Re: Metrics Evaluation Community of Practice
Hi Sheila It's Lynne Spichiger, not Dianne! Thanks. Lynne - Original Message - From: sheila_ca...@pch.gc.ca To: mcn-l@mcn.edu Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 9:06 AM Subject: RE: Metrics Evaluation Community of Practice Hi Dianne -- that's great. I'll be in touch in the next week or so with instructions on joining. At the moment I'm collecting names so I can get everyone started at once. Sheila "Nilsen, Dianne" dnil...@ccp.library.arizona.edu 01/11/2006 06:56 PM Please respond tomcn-l@mcn.edu To mcn-l@mcn.edu cc Subject RE: Metrics Evaluation Community of Practice Dear Sheila, I am interested in joining your group to learn more about evaluating online content, although much of our content is not yet online and in the prototype stage. Please keep me posted. Many thanks. Dianne Nilsen Collections Imaging Center for Creative Photography The University of Arizona P.O. Box 210103 Tucson, AZ 8521-0103 Phone 520-621-9489 Fax 520-621-9444 -Original Message-From: sheila_ca...@pch.gc.ca [mailto:sheila_ca...@pch.gc.ca] Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 6:28 AMTo: mcn-l@mcn.eduSubject: Metrics Evaluation Community of Practice Hello everyone, The Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) invites colleagues and organizations involved in issues surrounding evaluation of online museum content to participate in a pilot online community of practice. We will be able to post documents (e.g. surveys), share survey results, and discuss both quantitative and qualitative analysis. By using this online space effectively to pool our collective experience, we can further our knowledge and expertise in understanding our online audiences. I encourage anyone with interest in this area to join, in particular those in the newly formed MCN ME SIG, which focusses on quantitative and qualitative evaluation of on-line museum content. (Information on this SIG will be available on the new MCN site in the near future) If you are interested in joining this community of practice, please contact me directly and I will set up an account for you. The space is being hosted by CHIN using iCohere software, and I will send you a message with instructions on how to join. Sheila Carey Audience and Programs Specialist (Acting) Research and Business Intelligence Canadian Heritage Information Network --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: dnil...@ccp.library.arizona.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: sheila_ca...@pch.gc.ca To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: lspichiger@deerfield.history.museum To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: rlancefi...@mail.wesleyan.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com
Re: Online surveys of Web visitors
Hi Dana Remember me from the Crit session at the Museums the Web Conference??!! We made some good changes to our navigtation based on that session. We have an online survey on our 1704 website - www.1704.deerfield.history.museum. We built this. No incentives. It's quite obvious on the home page. Too soon to tell the response rate, but we've certainly been collecting data in our database. No branching. I would be interested in what you learn. This survey was intended for summative evaluation. Best, Lynne Lynne Spichiger, Ed.D. Director of Online Exhibits Administrative Director of Deerfield Teachers' Center Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Asso. Memorial Hall Museum 10 Memorial St. P.O. Box 428 Deerfield, MA 01342-0428 PH: 413-774-7155 FAX: 413-774-5400 lspichiger@deerfield.history.museum websites: www.1704.deerfield.history.museum www.americancenturies.mass.edu/home.html www.deerfield.history.museum/tc/ - Original Message - From: Mitroff, Dana dmitr...@sfmoma.org To: mcn-l@mcn.edu Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 3:31 PM Subject: Online surveys of Web visitors Hi everyone, At the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, we are getting ready to do an online survey of our web visitors, and I thought I'd tap into the collective wisdom of the MCN list. 1) Has anyone done online surveys on their websites? 2) What online survey tool did you use? 3) Did you offer any incentives, such as free passes to the museum or the chance to win something like an iPod? 4) How did you announce it? Was it a pop-up that automatically loaded on your homepage? 5) What kind of response rate did you get? 6) How long was the survey? 8) Did your survey include any type of question branching based on the type of answer given? (i.e. if the visitor is from out-of-town, they get a different set of questions than a local visitor) 9) If your survey is not online now, do you still have the questions and are you willing to share them? Many thanks, and I'm happy to share the responses I get with those who are interested! Dana .. Dana Mitroff Senior Web Manager San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 151 Third Street San Francisco, CA 94103-3159 dmitr...@sfmoma.org www.sfmoma.org 415.357.2871 .. Dana Mitroff Senior Web Manager San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 151 Third Street San Francisco, CA 94103-3159 dmitr...@sfmoma.org www.sfmoma.org 415.357.2871 The information contained in this electronic mail message (including any attachments) is confidential information that may be covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 USC Sections 2510-2521, intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above, and may be privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify me and delete the original message. Thank you --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: lspichiger@deerfield.history.museum To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: rlancefi...@mail.wesleyan.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com
Re: Museum websites in the life of the visitor
