Re: [MCN-L] Job Opportunity: Sr. Web Developer Dallas Museum of Art

[Somaya Langley]

While not directly related to IT in Museums, I ran a survey (with my Cambridge 
and Oxford colleagues about Digital Preservation staffing resources (amongst 
other things).

People from the GLAM sector, universities and a few other disciplines responded.

There are questions about how big an organisation is, how many digital staff 
they have (but not traditional IT roles of software developer/devOps/syd admin 
etc), and how many digital preservation FTEs etc. So it might not exactly meet 
your purposes... however the raw dataset is found at: 
http://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.26222

So hopefully there is something there for you to inform strategy, even though 
it’s not directly core-IT related.

Thanks
Somaya

From: mcn-l  on behalf of Matt Morgan 

Sent: 29 September 2018 11:40:40
To: mcn-l@mcn.edu
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Job Opportunity: Sr. Web Developer Dallas Museum of Art

Welcome!

The staff ratios topic has come up before, for sure. The list has a
searchable archives (link in the footer); I tried and it was a little
hard to narrow it down to that topic (it's hard to avoid job postings)
but search phrases like "staff survey" and "digital budget" get me some
related posts.

Does anybody remember who has raised this topic previously? That would help.

Best,
Matt

On 09/24/2018 05:35 PM, Amir Tabei wrote:
> Hello MCN Group,
>
> This is my first post and new to the group and also my 12th day at the job.  
> I wanted to share one opening we have for a Sr. Web Developer position 
> https://recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/Jobs/Details/58755
>
> Also, I was wondering if you all have discuss or perhaps have a survey in the 
> past regarding the IT Staff ratio in your museum?  I will be very interested 
> to see where we stack up as I'm digging more into the current state and 
> creating a future state roadmap.
>
> Thank you,
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Re: [MCN-L] preservation photography of 3D objects

[Somaya Langley]

Hi Marielle,

Over the past couple of years, colleagues from several of my workplaces have 
asked questions about preserving 3D software files. So there are definitely 3D 
digitisation experiments happening in several places including my current 
organisation (Cambridge University Library), the State Library New South Wales 
(Sydney, Australia), the Church History Library (USA) and I think the Getty and 
the Smithsonian from memory.

As far as I’m aware, there aren’t guidelines for digitisation of objects in 3D 
file formats (and given the international guidelines around born-digital video 
are only in development currently, I suspect that it will take a few more years 
for guidelines around 3D file formats - as in-depth research is needed). 

I’m sure a range of other orgs have their own guidelines for digitising objects 
in 2D formats (I’m not necessarily the best person to advise on this). The 
information I’ve given to my colleagues who are experimenting with 3D formats, 
was to select a format that was already known by the PRONOM file format 
registry (developed and run by The National Archives in the UK).

These 3D file formats (that are already known by PRONOM) are:
* X3D - fmt/579, fmt/580, fmt/581, fmt/582
* PLY - fmt/831
* STL - x-fmt/108, fmt/865

Our advice to our digitisation colleagues leant towards X3D, as it's an ISO 
standard - and also as it’s XML based.


An example of a collection item at my current workplace is this object that has 
been digitised in 3D:
https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-ORCS-1-1/1

The 3D image has been made available via SketchFab: 
https://sketchfab.com/models/455016bc4f4f496d98bda94c28f2bf05


Thanks
Somaya


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Cambridge University Library
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On 18/07/2018, 20:39, "mcn-l on behalf of Marielle Smith" 
 wrote:

>Hello, I'm hoping some of you might be able to share any guidelines and/or 
>standards you have regarding digital photography of 3D collections objects for 
>long-term preservation: resolution, file format, and especially how are 
>360-degree views of objects being captured (video, series of stills stitched 
>together, etc.).
>
>If there's one recommended resource for these guidelines or best practices, 
>please point me to it - I've not been successful in finding anything very 
>up-to-date and what resources I have found recommend analog over digital, and 
>I'm not sure that still applies.
>
>Thanks for your help!
>Marielle
>
>
>
>Marielle Smith
>Digital Archivist
>Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
>msmi...@oscars.org
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>Marielle Smith
>Digital Archivist
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[MCN-L] Digital Preservation Survey on Maturity, Strategy and Staffing Resources

[Somaya Langley]

Hi MCN List Members,


The Digital Preservation Oxford and Cambridge (DPOC) project in collaboration 
with the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) has developed a short survey 
intended to gather information from collecting and research organisations 
around the world who have a remit to manage digital content. The survey has a 
particular focus on staffing resources, but also briefly covers policy, 
strategy, and maturity modelling. We would very much like to receive some 
responses from those working in the museum and gallery sectors.

We are aware that concrete information for benchmarking institutions against 
their peers - particularly in regards to maturity and staffing resources - is 
required by those looking to make the case for digital preservation within 
their organisations. We are interested in obtaining figures from institutions 
around the world, regardless of an institution’s size or whether any digital 
preservation effort has already commenced. We are particularly keen to obtain 
information from institutions based outside of the USA.

We would be very grateful if you would take the time to fill out our survey:
https://cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_brWr12R8hMwfIOh

The survey should take between 10-20 minutes to complete. Deadline for survey 
responses is: 31 May 2018
(Though we would very much appreciate input earlier than this date.)

Further information can be found at: 
http://www.dpoc.ac.uk/2018/04/23/maturity-and-resourcing-survey/
Anonymised raw data will be shared via the DPOC website for all in the digital 
preservation community to use, in August 2018: http://www.dpoc.ac.uk/
Any questions about the survey can be directed to: 
digitalpreservat...@lib.cam.ac.uk<mailto:digitalpreservat...@lib.cam.ac.uk?subject=Maturity%20level%20survey>


Apologies for cross-postings.


Many thanks

Somaya

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Digital Preservation Specialist - Policy and Planning (Polonsky Fellow)

Cambridge University Library

West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DR

T: +44 (0)1223 765576

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Re: [MCN-L] Tate contact urgently needed

[Somaya Langley]

Hi Susan, 

I've passed this onto someone I know in digital conservation area at the TATE. 
I've asked her to pass on your email to their web team.

Thanks
Somaya

> On 4 Apr 2018, at 18:39, Susan Edwards  wrote:
> 
> Hi all -
> Is there anyone on Tate's web team on this list? Or does someone have a
> contact there?
> 
> I need to speak to them about a feature on their website, which I am being
> asked to replicate.
> 
> Any leads appreciated!
> Thanks
> Susan Edwards
> 
> Associate Director, Digital Content
> Hammer Museum
> 10899 Wilshire Bl.
> Los Angeles, CA 90024
> 310-209-7921
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