[MCN-L] Digital Image of Collection Object

Hello all, I work in a new project of cultural museum. I'm in charge of the database. I was wondering if we had to take high resolution images of all the objects of our collection or only select some of them that are really important and let the others in low resolution, in order to create a

[MCN-L] Student research on museum education topics

March 5, 2008 Do you know a student working on museum education-related research? To celebrate March Break, MUSEUM EDUCATION MONITOR (MEM), the monthly e-newsletter, is compiling a list of museum education/interpretation research projects currently being undertaken by students at any level of

[MCN-L] Digital Image of Collection Object

I agree with Ari. As an image which will only be used as a visual guide to the object, you don't need to make a really great photograph. But if you're planning on sharing images with researchers or putting them on the web, it may be more time/cost effective to photograph them at high enough

[MCN-L] Digital Image of Collection Object

Greetings, The Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia is undergoing an enormous digitization process of their 35,000 ethnographic objects for the purpose of research images. If you would like to take a look at how these images might be used for detail research please view

[MCN-L] Intranets in Museum to improve staff communication

Here at the Frick Collection I have just upgraded our Intranet using WordPress. It was quick and easy and is easy to maintain. It is a great place to link internal stuff: useful documents relating to HR benefits (403 B plan, health insurance forms,. etc.) Calendars, Organizational charts,

[MCN-L] MCN 2008 - Calendar Panel

Hi all, I'm not sure what my availability is going to be this fall, but I thought I'd try to help facilitate a few panels at the early stages. I had a number of different replies both on and off list about requirements for calendar systems from our conversation last month. Is there interest

[MCN-L] MCN 2008 - The Tech Savvy Board

More pot stirring... During the reception at MCN 2007 I had a conversation with someone (who's card is somewhere in that stack on the dresser) about the involvement of board members in setting technology priorities. Playing off Nik's excellent session that brought directors and IT

[MCN-L] What to save: Policies for selecting/archiving digital assets

Have any of the institutions who have gone down the DAMS road also succeeded in developing policies for deciding which assets to retain? The discussions we have had here leave our heads spinning wondering who would make these decisions and with what criteria. Like everyone else, we have thousands

[MCN-L] Difficult license provisions

I am writing an article on difficult provisions in a license agreement. By that, I mean a term or condition which is either difficult to comply with, or difficult to negotiate. Any comments on or off list would be great. Thanks. Lesley Lesley Ellen Harris http://copyrightlaws.com

[MCN-L] IP SIG: Fwd: VRA Intellectual Property Rights News: February 2008

Monthly roundup of IP news from Jen Green Thread-Topic: VRA Intellectual Property Rights News: February 2008 Thread-Index: Ach8nWPUUAaz2TlHRAyPFKaDHQMfqA== Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 14:41:22 -0500 Reply-To: Visual Resources Association VRA-L at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Sender: Visual