[MCN-L] Shop and ticketing
Hi Koven, The BM sell products, tickets and membership from the same platform - called Venda. I can put you in touch with our e-com head if you want, Best wishes Matthew Mcock at britishmuseum.org Head of Web | Department of Learning and Audiences | The British Museum | www.britishmuseum.org Sent from Blackberry: 07971433841 - Original Message - From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu To: mcn-l at mcn.edu mcn-l at mcn.edu Sent: Wed Feb 06 23:48:54 2013 Subject: [MCN-L] Shop and ticketing Hey, MCN-ers! I'm looking for any concrete examples out there of museums that have tightly integrated their ecommerce and ticketing solutions, ideally with some sort of single-cart checkout, so that the end user is able to buy tickets, memberships, and shop items with a single transaction. Bonus points if you're also integrating the collections in some way (via print-on-demand or other). If you're one of these rarefied creatures, can you tell me a little about what software(z) you're using, and how the integration(z) work? Thanks in advance! Koven * * * * *Koven J. Smith* Director of Technology 720-913-0136 office 917-727-2612 mobile ksmith at denverartmuseum.org twitter: 5easypieces Denver Art Museum 100 W. 14th Avenue Parkway Denver, CO 80204 Visit www.denverartmuseum.org and subscribe to our e-newsletterhttp://www.patronmail.com/pmailweb/PatronSetup?oid=238. The Denver Art Museum salutes the citizens of metro Denver for helping fund arts, culture and science through their support of the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) http://www.scfd.org/.
[MCN-L] Institutional website usage v. digital collections siteusage?
Dear Ellice, From the British Museum - traffic to the Research section of our website, where our Collection Online sits, and makes up the vast majority of the content) accounts for between 25 and 30% of our traffic by volume of pageviews. Best wishes, Matthew Head of Web, British Museum -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Rich Barrett-Small Sent: 14 January 2013 10:25 To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Institutional website usage v. digital collections siteusage? Dear Ellice, In 2012, 17% of our total web visits included a trip to our collections site. Interestingly, a lot of these visits were exclusive to the collections site. In fact, only 3-4% of web visits include a trip to both our collections site and the other or main site. I think we too are serving a niche audience with our collections-there were around 74,000 different object pages viewed in the last month. I think Jeremy's approach, with better integration between the two properties and a unified design/user experience, clearly yields positive results and makes more sense to the user. It's something for which I am advocating here. Best regards, -- Rich Barrett-Small Lead Developer, Digital Media Victoria and Albert Museum | www.vam.ac.uk r.barrettsmall at vam.ac.uk | 020 7942 2343 On 9 Jan 2013, at 12:00, mcn-l-request at mcn.edu wrote: Send mcn-l mailing list submissions to mcn-l at mcn.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to mcn-l-request at mcn.edu You can reach the person managing the list at mcn-l-owner at mcn.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of mcn-l digest... Today's Topics: 1. Institutional website usage v. digital collections site usage? (Ellice Engdahl) 2. Re: Institutional website usage v. digital collections site usage? (Jeremy Ottevanger) 3. Please help improve DCE (Heather Bowden) -- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 08:37:17 -0500 From: Ellice Engdahl ElliceE at thehenryford.org To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] Institutional website usage v. digital collections siteusage? Message-ID: 2D2BC4A0B3201C47853B5B0A3ECE0F480621303D at mustang.thehenryford.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi all, I'm curious if anyone tracks or has statistics they'd be willing to share about how often your institutional website gets visited vs. the site/page for your digital collections. I'm not so much interested in exact numbers as the ratio-e.g. your site overall gets five visits for every one visit your digital collections gets. As a follow-up, does anyone have goals/thoughts on what that ratio should ideally be, or are you happy wherever it currently falls? Many thanks! Ellice Engdahl, Digital Collections Initiative Manager The Henry Ford 20900 Oakwood Blvd., Dearborn, MI 48124 (o) 313.982.6005 | (e) ElliceE at thehenryford.org -- Message: 2 Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 14:27:31 + From: Jeremy Ottevanger JOttevanger at iwm.org.uk To: 'Museum Computer Network Listserv' mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Institutional website usage v. digital collections siteusage? Message-ID: F6E971514269054EA64F07C31E52AEFA188E531B2C at ASA-MBX01.iwm.local Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Hi Ellice, Our collections are part of the institutional website and integrated into various bits of content, but a little over 40% of all website visitors view the details page of at least one item. 25% actually land on one. I don't know what experience other museums have had, but as far as I can tell having the collections integrated into our main site has worked better than when they were hived off in their own site. As for whether we're happy, well, yes and no. A pretty good proportion of users view these pages, but then again our collections comprise a huge number of pages and should serve the needs of a large number of people. The fact that last month people landed on about 42000 different item pages suggests that we're probably reaching people with some very niche needs, which is good. But I suspect that we're still only getting a tiny percentage of all those people with such niche interests so I can't be that satisfied. Cheers, Jeremy Jeremy Ottevanger Technical Web Manager Imperial War Museum Lambeth Road London SE1 6HZ -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Ellice Engdahl Sent: 08 January 2013 13:37 To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] Institutional website usage v. digital collections site usage? Hi
[MCN-L] Wikipedia and Cultural Organisations
Dear all, I'm working on a paper for the forthcoming GLAM-WIKI conference at the British Museum (http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM-WIKI http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM-WIKI ), and as part of it doing some research into the referrals that cultural websites get from Wikipedia. I'm keen to get some stats from UK and US cultural organisations, specifically the number of referrals they get from Wikipedia (all languages*) and the total number of visits for Sept 08, Sept 09 and Sept 10. It's not about creating a league table - more about seeing if there are huge variations across the sector in the percentage, and creating an aggregate percentage figure, and whether that has increased or otherwise over the last 3 years. I am intending to keep the actual figures anonymous (overall visits and the referrals), as that isn't really the point - but I may come back and ask for permission if there's a good reason to reveal the identity behind any outlier, for example. So, if you have access to your Museum's stats, and are willing to help my survey, I would love to hear from you off list - mcock at britishmuseum.org *Not just English - important. Many thanks, Matthew Head of Web | Department of Learning and Audiences| The British Museum | britishmuseum.org http://www.britishmuseum.org | twitter.com/britishmuseum http://www.twitter.com/britishmuseum | t: 020 7323 8169 | m: 07971 433841 COMING SOON ? BOOK NOW Journey through the afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead Opens 4 November 2010 Under 16s and Members free TICKETS +44 (0)20 7323 8181 www.britishmuseum.org BECOME A MEMBER +44 (0)20 7323 8195 www.britishmuseum.org/membership Connect with the British Museum online www.facebook.com/britishmuseum www.twitter.com/britishmuseum www.youtube.com/britishmuseum
[MCN-L] British Museum website - new children's section and games
Collect facts and save the day - become an online Time Explorer with the British Museum Time Explorer is the new British Museum online game that invites brave souls to travel back in time to Aztec Mexico, Imperial China, Ancient Rome and Ancient Egypt, where dangers, puzzles and traps lie in wait. In this interactive adventure game, players become junior curators whose knowledge of the past, skill and courage are all needed when they're sent back in time to help the local population rescue a treasured object from certain destruction. Alongside four other new online games, Time Explorer forms part of the new British Museum website section for children: Young Explorers. The first phase is now live and will continue to grow, offering visitors aged 6-12 a chance to explore the collection and cultures, head behind the scenes for a look at what we get up to, and get creative with loads of new activities. For Young Explorers, visit