[MCN-L] A working list of free/low-cost alternatives to Adobe Creative Cloud products
ACDSee is a low cost photo editing program that does all the basics. Doesn't really do levels. -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Edson, Michael Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 12:17 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] A working list of free/low-cost alternatives to Adobe Creative Cloud products I'm running a working group here at SI to identify free and low-cost alternatives to the products in the Adobe Creative Cloud suite. To that end, I've put a working list of those products - - and possible alternatives to them - - on our public wiki: http://smithsonian-webstrategy.wikispaces.com/Alternatives+to+Adobe+Creativ e+Cloud+products Many of you know that Adobe has recently moved from a buy-it-and-keep-it model to an annual subscription model, and for us here at the Smithsonian, Adobe has also dropped our educational discount: this is going to cost us a lot of money - - maybe $500/year per user. Our assumption is that most creative professionals will need to continue with Creative Cloud, but in many instances - - say, an intern doing basic photo manipulation - - a free/cheap tool may be just as good. (I've been using GIMP, a free/open alternative to Photoshop, for years and I'm very happy with it, and Google+ has quietly introduced a very elegant image editing solution that works for 90% of the image editing I do.) If you know of other products or have something to add, please feel free to comment on the page, edit it, or contact me directly. I'll ping the list when we issue our recommendations. Thanks!! Michael Edson Smithsonian Institution. ___ 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://mcn.edu/pipermail/mcn-l/
[MCN-L] Requirements for Museum Gift Shop/Cafe POS system
The Museum Store Association would be a good contact for this information. Frank Thomson, Curator Asheville Art Museum PO Box 1717 Asheville, NC 28802 2 South Pack Square Asheville, NC 28801 828.253.3227 tel. 828.257.4503 fax fthomson at ashevilleart.org www.ashevilleart.org -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Julie Brubaker Sent: Friday, April 4, 2014 12:23 PM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] Requirements for Museum Gift Shop/Cafe POS system Hi MCN-ers! Does anyone have a relatively recent list of requirements for a POS (gift shop/cafe) system that they'd be willing to share with me? We're about to start a selection/implementation and I'd love to have a few examples from other Museums to make sure our requirements are complete and comprehensive. If you have anything you can share, please email to me at jbrubaker at geh.org. Thanks! Julie Julie P. Brubaker Director of Information and Interpretive Technology George Eastman House jbrubaker at geh.org 585.355.3342 (c) 585.271.3361 x386 (o)
[MCN-L] Embedding LCD screens in new walls?
Is it possible to build a false wall with enough space to get to the monitor from the back? That way if you need access you could remove the mounts and take it out for servicing. This should also provide proper air flow. Even lcd tvs produce some heat. Frank Thomson Asheville Art Museum Mailing address: PO Box 1717, Asheville, NC 28802 Street address: 2 South Pack Square, Asheville, NC 28801 828.253.3227 t 828.257.4503 f fthomson at ashevilleart.org www.ashevilleart.org Our Vision: to transform lives through art -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of George Scharoun Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 11:41 AM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] Embedding LCD screens in new walls? Has anyone had experience burying an LCD display in a wall, so as to hide the frame and/or crop the image to a desired aspect ratio? Our curators and designers (not responsible for the well-being of the equipment) are keen on the idea, as it will no doubt give the exhibition a nice clean look. However as the technical producer, I feel very uncomfortable putting any piece of equipment someplace I can't get to it, i.e. behind taped and painted seams. Even if you were guaranteed the equipment would have adequate ventilation, would you agree to install equipment without maintenance access? The question I'm often asked is, will you need to get to it? To which I respond, I shouldn't, but I might. It's true, but it feels like a flimsy answer, so I'm curious to know how others have handled this situation, or how you would handle it. Thanks so much, George -- GEORGE SCHAROUN Technical Producer, Gallery Media Museum of Fine Arts, Boston gscharoun at mfa.org | 617-369-3512 http://www.mfa.org ___ 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://mcn.edu/pipermail/mcn-l/
[MCN-L] Digital photo storage direct from a camera
NKRemote is a program that allows you to control certain digital slrs from a computer. Frank Thomson Asheville Art Museum Mailing address: PO Box 1717, Asheville, NC 28802 Street address: 2 South Pack Square, Asheville, NC 28801 828.253.3227 t 828.257.4503 f fthomson at ashevilleart.org www.ashevilleart.org Our Vision: to transform lives through art -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of richard Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 4:25 PM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] Digital photo storage direct from a camera Hello all, I am wondering if anyone knows of a digital camera that allows direct computer storage rather than being transferred from the card at a later time period. We are digitizing our entire collection during the inventorying and relocation of most of our objects (80,000+). We thought if we could capture the image direct to a laptop then the image could be attached to the database file immediately while the record is open. If this is not possible, then we would appreciate any advice on maximizing efficiency. Your responses are greatly appreciated. Richard Cloutier Building/IT Coordinator Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery richard.cloutier at reddeer.ca
[MCN-L] Color to Grayscale
