears weekly on most Wednesdays throughout the year. Announcements, abstracts, and other information to appear in the Calendar

[MCN-L] Paging Thomas Tunsch!

Thomas: if you're out there somewhere, my emails to you keep bouncing back! Call me directly if you get this!! Sorry list for the personal nature of this message... Perian Sully Collection Information and New Media Coordinator Judah L. Magnes Museum 2911 Russell St. Berkeley, CA 94705

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

a bit of a nightmare to work in and with. If I had my druthers, I'd do everything in Wordpress, but I know that it would take an awful lot more work to get it to look the way I'd want it to as a website. ~Perian Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes Berkeley

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

Does anyone happen to know when Wordpress 3.0 comes out, or Drupal 7? I've heard of both of them being in development for some time now, but have never been able to get a clear picture of when. Thanks! ~P Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes Berkeley

[MCN-L] Technology, Interpretation and Education Virtual Conference and Expo Hall - September 20-22, 2011

Multi-day Online Conference and Virtual Expo Hall Technology, Interpretation and Education 2011 September 20-22 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. each day (Eastern) Join us for an exciting two-day online experience, where you can learn from and interact with Media Technology MUSE Award-winning museum

[MCN-L] New Flickr uploader for museums, Sammu, available for pre-release

and help us kick the wheels. Sammu does require Mac OS 10.6 or higher to run. Sorry, PC folks. If you're interested, please drop me a line at psully at bpoc.org. I look forward to hearing from you! ~Perian Perian Sully Project Manager: Online Access and Digital Asset Management Balboa Park Online

[MCN-L] Job posting: Director of Information Technology, Balboa Park Online Collaborative

As we expand, the Balboa Park Online Collaborative is seeking a dynamic, business minded proactive Director of Information Technology with strong technical and communications skills who is aspiring to a CIO role. The BPOC provides thought leadership and technical services to more than 27 museums

[MCN-L] MCN Silent Auction in Atlanta - prizes!

Dear Marla: What's the procedure for dropping off items? At the check-in/registration desk? On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Misunas, Marla mmisunas at sfmoma.org wrote: The MCN Silent Auction is coming up. Can you top last year's Elvis Mr. Potato Head?

[MCN-L] Job posting: Lead Interactive Developer at BPOC

The Balboa Park Online Collaborative is seeking a creative self-motivated Lead Interactive Software Developer to join its team to support innovative technology projects serving 26 cultural institutions in Balboa Park. Learn a new definition of ROI as you work alongside experienced museum

[MCN-L] Museum Mobile App List

Hi Kurt: Check out this great list: http://www.museums2go.com/ Charles includes reviews with the apps, too. On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 8:37 AM, MuseumPods museumpods at gmail.com wrote: Hello, A lot of people have asked me for a list of available museum mobile apps (iPhone, Android) and I

[MCN-L] DAM pricing

Hi Megan: It really depends on what you want to do and how big your institution is. On the low end, you can anticipate something in the 15-20K range. On the high end, up to several hundred thousand. There are also a bunch of open source dams available, but you'll have to factor in the cost of

[MCN-L] Call for Proposals for AAM Media Technology sessions, deadline July 15!

-presenters. I'll provide that address when it's available. Thank you so much to everyone who presented this year. It was a great conference and I look forward to hearing from you soon so we can raise the bar even more for Minneapolis. Sincerely, ~Perian Sully AAM Media Technology Program Chair

[MCN-L] Fwd: REMINDER: Call for Participants, MITH API Workshop due Friday, Jan 14

(please excuse the cross-posting ~Perian) We're nearing the Friday deadline for accepting applications to our NEH-funded API workshop, so this is your last chance to apply! The Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities will host a two-day workshop on developing APIs (Application

[MCN-L] CAL SIG members meeting Berkeley, May 21?