http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/young_explorers1.aspx For Time Explorer, visit http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/young_explorers/play/time_explorer. aspx The Web team commissioned GR/DD to design and build the games, but it wouldn't have been possible (or we think so good) without a lot of input from curators across the Museum, our Schools and young audiences team and our own developers and the IS team for doing hidden wonders to get it on our site. We're still building up content, and ironing out a few things in the games, so do send us any comments. Or we'll simply see you on the scoreboard! Thanks, Matthew mcock at britishmuseum.org Head of Web | Department of Learning and Audiences| The British Museum | britishmuseum.org http://www.britishmuseum.org | twitter.com/britishmuseum http://www.twitter.com/britishmuseum | t: 020 7323 8169 | m: 07971 433841 BOOK NOW FOR SPRING EXHIBITIONS Kingdom of Ife: sculptures from West Africa 4 March - 6 June 2010 Fra Angelico to Leonardo: Italian Renaissance drawings 22 April - 25 July 2010 BOOK NOW +44 (0)20 7323 8181 www.britishmuseum.org Follow the British Museum on Facebook and Twitter at www.facebook.com/britishmuseum www.twitter.com/britishmuseum
[MCN-L] A History of the World
A History of the World, British Museum and BBC partnership At 9.45 the first programme in the series 'A History of the World in 100 Objects' goes out on BBC Radio 4. Already live is the 'A History of the World 'website at http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld From here you can listen again to the programmes (up to 2012 and likely beyond - no 7 days for AHOW), download the podcast, etc and find more about the objects featured. As well as the 100 objects from the British Museum, there are objects from over 350 museums around the UK on the site, to be joined by possibly '000s from public contribution. One feature of the site was not ready for launch, but you will shortly be able to comment on each object - whether a museum or public contribution. There are a number of ways to see objects from specific museums. For the British Museum 100, click on the Contributor button on the left of the Home/Explore page, select British Museum. Scroll through time and see the objects in the time tunnel. There are a few ways that you can filter to find objects from other Museums, via 'BBC Area' in the control panel on the left of Explore, or In Your Area http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/inyourarea/ or using a map showing all of the UK museum partners http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/about/map/ Some other things: There's a blog which will have posts right through the year, written by Paul Sargeant of the BBC and David Prudames of the BM, with contributions from many others who have helped make the programmes and the website. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/ahistoryoftheworld/ There's a badge and a widget (with 'Today's Object' feed) to embed in your site/blog if you wish. http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/get-involved/badges-widgets/ It's been an incredible editorial, technical and organisational tour-de-force to get this site to live - credit is due to teams in the BBC and museums across the UK. I am looking forward to seeing the site develop in interesting ways over the coming year. Matthew, Head of Web, British Museum, mcock at britishmuseum.org Head of Web | Department of Learning and Audiences| The British Museum | britishmuseum.org http://www.britishmuseum.org | twitter.com/britishmuseum http://www.twitter.com/britishmuseum | t: 020 7323 8169 | m: 07971 433841 Moctezuma: Aztec Ruler Until 24 January 2010 BOOK NOW +44 (0)20 7323 8181 www.britishmuseum.org Follow the British Museum on Facebook and Twitter at www.facebook.com/britishmuseum www.twitter.com/britishmuseum
[MCN-L] Jodi Awards call for nominations
