[MCN-L] Registration Open - IMLS WebWise 2007

[Ari Davidow]

This looks like a very interesting conference. Is it always about digital
preservation, or is that this year's subject? (It's a hot issue here at my
office, and we're keen to get a sense of where to best network and hear
about digital preservation best practices, etc.)

ari

On 1/2/07, Waibel,G?nter  wrote:
>
> With all due apologies for cross-posting. I highly recommend a close look
> at the conference program. The theme for this year's WebWise is "Stewardship
> in the Digital Age: Managing Museum and Library Collections for Preservation
> and Use," and the bulk of the presentations lend themselves to extending &
> deepening the conversation about asset management we had during MCN 2006.
> Please make sure to also take a good look at the pre-conference workshops -
> like the conference itself, they're free! I've signed up for Priscilla
> Caplan's "Preserving Digital Collections" (during the course of which Rick
> Rinehart will make a presentation on preserving digital art), and I'll also
> tout "Sharing Images and Data Making Access to Collections Easier and
> Better," which Ken Hamma pulled together. I hope to see many MCN regulars
> there!
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> G?nter
>
>
>
> ***
>
>
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
> December 19, 2006
>
>
>
> Press Contacts
>
> 202-653-4628
>
> Kevin O'Connell, koconnell at imls.gov
>
> Mamie Bittner, mbittner at imls.gov
>
>
>
> IMLS Announces Registration for 2007 WebWise
>
>
>
> Conference to be Held February 28-March 2
>
>
>
> Washington, DC--The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
> announces open registration for the eighth annual WebWise Conference on
> Libraries and Museums in the Digital World, to be held February 28 to March
> 2, 2007, at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill in Washington,
> D.C. The conference is sponsored annually by IMLS and is co-hosted again
> this year by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) and the J. Paul Getty
> Trust.
>
>
>
> This year's theme is "Stewardship in the Digital Age: Managing Museum and
> Library Collections for Preservation and Use." The conference will feature
> presentations and panel discussions by library, museum, and other
> information experts who will address issues and emerging practices in the
> preservation of digital content from digitized text to "born-digital" art.
> It will also provide a forum for discussing the general state of
> preservation and "digital preservation readiness" in the nation's museums
> and libraries and the potential for technology to improve the management of
> physical collections and the documentation of cultural heritage.
> Demonstrations will feature online tools for disaster planning, projects
> that are addressing challenges such as preserving audio and visual media,
> and projects to document and preserve tangible and intangible cultural
> heritage.
>
>
>
> Preconference workshops, requiring separate registration, will be offered
> on February 28:
>
>
>
> 1) Preserving Digital Collections (half-day)
>
> 2) Sharing Images and Data: Making Access to Collections Easier and Better
> (half-day)
>
> 3) Producing Broadcast-Quality, Preservation-Worthy Video (full day).
>
>
>
> For more information about this year's conference, including the agenda
> and on-line registration, visit www.getty.edu/webwise2007/conference.
>
> Visit www.imls.gov/webwise  for more information on past WebWise
> conferences.
>
>
>
> About the Institute of Museum and Library Services The Institute of Museum
> and Library Services is the primary source of federal support for the
> nation's 122,000 libraries and 17,500 museums.
>
> The Institute's mission is to create strong libraries and museums that
> connect people to information and ideas. The Institute works at the national
> level and in coordination with state and local organizations to sustain
> heritage, culture, and knowledge; enhance learning and innovation; and
> support professional development. To learn more about the Institute, please
> visit www.imls.gov.
>
>
>
>
>
> G?nter Waibel
> Please update your address book > waibelg at oclc.org
> RLG Programs, OCLC
> 2029 Stierlin Court, Suite 100, Mountain View, CA 94043
> voice: +1-650-691-2304 | fax: +1-650-964-1461
> blog: www.hangingtogether.org
>
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[MCN-L] Registration Open - IMLS WebWise 2007

[Kenneth Hamma]

Just the topic for this year.

http://www.getty.edu/webwise2007/conference/

ken

>>> "Ari Davidow"  1/3/2007 2:47 PM >>>
This looks like a very interesting conference. Is it always about digital
preservation, or is that this year's subject? (It's a hot issue here at my
office, and we're keen to get a sense of where to best network and hear
about digital preservation best practices, etc.)

