[MCN-L] contents of mcn-l Digest, Vol 58, Issue 22 - database access for curators

2010-06-25 Thread Emma Jones
Hi all,
We have XG and we have found that by creating fields that say "physical 
description" and another called "contextual description" has reduced  a lot of 
the problems we were having with people getting to their "happy place" when it 
came to who can write what on an object record (and who can change it!). 
Curators work mainly in the contextual fields and our registration staff work 
in the "Physical description" fields, as this suits their purposes much better. 
It also allows us to keep information on how an object has been described by 
different areas of the museum. Our DB team work very closely with all staff who 
use our database (we call it MICA) to ensure they understand the importance of 
maintaining correct standards.

Am happy to share much more detailed info with listers (including screen shots 
etc), just email me at emma.jones at awm.gov.au . Every catalogue (or object) 
record must be approved by a senior curator in the relevant curatorial section 
before it can be released to the web, public etc. In this way, each curatorial 
section is responsible for the checking of accuracy etc. Our DB team do a 
regular review of all records created and if we find what seem to be errors 
(spelling mistakes, incorrect conflict terms etc), we place them in a group and 
"send" them back to the relevant curatorial area with a request to re-check. 
Our view is that the curators are responsible for the content of the records 
they create - without taking this approach we found that people felt that no 
one had ownership of them, which meant when it came to cleanup, it just didn't 
happen. We have also created a number of Cystal reports and attached them to 
MICA which curatorial staff can run to easily find any records created within a 
time frame so they can go back and check.

Maggie, if you have XG, why don't you try archiving old information in the 
description flexi fields? It's a little more robust than the notes field when 
to comes to keeping the information. Below is an example (not the complete 
list) of the types of descriptions we can have in a description flexi field
Blog text
Catalogue caption
Catalogue description
Catalogue summary
Condition on arrival
Conservation description
Contextual description
Exhibition label
Exhibition relevance
Graphic Panel Caption
Obverse
Original caption
Previous caption
Production information
Research notes
Reverse
Verso description

Cheers
Emma Jones
Manager, Collection Information and Access
Australian War Memorial




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   4. Re: Database access for curators? (Chuck Patch)
   5. Re: Database access for curators? (Maggie Hanson)
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   7. Re: Database access for curators? (Perian Sully)
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  11. Re: Database access for curators? (Richard Light)


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I'd be interested to know what "approval" is needed by db staff to "check" the 
"corrections" of the curatorial staff. It is the curatorial staff that are 
experts on the collection, not necessarily the db staff.

M.

_
Dr. Robert B. J. Mason (E-mail: robert.mason at rom.on.ca; fax (416) 586-5877)
Dept of World Cultures, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, 
Ontario, M5S 2C6, CANADA
Associate Professor, Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of 
Toronto, 4 Bancroft Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1C1, CANADA
web: http://www.utoronto.ca/nmc/mason/mason.html

>>> Perian Sully  6/23/2010 1:35 PM >>>
Hi Maggie:

I don't know if Mimsy has workflow capabilities, but some systems allow you
to be notified of changes or let you see/approve the changes before t

[MCN-L] DATABASE ACCESS FOR CURATORS

2010-06-25 Thread Richard Light
In message <000901cb140f$85449380$8fcdba80$@com>, Lenore Sarasan 
 writes
>
>First, when you and Andrew Roberts were the MDA, you instituted nation-wide
>standards that resulted in a consistency of data recording that didn't exist
>elsewhere.

Just for the record, MDA simply acted as a focus and secretariat for 
standards work initiated some years earlier by the IRGMA committee. U.K. 
museum standards always were, and still are (with SPECTRUM) a community 
enterprise.

>in spite of the fact that systems
>in the US (particularly MIMSY XG) have features like repeatable comments and
>dozens and dozens of elements that control consistency and reduce the amount
>of entry required to create and edit records, these features are either
>unknown to the curators (who do not generally attend training sessions) and
>registrars and IT people but, since most of these features are unnecessary
>for the registrars who use the system routinely and the nature of whose work
>differs significantly from that of other museum staff, the features remain
>unused in the US but are widely used in the UK.

I'm not surprised to hear that MIMSY XG does in fact have the capability 
to support multiple descriptions (a point also made by Emma Jones), and 
agree that this is more a "people" issue than a technical one.