Jodi Awards 2009: new international award for the most accessible cultural website The Jodi Awards go international! Nominations are now invited for the new International Jodi Award for the most accessible website or web-based service from a cultural organisation. You may have an accessible and easy to use website, it may provide informal learning materials for disabled people or you may use the web to supply print-disabled people with digitalised reading materials. You may use the website in an other way to provide access to cultural experience for disabled people. If so, we look forward to receiving your Nomination. The Jodi Awards for accessible digital culture have been given since 2003 - which was European Year of Disabled People; to cultural organisations in the United Kingdom. Previous winners include world-famous museums (such as Tate Modern and the British Museum),small organisations (such as the volunteer-run Pewsey Heritage Centre), networks of services (such as the public libraries in South Yorkshire and Humberside), an archive (The National Archives) and a disability organisation (the National Library for the Blind, now RNIB). The Jodi Awards will be given on 2 December 2009 at the prestigous Victoria and Albert Museum in London, at the occasion of a joint event with the UK Museums Computer Group. The Jodi Awards are given by the Jodi Mattes Trust. The Trust exists to promote equal access to and enjoyment of the arts and culture by disabled people through digital media. Deadline for nominations is Friday 25 September 2009. You can find more information and a Nonimation Form on the culture 24 website:www.culture24.org.uk/spliced/online+collections/art69556. If you consider submitting a Nomination and would like to discuss your ideas, do please contact Marcus Weisen, marcus.weisen at gmail.com mailto:marcus.weisen at gmail.com , 0033-4-26 53 30 60. Marcus speaks English, French, German, Italian and Finnish. We really would like to find out about the best projects globally and celebrate them. We want the world's cultural organisations to know how seriously the best among them take equal access for disabled people. We want to inspire new best practice. Please help us find them. Do please forward this email to everyone who may be interested and to e-discussion groups. Marcus Weisen Development Manager Jodi Mattes Trust for accessible digital culture www.jodiawards.org.uk http://www.jodiawards.org.uk/ marcus.weisen at gmail.com mailto:marcus.weisen at gmail.com Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur Until 23 August 2009 BOOK NOW +44 (0)20 7323 8181 www.britishmuseum.org Follow the British Museum on Facebook and Twitter at www.facebook.com/britishmuseum www.twitter.com/britishmuseum
[MCN-L] Use of Ning and similar Community of Practice tools
Also check out http://museum30.ning.com/ which I have just joined! Matthew British Museum -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of MuseumPods Sent: 10 November 2008 17:27 To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Use of Ning and similar Community of Practice tools We have have an online museum group (MESN) on Ning for a few years at: http://mesn.museumpods.com Kurt - Original Message - From: Ari Davidow aridavi...@gmail.com To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 12:20 PM Subject: [MCN-L] Use of Ning and similar Community of Practice tools Is anyone using Ning or grou.ps to help pull together intranet activity or Community of Practice (or general community)? I keep hearing about these tools, but have no sense how they are being used or which, of the many issues I am grappling with, they address (if any). In theory, having a single place to gather resources and do many times of sharing and discussion would be great. In practice, I wonder if wikis, on the one hand, or Facebook at another extreme, aren't doing enough of what we want. Thoughts? 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 ___ 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 BABYLON: MYTH AND REALITY 13 November 2008 ? 15 March 2009 BOOK NOW +44 (0)20 7323 8181 www.britishmuseum.org
[MCN-L] Posts at the British Museum
Schools and Young Audiences E-Learning Managers x 2 1 x Permanent position (focus on primary students, teachers and families) 1 x 5 year contract (focus on secondary students, teachers and young people) ?24,848 pa Help bring World Cultures to life... You will contribute to the creation of our Digital Discovery Centre and develop cutting-edge e-learning programmes and resources which will ensure children, young people, teachers and families are able to access and learn about our diverse and extensive collection using digital technologies. In this challenging and rewarding role you will develop, manage and evaluate our e-learning sessions and resources, promote this provision across the organisation and beyond, and by doing so, establish the Museum as a leader in museum-based e-learning. You will also be directly involved in teaching school groups of a relevant age to your position, as well as running teacher training and sessions for families. You will be educated to degree standard with experience as an e-learning educator in a museum or