ari

On 1/2/07, Waibel,G?nter  wrote:
>
> With all due apologies for cross-posting. I highly recommend a close look
> at the conference program. The theme for this year's WebWise is "Stewardship
> in the Digital Age: Managing Museum and Library Collections for Preservation
> and Use," and the bulk of the presentations lend themselves to extending &
> deepening the conversation about asset management we had during MCN 2006.
> Please make sure to also take a good look at the pre-conference workshops -
> like the conference itself, they're free! I've signed up for Priscilla
> Caplan's "Preserving Digital Collections" (during the course of which Rick
> Rinehart will make a presentation on preserving digital art), and I'll also
> tout "Sharing Images and Data Making Access to Collections Easier and
> Better," which Ken Hamma pulled together. I hope to see many MCN regulars
> there!
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> G?nter
>
>
>
> ***
>
>
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
> December 19, 2006
>
>
>
> Press Contacts
>
> 202-653-4628
>
> Kevin O'Connell, koconnell at imls.gov 
>
> Mamie Bittner, mbittner at imls.gov 
>
>
>
> IMLS Announces Registration for 2007 WebWise
>
>
>
> Conference to be Held February 28-March 2
>
>
>
> Washington, DC--The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
> announces open registration for the eighth annual WebWise Conference on
> Libraries and Museums in the Digital World, to be held February 28 to March
> 2, 2007, at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill in Washington,
> D.C. The conference is sponsored annually by IMLS and is co-hosted again
> this year by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) and the J. Paul Getty
> Trust.
>
>
>
> This year's theme is "Stewardship in the Digital Age: Managing Museum and
> Library Collections for Preservation and Use." The conference will feature
> presentations and panel discussions by library, museum, and other
> information experts who will address issues and emerging practices in the
> preservation of digital content from digitized text to "born-digital" art.
> It will also provide a forum for discussing the general state of
> preservation and "digital preservation readiness" in the nation's museums
> and libraries and the potential for technology to improve the management of
> physical collections and the documentation of cultural heritage.
> Demonstrations will feature online tools for disaster planning, projects
> that are addressing challenges such as preserving audio and visual media,
> and projects to document and preserve tangible and intangible cultural
> heritage.
>
>
>
> Preconference workshops, requiring separate registration, will be offered
> on February 28:
>
>
>
> 1) Preserving Digital Collections (half-day)
>
> 2) Sharing Images and Data: Making Access to Collections Easier and Better
> (half-day)
>
> 3) Producing Broadcast-Quality, Preservation-Worthy Video (full day).
>
>
>
> For more information about this year's conference, including the agenda
> and on-line registration, visit www.getty.edu/webwise2007/conference.
>
> Visit www.imls.gov/webwise  for more information on past WebWise
> conferences.
>
>
>
> About the Institute of Museum and Library Services The Institute of Museum
> and Library Services is the primary source of federal support for the
> nation's 122,000 libraries and 17,500 museums.
>
> The Institute's mission is to create strong libraries and museums that
> connect people to information and ideas. The Institute works at the national
> level and in coordination with state and local organizations to sustain
> heritage, culture, and knowledge; enhance learning and innovation; and
> support professional development. To learn more about the Institute, please
> visit www.imls.gov.
>
>
>
>
>
> G?nter Waibel
> Please update your address book > waibelg at oclc.org 
> RLG Programs, OCLC
> 2029 Stierlin Court, Suite 100, Mountain View, CA 94043
> voice: +1-650-691-2304 | fax: +1-650-964-1461
> blog: www.hangingtogether.org 
>
>
>
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[MCN-L] Registration Open - IMLS WebWise 2007

[Waibel,Günter]

Hi Ari,

The theme for IMLS WebWise varies year after year. The last 3 years:

2004 "Sharing Digital Resources"
2005 "Teaching and Learning with Digital Resources"
2006 "Inspiring Discovery: Unlocking Collections"

In 2007, one of the main focal points definitely is digital preservation.

Other good places to learn more about digital preservation is MCN itself, or 
the IS&T Archiving conference.

Cheers,

G?nter


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From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Ari 
Davidow
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 2:47 PM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Registration Open - IMLS WebWise 2007

This looks like a very interesting conference. Is it always about digital
preservation, or is that this year's subject? (It's a hot issue here at my
office, and we're keen to get a sense of where to best network and hear
about digital preservation best practices, etc.)