I think that "widely used in the U.K." is too kind - a couple of people 
asked me off-list for examples of web sites offering multiple views for 
different audiences, and I am not able to offer any such pointers.  I 
think we are in a similar place to you: the software application 
provides the possibility, but the users don't necessarily take advantage 
of it.

Richard
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Richard Light



[MCN-L] Database access for curators?

2010-06-25 Thread Robert Mason
It had also occurred to me that our experiences differ. The ROM has a healthy 
research staff, and the curators comprise natural scientists, archaeologists, 
and anthropologists, who tend to be a lot more computer and database aware than 
our decorative arts people, so suggesting that anyone else is better qualified 
at looking after the computer records in their case is absurd. I would also 
have to disagree that cataloguing an object is like cataloguing a book, an 
object or specimen's database record is more like the book, than the catalogue 
of it, and so the person most likely to correctly catalogue it is the actual 
expert in the nature of that object or specimen.
 
RM
 
_
Dr. Robert B. J. Mason (E-mail: robert.mason at rom.on.ca; fax (416) 586-5877)
Dept of World Cultures, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, 
Ontario, M5S 2C6, CANADA
Associate Professor, Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of 
Toronto, 4 Bancroft Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1C1, CANADA
web: http://www.utoronto.ca/nmc/mason/mason.html 

>>> Richard Light  6/24/2010 8:56 AM >>>
In message 
, Perian 
Sully  writes
>
>Likewise, I can't tell you how many times I've gotten into discussions with
>curators who want to delete the description field (used by registration for
>identification purposes) in favor of a more contextual, historical "curated"
>description. I have had to go into backups to restore the identifying
>description and re-incorporate it. These days, I'm in favor of a curator's
>description (or history, or curator's notes) field that the curators can
>use, in addition to a physical description field for the registration staff.

Interesting how experience varies on this issue. I'm not sure whether 
it's a North America/U.K. difference, or simply one between larger 
museums who can afford to have IT staff to argue with the curators, and 
the sort of smaller museums I tend to deal with.

Anyway, I agree that there is a distinction to be made between an 
identifying description, and one designed to bring out an object's 
cultural and/or historical significance.  The latter is presumably 
destined for consumption by the public, and it would clearly be more 
helpful to include it, for example, in a summary record on your web 
site.

In our Modes data structure we have gone a step further, and provided a 
repeatable Commentary element, each with a defined Audience. This allows 
multiple semi-structured descriptions of an object, each targeted at a 
specific sector of the public.  This helps address the perennial problem 
of how museums can generate interesting web pages directly from the 
information held within their collections management system.

Richard
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[MCN-L] scanner recommendations?

2010-06-25 Thread Tucker, Sara
Hi,

Does anyone have a wide-format (at least 11x17") scanner that you like and 
could recommend? We need something that can do slides & transparencies too, and 
hope to keep it under $2000, but would love to be able to scan something at a 
quality high enough we could give it to printers.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions,

Sara



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IT Director
Dia Art Foundation
535 West 22nd St
New York, NY 10011
stucker at diaart.org
212.293.5576



[MCN-L] scanner recommendations?

2010-06-25 Thread Gose, Denise
We love our Epson 1XL scanners - but you'll pay close to $3000 for the 
version with Silverfast software and transparency unit, which is what you'll 
need. The price has dropped this year from over $4000, so it's a good deal.

Not sure what else is out there for large format scanners.

Denise Gos?
Head of Image Resources and Copyright Management
Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona
1030 N. Olive Road, Tucson, AZ 85719
T: 520.307.2830  F: 520.621.9444
gosed at ccp.library.arizona.edu


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Hi,

Does anyone have a wide-format (at least 11x17") scanner that you like and 
could recommend? We need something that can do slides & transparencies too, and 
hope to keep it under $2000, but would love to be able to scan something at a 
quality high enough we could give it to printers.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions,

Sara



Sara Tucker
IT Director
Dia Art Foundation
535 West 22nd St
New York, NY 10011
stucker at diaart.org
212.293.5576
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[MCN-L] scanner recommendations?

2010-06-25 Thread Perian Sully
I second Denise's recommendation. The Epson 1XL series is fantastic.