In PhotoShop you can convert to a gray scale in a manner that keeps maximum tonal range. After saving you cannot convert back to color so that information is lost. Frank Thomson Asheville Art Museum Mailing address: PO Box 1717, Asheville, NC 28802 Street address: 2 South Pack Square, Asheville, NC 28801 828.253.3227 t 828.257.4503 f fthomson at ashevilleart.org www.ashevilleart.org Our Vision: to transform lives through art -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Marianne Weldon Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 7:42 AM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] Color to Grayscale I've been led to believe that converting color images to grayscale digitally does not loose information, but have no actual 'proof' of this. Is anyone aware of any documentation or publications on this topic? Additionally, I know many people that choose to scan black and white images in color then convert to greyscale.again...any useful data or discussions on this out there? Thank you! Marianne Weldon Fellow, The American Institute for Conservation Collections Manager of Art and Artifacts 202 Canaday Bryn Mawr College 101 North Merion Avenue Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 office 610-526-5022 mweldon at brynmawr.edu See our collection online at: Triarte.brynmawr.edu and at emuseum.net
[MCN-L] File naming conventions for digitized archives
Interesting question. If one follows archivists' standards where the relation of the object to the overall collection is very important. The box and file would be regarded as constant and name could follow this format. Museum standards would have a unique number, maybe year, accession, object in accession and location could be subject to change over time. Frank Thomson Asheville Art Museum Mailing address: PO Box 1717, Asheville, NC 28802 Street address: 2 South Pack Square, Asheville, NC 28801 828.253.3227 t 828.257.4503 f fthomson at ashevilleart.org www.ashevilleart.org Our Vision: to transform lives through art -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Sarah Clark Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 8:48 AM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: Re: [MCN-L] File naming conventions for digitized archives What if you aren't confident that the box and folder locations will remain constant? We've been trying to make sure that digitized items are processed to the item level, but have struggled with how to assign catalog numbers for specific items within a larger collection (not all the items will be digitized; only those where an image has been requested). And often there is a pressing need to digitize something that's in a collection which has not yet been properly arranged or described, so any box/folder numbers that exist are probably temporary. I'm very interested in this topic and would appreciate any other suggestions or caveats. Our images are managed through our PastPerfect collections management system. Thanks, Sarah Sarah Clark Curator Staten Island Historical Society Staten Island, NY 718-351-1611, ext. 272 www.historicrichmondtown.org Explore our collections at: http://historicrichmondtown.org/collections -- Message: 4 Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:04:59 -0500 From: lauren boegen lauren.boe...@gmail.com To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] File naming conventions for digitized archives Message-ID: CABO5MUYtyERdGL86c19dmSpatqgLGY2JoGw31st6ZmTWVm01pw at mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hi everyone, I'm wondering if anyone would be able and willing to share their experiences with file naming when digitizing an archive. We are struggling to find an efficient yet informative/functional way to assign file names to items in the collection that aren't individually identified at the item level. For example, we have several letters from John Doe to Jane Doe grouped in a folder and IDed as such in the finding aid, but we don't identify each individual letter by an accession number. The archive in question contains the business and family papers of an American astronomer and telescope maker and include mostly letters, invoices, and business materials related to telescope delivery. The best we've been able to come up with is a file name combining some sort of descriptor about what the image actually is (ie. letter_fromjohndoe_tojanedoe) and location (Clark_Series1_Box6_Folder2), but this seems unwieldy. I know someone out there's got to have figured out a better way, and any insight would be appreciated. Thanks! Lauren - Lauren Boegen Digital Collections Manager Webster Institute for the History of Astronomy The Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum phone: 312.542.2618 lboegen at adlerplanetarium.org -- Message: 5 Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:19:54 + From: Cathy Herr ch...@glenbow.org To: 'Museum Computer Network Listserv' mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: Re: [MCN-L] File naming conventions for digitized archives Message-ID: 1ACEB49A3941B84EB553C01A63A64C7704E38E at EXCELSIOR.glenbow.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Posted on behalf of one of our Archivists ... When we plan to digitize unnumbered items in an archival file, we first number the entire contents of the file. We then add the item number to the end of the call number which we use for identification purposes. For example, in the call number M-1234-5-6, M-1234 represents the manuscript portion of the Smith family fonds; 5 represents the 5th folder in the Smith papers, and 6 represents the 6th page within the 5th folder. Boring perhaps, but the call number will always lead us back to the exact document from which the digital file was made. We do not try to describe the actual item in the file title, as this information can be found in the finding aid. Susan Kooyman Archivist Glenbow Museum 130 - 9 Avenue SE, Calgary, AB. T2G 0P3 P: 403.268.4227 F: 403.262.6569 E: skooyman at glenbow.org -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of lauren boegen Sent: March-20-13 3:05 PM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] File naming conventions for digitized archives Hi everyone, I'm wondering if anyone would be able and willing
[MCN-L] Recommendations for Tablet Based Surveys?