AAM begins on May 22nd, so lots of folks will be flying into Houston 21-22 On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Misunas, Marla mmisunas at sfmoma.org wrote: Hi all, I'm working with our friends at UC Berkeley to arrange a Cal SIG meeting there for us in May. Due to the end of the school year,

[MCN-L] Multilingual collection database

I hope EMu has launched their unicode support. At this time last year, it was still in development, but I haven't checked back since then. IDEA (www.idea-alm.com) does offer special characters and multilingual capabilities. It worked great for the Hebrew/Russian/Chinese/Hindi characters that are

[MCN-L] Institutional image database - Lightroom?

=8110 Hope this helps, ~Perian Perian Sully Project Manager: Digital Asset Management and Online Access Balboa Park Online Collaborative On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 2:52 PM, SARAH PUCKITT visionary62000 at yahoo.comwrote: Hello- thanks for your suggestions so far from my recent query. Before I

[MCN-L] Online Collections Publication

I wholeheartedly agree with Deb. To date, the evidence is inconclusive that online collections=increased foot traffic EXCEPT when one takes into account the fact that easy access to museum collection materials increases the feelgood quotient for a percentage of your audience. Anecdotally, I do

[MCN-L] Thumbnail strategies; social media and copyright.

to answer some of these questions. Please respond to me offlist, and denote if I may identify your institution's practices during the workshop. I would like to collate all answers and distribute them to the list, but I'll strip identifying information from those answers entirely. Best, ~Perian Perian

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

with JPEG2000 at this time. Anyone have any opinions, experiences or suggestions before I commit to this? ~Perian Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes 2911 Russell St. Berkeley, CA 94705 Work: 510-549-6950 x 357 Fax: 510-849-3673 http://www.magnes.org http

[MCN-L] Switching to Gmail

We use Google Docs extensively at the Magnes for collaborating on inventory, determining deaccessions, and tracking software bugs. That being said, we also use MS Office for the majority of tasks for the following reasons: 1) formatting 2) sharing (not everyone can use Google Docs if we send

[MCN-L] Applications now open! THATCamp Bay Area, October 9-10, 2010

(apologies in advance for the cross-posting) Hi everyone! Applications for THATCamp Bay Area just opened! It's easy, and I strongly encourage anyone with an interest in technology and cultural institutions to apply. This is a great event for newbies and seasoned experts alike.

[MCN-L] FailFaire - NYT article about non-profit technology failures

! Cheers, ~P -- Perian Sully http://www.emphatic.org http://www.musematic.net http://www.mediaandtechnology.org Twitter: @p_sully

[MCN-L] Online Photo Sharing

/flickr_report_final.pdf It's a really accessible and interesting read. Perian Sully http://www.emphatic.org http://www.musematic.net http://www.mediaandtechnology.org Twitter: @p_sully On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Travis Fullerton Tfullerton at vmfa.state.va.us wrote: Sorry for the cross-posting (but, we

[MCN-L] Online Photo Sharing

Hi again: Hmm, thinking about it more, what about using a free, web-based, self-hosted image gallery software like Gallery (http://gallery.menalto.com/ )? Just install it on your servers within a password-protected sub-directory or on a subdomain. I personally haven't used it a lot, but I know

[MCN-L] Content-based social media strategies

of the museum, rather than the content. But I have to admit that I haven't done an exhaustive survey of the field. Have you noticed differently? Have you adjusted your strategy based on the type of content being presented? ~P Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes

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It is not too late to register for the Copyright Workshop in LA. But hurry, advance registration ends on April 16th! See attached flyer. Please email workshop coordinator, Tamara Johnston, with questions: tamarakjohnston at gmail.com Tamara K. Johnston Collections Manager/Registrar Milwaukee,

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I'm, alas, not going to MW (and I'm really, really envious of all of you who are), but this is AWESOME! Well done! Ok, I want one for AAM now... ~Perian Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes 2911 Russell St. Berkeley, CA 94705 http://www.magnes.org http

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, ~Perian Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes Berkeley, CA -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Gail Durbin Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 10:41 AM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] VA

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