Hi Paul Interesting issues - the relationship between the two when there is both a virtual and a physical exhibit. I had someone tell me at a conference this summer that they found that folks were more "taken" with the website than the corresponding exhibit. I don't know the details...for example, distance and travel issues may have accounted for some of that finding. We really have little or no information on the extent to which the Raid website has increased or decreased visitors to the museum. The corresponding exhibit has closed now, and although we have a portion of our museum dedicated to the subject, it's not as extensive as the exhibit was. We have had some people write to us from far away saying they do want to visit the museum. And we certainly "plug" the website at the museum. Good to hear from you on this topic! Thanks. Lynne - Original Message - From: Paul Marty To: mcn-l@mcn.edu Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 8:37 PM Subject: Re: Museum websites in the life of the visitor Believe me, Lynne, that's not a mistake I would ever make! :-) For the purposes of this study, I would consider standalone online exhibits like the Raid on Deerfield to be either beyond the scope of or consumed within the questions I ask in this study -- depending on one's point of view! I would be very interested, however, in the potential of the Raid on Deerfield website to raise visitor interest / awareness in the Memorial Hall Museum or about Deerfield, MA in general -- have you found any crossover there? Another interesting question (yet one that is also beyond the scope of this study) concerns the visitor relationship with virtual museums that have no physical counterpart. I remember well a usability analysis I did once at Museums and the Web with just such a website. The user tester was so excited by the online exhibits that she wanted to know where in the world the museum was located (to visit it in person). She searched in vain for this information, as not only did this online museum not have a physical counterpart, but this fact was virtually impossible to determine from the museum's website. Best, --Paul -- Paul F. Marty, Ph.D. (ma...@fsu.edu) Assistant Professor, College of Information Florida State University, Tallahassee FL 32306-2100 http://info.fsu.edu/~pmarty On Sep 12, 2005, at 5:28 PM, Lynne Spichiger wrote: Don't assume websites always operate in tandem with the museum. We have the 1704 Raid on Deerfield website and it is used widely, but not as a prerequisite to visiting our museum. Best, Lynne - Original Message - From: "Paul Marty" ma...@fsu.edu To: mcn-l@mcn.edu Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 1:49 PM Subject: Museum websites in the life of the visitor Hello everyone, IÕm researching the role museum websites play in the lives of museum visitors, exploring questions such as: Why do people visit museum websites before going to museums? How do museum websites influence one's decision to visit a museum? How do museum visitors integrate online museum resources into their daily lives? First, IÕm interested in your answers to these questions. The survey questions are mostly multiple choice. Anyone who wants to complete the survey is cordially invited to visit the following URL: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=655481228310c=1001 Second, I'm hoping to find museums willing to encourage their visitors to complete this survey by hosting a link to the survey from their websites. I think the survey will generate very useful data for each individual host museum about how their online visitors make museum websites part of their daily lives. If youÕd like to host a link to the survey from your museum website, please contact me by email off list. With great appreciation and apologies for any cross-posting, Paul -- Paul F. Marty, Ph.D. (ma...@fsu.edu) Assistant Professor, College of Information Florida State University, Tallahassee FL 32306-2100 http://info.fsu.edu/~pmarty --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: lspichiger@deerfield.history.museum To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-167921...@listserver.americaneagle.com --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: ma...@fsu.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-167921...@listserver.americaneagle.com--- You are currently subscrib
Re: Museum websites in the life of the visitor
Don't assume websites always operate in tandem with the museum. We have the 1704 Raid on Deerfield website and it is used widely, but not as a prerequisite to visiting our museum. Best, Lynne - Original Message - From: Paul Marty ma...@fsu.edu To: mcn-l@mcn.edu Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 1:49 PM Subject: Museum websites in the life of the visitor Hello everyone, I m researching the role museum websites play in the lives of museum visitors, exploring questions such as: Why do people visit museum websites before going to museums? How do museum websites influence one's decision to visit a museum? How do museum visitors integrate online museum resources into their daily lives? First, I m interested in your answers to these questions. The survey questions are mostly multiple choice. Anyone who wants to complete the survey is cordially invited to visit the following URL: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=655481228310c=1001 Second, I'm hoping to find museums willing to encourage their visitors to complete this survey by hosting a link to the survey from their websites. I think the survey will generate very useful data for each individual host museum about how their online visitors make museum websites part of their daily lives. If you d like to host a link to the survey from your museum website, please contact me by email off list. With great appreciation and apologies for any cross-posting, Paul -- Paul F. Marty, Ph.D. (ma...@fsu.edu) Assistant Professor, College of Information Florida State University, Tallahassee FL 32306-2100 http://info.fsu.edu/~pmarty --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: lspichiger@deerfield.history.museum To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: rlancefi...@mail.wesleyan.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com
Re: Web Site Procedures Benchmarking
See responses below.