ari

On 1/2/07, Waibel,G?nter  wrote:
>
> With all due apologies for cross-posting. I highly recommend a close look
> at the conference program. The theme for this year's WebWise is "Stewardship
> in the Digital Age: Managing Museum and Library Collections for Preservation
> and Use," and the bulk of the presentations lend themselves to extending &
> deepening the conversation about asset management we had during MCN 2006.
> Please make sure to also take a good look at the pre-conference workshops -
> like the conference itself, they're free! I've signed up for Priscilla
> Caplan's "Preserving Digital Collections" (during the course of which Rick
> Rinehart will make a presentation on preserving digital art), and I'll also
> tout "Sharing Images and Data Making Access to Collections Easier and
> Better," which Ken Hamma pulled together. I hope to see many MCN regulars
> there!
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> G?nter
>
>
>
> ***
>
>
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
> December 19, 2006
>
>
>
> Press Contacts
>
> 202-653-4628
>
> Kevin O'Connell, koconnell at imls.gov
>
> Mamie Bittner, mbittner at imls.gov
>
>
>
> IMLS Announces Registration for 2007 WebWise
>
>
>
> Conference to be Held February 28-March 2
>
>
>
> Washington, DC--The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
> announces open registration for the eighth annual WebWise Conference on
> Libraries and Museums in the Digital World, to be held February 28 to March
> 2, 2007, at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill in Washington,
> D.C. The conference is sponsored annually by IMLS and is co-hosted again
> this year by the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) and the J. Paul Getty
> Trust.
>
>
>
> This year's theme is "Stewardship in the Digital Age: Managing Museum and
> Library Collections for Preservation and Use." The conference will feature
> presentations and panel discussions by library, museum, and other
> information experts who will address issues and emerging practices in the
> preservation of digital content from digitized text to "born-digital" art.
> It will also provide a forum for discussing the general state of
> preservation and "digital preservation readiness" in the nation's museums
> and libraries and the potential for technology to improve the management of
> physical collections and the documentation of cultural heritage.
> Demonstrations will feature online tools for disaster planning, projects
> that are addressing challenges such as preserving audio and visual media,
> and projects to document and preserve tangible and intangible cultural
> heritage.
>
>
>
> Preconference workshops, requiring separate registration, will be offered
> on February 28:
>
>
>
> 1) Preserving Digital Collections (half-day)
>
> 2) Sharing Images and Data: Making Access to Collections Easier and Better
> (half-day)
>
> 3) Producing Broadcast-Quality, Preservation-Worthy Video (full day).
>
>
>
> For more information about this year's conference, including the agenda
> and on-line registration, visit www.getty.edu/webwise2007/conference.
>
> Visit www.imls.gov/webwise  for more information on past WebWise
> conferences.
>
>
>
> About the Institute of Museum and Library Services The Institute of Museum
> and Library Services is the primary source of federal support for the
> nation's 122,000 libraries and 17,500 museums.
>
> The Institute's mission is to create strong libraries and museums that
> connect people to information and ideas. The Institute works at the national
> level and in coordination with state and local organizations to sustain
> heritage, culture, and knowledge; enhance learning and innovation; and
> support professional development. To learn more about the Institute, please
> visit www.imls.gov.
>
>
>
>
>
> G?nter Waibel
> Please update your address book > waibelg at oclc.org
> RLG Programs, OCLC
> 2029 Stierlin Court, Suite 100, Mountain View, CA 94043
> voice: +1-650-691-2304 | fax: +1-650-964-1461
> blog: www.hangingtogether.org
>
>
>
>
>
> ___
> You are currently

[MCN-L] First International Museum Blog Survey Closing Soon

[Chan, Sebastian]

All
 
We are conducting the first comprehensive survey looking at museum blogs
and blogging practices. 

If you write for, or operate a museum or museum-related blog, please
fill out the survey   on the Museum
Blogs   website.

Jim Spadaccini (Ideum  ) and I are the conducting
the survey. The results will be presented in a session, Radical Trust:
The state of the museum blogosphere
  at the
Museums and Web Conference in San Francisco in April 2007. We will also
link to our paper from both the Ideum blog 
and the Powerhouse's fresh + new
  blog.

The purpose of the survey is to capture a snapshot of the technologies,
aims, policies, uses, and impact of blogging in the museum sector. 2006
has been an amazing year for the field, what were 20 blogs back in
January is now a community of nearly 100 museum-related blogs. The
results from the survey will help organizations plan and justify future
projects utilizing blogs and other social technologies. Please feel free
to repost or otherwise pass this on.

Thanks
 

Sebastian Chan 
Manager, Web Services 
Powerhouse Museum 
street - 500 Harris St Ultimo, NSW Australia 
postal - PO Box K346, Haymarket, NSW 1238 
tel - 61 2 9217 0109 
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[MCN-L] AAM Media & Technology MUSE Awards

[Holly Witchey]

Hey, this just in from Phyllis Hecht.  Please forward to any museum folk
who might be interested.

The AAM Media and Technology Committee is now accepting online
applications for the 2007 MUSE awards competition, which recognizes
outstanding achievement in museum media. The deadline for entry is
January 31, 2007 and the application fee is $25.00. 

Go to http://www.mediaandtechnology.org/muse/entrantsto enter your audio
guides, blogs, distance learning programs, games, interactive DVDs,
interactive kiosks, marketing CDs/DVDs, mobile-device programs,
multimedia installations, museum intranets, online community endeavors,
online services, technical achievements, watch-only videos, virtual
exhibitions, and other media programs that may not be mentioned here.
Projects produced or released within the last 3 years may be submitted,
if they have not been entered previously.

For more information on deadlines, procedures, categories, and criteria
go to: http://www.mediaandtechnology.org/muse/


If you have any questions please contact Phyllis Hecht, MUSE awards
chair at muse at mediaandtechnology.org


Holly Witchey
Director, New Media Initiatives
The Cleveland Museum of Art
11150 East Blvd.
Cleveland, Ohio 44106
Phone: 216-707-2653
Fax: 216-721-4176
Email: hwitchey at clevelandart.org
www.clevelandart.org
www.museumattic.org
(blog) www.musematic.net
 
 

[MCN-L] Sound clip database on a Mac

[Frank Thomson]

Access for one.