other heritage/cultural institution or in a school context. Along with a practical up-to-date understanding of learning and the curriculum, you will also possess excellent practical competence in the educational use of digital technologies, a strong knowledge of the hardware and software required for e-learning and also solid experience in the development and delivery of e-learning programmes for a target audience. As a highly imaginative and engaging communicator you will interact easily with a wide range of individuals both internal and external to the Museum and will work well within a team. A good understanding of project management, including the delivery of multiple tasks to deadline and managing budgets, is essential. Occasional weekend working may be required. For further information or a full application pack, please visit www.britishmuseum.org/jobs or email bm at peoplemedia.co.uk quoting reference 75433 Closing date: 30 September 2008. Head of Web | Department of Learning and Audiences| The British Museum | www.britishmuseum.org http://www.britishmuseum.org/ t: 020 7323 8169 | m: 07971 433841 HADRIAN: EMPIRE AND CONFLICT Until 26 October 2008 Open late until 20.30 on Thursdays and Fridays Discover the life, love and legacy of Rome's most enigmatic emperor. BOOK TICKETS NOW +44 (0)20 7323 8181 www.britishmuseum.org
[MCN-L] CSR at Museums
Dear All, I know that this is not a computer/tech related enquiry, for which apologies, but I have little other gateway to colleagues out there I am working on a small project investigating introducing CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) to the Museum, and specifically looking at setting up a pilot project where Museum staff volunteer for an organisation working in the local community. I am interested to know if any other museums had done similar projects in the past, whether under the heading of CSR or not, or have a wider CSR policy or strategy in place. Do contact me off list. Many thanks, Matthew Head of Web | Department of Learning and Audiences| The British Museum | www.britishmuseum.org http://www.britishmuseum.org/ t: 020 7323 8169 | m: 07971 433841 HADRIAN: EMPIRE AND CONFLICT Exhibition opens 24 July 2008 Discover the life, love and legacy of Rome's most enigmatic emperor. BOOK TICKETS NOW +44 (0)20 7323 8181 www.britishmuseum.org
[MCN-L] British Museum: Web Developer
The British Museum is looking for a web developer to join the web team: to assist our senior web developer in the maintenance, design and implementation of our website. The ideal candidate must have a background in ASP.NET, C#, object orientated design, XHTML and should be able to prove prior experience utilizing these technologies.m. Salary: ?28,871 per annum Contract: Fixed term 9 months Closing date for applications: 12 noon, 14 May 2008 Download job description, person specification and application pack from http://www.britishmuseum.org/the_museum/jobs.aspx http://www.britishmuseum.org/the_museum/jobs.aspx Thanks, Matthew Head of Web | Department of Learning and Audiences| The British Museum | www.britishmuseum.org http://www.britishmuseum.org/ t: 020 7323 8169 | m: 07971 433841 HADRIAN: EMPIRE AND CONFLICT Exhibition opens 24 July 2008 Discover the life, love and legacy of Rome's most enigmatic emperor. BOOK TICKETS NOW +44 (0)20 7323 8181 www.britishmuseum.org
[MCN-L] British Museum - web developer
Dear all, We're looking for a Web Developer to assist the senior web developer in the maintenance, design and implementation of the website. The ideal candidate must have a background in ASP.NET, C#, object orientated design, XHTML and should be able to prove prior experience utilizing these technologies. Ref: 77014W Salary: ?30,143 per annum Contract: Permanent Department: Learning and Audiences Application deadline: 12 noon, 05 March 2010 Download the job description and an application pack from http://www.britishmuseum.org/the_museum/jobs.aspx Join a great team! Matthew mcock at britishmuseum.org Head of Web | Department of Learning and Audiences| The British Museum | britishmuseum.org http://www.britishmuseum.org | twitter.com/britishmuseum http://www.twitter.com/britishmuseum | t: 020 7323 8169 | m: 07971 433841 BOOK NOW FOR SPRING EXHIBITIONS Kingdom of Ife: sculptures from West Africa 4 March - 6 June 2010 Fra Angelico to Leonardo: Italian Renaissance drawings 22 April - 25 July 2010 BOOK NOW +44 (0)20 7323 8181 www.britishmuseum.org Follow the British Museum on Facebook and Twitter at www.facebook.com/britishmuseum www.twitter.com/britishmuseum