There are pdf apps and with Acrobat Professional you can create a form with fields to be filled in. Frank Thomson Asheville Art Museum Mailing address: PO Box 1717, Asheville, NC 28802 Street address: 2 South Pack Square, Asheville, NC 28801 828.253.3227 t 828.257.4503 f fthomson at ashevilleart.org www.ashevilleart.org Our Vision: to transform lives through art -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Adrienne Romano Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 6:06 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Recommendations for Tablet Based Surveys? Hi Frank, Thanks - my question actually was asking if there were any apps similar to iForm below that were for the Android platform. Sorry I wasn't clear. Thanks! Adrienne Romano Adrienne Neszmelyi-Romano Director of Education, New Media and Interpretive Initiatives James A. Michener Art Museum aromano at michenerartmuseum.org -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Frank E. Thomson Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 5:40 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Recommendations for Tablet Based Surveys? Here is a review of some of the Android tablets available. http://reviews.cnet.com/best-tablets/best-5-android-tablets Frank Thomson Asheville Art Museum Mailing address: PO Box 1717, Asheville, NC 28802 Street address: 2 South Pack Square, Asheville, NC 28801 828.253.3227 t 828.257.4503 f fthomson at ashevilleart.org www.ashevilleart.org Our Vision: to transform lives through art -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Adrienne Romano Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 11:25 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Recommendations for Tablet Based Surveys? Are there any suggestions for Android based tablets? Thank you for the information. Adrienne Adrienne Neszmelyi-Romano Director of Education, New Media and Interpretive Initiatives James A. Michener Art Museum aromano at michenerartmuseum.org -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Kate Haley Goldman Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 10:42 AM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Recommendations for Tablet Based Surveys? Hello Doug-- We've been doing some work with iForm builder for on the floor surveys. We're still road-testing it, but our initial impressions are quite good. https://www.iformbuilder.com/ Kate Kate Haley Goldman Principal HaleyGoldman at AudienceViewpoints.com AudienceViewpoints.com -- Message: 3 Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:25:43 + From: Patinka, Doug, DCA doug.patinka at state.nm.us To: mcn-l at mcn.edu mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] Recommendations for Tablet Based Surveys? Message-ID: 27FC8EB2260C6447B41FFDC8ACBB1BC599A1E2ED at CEXMB001.nmes.lcl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii We're in the initial planning phase of a visitor survey project, and are wondering if anyone has a recommendation for a survey system that would enable us to conduct surveys and collect responses. At present, we think this will involve a staff member asking visitors directly and recording responses on a tablet or mobile device. We'd have different questions at each of our 16 locations. Some of these sites have no connection to a network, so we would need to store data on the device and access it later. Any experiences you're willing to share would be appreciated. Doug Doug.patinka at state.nm.usmailto:Doug.patinka at state.nm.us -- Douglas Patinka Acting Director, Museum Resources Division New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs 505-827-6433 | doug.patinka at state.nm.us * ___ 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/ ___ 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] Recommendations for Tablet Based Surveys?
Here is a review of some of the Android tablets available. http://reviews.cnet.com/best-tablets/best-5-android-tablets Frank Thomson Asheville Art Museum Mailing address: PO Box 1717, Asheville, NC 28802 Street address: 2 South Pack Square, Asheville, NC 28801 828.253.3227 t 828.257.4503 f fthomson at ashevilleart.org www.ashevilleart.org Our Vision: to transform lives through art -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Adrienne Romano Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 11:25 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Recommendations for Tablet Based Surveys? Are there any suggestions for Android based tablets? Thank you for the information. Adrienne Adrienne Neszmelyi-Romano Director of Education, New Media and Interpretive Initiatives James A. Michener Art Museum aromano at michenerartmuseum.org -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Kate Haley Goldman Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 10:42 AM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Recommendations for Tablet Based Surveys? Hello Doug-- We've been doing some work with iForm builder for on the floor surveys. We're still road-testing it, but our initial impressions are quite good. https://www.iformbuilder.com/ Kate Kate Haley Goldman Principal HaleyGoldman at AudienceViewpoints.com AudienceViewpoints.com -- Message: 3 Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:25:43 + From: Patinka, Doug, DCA doug.patinka at state.nm.us To: mcn-l at mcn.edu mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] Recommendations for Tablet Based Surveys? Message-ID: 27FC8EB2260C6447B41FFDC8ACBB1BC599A1E2ED at CEXMB001.nmes.lcl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii We're in the initial planning phase of a visitor survey project, and are wondering if anyone has a recommendation for a survey system that would enable us to conduct surveys and collect responses. At present, we think this will involve a staff member asking visitors directly and recording responses on a tablet or mobile device. We'd have different questions at each of our 16 locations. Some of these sites have no connection to a network, so we would need to store data on the device and access it later. Any experiences you're willing to share would be appreciated. Doug Doug.patinka at state.nm.usmailto:Doug.patinka at state.nm.us -- Douglas Patinka Acting Director, Museum Resources Division New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs 505-827-6433 | doug.patinka at state.nm.us * ___ 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/
[MCN-L] Server advice requested