Frank Thomson, Curator

Asheville Art Museum

PO Box 1717

2 South Pack Square

Asheville, NC 28801

828.253.3227 tel.

828.257.4503 fax

fthomson at ashevilleart.org

www.ashevilleart.org

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Hi everyone.  This is my first posting...I hope it works.

Anyway, I need to build a database for a collection of oral histories that
are being stored  on a Mac.  All I know how to use is Microsoft Access.  Can
anyone suggest a common database program for Macs that hold sound files
well?

Thanks,

Rachel from Toronto.
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[MCN-L] Sound clip database on a Mac

[Tom]

You could try Filemaker, and use one of the provided templates to do  
the job. Very similar to Access.

Holding (as in embedding files into the database) will not work in  
FileMaker, and you would not want to do that. A permanent storage  
space for the audio files would be a good start (local or networked  
storage. You could also use iTunes to build a repository of sound files.

On Jan 31, 2007, at 7:12 AM, Rachel Wormsbecher wrote:

>
>
>
> Hi everyone.  This is my first posting...I hope it works.
>
> Anyway, I need to build a database for a collection of oral  
> histories that are being stored  on a Mac.  All I know how to use  
> is Microsoft Access.  Can anyone suggest a common database program  
> for Macs that hold sound files well?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rachel from Toronto.
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[MCN-L] Sound clip database on a Mac

[Mike Rippy]

The Oral History listserv should have some suggestions for you.
http://www.h-net.org/~oralhist/

You could also contact the people at Storycorps,
http://www.storycorps.net.  They might have some answers as well.

A program that is inexpensive and works on Mac platform is Extensis
Portfolio, http://www.extensis.com.  It would do a good job at keeping
things organized.  They have a document online that tells you what file
formats they will support,
http://www.extensis.com/en/support/kb_article.jsp?articleNumber=4902201.
 The costs vary from a single user license ($199) to a corporate/server
license ($6000).  If you want to go full blown digital asset management,
its going to cost you.

Plus if you want some backup storage a good service is
http://www.mozy.com.  They currently dont support the Mac platform
but it is coming soon.



Mike Rippy
IMA Photographer
mrippy at ima.museum
(317)920-2662 ext.191

IMA
4000 Michigan Road
Indianapolis, IN, USA  46208-3326
www.ima.museum

>>> rachelwormsbecher at hotmail.com 1/31/2007 10:12 AM >>>



Hi everyone.  This is my first posting...I hope it works.

Anyway, I need to build a database for a collection of oral histories
that are being stored  on a Mac.  All I know how to use is Microsoft
Access.  Can anyone suggest a common database program for Macs that hold
sound files well?

Thanks,

Rachel from Toronto.
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[MCN-L] Sound clip database on a Mac

[Janice Klein]

I would highly recommend FileMaker Pro for the "pure" database aspect of the
project.   You can link your sound files via an appropriate "address" field
(in olden days I did that with urls for images).   FMP is versatile, easy to
learn, easy to adapt and cross platform so that you can translate your FMP
skills to a PC (should you ever want to make that change).

janice

Janice Klein
Executive Director
Mitchell Museum of the American Indian
jklein at mitchellmuseum.org
www.mitchellmuseum.org


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Hi everyone.  This is my first posting...I hope it works.

Anyway, I need to build a database for a collection of oral histories that
are being stored  on a Mac.  All I know how to use is Microsoft Access.  Can
anyone suggest a common database program for Macs that hold sound files
well?

Thanks,

Rachel from Toronto.
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[MCN-L] CSLI programs at Stanford

[Perian Sully]

Hi MCN-ers:

I thought I would pass this information along, since I've told several 
people about it recently. Stanford University's Center for the Study of 
Language and Information sends out a weekly calender of lectures 
relating to language, information, and technology. There's usually a 
very wide range of topics presented in any given week, ranging from the 
practical ("Managing Office Buildings in the 21st Century") to the 
esoteric ("The Semantics-Pragmatics Interplay, and Its Cultural 
Logic")*, but often there are lectures which relate to cultural heritage 
issues or IT, such as a lecture on Friday the 2nd of February entitled, 
"Sourcemix: An Environment for Collaborative Web Programming"**

If you're in the San Francisco Bay Area or are going to be visiting, 
check it out. Most weeks there's not a whole lot for the cultural 
heritage crowd, but that topic does seem to come up on a regular basis.

