Hi all, I passed the thread to Shelley Bernstein, our Technology Chief, so she could comment directly on the Brooklyn Museum's wi-fi. Here's her response. Deb Wythe
Hi Jeff, I just wanted to quickly weigh in on the wifi install at Brooklyn. The project was first conceived of as a community project - we had a new public plaza completed in 2004 and wanted to make it a welcoming place for the community. The original phase of the project was small in scope -- setup the initial network and get the Plaza, the Sculpture Garden and other public spaces online. It made sense given our mission and the new building project. I'm not sure that my recollection differs that much from Matt's - he is correct that later expansion inside the building meant showing different business cases, but the original project was thought of much differently - at least that's the way I conceived of the project. Interestingly, I think it makes a nice use case - if it fits within mission, that can help you get started and then grow from there as needed to fulfill other objectives. I'm actually not on this list, so am asking Deb to post for me (thanks, Deb!). If you have questions, I'm happy to answer them via email, first.last at brooklynmuseum.org. Many thanks, Shelley Bernstein Chief of Technology Brooklyn Museum deborahwythe at hotmail.com > From: nschulz at ctsciencecenter.org > To: mcn-l at mcn.edu > Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:15:34 -0400 > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Reasons for providing public wi-fi > > Here at the Connecticut Science Center, our wireless access points are setup > with 3 SSID's. Two are hidden and one is public. We have allocated a > certain about of bandwidth just for the public wireless VLAN. > > ****************************************** > Check out our EVENTS Calendar here! > > Follow us on > ****************************************** > > Nicole Schulz > IT Manager > Connecticut Science Center > 250 Columbus Blvd. > Hartford, CT 06103 > 860.520-2114 > 860.727.0850 (fax) > nschulz at ctsciencecenter.org > > www.CTScienceCenter.org | (860) SCIENCE > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of > Christina DePaolo > Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 1:09 PM > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Reasons for providing public wi-fi > > Hi, > For those of you who offer public wi-fi, do mind sharing how you made it > happen? What were the barriers you had to address? Visitors are asking for > free wi-fi at SAM but our IT department is holding back because of resource > issues, I think it has to do with bandwidth. > > Christina > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of > Morgan, Matt > Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 9:41 AM > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Reasons for providing public wi-fi > > At Brooklyn Museum our philosophical rationale was largely community-based, > but our funding rationale was mostly about collections database access for > staff in storerooms and galleries--there was sort of a three-pronged approach > of > > * VPN access to network from anywhere in the building > * gallery technology like kiosks and handhelds and ... > * general public access. > > Matt > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of > Steward, Jeff > Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 12:25 PM > To: mcn-l at mcn.edu > Subject: [MCN-L] Reasons for providing public wi-fi > > Hello all, > > For those of you that offer public Wi-Fi at your institution what were your > reasons for doing so? Was it just as a perk to your visitors or was there > something more to it? > > Thanks, > Jeff > > > -- > Jeff Steward > Architect for Applications Development > 617-495-0785 > jeff_steward at harvard.edu<mailto:jeff_steward at harvard.edu> > > Harvard Art Museum > 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 > www.harvardartmuseum.org<http://www.harvardartmuseum.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/ > _______________________________________________ > 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/ _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. 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