Dell makes some nice smaller servers and you don't have to buy an OS from them, you can install your own. Frank Thomson, Curator Asheville Art Museum PO Box 1717 Asheville, NC 28802 2 South Pack Square 828.253.3227 tel 828.257.4503 fax www.ashevilleart.org fthomson at ashevilleart.org Engaging, enlightening and inspiring individuals and enriching community through dynamic experiences in American Art of the 20th and 21st centuries since 1948. -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Robin White Owen Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2012 12:50 PM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] Server advice requested Hello all, First, thank you to the people who got in touch with examples of on-line learning platforms built in Drupal. Now I have a request for completely different kind of information. We need to spec a computer to act as a server for a Linux based (LAMP) project and would greatly appreciate recommendations for what to buy. It seems unnecessary to buy a Dell and pay for Windows when we won't be using it. But, maybe I'm wrong about that. Any advice based on your experiences would be helpful. Thank you, in advance, Robin Robin White Owen M: 917/407-7641 T: 646/472-5145 robin at mediacombo.net www.mediacombo.net http://mediacombo.net/blog twitter.com/rocombo
[MCN-L] App stats
I guess the question is whether people using iphones are the vast majority of people to use museum apps, or whether app developers are not porting these apps over to android and leaving out this part of the market. Frank Thomson, Curator Asheville Art Museum PO Box 1717 Asheville, NC 28802 2 South Pack Square 828.253.3227 tel 828.257.4503 fax www.ashevilleart.org fthomson at ashevilleart.org Engaging, enlightening and inspiring individuals and enriching community through dynamic experiences in American Art of the 20th and 21st centuries since 1948. -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Heather Marie Wells Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:46 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] App stats Hi Frank, I appreciate your sharing these sales stats which I've already accessed. I was looking for more actual user stats. I'm wanting a picture of what devices are actually being used to access museum content and in what ratios. And with the stats I've gather from colleagues it seems to be very interesting that even though the Android platform is the top mobile platform, it's the Apple devices that are dominating in actually access content. Thanks, HM Heather Marie Wells Education Technology Coordinator 600 Museum Way Bentonville, AR 72712 479-418-5700 (main) CrystalBridges.org applewebdata://2B2A8410-4C36-4D85-8BA3-371AEF938703/crystalbridges.org Find us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/crystalbridgesmuseum On 10/23/12 9:44 AM, Frank E. Thomson FThomson at ashevilleart.org wrote: According to a study by ComScore more than 110 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones as of June 2012. Google's Android operating system remained the top mobile platform, accounting for 51.6% of smartphone subscribers, while Apple's iOS captured 32.4% of the market and Research in Motion's (RIMM) share fell to 10.7%. Rounding out the group was Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows Phone operating system and Symbian with 3.8% and 0.9%, respectively. Frank Thomson, Curator Asheville Art Museum PO Box 1717 Asheville, NC 28802 2 South Pack Square 828.253.3227 tel 828.257.4503 fax www.ashevilleart.org fthomson at ashevilleart.org Engaging, enlightening and inspiring individuals and enriching community through dynamic experiences in American Art of the 20th and 21st centuries since 1948. -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Holzer, Morgan Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 5:08 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] App stats Heather Marie- I just ran a quick search for July 1 - September 30, 2012, and these are the figures for the top 10 reported devices to www.metmuseum.org. In short: Apple Products: 841,858 Android Products: 64,174 1. Apple iPad: 481,215 2. Apple iPhone: 334,287 3. (not set): 48,198 4. SonyEricsson LT15i Xperia Arc: 40,090 5. Apple iPod Touch: 26,356 6. Samsung GT-I9100 Galaxy S II: 6,228 7. Samsung Galaxy Nexus: 4,894 8. Google Nexus S Samsung Nexus S: 4,605 9. Samsung SGH-T989: 4,302 10. HTC ADR6350 Droid Incredible 2: 4,055 -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Heather Marie Wells Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 4:56 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] App stats Hello, We are looking at which platforms we offer our mobile app on and we are considering expanding into Android devices. I'm wondering if anyone would be willing to share stats that they have for how many Android users they are severing and which Android devices you are seeing the most use from. Thanks, Heather Marie Heather Marie Wells Education Technology Coordinator 600 Museum Way Bentonville, AR 72712 479-418-5700 (main) CrystalBridges.org Find us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/crystalbridgesmuseum ___ 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/ ___ 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
[MCN-L] App stats
According to a study by ComScore more than 110 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones as of June 2012. Google's Android operating system remained the top mobile platform, accounting for 51.6% of smartphone subscribers, while Apple's iOS captured 32.4% of the market and Research in Motion's (RIMM) share fell to 10.7%. Rounding out the group was Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows Phone operating system and Symbian with 3.8% and 0.9%, respectively. Frank Thomson, Curator Asheville Art Museum PO Box 1717 Asheville, NC 28802 2 South Pack Square 828.253.3227 tel 828.257.4503 fax www.ashevilleart.org fthomson at ashevilleart.org Engaging, enlightening and inspiring individuals and enriching community through dynamic experiences in American Art of the 20th and 21st centuries since 1948. -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Holzer, Morgan Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 5:08 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] App stats Heather Marie- I just ran a quick search for July 1 - September 30, 2012, and these are the figures for the top 10 reported devices to www.metmuseum.org. In short: Apple Products: 841,858 Android Products: 64,174 1. Apple