~Perian

On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 9:37 AM, Gose, Denise  wrote:

> We love our Epson 1XL scanners - but you'll pay close to $3000 for the
> version with Silverfast software and transparency unit, which is what you'll
> need. The price has dropped this year from over $4000, so it's a good deal.
>
> Not sure what else is out there for large format scanners.
>
> Denise Gos?
> Head of Image Resources and Copyright Management
> Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona
> 1030 N. Olive Road, Tucson, AZ 85719
> T: 520.307.2830  F: 520.621.9444
> gosed at ccp.library.arizona.edu
>
>



[MCN-L] Help with Policy on Internet site postings

2010-06-25 Thread John Bedard
We are interested in seeing sample policies regarding postings on external 
Internet sites, from blogs to Social Media.  Areas of interest include a staff 
member appearing to be an official spokesperson for or representing the 
organization, especially in a manner that potentially impacts the reputation of 
the museum; and posting derogatory or defamatory comments regarding other staff 
members, visitors, volunteers, trustees, donors or the institution.
 
This policy will not reference postings to official institutional sites and 
forums.
 
Does anyone have any sample policies on this topic that they can share?
 
 
John R. Bedard  |  Director of Information Systems
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
2400 Third Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404

612-870-3268  |  JBedard at artsmia.org  |  www.artsmia.org



[MCN-L] Help with Policy on Internet site postings

2010-06-25 Thread Rebecca Melenka
Ohhh, Social media - one of my faves!

Here's a couple of great ones:

Database of Social Media Policies: http://socialmediagovernance.com/policies.php


Policy Tool for Social Media: http://socialmedia.policytool.net


Rebecca Melenka
BA2, MA
Digitization, Publishing and Rights Coordinator
Glenbow Museum
Phone (403) 268-4144
Fax (403) 265-9769
www.glenbow.org


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We are interested in seeing sample policies regarding postings on external 
Internet sites, from blogs to Social Media.  Areas of interest include a staff 
member appearing to be an official spokesperson for or representing the 
organization, especially in a manner that potentially impacts the reputation of 
the museum; and posting derogatory or defamatory comments regarding other staff 
members, visitors, volunteers, trustees, donors or the institution.

This policy will not reference postings to official institutional sites and 
forums.

Does anyone have any sample policies on this topic that they can share?


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Minneapolis Institute of Arts
2400 Third Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404

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[MCN-L] scanner recommendations?

2010-06-25 Thread Jeffrey Evans
We just bought a Pacific Image PS3650 from B&H for $700.  It works really well. 
 A little slow though (USB), but produces files that can printed at 1/2 page I 
bet.  

JEFF


Jeffrey Evans
Photographer, Digital Imaging Specialist
Princeton University Art Museum
jfevans at princeton.edu
609.258.8579
princetonartmuseum.org

On Jun 25, 2010, at 12:29 PM, Tucker, Sara wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Does anyone have a wide-format (at least 11x17") scanner that you like and 
> could recommend? We need something that can do slides & transparencies too, 
> and hope to keep it under $2000, but would love to be able to scan something 
> at a quality high enough we could give it to printers.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions,
> 
> Sara
> 
> 
> 
> Sara Tucker
> IT Director
> Dia Art Foundation
> 535 West 22nd St
> New York, NY 10011
> stucker at diaart.org
> 212.293.5576
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[MCN-L] scanner recommendations?

2010-06-25 Thread Jeffrey Evans
By the way - thats a 35mm slide scanner - forgot to note that.



Jeffrey Evans
jfevans at princeton.edu
609.258.8579

On Jun 25, 2010, at 1:28 PM, Jeffrey Evans wrote:

> We just bought a Pacific Image PS3650 from B&H for $700.  It works really 
> well.  A little slow though (USB), but produces files that can printed at 1/2 
> page I bet.  
> 
> JEFF
> 
> 
> Jeffrey Evans
> Photographer, Digital Imaging Specialist
> Princeton University Art Museum
> jfevans at princeton.edu
> 609.258.8579
> princetonartmuseum.org
> 
> On Jun 25, 2010, at 12:29 PM, Tucker, Sara wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Does anyone have a wide-format (at least 11x17") scanner that you like and 
>> could recommend? We need something that can do slides & transparencies too, 
>> and hope to keep it under $2000, but would love to be able to scan something 
>> at a quality high enough we could give it to printers.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions,
>> 
>> Sara
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Sara Tucker
>> IT Director
>> Dia Art Foundation
>> 535 West 22nd St
>> New York, NY 10011
>> stucker at diaart.org
>> 212.293.5576
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[MCN-L] scanner recommendations?

2010-06-25 Thread mpara...@gallery.ca
I'd have to support the Epson line too.  We have a much older Linocolor Circon 
which is fabulous, running Silverfast.  Epson is one of the few still seriously 
in the game for a manageable cost.  If you spend the extra I think you'd be set 
for a long time to come.