*dates/times below
**abstract below

Perian Sully
Collection Database and Records Administrator
Judah L. Magnes Museum
Berkeley, CA

The CSLI Calendar appears weekly on most Wednesdays throughout the
year.  Announcements, abstracts, and other information to appear in
the Calendar should be submitted to the editor, who reserves the right
to decide what does or does not go in the calendar
mailto:incalendar at csli.stanford.edu 


Requests to be added to the mailing list should be sent to
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The full current issue is at
http://www-csli.stanford.edu/Archive/calendar/current.shtml
and the archives at
http://www-csli.stanford.edu/Archive/calendar/

People on many of the CSLI computers can type 'help csli-calendar' to
see the current issue.

The CSLI Calendar is also posted each week to the su.events usenet
newsgroup (only available from computers on the Stanford network)

Information about CSLI's research program is available at
http://www-csli.stanford.edu/

For maps to the Stanford University rooms see
http://www-csli.stanford.edu/events/locations.shtml



*THURSDAY, 1 FEBRUARY 2007
4:00pm PARC Forum [1-Feb-07]
George Pake Auditorium at PARC
"Managing Office Buildings for the 21st Century"
George Denise
CFM, CPM, FMA, RPA, General Manager, Cushman & Wakefield
http://www.parc.com/forum/

WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2007
1:00pm Stanford Semantics and Pragmatics Workshop [7-Feb-07]
Margaret Jacks Hall 460:126
"The Semantics-Pragmatics Interplay, and Its Cultural Logic"
N. J. Enfield
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen
http://www-linguistics.stanford.edu/semgroup/

**SRI AI SEMINAR SERIES
  on Friday, 2 February 2007, 3:30pm
   EK255, SRI International
  http://www.ai.sri.com/seminars/

"Sourcemix: An Environment for Collaborative Web Programming"
 Joshua Levy
 SRI

Popular use of the Web has evolved rapidly over the past two years, as 
applications shift from the desktop to the Web, and as Web sites become 
increasingly social and collaborative.  This talk explores how these Web 
2.0 trends might extend to the process of building software. I will 
describe recent work on Sourcemix, a new JavaScript-based programming 
environment for collaboratively building Web applications, services, and 
mashups.  The environment offers wiki-like code editing,
sandboxed script execution, shared storage for code and data, tools for 
accessing and publishing Web content, and simple composition of 
services.  I will give an overview of the system and its underlying 
technologies, demonstrate the Sourcemix portal and some applications 
built in it, and discuss connections with current issues in Web 
interoperability, semantic annotation, and programming languages.

[MCN-L] compressing TIFFs for museum collection images

[Friscia, Jeanne]

We at SFMOMA are on the heels of ingesting our permanent collection high
resolution TIF files into our DAMS system and faced with the issue of
whether or not to use compressed tiffs. While we know that they
represent a lossless standard, we wonder if anyone has thoughts on
issues that may arise concerning corruption, preservation, etc. In other
words, is this really a good idea and are there cons to the pros of
saving storage space? 

Thanks,

Jeanne Friscia

 

Jeanne Friscia

Visual Resources Specialist 

Collections Information Access Department

SFMOMA

(415) 357-4103

 


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[MCN-L] compressing TIFFs for museum collection images

[Jeffrey Evans]

No - don't compress. Write DVDs if you have to.  Or buy more space.
Another issue will be reading a compressed Tiff - you may hit some potholes
software-wise. Also as your systems and software packages upgrade, its one
more headache to worry about.

JEFF
 
Jeffrey Evans
Digital Imaging Specialist
Princeton University  Art Museum
(609) 258-8579






On 1/31/07 4:08 PM, "Friscia, Jeanne"  wrote:

> We at SFMOMA are on the heels of ingesting our permanent collection high
> resolution TIF files into our DAMS system and faced with the issue of
> whether or not to use compressed tiffs. While we know that they
> represent a lossless standard, we wonder if anyone has thoughts on
> issues that may arise concerning corruption, preservation, etc. In other
> words, is this really a good idea and are there cons to the pros of
> saving storage space?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jeanne Friscia
> 
>  
> 
> Jeanne Friscia
> 
> Visual Resources Specialist
> 
> Collections Information Access Department
> 
> SFMOMA
> 
> (415) 357-4103
> 
>  
> 
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[MCN-L] compressing TIFFs for museum collection images

[John ffrench]

I would agree with Jeff.  Don't compress but rather plan for more  
space and/or make a subset of compressed images.
We store all of our files to server uncompressed.

