[MCN-L] MCN 2013 Call for Proposals: Deadline extended through May 21, 2013
*Deadline extended through May 21st for MCN 2013 Call for Proposals* Be sure to submit a proposal by the new extended deadline of May 21, 2013 to present at the 41st annual Museum Computer Network Conference to be held in Montreal, Canada from November 20 to 23, 2013. We want to hear from you! Seven different presentation formats are available: 5-minute Ignite talk, 10-minute case study, 15-minute Hackin' Shack demo, 30-minute presentation, 90-minute panel, or a half- or full-day workshop. Pick the format that's right for you and submit an abstract here: http://wired.ivvy.com/event/MCN13/abstract/request This year?s conference theme, ?Re:Making The Museum,? taps into the current trend among cultural institutions to reexamine what they do and how the community is finding new and innovative ways to accomplish its goals. From reimagining online exhibitions to rethinking digitization practice to reevaluating interaction with audiences, there are numerous ways that museums are actively remaking themselves. Share how you are remaking the museum in a presentation at MCN 2013. Want feedback on your ideas before submitting? Join the conversation on Twitter with the #MCN2013 hashtag. Need more information? Have questions? Contact the program committee (co-chairs: Liz Neely, Morgan Holzer, and Koven Smith) at program at mcn.edu Thanks, we look forward to your proposals. -- Museum Computer Network @MuseumCN -- Elizabeth Neely Director of Digital Information and Access The Art Institute of Chicago 111 S. Michigan Avenue www.artic.edu/aic 312-443-3669 *** Information Services Help Desk: (49)9-4000 StartIT - Technical Support on the Web https://startIT.artic.edu ***
[MCN-L] Electronic systems for counting visitors?
Nina, A few years back we installed Trafsys Thermal Sensorshttp://www.trafsys.com/that track heads (apparently human heads are a different temperature than the rest of our bodies). These cameras take into account direction of travel (how many people are coming and going from a portal.) I'm not longer involved with this project, so I may be dated. I liked it because the data was easy to access over a web address and I feel like it was a reasonable price up against larger more complicated programs. It may be worth checking into. If you really wanted to 'hack' something, I'd try Kinects with Center of Mass in Processing... ;) http://www.trafsys.com/ Thanks, Liz On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:42 PM, Nina Simon nina at museumtwo.com wrote: Hi Jaki, We're explicitly NOT interested in requiring sign-in or tickets - these are free-flowing events with thousands of people walking in and out of a small space. We want to make the events as accessible and open as possible - we just want to know how many people attend. Thanks, Nina On Jan 17, 2013, at 1:35 PM, Jaki Levy wrote: Hi Nina - I imagine this could be accomplished very easily with some kind of ticket system / sign-in process. Every visitor that enters needs a ticket, even if they don't pay. Is there any way to require a ticket or sign-in of some sort, even if it's virtual / electronic? Buttons? A check mark? Virtual check-ins via onsite hardware? iPad checkins? I've done this kind of sign-in process for countless volunteer run organizations and it works wonders :-) - Jaki web: http://arrowrootmedia.com cell: 646-339-9410 On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Nina Simon nina at museumtwo.com wrote: Dear friends in museum geekitude, We're looking for a solution for our small museum to count people. Specifically, we have an increasing number of free days, and we'd really prefer for our limited staff and volunteers to spend their time interacting with visitors instead of focusing on getting a good count. That said, we'd like a good count. We have three wide entrances and on our busy nights, thousands of people will stream in. My early investigation has uncovered cheap IR systems that don't do well with multiple people walking through the same doorway together, or expensive video systems that seem like overkill as they do all kinds of non-counting functions. I talked to an engineer friend about us hacking together an IR system with two distance sensors for each doorway pointing out at an angle to be able to sense two/three people at a time, and we might pursue that, but he strongly suggested I first reach out to brilliant people in the field and see how you deal with this. How do you deal with this? Thanks! Nina ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ -- Elizabeth Neely Director of Digital Information and Access The Art Institute of Chicago 111 S. Michigan Avenue www.artic.edu/aic 312-443-3669 *** Information Services Help Desk: (49)9-4000 StartIT - Technical Support on the Web https://startIT.artic.edu ***
[MCN-L] [DM SIG:]2013 MCN Presentations from DMSIG
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[MCN-L] Online Views of Electronic Signage
Hi Scott, I did a presentation at InfoComm last June that may be useful. I endeavored to build an outline for planning the various aspects of a display/ interactive project for various channels in terms of objectives, costs and workflow. Each project has decision points in the areas of Communications mode (Broadcast, On Demand or Interactive), Software platform (Packaged, Customized package or Custom), Hardware Infrastructure (Where? What? Size? Supporting infrastructure), and Content Sources Workflow (What is it? Can it be re-used? If so, what is the transformation?). Decisions in each of these areas impact the budget and help to define the stakeholders for the overall project. I uploaded the presentation slides to slideshare, which messed up the formatting a bit. It starts with a lot of pictures of artwork to give context to a non-museum crowd. Let me know if larger images of anything would be useful. http://www.slideshare.net/eneelyAIC/integrating-broadcast-and-interactive-displays-to-create-a-unique-visitor-experience Thanks, Liz On Dec 15, 2010, at 4:45 PM, Scott Sayre wrote: Hi Folks- I'm developing a section of a course on electronic signage and wayfinding systems in museums. I am looking for examples of interactive and non-interactive systems that can also be viewed online. Two examples would be: Art Institute of Chicago's - PathFinder http://www.artic.edu/pathfinder/php/pathfinder.php Minneapolis Institute of Arts - Today at the Museum http://www.artsmia.org/directories/ I'm hoping some of you might be willing to share URL's to other examples you manage, created or know of, even if they are just electronic signs. Many thanks in advance. All best, Scott Scott Sayre Sandbox Studios / Museum411 Education ? Technology ? Art 2520 Colfax Avenue South Minneapolis, Minnesota 55405 v) 612.423.9691 f) 612.377.4848 http://www.sandboxstudios.org http://www.museum411.com AOLIM/iChat/Skype: zbarscott ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post 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/ --- Elizabeth Neely Director of Digital Information and Access The Art Institute of Chicago 111 S. Michigan Avenue www.artic.edu/aic 312-443-3669 *** Information Services Help Desk: (49)9-4000 StartIT - Technical Support on the Web https://startIT.artic.edu ***