Mark Paradis

Chief, Multimedia Services-Chef de services multim?dia

National Gallery of Canada, Mus?e des beaux-arts du Canada

380 Sussex Drive,Ottawa, Ontario K1N 9N4

ph. 613-990-1788, fx. 613-991-2680

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Perian Sully
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 12:43 PM
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I second Denise's recommendation. The Epson 1XL series is fantastic.

~Perian

On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 9:37 AM, Gose, Denise  wrote:

> We love our Epson 1XL scanners - but you'll pay close to $3000 for the
> version with Silverfast software and transparency unit, which is what you'll
> need. The price has dropped this year from over $4000, so it's a good deal.
>
> Not sure what else is out there for large format scanners.
>
> Denise Gos?
> Head of Image Resources and Copyright Management
> Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona
> 1030 N. Olive Road, Tucson, AZ 85719
> T: 520.307.2830  F: 520.621.9444
> gosed at ccp.library.arizona.edu
>
>
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[MCN-L] scanner recommendations?

2010-06-25 Thread David Lewis


Perian Sully  wrote:

>I second Denise's recommendation. The Epson 1XL series is fantastic.
>
>~Perian
>
>On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 9:37 AM, Gose, Denise > wrote:
>
>> We love our Epson 1XL scanners - but you'll pay close to $3000 for the
>> version with Silverfast software and transparency unit, which is what you'll
>> need. The price has dropped this year from over $4000, so it's a good deal.
>>
>> Not sure what else is out there for large format scanners.
>>
>> Denise Gos?
>> Head of Image Resources and Copyright Management
>> Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona
>> 1030 N. Olive Road, Tucson, AZ 85719
>> T: 520.307.2830  F: 520.621.9444
>> gosed at ccp.library.arizona.edu
>>
>>
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[MCN-L] scanner recommendations?

2010-06-25 Thread Diane Lee
We've got two Microtek ScanMakers, an older 9600XL and a 9800XL.  Both have
worked great for us over the years.  More than high quality enough to give
to printers, and can do transparencies/negatives.  Has the capability to do
slides, but I can't speak to that as we have a Nikon Coolscan V for those
(which I love!). 
Usually just use the 'wizard' software that come with it, but have used the
SilverFast software on more tricky things.  (Don't know if it still comes
with it or not.)
I think we got the 9800XL for around $1200 years ago, but have not idea of
any current prices or availability since we've had these forever. 

Diane. 
==
Diane Lee, Collections Manager ? 860-236-5621 x242
Connecticut Historical Society

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Tucker, Sara
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 12:30 PM
To: mcn-l at mcn.edu
Subject: [MCN-L] scanner recommendations?

Hi,

Does anyone have a wide-format (at least 11x17") scanner that you like and
could recommend? We need something that can do slides & transparencies too,
and hope to keep it under $2000, but would love to be able to scan something
at a quality high enough we could give it to printers.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions,

Sara



Sara Tucker
IT Director
Dia Art Foundation
535 West 22nd St
New York, NY 10011
stucker at diaart.org
212.293.5576
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[MCN-L] scanner recommendations?

2010-06-25 Thread Jacqueline Vincent
Hello Sara

Hands down the Epson 1XL Pro is the way to go.  We have a Microtek
9800XL which we used when required but recently bought the Epson 1XL Pro
and the comparison in quality and speed and quality and is definitely worth
the cost difference between the two unless you only have a few items to
scan. It has manual focus options show you can scan non-uniform transparent
materials directly on the glass and control the plane of focus. It has
holders for 4x5 films.  The Microtek is now sitting on the shelf.

 We did try a 35mm slide on the glass to test but I still prefer using our
Nikon Coolscan actual film scanner for scanning slides. It focuses even
better on the film plane and gives excellent dynamic range particularly in
the shadows.

If you can afford it I'd suggest both units.

Jacqueline Vincent
Brechin Imaging Services
Ottawa, ON


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Diane Lee
Sent: June-25-10 2:27 PM
To: 'Museum Computer Network Listserv'
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] scanner recommendations?