*
John ffrench
Associate Director
Visual Resources Department
Yale University Art Gallery
tel. 203.432.8051
fax. 203.432.9369

john.ffrench at yale.edu
http://artgallery.yale.edu



On Jan 31, 2007, at 4:12 PM, Jeffrey Evans wrote:

> No - don't compress. Write DVDs if you have to.  Or buy more space.
> Another issue will be reading a compressed Tiff - you may hit some  
> potholes
> software-wise. Also as your systems and software packages upgrade,  
> its one
> more headache to worry about.
>
> JEFF
>
> Jeffrey Evans
> Digital Imaging Specialist
> Princeton University  Art Museum
> (609) 258-8579
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 1/31/07 4:08 PM, "Friscia, Jeanne"  wrote:
>
>> We at SFMOMA are on the heels of ingesting our permanent  
>> collection high
>> resolution TIF files into our DAMS system and faced with the issue of
>> whether or not to use compressed tiffs. While we know that they
>> represent a lossless standard, we wonder if anyone has thoughts on
>> issues that may arise concerning corruption, preservation, etc. In  
>> other
>> words, is this really a good idea and are there cons to the pros of
>> saving storage space?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jeanne Friscia
>>
>>
>>
>> Jeanne Friscia
>>
>> Visual Resources Specialist
>>
>> Collections Information Access Department
>>
>> SFMOMA
>>
>> (415) 357-4103
>>
>>
>>
>>
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[MCN-L] compressing TIFFs for museum collection images

[Howard Brainen]

There is a real question about whether or not you'll be able to read those
compressed TIFF's off in the future.   That's why the best practice is to
store them uncompressed.  Storage is 1/2 the price it was 18 months ago and
that trend will continue into the future.

Howard Brainen
Digital Imaging Consultant
TWO CAT DIGITAL INC.
14719 Catalina Street
San Leandro, CA  94577  USA
510-940-2670 x201
www.twocatdigital.com/consulting.html
blog: www.digitalenabler.blogspot.com


> -Original Message-
> From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On 
> Behalf Of Friscia, Jeanne
> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 1:08 PM
> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
> Subject: [MCN-L] compressing TIFFs for museum collection images
> 
> We at SFMOMA are on the heels of ingesting our permanent 
> collection high resolution TIF files into our DAMS system and 
> faced with the issue of whether or not to use compressed 
> tiffs. While we know that they represent a lossless standard, 
> we wonder if anyone has thoughts on issues that may arise 
> concerning corruption, preservation, etc. In other words, is 
> this really a good idea and are there cons to the pros of 
> saving storage space? 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jeanne Friscia
> 
>  
> 
> Jeanne Friscia
> 
> Visual Resources Specialist 
> 
> Collections Information Access Department
> 
> SFMOMA
> 
> (415) 357-4103
> 
>  
> 
> 
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[MCN-L] Sound clip database on a Mac

[David Lynx]

I agree with Janice.. Filemaker would be the best.  I have been using iTunes
on Mac to for compressing MP3's to use in podcasts etc. Haven't yet tried to
see if the MP3 would store in Filemaker, but I bet it would..  I have stored
both sound and Quicktime clips in Mac just fine.  I use Filemaker Developer
with the Kiosk solution out in the galleries quite a bit. I store television
clips, etc. for visitors to peruse.
David Lynx 
On 1/31/07 8:50 AM, "Janice Klein"  wrote:

> I would highly recommend FileMaker Pro for the "pure" database aspect of the
> project.   You can link your sound files via an appropriate "address" field
> (in olden days I did that with urls for images).   FMP is versatile, easy to
> learn, easy to adapt and cross platform so that you can translate your FMP
> skills to a PC (should you ever want to make that change).
> 
> janice
> 
> Janice Klein
> Executive Director
> Mitchell Museum of the American Indian
> jklein at mitchellmuseum.org
> www.mitchellmuseum.org
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu]On Behalf Of
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> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 9:13 AM
> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
> Subject: [MCN-L] Sound clip database on a Mac
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Hi everyone.  This is my first posting...I hope it works.
> 
> Anyway, I need to build a database for a collection of oral histories that
> are being stored  on a Mac.  All I know how to use is Microsoft Access.  Can
> anyone suggest a common database program for Macs that hold sound files
> well?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rachel from Toronto.
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[MCN-L] TIFF >> JPEG conversion program

[Han, Yan]

I am looking for an open source API that can convert TIFF files to JPEG
so that I can integrate it with our current system. Anyone know about
this? 

Thanks,

Yan Han
University of Arizona Libraries
 

[MCN-L] compressing TIFFs for museum collection images

[Han, Yan]

For TIFF in B/W, you can use CCITT group4 to do lossless compression.
The alg is very simple and I believe it is part of TIFF 6 standard.

For TIFF in grayscale and color, the common approach is not to compress,
but you can try to compress them in LZW, a well-known compression alg
(see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZW). However, I believe that you have
to monitor the file format very closely.

Yan Han
University of Arizona libraries
 

-Original Message-
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
Howard Brainen
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 2:24 PM
To: 'Museum Computer Network Listserv'
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] compressing TIFFs for museum collection images

There is a real question about whether or not you'll be able to read
those
compressed TIFF's off in the future.   That's why the best practice is
to
store them uncompressed.  Storage is 1/2 the price it was 18 months ago
and that trend will continue into the future.

