[MCN-L] New Media Acquisitions - formats, hardware, storage, etc.

[Wendy Sporleder]

Greetings,

The Saint Louis Art Museum is relatively new to New Media acquisitions
but we have identified the value in implementing best practices into our
processes as we see this area gaining momentum.  Could anyone please
share any information on this subject?  We are interested in lessons
learned and processes:  digital formats being used
(compressed/uncompressed/raw), delivery methods (softcopy/hardcopy),
storage methods (network/offsite storage), etc.?  Thank you!

Wendy Sporleder 
Database Administrator 

Saint Louis Art Museum 
One Fine Arts Drive, Forest Park 
Saint Louis, MO.  63110 
314.655.5318 
wendy.sporleder at slam.org 

[MCN-L] Revised and Updated Childrens Fiction Bibliography

[Montgomery, Renee]

 

Thanks to so many of you who provided suggestions for the attached
bibliography of children's and teen novels including museum
environments.  We've added all of them except for a couple that were
actually non-fiction or that pertained to art or artists but not really
museums.  As stated on the attached, the response to this project was
very rewarding, many of you having been inspired to work in museums in
your early youth by a book.  We will continue to keep this bibliography
updated.

 

Renee Montgomery

Assistant Director

Collections Information and Risk Management

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

T 323 857-6059

E reneem at lacma.org

[MCN-L] Pathfinder on the Web

[Sam Quigley]

[apologies for any formating problems]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 22, 2009
MEDIA CONTACTS:  Erin  
Hogan  Chai Lee(312)  
443-3664   (312) 443-3625
   
ehogan at artic.edu  clee4 at artic.edu

ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO LAUNCHES LANDMARK VIRTUAL GALLERY TOUR ON
MUSEUM WEBSITE
First Art Museum to Combine Panoramic Gallery Images with Wayfinding  
System

Today the Art Institute of Chicago launched Pathfinder, 
www.artic.edu/pathfinder/ 
, the museum?s new interactive floor plan and virtual gallery tour  
system on its website. The first art museum in the world to  
dynamically combine its floor plan with fully up-to-date high- 
definition and panoramic views of its galleries, the Art Institute now  
offers web surfers and visitors planning a trip to the museum a  
completely unique experience of the galleries. Pathfinder features not  
only the interactive floor plan, which is part of the wayfinding  
system installed throughout the museum for the opening of the Modern  
Wing, but also the ability to zoom in and out of the panoramic views  
for closer looks at works of art, direct links to the available  
catalog information for individual works, and Spanish-language prompts  
and on-screen navigation tools. The initial launch of Pathfinder  
includes views of nearly a third of the museum?s permanent collection  
galleries, with images of the remaining galleries to be added  
throughout the year.

?The Modern Wing has really been the impetus for numerous wide-spread  
changes in the ways the museum makes itself accessible to all  
visitors, both virtual and real,? said James Cuno, President and  
Eloise W. Martin Director of the Art Institute. ?We have a new  
building, with its fresh approach to our collections, to the city, and  
to the landscape around us. And now, with our new interactive  
pathfinder on the web, we are bringing these fresh approaches to the  
hundreds of thousands of people who come to our website seeking  
information about our museum and collections. This pioneering  
development is a testament to the efforts of our information  
technology department and our constant quest to serve our visitors to  
the best of our abilities.?

Led by Sam Quigley, museum Vice President for Collections Management,  
Imaging, and Information Technology, the Art Institute team worked  
with Slate Roof Studio, designers of interactive media, and AvantLogic  
Corporation, the creators of the interactive mapping software  
MapsAlive. The web version of Pathfinder is based on the new  
interactive digital wayfinding system which was installed in the  
museum on touch screens in May for the opening of the Modern Wing.  
Taking the wayfinding system to the museum?s website offered the  
museum the opportunity to link it to other web-based resources, such  
as the online collection catalog and information about daily programs  
and current exhibitions. Now web visitors are able to view the  
complete floor plans, click an icon for gallery shots, and virtually  
?wander? through specific galleries via high-definition digital images  
that have been stitched together to create 360-degree views of the  
galleries. Viewers now also have the ability to navigate within the  
?virtual? galleries by zooming in on individual works of art for a  
better look or seeing them with other works displayed nearby, the way  
the curators arranged the galleries. Web surfers can also click on the  
images to access full information and often descriptive label text  
about the work using the online collection catalog.

Pathfinder additionally offers information about daily programming and  
gallery tours, all current exhibitions, special activities in the new  
Ryan Education Center, and visitor amenities such as restaurants and  
shops. The site is available in an English language version as well as  
a Spanish language version. The museum will continue the ongoing  
process of photographing all the permanent collection galleries  
throughout the summer, fall, and winter, with the goal of making  
available every Modern Wing gallery by December. The remainder of the  
permanent collection galleries will be available online as they are  
reinstalled as part of the museum-wide renovation project.

