Title: Cal SIG Meeting, August 26th, at MOCA
MCN Cal SIG Meeting at MOCA on August 26, 2005
9:00 Meet at MOCA for cookies and coffee
9:30 Welcome and Introductions
Marla Misunas (MCN Vice President and President-Elect) will talk about MCN, describe the conference in Boston and next year's conference in Pasadena. She will also discuss the new website.
Introductions - all attendees
10:00-11:30 How to Build and Manage a Digital Library
The Getty Digital Library staff will discuss their work to create integrated access to their diverse resources (library, archives and special collections, and museum) and building collections of digital surrogates. Issues of digital asset management (including creating a central DAM system for an institution with diverse units and departments) and preservation will also be addressed.
Presenters:
Murtha Baca - Head, Getty Vocabulary Program and Getty Research Institute Digital Resource Management
Karim Boughida - Senior Information Systems Architect, Getty Research Institute
Sally Hubbard - Digital Projects Manager, Getty Research Institute
11:30-1:00 No-host lunch across the street at McCormick and Schmick
1:00-1:15 Educator-guided tour of MOCAs Basquiat and Blake Byrne exhibitions
2:30-4:00 Technology Projects at MOCA
Presenters:
Gary Castro - WAN/Exchange Administrator, MOCA
MOCA staff will show/discuss several projects including:
Wide Area Network and frame relay setup which connects 5 locations: Bunker Hill (2 Sites), Little Tokyo (Geffen), West Hollywood (PDC), and a retail store in Santa Monica.
Art On Demand Kiosk in the galleries (Basquiat) where visitors can browse artwork via touchscreen and order a print on the spot. The system ishooked up via a firewall VPN to both London and Boston where the orders are processed and sent out within 24 hours. The customer receives the print within 5 days.
Getty Electronic Cataloguing Initiative and plans for digital library
MOCA website - current and future direction.
Our own projects: Everyone - 15 minutes each to talk about projects
4:00 Your own time to talk further with colleagues, re-visit the show, or shop!
RSVP by August 19th to Diana or Margaret.
Be sure to indicate if you're joining us for lunch.
Diana Folsom, fol...@lacma.org (323) 857-6594
Margaret Kendrick, mkendr...@sfmoma.org (415) 538-2681
Parking and Directions:
Park at Walt Disney Conference Hall (MOCA will validate.) (Map to Disney Hall forthcoming.)
Walk one block to MOCA and go to the receptionist where Gary will meet us. Meeting will be in the 7th floor boardroom.
MOCA
250 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012
http://www.moca.org/museum/moca_grandave.php
Margaret Kendrick
Documentation Specialist
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
mkendr...@sfmoma.org
(415) 538-2681
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