[MCN-L] Powerhouse Museum joins Commons on Flickr
Folks Yes, you read that right. The Powerhouse Museum is the first museum to join the Commons on Flickr! And we're excited because it went live today! In the tradition of 'slow food' we have decided to do a slow release of content with an initial 200 historic images of Sydney and surrounds available through the Commons on Flickr and a promise of another 50 new fresh images each week! These initial images are drawn from the Tyrrell Collection. Representing some of the most significant examples of early Australian photography, the Tyrrell Collection is a series of glass plate negatives by Charles Kerry (1857-1928) and Henry King (1855-1923), two of Sydney's principal photographic studios at the time. We have also done something a little different to the Library of Congress - we have also started geo-tagging as many of the images we are uploading as possible. You can jump over to Flickr and see the images plotted on a map, then zoom in to browse and navigate. We are really excited by the possibilities that this opens up - suddenly 'then and now' photography becomes possible on a mass public scale . . . amongst many other things. More over at http://www.flickr.com/commons/ I've also blogged some background over at Fresh New - http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/dmsblog Seb 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 fax - 61 2 9217 0689 e - sebc at phm.gov.au w - www.powerhousemuseum.com b - www.powerhousemuseum.com/dmsblog =Important Notice= This email and attachments are for the use of the intended recipient(s) only and may contain confidential or legally privileged information or material that is copyright of Powerhouse Museum or a third party. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and then delete it. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, disclose or distribute this e-mail without the author's prior permission. Any views expressed in this message and attachments are those of the individual sender and the Powerhouse Museum accepts no liability for the content of this message. Whilst every care has been taken, the Powerhouse Museum cannot guarantee that the integrity of this email has been maintained nor that the email is free of errors or viruses. The Powerhouse Museum advises all organisations and individuals to undertake their own virus scanning and security measures. ==
[MCN-L] For inclusion in the mcn-l listserv...thank you!
Post-Conference Materials Now Available from 2008 WebWise Conference Webcasts, full streaming video, and slide presentations from the 2008 WebWise Conference, WebWise 2.0: The Power of Community, are now available online. Materials can be accessed through either the IMLS (http://www.imls.gov/webwise) or the 2008 WebWise Conference website (http://webwise2008.fcla.eduhttp://webwise2008.fcla.edu/). Post-conference coverage includes the keynote address by Jonathan Fanton, President of The MacArthur Foundation; Jose-Marie Griffith's release of the Interconnections Report; and presentations from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the InternetArchive, the Encyclopedia of Life, and other notable organizations and projects. Focusing on the impact of web 2.0 technology on museums and libraries, the conference was sponsored by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and The Wolfsonian-Florida International University. Over three hundred professionals from across the nation gathered in Miami Beach, FL for the event. For more information about the WebWise Conference, please visit the 2008 WebWise Conference website and/or join the WebWise Conference group on Facebook. Susanna Temkin WebWise Coordinator The Wolfsonian - FIU Second Floor 1001 Washington Avenue Miami Beach, FL 33139 Phone: (305) 535-2632 Fax: (305) 531-2133
[MCN-L] house hunting
Hi Chris I have been so busy this past week I completely forgot to look for those papers to send you. I'll do it this week. We made an offer on a heavy duty fixer upper... Hopefully we will know soon. Tons of work to do but it has a lovely view of the mountains and the city. Susan Cole Digital Photographer Digital Imaging Dept Seattle Art Museum 206.654.3159 -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Chris Edwards Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 8:33 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Department name question. The department our studio falls under is Technology and Digital Assets. It contains IT - Technology, and the digital studio - Digital Assets. We are referred to as just the digital studio. The department head is Head of Technology and Digital Assets The manager of the studio is Digital Studio Production Manager Our studio employs 3 Senior Photographers and has 2 Digital Catalog Librarians attached (though working for another department) Chris Edwards Digital Studio Production Manager Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Yale University Tel: 203.436.4690 Fax:203.432.4047 chris.edwards at yale.edu http://www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/brblhome.htm ___ 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