iPad: 481,215 2. Apple iPhone: 334,287 3. (not set): 48,198 4. SonyEricsson LT15i Xperia Arc: 40,090 5. Apple iPod Touch: 26,356 6. Samsung GT-I9100 Galaxy S II: 6,228 7. Samsung Galaxy Nexus: 4,894 8. Google Nexus S Samsung Nexus S: 4,605 9. Samsung SGH-T989: 4,302 10. HTC ADR6350 Droid Incredible 2: 4,055 -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Heather Marie Wells Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 4:56 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] App stats Hello, We are looking at which platforms we offer our mobile app on and we are considering expanding into Android devices. I'm wondering if anyone would be willing to share stats that they have for how many Android users they are severing and which Android devices you are seeing the most use from. Thanks, Heather Marie Heather Marie Wells Education Technology Coordinator 600 Museum Way Bentonville, AR 72712 479-418-5700 (main) CrystalBridges.org Find us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/crystalbridgesmuseum ___ 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/
[MCN-L] File Naming
This has probably told you more than you wanted to know, but if I could add a little more. Most common characters can be used in naming files. However, the following characters are reserved and cannot be used in a file name: : / \ | ? * Also, neither a space nor a period can be used at the end of a name. Further, files cannot have the following reserved device names: CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9. Note that the case does not matter in Windows. There are also restrictions on the length of a file name and the length of the path. Conflicting numbers are to be found on the Internet because certain subtleties are often overlooked. I will try to make the various length restrictions clear. There is an absolute limit to the number of characters imposed by Windows. The operating system API puts a limit (called MAX_PATH) of 260 characters for the complete name with the path included. This number is often quoted. However, actual limits are smaller because of various other restrictions. For example, all names have to have a null terminator at the end. Normally only the computer sees this end marker but it counts as a character so there are really only 259 characters available. (Forgetting to count the null terminator is a common mistake.) Another three characters are used by the drive or volume designation (e.g., C:\). Thus, the limit for naming all the folders and subfolders plus the file is reduced to 256 characters. However, no individual file or folder can have a name longer than 255 characters. This includes spaces and back slashes used as separators. This limit of 255 characters per object is imposed by the way that Windows encodes characters but other considerations usually impose lower limits. Frank Thomson, curator Asheville Art Museum PO Box 1717 Asheville, NC 28802 2 South Pack Square 828.253.3227 tel 828.257.4503 fax www.ashevilleart.org fthomson at ashevilleart.org -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Deborah Wythe Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 3:26 PM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: Re: [MCN-L] File Naming You can go up to 255 characters in a file name without most systems gulping. Deb Wythe deborahwythe at hotmail.com From: jfevans at princeton.edu Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:57:20 -0500 To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: Re: [MCN-L] File Naming No - just stay away from commas, periods, / slashes, %, , and if you can keep it below 18 characters you are in good shape. Jeffrey Evans Photographer, Digital Imaging Specialist Princeton University Art Museum jfevans at princeton.edu 609.258.8579 princetonartmuseum.org On Feb 22, 2011, at 11:16 AM, Silvia Ros wrote: Dear all, Is there any sort of problem with including a hyphen in the name of a file? Silvia Ros Photographer / Visual Resources Manager The Wolfsonian FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY 1001 Washington Avenue Miami Beach, Florida 33139 t 305-535-2628 f 305-531-2133 silvia at thewolf.fiu.edu www.wolfsonian.org Join Us Membership Add Us facebook Follow Us twitter Watch Us YouTube ___ 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/ ___ 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/
[MCN-L] Using old postcards to create new souvenirs: copyright?
There are occasionally contemporary publishers that also assert copyright over vintage postcards that were published by companies they have bought out. We have so local postcards from around 1900 that a company claims copyrights over. Frank Thomson, Curator Asheville Art Museum PO Box 1717 2 South Pack Square Asheville, NC 28802 828.253.3227 tel 828.257.4503 fax fthomson at ashevilleart.org www.ashevilleart.org -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Stephanie Weaver Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 3:00 PM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] Using old postcards to create new souvenirs: copyright? Hi MCN, I know many of you deal with copyright so wanted to ask for your input. One of my clients would like to create new postcards from historic postcards of their site that they have collected or purchased (but not accessioned). At what point do mass-produced images become public domain? The original postcards are from the 1920s-1940s. Copies of these postcards are most likely in collections in our local historical society. Thanks, I appreciate you sharing your expertise. Best, Stephanie Weaver Visitor experience consultant experienceology: Because happy visitors return. San Diego, CA Skype: experienceology E-news: http://www.experienceology.com/newsletter/ For information on our book, blog, podcast, upcoming classes, and e-news, visit www.experienceology.com or follow me on twitter.com/experienceology. See samples of my classes here: www.youtube.com/experienceology. Watch the free archived version of my class on the visitor experience here: http://bit.ly/NlunE Upcoming presentations: Interpretation Canada online conference: November 30, 2010 Hawai'i Museums Association: January 2011 (TBD) Past presentations: Palo Alto Art Center: October 2010 Western Museums Association: October 2010 Heard Museum Phoenix Zoo: October 2010 Downey City Library: August 2010 American Association of Museums: May 2010 Tijuana Estuary docent training: April 2010 UCLA Extension: January 2010
[MCN-L] Electric Scooters?