Lynne Spichiger, Ed.D.
Director of Online Exhibits
Administrative Director of Deerfield Teachers' Center
Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Asso.
Memorial Hall Museum
10 Memorial St. P.O. Box 428
Deerfield, MA 01342-0428
PH: 413-774-7155
FAX: 413-774-5400
lspichiger@deerfield.history.museum
websites:
www.1704.deerfield.history.museum
www.americancenturies.mass.edu/home.html
www.deerfield.history.museum/tc/
- Original Message -
From: Angela O'Neal aon...@ohiohistory.org
To: mcn-l@mcn.edu
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 9:09 PM
Subject: Web Site Procedures Benchmarking
The Ohio Historical Society is gathering information on how other cultural
heritage institutions develop Web sites as we re-evaluate our own
procedures. We would appreciate your help by answering the following
questions regarding your organization's Web procedures:
1) Does your institution have a mission and goals for its Web site? If so,
are you willing it share it? YES
2) Who is in charge of developing content for the Web site (Webmaster, IT,
Marketing, all staff)? HISTORIANS, WRITERS, CORE TEAM
3) How is content managed on your Web site? (content management system,
manual coding, etc.) MANUAL CODING, TRACKERS
4) What is the process for adding new content to your Web site? (i.e., who
prioritizes content and makes the final edits)5) Is there a team of people
that oversees Web content? If so, what are there positions (titles)? TEAM -
HISTORIAN, PROJECT MGR, DESIGNER
6) Who is involved in making decisions about re-designing large portions
(or all) of your site? MUSEUM DIRECTOR, HISTORIAN, PROJECT MGR, DESIGNER
7) How often do you do usability testing on your main Web site? Who is
involved? A GREAT DEAL OF FORMATIVE USER TESTING. JUST BEGINNING SUMMATIVE
EVALUATION
8) How many full time employees do you have? VERY FEW
9) What is your annual operating budget (approximate)? INCLUDING GRANTS
1-2 million
Thank you for your assistance!
Angela O’Neal
Digital Projects Manager
Ohio Historical Society
1982 Velma Ave.
Columbus, OH 43211
(614) 297-2576
www.ohiomemory.org
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Re: Software Question
We have a wonderful set of trackers developed by our programmer, Don Button, who runs a small company titled "Digitalgizmo." You can email him about this and he can tell you how to take a look at them and answer any questions you might have about them. They are customizable and helped us greatly in the development of our website (Raid on Deerfield: The Many Stories of 1704 - www.1704.deerfield.history.museum). d...@digitalgizmo.com Best, Lynne Spichiger Lynne Spichiger, Ed.D.Director of Online ExhibitsAdministrative Director of Deerfield Teachers' CenterPocumtuck Valley Memorial Asso.Memorial Hall Museum10 Memorial St. P.O. Box 428Deerfield, MA 01342-0428 PH: 413-774-7155FAX: 413-774-5400lspichiger@deerfield.history.museum websites:www.1704.deerfield.history.museumwww.americancenturies.mass.edu/home.htmlwww.deerfield.history.museum/tc/ - Original Message - From: Goral, Becky To: mcn-l@mcn.edu Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 9:45 AM Subject: Software Question Hello, I was wondering if anyone is using any type of software program to track/log exhibition tasks and schedules. For example, we are looking for something that includes which person is responsible for painting pedestals as well as a start and finish date for that task. We would also like to log when the art arrives, the installation and de-installation of it, who is hanging it, etc. Additionally, it should be able to include curators and curatorial assistants tasks related to the exhibition. To say the least we are looking for a software package that does a lot, but something to help get us a little more organized so that everyone knows what is being done and when as well as who is responsible for it. If anyone has any tips on anything good out there, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks much, Becky--- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: lspichiger@deerfield.history.museum To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: rlancefi...@mail.wesleyan.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com
Re: Ineractive sites
We have creative curricula done by teachers on our American Centuries website: http://www.americancenturies.mass.edu/home.html Best regards, Lynne Lynne Spichiger, Ed.D. Director of Online Exhibits Administrative Director of Deerfield Teachers' Center Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Asso. Memorial Hall Museum 10 Memorial St. P.O. Box 428 Deerfield, MA 01342-0428 PH: 413-774-7155 FAX: 413-774-5400 lspichiger@deerfield.history.museum websites: www.1704.deerfield.history.museum www.americancenturies.mass.edu/home.html www.deerfield.history.museum/tc/ - Original Message - From: Matt Morgan matt.mor...@brooklynmuseum.org To: mcn-l@mcn.edu Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 9:44 AM Subject: Re: Ineractive sites On 03/18/2005 08:42 AM, Gail Durbin wrote: Can anyone suggest any good museum websites in North America where there are examples of visitors' art work or other creative activity? I am also interested in innovative message boards and chat rooms run by museums. Gail Durbin Head of VA Online g.dur...@vam.ac.uk http://basquiatonline.org --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: lspichiger@deerfield.history.museum To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: rlancefi...@mail.wesleyan.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com