We've got two Microtek ScanMakers, an older 9600XL and a 9800XL.  Both have
worked great for us over the years.  More than high quality enough to give
to printers, and can do transparencies/negatives.  Has the capability to do
slides, but I can't speak to that as we have a Nikon Coolscan V for those
(which I love!). 
Usually just use the 'wizard' software that come with it, but have used the
SilverFast software on more tricky things.  (Don't know if it still comes
with it or not.) I think we got the 9800XL for around $1200 years ago, but
have not idea of any current prices or availability since we've had these
forever. 

Diane. 
==
Diane Lee, Collections Manager ? 860-236-5621 x242 Connecticut Historical
Society

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Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 12:30 PM
To: mcn-l at mcn.edu
Subject: [MCN-L] scanner recommendations?

Hi,

Does anyone have a wide-format (at least 11x17") scanner that you like and
could recommend? We need something that can do slides & transparencies too,
and hope to keep it under $2000, but would love to be able to scan something
at a quality high enough we could give it to printers.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions,

Sara



Sara Tucker
IT Director
Dia Art Foundation
535 West 22nd St
New York, NY 10011
stucker at diaart.org
212.293.5576
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[MCN-L] Help with Policy on Internet site postings

2010-06-25 Thread Chad Petrovay
Browsing through socialmediagovernance.com/policies.php, it's becoming obvious 
to me that there are two different threads: guidelines for employees who are 
using social media outlets for the organization, and guidelines for employees 
who are using social media outlets privately.

The former, are necessary to maintain consistent voice and brand, however the 
latter seems to be more of a grey area.

The MacArthur Foundation has been working on studies about how young people use 
social media, and the importance of social media on their personal and social 
development (http://spotlight.macfound.org/). At the same time, we now have the 
issue to address of cyber-bullying (http://www.stopcyberbullying.org), which is 
more to the examples that John pinpointed. Has the development of the 
technology outstripped our ability to apply etiquette to this new situation, 
and is there so much a need for artificial policies to govern it, as there is 
for a cultural movement for the reapplication of etiquette to the technology 
(aka, netiquette).

Does there need to be an institutional policy addressing personal use of social 
media, or would a generic clause in your personnel manual about "bringing the 
reputation of the institution into disrepute" suffice? This avoids the question 
of how to police a social media policy, and future-proofs your policies against 
future shifts in technology. Otherwise, we will always be at want for a new 
policy whenever there is a shift in technology for which etiquette has yet to 
catch up.

(I may add that the views expressed here are expressly my own)

Chad Petrovay ?| ?Collections Database Administrator
MIM-Musical Instrument Museum | 4725 E. Mayo Boulevard ?| Phoenix, AZ 85050 
480.478.6000 main ?| ?480.478.6058 direct | 480.471.8690 fax ?| www.themim.org


-Original Message-
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of 
Rebecca Melenka
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 9:52 AM
To: 'Museum Computer Network Listserv'
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Help with Policy on Internet site postings

Ohhh, Social media - one of my faves!

Here's a couple of great ones:

Database of Social Media Policies: http://socialmediagovernance.com/policies.php


Policy Tool for Social Media: http://socialmedia.policytool.net


Rebecca Melenka
BA2, MA
Digitization, Publishing and Rights Coordinator
Glenbow Museum
Phone (403) 268-4144
Fax (403) 265-9769
www.glenbow.org


-Original Message-
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of John 
Bedard
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 10:49 AM
To: mcn LISTSERV
Subject: [MCN-L] Help with Policy on Internet site postings

We are interested in seeing sample policies regarding postings on external 
Internet sites, from blogs to Social Media.  Areas of interest include a staff 
member appearing to be an official spokesperson for or representing the 
organization, especially in a manner that potentially impacts the reputation of 
the museum; and posting derogatory or defamatory comments regarding other staff 
members, visitors, volunteers, trustees, donors or the institution.

This policy will not reference postings to official institutional sites and 
forums.

Does anyone have any sample policies on this topic that they can share?


John R. Bedard  |  Director of Information Systems
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
2400 Third Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404

612-870-3268  |  JBedard at artsmia.org  |  www.artsmia.org
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[MCN-L] scanner recommendations?

2010-06-25 Thread Gose, Denise
I agree when it comes to slides. We can just eek out a publication quality scan 
from a slide on the 1xl, but a dedicated slide scanner like the Nikon is 
better and easier to use. For just about everything else that can go on a 
flatbed, the Epson works very well.