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10:30 am?5:00 pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
10:30 am?8:00 pm Thursday
10:00 am?5:00 pm Saturday, Sunday
TARGET FREE THURSDAY EVENINGS AFTER 5:00 pm

SUMMER HOURS (from Memorial Day to Labor Day)
10:30 am?5:00 pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
10:30 am?9:00 pm Thursday, Friday
10:00 am?5:00 pm Saturday, Sunday
TARGET FREE SUMMER EVENINGS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AFTER 5:00 pm

FREE FEBRUARY 1 TO 28
Closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year?s Day.
Please check www.artinstituteofchicago.org before your visit.

ADMISSION
Adults $18.00 Includes all special exhibition

[MCN-L] retention schedule - seeking sample policies

[Montgomery, Renee]

We here at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art with an institutional
archives program, are also trying to get organized re policies/practices
concerning legacy and new files/records etc.  Our basic retention
schedule has been 'copped' from other institutions but Maja, if you want
to contact me offline to discuss the implementation of these procedures,
pls do so

Renee Montgomery
Asst. Director
Collections Information
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
T 323 857-6059

-Original Message-

 
> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:00:35 -1000
> From: mclark at DDCF.ORG
> To: mcn-l at mcn.edu
> Subject: [MCN-L] retention schedule - seeking sample policies
> 
> Dear MCNers,
> 
> Does anyone have a retention schedule policy document - pertaining to
> both paper & electronic files - that you're willing & able to share?
> Ours is in the making & we could use some museum-specific examples.
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Maja
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Maja Clark
> 
> Collections Manager, Shangri La
> 
> Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art
> 
> 4055 Papu Circle
> 
> Honolulu, HI 96816
> 
> (808) 792-5506
> 
> www.shangrilahawaii.org  
> 
> 
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[MCN-L] retention schedule - seeking sample policies

[Sweeting III, Floyd]

Do you know about this?

http://siarchives.si.edu/cerp/progress.htm



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From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
Maja Clark
Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 12:01 AM
To: mcn-l at mcn.edu
Subject: [MCN-L] retention schedule - seeking sample policies

Dear MCNers,

Does anyone have a retention schedule policy document  - pertaining to
both paper & electronic files - that you're willing & able to share?
Ours is in the making & we could use some museum-specific examples.

Many thanks,

Maja

 

 

Maja Clark

Collections Manager, Shangri La

Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art

4055 Papu Circle

Honolulu, HI 96816

(808) 792-5506

www.shangrilahawaii.org  

 

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[MCN-L] Online Ticket Purchasing Systems

[jonath...@ag.nsw.gov.au]

Hi Daniel,

In November last year we starting selling exhibition tickets online (where
people could print their own - previously we would have to post them out).
The system - consisting of online sales, offline (cash-register) sales &
entry scanners - is called Centaman (by a company of the same name:
http://www.centaman.com.au/).

The system works, but it has been much more difficult to customise things
(both in terms of functionality and design) than I expected. We are
currently exploring other modules they offer, for school & event bookings
and venue management.

Regards,

Jonathan Cooper
Manager of information / website
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery Road, Sydney NSW 2000
AUSTRALIA
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
+61 2 9225 1796 / (02) 9225 1796

mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu wrote on 22/07/2009 02:41:13 AM:

> Hi Everyone-
> I'd like any feedback people have on what systems/modules/services people
> use to sell advanced ticketing for their museums via their websites.
>
> Also, are there cases where the online system differs from an internal
> ticketing system, and is there a good way to connect the disparate parts?
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Daniel Bartolini
>
> New York Hall of Science


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[MCN-L] retention schedule - seeking sample policies

[Deborah Wythe]

There are a number of museum record schedules out there. The best place to ask 
would be the Museum Archives Section of the Society of American Archivists. 
There's a listserv -- check out the info on www.archivists.org. I'm not sure if 
non-members can post, but if they can't and you'd like me to bounce your 
message there, just let me know.

 

Deborah WYthe

Brooklyn Museum

deborahwythe at hotmail.com 



 
> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:00:35 -1000
> From: mclark at DDCF.ORG
> To: mcn-l at mcn.edu
> Subject: [MCN-L] retention schedule - seeking sample policies
> 
> Dear MCNers,
> 
> Does anyone have a retention schedule policy document - pertaining to
> both paper & electronic files - that you're willing & able to share?
> Ours is in the making & we could use some museum-specific examples.
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Maja
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Maja Clark
> 
> Collections Manager, Shangri La
> 
> Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art
> 
> 4055 Papu Circle
> 
> Honolulu, HI 96816
> 
> (808) 792-5506
> 
> www.shangrilahawaii.org  
> 
> 
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