We have 2 wheelchairs that are used regularly and we have a number of visitors who use scooters, but we have never had a request for a scooter that I am aware of. Frank Thomson, Curator Asheville Art Museum PO Box 1717 2 South Pack Square Asheville, NC 28802 828.253.3227 tel 828.257.4503 fax fthomson at ashevilleart.org www.ashevilleart.org -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Ivan Schustak Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 7:17 PM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] Electric Scooters? Hi all - We offer complimentary wheelchairs and strollers for guests visiting our museum, but get a lot of requests for electric scooters. Do any of you offer scooters for guests? If so, do you charge a fee for them? And, if you do offer them, have you had any issues with them and the exhibits? Thanks for any feedback!! Ivan Schustak | Guest Service Manager *MIM*-Musical Instrument Museum | 4725 E. Mayo Blvd. | Phoenix, AZ 85050 480.478.6000 main | 480.478.6001 ticketing | 480.245.6910 direct | 480.471.8690 fax | www.themim.org ___ 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/
[MCN-L] Records for displaying unrelated objects together
We occasionally cluster a group of works together and do one label, ie. Top to bottom is It might be the easiest thing to do these labels manually and record the text in your database. Otherwise you may be working very hard to create something that may cause problems later. Frank Thomson, Curator Asheville Art Museum PO Box 1717 Asheville, NC 28802 828.253.3227 fthomson at ashevilleart.org www.ashevilleart.org -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Sanford, Robyn Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 2:23 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] Records for displaying unrelated objects together I have a question for all of you data people out there. We're going to have a costume show of our permanent collection where mannequins will be dressed in complete outfits. This means that there will be objects that each have their own individual record in our database on a single mannequin. These objects may have had no previous relationship to one another in the past (they do not share similar accession numbers, etc, etc...). My dilemma is that we use the database to create our labels and of course we want to retain the label text in the database for perpetuity. I am not sure how to do this short of creating a single parent record in the database that links to them all, which I do not want to do. Aside from the expected questions of what number am I supposed to give a record like that, I also don't think it is a good policy to implement as users would be inclined to update the label text on the record for the labels and not the objects themselves. Or if they were so good to update everything, well then they are just duplicating data across 2 or more records which just seems unnecessary. Has anyone had to deal with this before or have any ideas? We use Mimsy by the way. Robyn Sanford Associate Registrar, Database Manager and Special Projects LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART 5905 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA 90036 T 323 857 4769 F 323 857 6213 E rsanford at lacma.org mailto:rsanford at lacma.org ___ 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/
[MCN-L] Cornell University computer scientists analyze nearly 35 million Flickr photos, generate geo located statistics on the world's most photographed cities and landmarks
There is a bar bet in here somewhere. Frank Thomson, Curator Asheville Art Museum PO Box 1717 Asheville, NC 28802 828.253.3227 fthomson at ashevilleart.org www.ashevilleart.org -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Rich Cherry Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 4:45 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] Cornell University computer scientists analyze nearly 35 million Flickr photos, generate geo located statistics on the world's most photographed cities and landmarks Cornell University computer scientists used a supercomputer at the Cornell Center for Advanced Computing to download and analyze nearly 35 million Flickr photos taken by over 300,000 photographers from around the globe. Their main goal was to develop new methods to automatically organize and label large-scale collections of digital data. A secondary result of the research was the generation of statistics on the world's most photographed cities and landmarks, gleaned from the analysis of the multi-terabyte photo collection: * The top 25 most photographed cities in the Flickr data are: (1) New York City (2) London (3) San Francisco (4) Paris (5) Los Angeles (6) Chicago (7) Washington, DC (8) Seattle (9) Rome (10) Amsterdam (11) Boston (12) Barcelona (13) San Diego (14) Berlin (15) Las Vegas (16) Florence (17) Toronto (18) Milan (19) Vancouver (20) Madrid (21) Venice (22) Philadelphia (23) Austin (24) Dublin (25) Portland. * The top seven most photographed landmarks are: (1) Eiffel Tower - Paris (2) Trafalgar Square - London (3) Tate Modern museum - London (4) Big Ben - London (5) Notre Dame - Paris (6) The Eye - London (7) Empire State Building - New York City. The study also identified the seven most photographed landmarks in each of the top 25 cities. Most of these landmarks are well-known tourist attractions, but some surprising results emerged. For example, one striking result in the Flickr data is that the Apple Store in midtown Manhattan is the 5th-most photographed place in New York City - and, in fact, the 28th-most photographed place in the world. http://www.cac.cornell.edu/about/news/090423.aspx ___ 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/
[MCN-L] Switching to Gmail
While there are some nice features to Google Apps a lot depends on the commitment of Google to maintaining iy, and not one day suddenly increasing the price 50%. But other questions that come to mind include what happens if you can't connect to the Internet, security of your information and while many components are compatible with Office my understanding is that the Google database is not as robust as Access. I guess it all depends on your institutions needs and your staff's willingness to move to a new system. Frank Thomson, Curator Asheville Art Museum PO Box 1717 Asheville, NC 28802 828.253.3227 fthomson at ashevilleart.org www.ashevilleart.org -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of peter_g...@whitney.org Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 5:12 PM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Switching to Gmail If anyone has a list of pros/cons or other considerations in switching from Exchange to Gmail, I'd love to see it. What does Exchange do that Gmail can't, or MS Office that Google docs doesn't? The pros seem to be obvious and are advertised on Google's website, but have you or your end-users experienced any negatives? Thanks, Peter -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Marlo Lee Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 9:57 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Switching to Gmail Ari, I wouldn't have considered that point because I assumed SOX only applied to publicly traded companies. Good to know. On Monday, March 15, 2010, Ari Davidow aridavidow at gmail.com wrote: And imagine never thinking about archiving (and retrieving archived messages!) spam, or user admin This raises some interesting red flags. There is no SOA such that storage on Google Gmail or Apps would constitute appropriate archiving for SOX or other legal compliance issues. If you have no liabilities looking ahead, then you are okay; if not, you still need some method of archiving and preserving access to this stuff. ari ___ 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/ ___ 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/ ___ 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/