Howard Brainen
Digital Imaging Consultant
TWO CAT DIGITAL INC.
14719 Catalina Street
San Leandro, CA  94577  USA
510-940-2670 x201
www.twocatdigital.com/consulting.html
blog: www.digitalenabler.blogspot.com


> -Original Message-
> From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf 
> Of Friscia, Jeanne
> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 1:08 PM
> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
> Subject: [MCN-L] compressing TIFFs for museum collection images
> 
> We at SFMOMA are on the heels of ingesting our permanent collection 
> high resolution TIF files into our DAMS system and faced with the 
> issue of whether or not to use compressed tiffs. While we know that 
> they represent a lossless standard, we wonder if anyone has thoughts 
> on issues that may arise concerning corruption, preservation, etc. In 
> other words, is this really a good idea and are there cons to the pros

> of saving storage space?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jeanne Friscia
> 
>  
> 
> Jeanne Friscia
> 
> Visual Resources Specialist
> 
> Collections Information Access Department
> 
> SFMOMA
> 
> (415) 357-4103
> 
>  
> 
> 
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[MCN-L] TIFF >> JPEG conversion program

[Morgan, Matt]

On 1/31/07 5:06 PM, "Han, Yan"  wrote:

> I am looking for an open source API that can convert TIFF files to JPEG
> so that I can integrate it with our current system. Anyone know about
> this? 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Yan Han
> University of Arizona Libraries


http://imagemagick.org/

[MCN-L] Univ of Arizona SIRLS DigIn Certificate

[Amalyah Keshet]

Apologies for cross posting, etc.


- Original Message - >
> The University of Arizona School of Information Resources and Library
> Science and The University of Arizona Office of Continuing Education and
> Academic Outreach are now accepting applications from students
> interested in a new post-baccalaureate certificate program in Digital
> Information Management (DigIn). DigIn will provide hands-on experience
> and focused instruction for people seeking new careers in or improving
> their skills and knowledge of digital archives, digital libraries,
> digital document repositories and other kinds of digital collections.
>
> The explosion of digital information and the growth of on-line digital
> resources has led to a shortage of individuals with an understanding of
> the disciplines of libraries, document management and archives who also
> have the technical knowledge and skills needed to create, manage and
> support digital information collections. The six-course, 18-credit hour
> graduate program will provide both new students and working
> professionals with a balanced mix of content that includes practical
> applied technology skills along with a foundation in the theory and
> practice of building and maintaining today?s digital collections.
> Certificate holders will be well positioned for careers in libraries,
> archives, local, state and federal government and the private sector.
>
> All coursework is online, so students will not need to take time off
> work or travel for courses. The program may be completed in 18-30 months
> and starts each summer with two required courses, Introduction to
> Applied Technology and Introduction to Digital Collections. The
> certificate program has been developed in cooperation with The Arizona
> State Library, Archives and Public Records. Major funding for program
> development comes from the Institute of Museum and Library Services
> (IMLS), which has also provided funding for a limited number of
> scholarships.
>
> For more information and to apply, visit the University of Arizona
> Office of Continuing Education and Academic Outreach website at
> http://ceao.arizona.edu/dist/sirls_welcome.html. The deadline for
> scholarship applications and admission to the program starting this
> summer is March 1, 2007.
>
> Bruce Fulton, MLS
> Communications and Outreach Librarian
> School of Information Resources and Library Science
> 1515 E First Street
> Tucson, AZ 85719
> Main Office: 520-621-3565
> Direct: 520-626-4631
> Fax: 520-621-3279
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> 

[MCN-L] dangers of rust in archival storage area

[Chuck Patch]

Here's an obscure out-left-field question. We're in the final stages
of completing a storage facility for our archival collections. We plan
to run a cable-tray system across the ceiling which we hope will offer
a good bit more flexibility for future configurations than putting
everything into conduit. The trays are made of galvanized steel and
according to manufacturer specs will create "dust" ie rust, in about
20 years. Does anyone know if there are guidelines for materials  used
in archival storage facilities that might address something like this?
I have been poking around the COol site, but I'm posting here in case
any of you involved in construction projects have dealt with this
issue. There are alternatives, but this is the product our installer
is familiar with and other materials are significantly more costly --
but worth it if more appropriate

Chuck Patch
The Historic New Orleans Collection
www.hnoc.org

[MCN-L] metadata exports and Flickr apis and tools

[Edwards, Chris]

Forwarding on behalf of a colleague who isn't on this list:

Perian,

At the Beinecke, I wrote an application that reads a SQL database to gather 
both the location of images as well as descriptive data. Both are then 
automatically loaded to flickr via the API.

During the development cycle I also prototyped several other versions. One 
version relied on reading a delimited text file for the data, then proceeded 
with an to upload to flickr just as the other app does.

These app's are written in Delphi (originally a Borland product).

I can dust off the text-based version and make sure it works and send you an 
executable if you are interested.

Caveats:
- This is a Windows program. Will not run on any other platform.
- You still need to register with flickr and obtain the credentials that the 
API needs.


I no longer subscribe to the list, but you can email me if you have interest.