Re: SM SIG: Suggestions for Small Museum SIG page
Title: SM SIG: Suggestions for Small Museum SIG page We would be very happy to have you list the urls of our two websites, funded through grants from NEH and IMLS. They are: Raid on Deerfield: www.1704.deerfield.history.museum and American Centuries: A View from New England http://www.americancenturies.mass.edu/home.html Thanks. Lynne Lynne Spichiger, Ed.D.Director of Online ExhibitsAdministrative Director of Deerfield Teachers' CenterPocumtuck Valley Memorial Asso.Memorial Hall Museum10 Memorial St. P.O. Box 428Deerfield, MA 01342-0428 PH: 413-774-7155FAX: 413-774-5400lspichiger@deerfield.history.museum websites:www.1704.deerfield.history.museumwww.americancenturies.mass.edu/home.htmlwww.deerfield.history.museum/tc/ - Original Message - From: Farrell, David To: mcn-l@mcn.edu Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 2:05 PM Subject: SM SIG: Suggestions for Small Museum SIG page The Small Museum SIG web page is about to go up on the MCN website and need to some suggestion of appropriate links. At the inaugural meeting of the Small Museum SIG in Minneapolis several participants commented that there were web sites which would be of use for staff in smaller museums and archives concerning digitization, databases, web sites, etc. If anyone knows of useful links or of particularly good examples of web sites produced by small museums, please post them to the list and I will consider adding them to the new web page. As well, I would like encourage staff from small institutions to post their technical questions to this listserv and for anyone to post any links or news which may concern small museums and the adoption of computer technologies. Thanks, David Farrell, Co-ordinator, Heritage Collections (Small Museum SIG Chair) Peel Heritage Complex 9 Wellington Street EastBrampton, ON L6W 1Y1 Canada(905) 791-4055 ext. 3628(905) 451-4931 faxhttp://www.peelregion.ca/heritage/ --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: lspichiger@deerfield.history.museum To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: rlancefi...@mail.wesleyan.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com
Re: SM SIG: Co-opertive techology projects involving small museums
Title: SM SIG: Co-opertive techology projects involving small museums Sorry, but I don't know how to reply just to David. We are a small museum in western MA and have created a website that is the cooperative project among five different cultural groups: Raid on Deerfield: The Many Stories of 1704 (www.1704.deerfield.history.museum). We did present at the recent MCN conference. Not sure if this is what you are looking for. Best regards, Lynne Spichiger, Ed.D.Director of Online ExhibitsAdministrative Director of Deerfield Teachers' CenterPocumtuck Valley Memorial Asso.Memorial Hall Museum10 Memorial St. P.O. Box 428Deerfield, MA 01342-0428 PH: 413-774-7155FAX: 413-774-5400lspichiger@deerfield.history.museum websites:www.1704.deerfield.history.museumwww.americancenturies.mass.edu/home.htmlwww.deerfield.history.museum/tc/ - Original Message - From: Farrell, David To: mcn-l@mcn.edu Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 10:38 AM Subject: SM SIG: Co-opertive techology projects involving small museums I am currently writing a proposal for a panel session for the MCN Boston conference in November. The proposed panel session will highlight co-operative projects or consortiums aimed at assisting small museums with some aspect of computer technology, e.g. automated collections management systems, digitization projects, virtual exhibits, etc. I would therefore like to know of any grassroots collaboration projects which involve small museums or archives adopting computer technologies. If there is such a project in your area please either pass on my e-mail address to the project manager or reply to this message either on the listserv or off. The proposal deadline is Feb. 11 and I am looking for someone who can make a 20-25 minute presentation on their project as part of a panel session. I already know of the Passages Project in Nova Scotia, the Colorado Digitization Project and a museum web project based in the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State. I am particularly interested in projects based in regions in Eastern Canada or North-eastern US (so that travel to Boston is not as much of an issue) or which have participants who are already planning to come to the MCN Boston Conference. Thanks, -David David Farrell, Collections Assistant Peel Heritage Complex 9 Wellington Street EastBrampton, ON L6W 1Y1 Canada(905) 791-4055 ext. 3628(905) 451-4931 faxhttp://www.peelregion.ca/heritage/ --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: lspichiger@deerfield.history.museum To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: rlancefi...@mail.wesleyan.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com