[MCN-L] ye olde TIF vs. JPEG2000 debate
I think right now JPEG2000 is more a specialized tool, some web software use it to allow you to zoom in without getting the whole big file. Unless you download multiple sections and stitch them back together. But I digress. I think right now I would still use tiff or some raw format dng or nef as my master file. Frank Thomson, Curator Asheville Art Museum PO Box 1717 Asheville, NC 28802 828.253.3227 fthomson at ashevilleart.org www.ashevilleart.org -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Perian Sully Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 6:12 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] ye olde TIF vs. JPEG2000 debate Howdy everyone: I'm in the midst of reprocessing all (!!) of our image assets from .NEF (a RAW format) and I'm wondering if I should take another look at JPEG2000 now. When I first started imaging the collection, JPEG2000 was in its infancy and not widely adopted. As a result, I have my master files in NEF and TIF, my high-quality derivatives in TIF, and my accessible and web-ready images in JPG. Part of this reprocessing will including making new copies of the high-quality derivatives as well as the accessible JPGs. So I'm wondering if I should replace the HQ derivative TIFs 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://www.musematic.org http://www.mediaandtechnology.org ___ 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/
[MCN-L] Public Wi-Fi
In this day and age it could be very important to have a terms of use agreement that people have to accept before they can use your service. Last month we had a case here locally where a man was going to motels and using their wi-fi to download child pornography. Obviously the terms of use did not stop him, but the motels could say that they did not allow this and contact the police. Also, how much bandwidth will you allot to this, if iphone and android phone users start using your wi-fi to make calls or run apps then that decreases the bandwidth available for other visitors and possibly staff. Also how long will people be able to use your service? I think it is a great program, but would definitely recommend working with someone about an agreement. Frank Thomson, Curator Asheville Art Museum PO Box 1717 Asheville, NC 28802 828.253.3227 fthomson at ashevilleart.org www.ashevilleart.org -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Rich Cherry Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 1:41 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Public Wi-Fi I am sure the lawyers would disagree but I think it just makes it more complicated for a user... especially if they are using a non-web based interface like an iPhone app. -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of John Bedard Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 9:59 AM To: mcn LISTSERV Subject: [MCN-L] Public Wi-Fi We are about to start installing wi-fi throughout out building and will be providing it free to visitors. I see that a lot of places like coffee shops that offer free wi-fi require a person to agree to terms of use before connecting. I would be interested in knowing whether or not you have a similar requirement for public use of your wi-fi. John R. Bedard | Director of Information Systems Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2400 Third Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55404 612-870-3268 | JBedard at artsmia.org | www.artsmia.org ___ 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/ ___ 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/
[MCN-L] rights question
One thing you should include would be notice that if the artist or heir does not want the work on line that they contact you and you would remove the image. Frank E. Thomson, Curator Asheville Art Museum PO Box 1717 Asheville, NC 28802 fthomson at ashevilleart.org www.ashevilleart.org 828.253.3227 tel 828.257.4503 fax Celebrate 60! Raffle tickets now on sale! Click here to find out more! -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Eve Sinaiko Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 2:02 PM To: 'Museum Computer Network Listserv' Subject: Re: [MCN-L] rights question Hi everyone, This is a timely discussion for us as we are looking ahead to a redesign of our web site and online collection. I believe that a few museums have taken the position that publishing copyrighted images, in thumbnail size only, on their online collections, is fair use. I don't know if they publish thumbnails of copyrighted works only after a reasonable effort to secure permission, or whether they simply publish them without asking. I believe they arrived at their policy with legal counsel. I don't think there is any commonly-accepted definition of what constitutes a thumbnail that would pass a fair use test (100 pixels? 250 pixels?). I'd be interested to hear your opinions: is this approach is an emerging trend in the museum field, and/or is there is an emerging understanding in the field regarding what a thumbnail is? Our own legal counsel has suggested that it would be difficult to make generalized policies about which images could be published under this kind of approach; they recommended we consider each case on its own merits--not exactly what we were hoping to hear. In many ways it boils down to a risk assessment. Will Real Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh PA In my experience as a print publisher of art images, your counsel is right, because fair use is always case-specific and contextual. As a result, I don't think the courts are going to establish a definition of thumbnail or full-size, although one recent decision does give an example of the size of a typical thumbnail (see below). Further, it's important to remember that pixel size and resolution aren't the only means of determining fair use--an image may in many cases be published under fair use even if it is very large and very high-res--depending on the context of the use. Conversely, a