Brian M. Kupiec
Head of Technology and Digital Assets
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
203.432.2965
brian.kupiec at yale.edu

[MCN-L] metadata exports and Flickr apis and tools

[Perian Sully]

Many thanks to everyone who responded to my query. Once I started
researching it, it seemed very strange to me that there would be no tool
available to do what I was asking, OR take the data and embed it into
the IPTC fields. I know lots of photographers and artists use FileMaker
or Excel to catalog their assets, without using Bridge or Lightroom to
edit the files upon creation. Unfortunately, I have no PHP skills, or
familiarity with working with APIs, so I can't really build a solution
myself.

Apparently, there's some way to use Extensis Portfolio to import csv,
tab-delimited, or Excel files into the IPTC fields of the images, but I
don't have the funds to explore that option. I'm going to look into some
of the open-source DAMS to see if they have that functionality.

I also contacted John Fox to see if his software, Memory Miner (which we
currently use to organize and upload our previously-undescribed assets
into Flickr - http://www.memoryminer.com ) can import data via a csv.
He's looking into it and doesn't think it would be that difficult to do.

Chris, I'll check with your friend Brian and check it out. That sounds
like a promising lead!

The reasoning beyond all of this is that I want to get all of our
collection assets into Flickr soon, and I'm giving a presentation next
week at the CAM conference about using Flickr as a quick-n-dirty means
for increasing access to collections. I'd love to have a handy solution
right at hand to tell people exactly how to do it (beyond copy-paste).

Best,

~Perian

Perian Sully
Collections Information Manager
Web Programs Strategist
The Magnes
Berkeley, CA

[MCN-L] metadata exports and Flickr apis and tools

[dlewisa...@aol.com]

 
Perian, 

For those "Macintosh" folks in your audience, I know that the (free) version
of iPhoto allows easy/direct uploads to your Flickr account, and I believe that 
all 
the meta-data will be transferred as well.   What I haven't found is an easy 
way to
"import" meta-data into iPhoto Though I haven't played around with it all 
that much.

Not to hijack your thread, but what I'm curious about is "exporting" meta-data 
-- specifically tags 
and such -- that users might have added.   For example...  If we upload a 
collection with an assortment of 
unidentified people, places, events, and then have a pool of volunteers 
"identify" them, how can this information
be "mined" back out of Flickr and added to a photos data-file?

Wish I were closer - would be interested to hear your program.   Would you 
consider sharing any notes, outline,
 etc. that you might have?


- David - 
David Lewis, Curator
Aurora Regional Fire Museum
www.AuroraRegionalFireMuseum.org
 


 

-Original Message-
From: Perian Sully 
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
Sent: Fri, Feb 26, 2010 5:38 pm
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] metadata exports and Flickr apis and tools


Many thanks to everyone who responded to my query. Once I started
researching it, it seemed very strange to me that there would be no tool
available to do what I was asking, OR take the data and embed it into
the IPTC fields. I know lots of photographers and artists use FileMaker
or Excel to catalog their assets, without using Bridge or Lightroom to
edit the files upon creation. Unfortunately, I have no PHP skills, or
familiarity with working with APIs, so I can't really build a solution
myself.

Apparently, there's some way to use Extensis Portfolio to import csv,
tab-delimited, or Excel files into the IPTC fields of the images, but I
don't have the funds to explore that option. I'm going to look into some
of the open-source DAMS to see if they have that functionality.

I also contacted John Fox to see if his software, Memory Miner (which we
currently use to organize and upload our previously-undescribed assets
into Flickr - http://www.memoryminer.com ) can import data via a csv.
He's looking into it and doesn't think it would be that difficult to do.

Chris, I'll check with your friend Brian and check it out. That sounds
like a promising lead!

The reasoning beyond all of this is that I want to get all of our
collection assets into Flickr soon, and I'm giving a presentation next
week at the CAM conference about using Flickr as a quick-n-dirty means
for increasing access to collections. I'd love to have a handy solution
right at hand to tell people exactly how to do it (beyond copy-paste).

Best,

~Perian

Perian Sully
Collections Information Manager
Web Programs Strategist
The Magnes
Berkeley, CA
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[MCN-L] metadata exports and Flickr apis and tools

[Mia]

On 27 February 2010 01:37,  wrote:


> Not to hijack your thread, but what I'm curious about is "exporting"
> meta-data -- specifically tags
> and such -- that users might have added.   For example...  If we upload a
> collection with an assortment of
> unidentified people, places, events, and then have a pool of volunteers
> "identify" them, how can this information
> be "mined" back out of Flickr and added to a photos data-file?
>

Migratr (http://www.callingshotgun.net/about/migratr/) is a brilliant tool
for exporting metadata - it's designed to move data between hosting sites
but it works as a local backup too.

It won't automate the job of pushing the data back into your local
application.

Migratr is Windows-only but apparently a similar app
http://sunkencity.org/flickredit works on Macs.

cheers, Mia


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