[MCN-L] Guidelines/Example hackathons in Museums

[ambika]

Hi all

Trying some hackathon type models for museums in India. Any guidelines or
successful events, that I can read about in your parts of the world.

Thank you
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Ambika
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Re: [MCN-L] Guidelines/Example hackathons in Museums

[Desi Gonzalez]

I ran a workshop a few years ago on running museum hackathons; here's the
resource doc I put together for it: https://docs.google.com/document/d/
1QCCWyz7fbEtWw4yRtsz4dJZjAl9q8i3iIBu0AZKNuqU/edit?usp=sharing

On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 9:14 AM, ambika  wrote:

> Hi all
>
> Trying some hackathon type models for museums in India. Any guidelines or
> successful events, that I can read about in your parts of the world.
>
> Thank you
> --
> Ambika
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Re: [MCN-L] Guidelines/Example hackathons in Museums

[Samuel Tran]

Hi Ambika,

We had very successful hackathons at the AMNH the past three years. You can 
read about it here:
http://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/adults/bridgeup-stem/hackathon/

Hope this helps.
Best.

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Director, Office of Information Technology
American Museum of Natural History
212-313-7231 


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Subject: [MCN-L] Guidelines/Example hackathons in Museums

Hi all

Trying some hackathon type models for museums in India. Any guidelines or 
successful events, that I can read about in your parts of the world.

Thank you
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Ambika
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[MCN-L] MCN is looking for board members

[Eric Longo]

MCN is looking to recruit five Board members this year.

The 2017 call for MCN board members is open through June 30.

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[MCN-L] Job Opportunity: Collection Information Specialist, LACMA

[Clark, Maja]

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has an opening for a Collection
Information Specialist. Interested individuals should email cover letter
and resume to Maja Clark (mcl...@lacma.org).

*Collection Information Specialist (Regular Full-Time)*
*Collection Information and Digital Assets*

Reporting to the Head of Collection Information & Digital Assets, the
Collection Information Specialist contributes to the improvement of the
data in The Museum System (TMS), the museum collection management database,
and ResourceSpace (ODIN), LACMA’s digital asset management system. The
Collection Information Specialist provides TMS and ODIN user support on a
daily basis via the CIDA Hotline for the staff of multiple museum
departments, including curatorial, registration, conservation and more. *The
position is currently funded through June 30, 2018. *

Some duties include: handles a variety of CIDA Hotline requests to meet TMS
and ODIN user needs including general use questions, data entry assistance,
data upload and report requests and troubleshooting; provides individual
and group training sessions; drafts and publishes written procedures as
well as reference and training materials for staff usage of TMS; creates
and modifies Crystal Reports pursuant to staff requests and project needs;
runs basic SQL queries; maintains user accounts and security; performs
regular audits of data entry in TMS and ODIN, alerting staff of
discrepancies; tracks statistics of TMS usage; provides museum collection
inventory and digitization project support; researches data standards;
performs data entry, including batch uploads and carries out data cleanup
projects as assigned.

The qualified candidate will have a degree in Museum Studies, Library
Science, or a related field; previous experience with a museum collections
management database, knowledge of data standards for museum collection
management, familiarity with museum practices and experience providing user
support and training in a team environment. TMS, Crystal Reports, digital
asset management system and SQL experience preferred.


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