small thumbnail might in some unusual situation not be fair use. Nevertheless, there are at least 3 appeals court decisions that affirm that thumbnails (however measured) have a strong fair use claim. Although they don't define the word, they use similar language--small size and reduced resolution. I think it's also worth noting that full size is as ambiguous a term as thumbnail. What is a non-thumbnail/full-size image of the Mona Lisa? The size of the scan of the original painting? The size of the screen that views it? Courts on the whole are not looking at technical measures like pixels or dpi; from case to case the scale of an image might differ and fair use still be asserted successfully, depending on the other factors. Still, here's some language from three of the most relevant court decisions: Kelly v. ArribaSoft (2003) http://homepages.law.asu.edu/~dkarjala/cyberlaw/KelllyvArriba%289C2003%29.ht m: To provide this service, Arriba developed a computer program that crawls the web looking for images to index. This crawler downloads full-sized copies of the images onto Arriba's server. The program then uses these copies to generate smaller, lower-resolution thumbnails of the images. Once the thumbnails are created, the program deletes the full-sized originals from the server. Although a user could copy these thumbnails to his computer or disk, he cannot increase the resolution of the thumbnail; any enlargement would result in a loss of clarity of the image. Perfect 10 v. Google (2007) http://fairuse.stanford.edu/primary_materials/cases/perfect10google.pdf: [Footnote 4]: A thumbnail is a lower-resolution (and hence, smaller) version of a full-size image. Thumbnails enable users to quickly process and locate visual information. For example, users of Google Image Search are presented with a set of thumbnails that are potentially responsive to their search queries. Because thumbnails are smaller in size, more of them can be displayed at the same time on a single page or screen. Users can quickly scan the entire set of thumbnails to locate the particular full-size image for which they were looking. P10 repeatedly objects that the term thumbnail is a misnomer, even going so far as to point out that the thumbnails displayed by Google can be up to eight times the size of a person's actual thumbnail. Pl.'s Zada Reply Decl. ? 54. Thumbnail, it argues, conveys the false impression that smaller, lower-resolution images are not useful in and of themselves-or that they are less useful than
[MCN-L] Zip Code Statistics
We use Microsoft Mappoint, it allows you to import an excel spreadsheet and gives you a variety of graphic views. Frank E. Thomson, Curator Asheville Art Museum PO Box 1717 Asheville, NC 28802 fthomson at ashevilleart.org www.ashevilleart.org 828.253.3227 tel 828.257.4503 fax Celebrate 60! Raffle tickets now on sale! Click here to find out more! -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Chris Scrofani Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 9:33 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] Zip Code Statistics Hello All, We are thinking about asking our visitors for their zip code when they enter our museum. We know that many other museums do this as well. We are curious as to the best way to use the collected data though. I'm curious if there is a type of zip code stats type of program or website, that allows you to import a text file (.csv or other), and then analyzes the zip codes and shows you graphs / maps / lists of where your visitors come from. Does anyone know of something like this? How do you all interpret your zip code data once it has been collected? Thanks, Chris -- Chris Scrofani Network Administrator Honolulu Academy of Arts 900 South Beretania Street Honolulu, HI 96814 Tel. 808 532-3625 cscrofani at honoluluacademy.org ___ 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/
[MCN-L] Looking for a New Webblast/Email/Metrics Service
Look at constant contact we use it and have had very good luck with it. Frank E. Thomson, Curator Asheville Art Museum PO Box 1717 Asheville, NC 28802 828.253.3227 tel 828.257.4503 fax www.ashevilleart.org fthomson at ashevilleart.org -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Perian Sully Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 1:35 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] Looking for a New Webblast/Email/Metrics Service From our Development Director. Anyone have any suggestions? We will be migrating our website to Drupal soon, and I would think that some sort of integrated email marketing tool with metrics functionality would be of particular use here. Thoughts about that would also be helpful. Thanks! I am looking to switch our service, for the primary reason that I am concerned that our db has grown stale.. we are still using the tools I set in place five years ago, and I am worried that there may be those who are not getting mail just cuz the app, known address format are OLD, etc... Also, I want a better look-and-feel and an easier back-end user interface to hand all this over to Faith, with an eye on her doing reports of opens and clicks, users and interests, etc. There's actually a lot of functionality, in terms of tracking with Topica and I do not want to lose that moving forward (not being leveraged well enough now). can you please blast a question to your peeps, about bulk email services and tools with an eye on metrics and reports? Also, I want to start list sharing with other local and national orgs. to build the list. Anything you can get re: issues and case scenarios'd be greatly appreciated. Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes Berkeley, CA ___ 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/
[MCN-L] photography, digitization, and a color/grey card?
I would suggest shooting an image of the color bar at the start of each session, maybe not in every image. But it would be helpful later trying to match color and value. Frank Thomson, Curator Asheville Art Museum PO Box 1717 Asheville, NC 28802 828.253.3227 tel 828257.4503 fax www.ashevilleart.org -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Jansonius, Remko (Vizcaya) Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 5:04 PM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] photography, digitization, and a color/grey card? Dear Colleagues, We are about to digitize a collection of photo albums containing 1910s/20s photographs; while they are black and white, many have discolored and turned sepia over the years. Since these are fragile, bound volumes we will be doing this through photography rather than scanning. Would you say it is necessary or advisable or standard practice to use a color card or a grey card during this process? As always, I greatly appreciate y'all's input! Sincerely, Remko Jansonius Collections and Archives Manager Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Miami, FL ___ 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