Denise Gos?
Head of Image Resources and Copyright Management
Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona
1030 N. Olive Road, Tucson, AZ 85719
T: 520.307.2830  F: 520.621.9444
gosed at ccp.library.arizona.edu


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Jacqueline Vincent
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 12:06 PM
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Hello Sara

Hands down the Epson 1XL Pro is the way to go.  We have a Microtek 9800XL 
which we used when required but recently bought the Epson 1XL Pro and the 
comparison in quality and speed and quality and is definitely worth the cost 
difference between the two unless you only have a few items to scan. It has 
manual focus options show you can scan non-uniform transparent materials 
directly on the glass and control the plane of focus. It has holders for 4x5 
films.  The Microtek is now sitting on the shelf.

 We did try a 35mm slide on the glass to test but I still prefer using our 
Nikon Coolscan actual film scanner for scanning slides. It focuses even better 
on the film plane and gives excellent dynamic range particularly in the shadows.

If you can afford it I'd suggest both units.

Jacqueline Vincent
Brechin Imaging Services
Ottawa, ON


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Diane Lee
Sent: June-25-10 2:27 PM
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We've got two Microtek ScanMakers, an older 9600XL and a 9800XL.  Both have 
worked great for us over the years.  More than high quality enough to give to 
printers, and can do transparencies/negatives.  Has the capability to do 
slides, but I can't speak to that as we have a Nikon Coolscan V for those 
(which I love!). 
Usually just use the 'wizard' software that come with it, but have used the 
SilverFast software on more tricky things.  (Don't know if it still comes with 
it or not.) I think we got the 9800XL for around $1200 years ago, but have not 
idea of any current prices or availability since we've had these forever. 

Diane. 
==
Diane Lee, Collections Manager ? 860-236-5621 x242 Connecticut Historical 
Society

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Tucker, Sara
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 12:30 PM
To: mcn-l at mcn.edu
Subject: [MCN-L] scanner recommendations?

Hi,

Does anyone have a wide-format (at least 11x17") scanner that you like and 
could recommend? We need something that can do slides & transparencies too, and 
hope to keep it under $2000, but would love to be able to scan something at a 
quality high enough we could give it to printers.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions,

Sara



Sara Tucker
IT Director
Dia Art Foundation
535 West 22nd St
New York, NY 10011
stucker at diaart.org
212.293.5576
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[MCN-L] NDF 2010 Conference: International Keynote Speakers Confirmed

2010-06-25 Thread Holt, Lisa
Bob:

Can I go?  :-)

Lisa
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Adrian Kingston
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:03 AM
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Subject: [MCN-L] NDF 2010 Conference: International Keynote Speakers Confirmed


Apologies for cross posting.

National Digital Forum 2010 Conference
Linking data, linking people

Monday 18 - Tuesday 19 October 2010
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington

INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE SPEAKERS CONFIRMED
We're delighted to confirm Michael Edson and Nick Poole as the
international keynote speakers:

MICHAEL EDSON
Director of Web and New Media Strategy, Smithsonian Institution

Michael has worked on numerous award-winning projects and has been
involved in practically every aspect of technology and New Media for
museums. Read more.

NICK POOLE
CEO, Collections Trust

Nick advises Governments, funders and cultural agencies throughout the
world on issues relating to the new Digital Economy, including
standards, IPR, social media and emerging business models. He has
published and lectured worldwide, and is currently the Chair of the UK
branch of the International Council of Museums. Read more.

REGISTER TODAY
The financial year is coming to a close on 30 June for Government. Check
to see if your department has any reserve funds to allow you to register
today!
Register now:
https://www.eiseverywhere.com/ereg/index.php?eventid=12560&;

PRE and POST CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES
DigitalNZ and National Services Te Paerangi are holding events around
the NDF Conference. We encourage you to support these events too!

2nd Annual DigitalNZ Get Together
11:00am - 3:00pm, Sunday 17 October
Level 1, National Library of NZ, 77 Thorndon Quay
Contact: gathering at digitalnz.org

You're invited to Digital BarCamp
9.30am and 3.30pm, Wednesday 20 October
Venue: TBC
Contact: luciep at tepapa.govt.nz

Conference enquiries or further Information
Visit the NDF website
(http://ndf.natlib.govt.nz/about/2010-conference.htm) for full
conference details and if you have any questions please do not hesitate
to contact the conference organisers:

Paardekooper and Associates
Conference organisers of NDF 2010
P: +64 4 562 8259
F: +64 4 562 8269
E: ndf at paardekooper.co.nz
W: http://ndf.natlib.govt.nz/about/2010-conference.htm

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