Cairie,, During your next lunch hour, watch this session from Webwise 2012. Lots of interesting ideas here:
http://www.tvworldwide.com/events/webwise/120229/globe_show/default_go_archive.cfm?gsid=1971&type=flv&test=0&live=0 Chuck On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Cairie Riney <cairie.bird at gmail.com> wrote: > Hello! > I'm currently digitizing a collection of photographs that have some limited > data accompanying them. The photographs are the historical background of a > small community that can provide much of the needed information. Many of > the community members are old and ailing so the need to retrieve the > information from them is much needed! Currently the museum I work for does > not have a DAM so I'm embedding the metadata with Adobe Bridge (thanks to > the suggestions of people on this listserv). I know the San Diego Air and > Space Museum posts their digitized collections on Flickr and gets some > great information from the public. Would others recommend this route? What > other ways have museums recieved data from the public? The main information > that's needed is identifying people and places in the photographs. > Thank you! > -Cairie Riney > Julian Pioneer Museum > > _______________________________________________ > 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://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ > -- Chuck Patch Museum Information Management Consulting 403 Edgevale Rd Baltimore MD 21210 410-929-4571 443-327-3983 (F)