[MCN-L] [MCN-L} Job opportunity -- Chicago History Museum--Photographer/Imaging specialist

[Green, Nahoko]

Applications will be accepted only from the Jobs at Chicago History Museum 
website: 
http://www.chicagohistory.org/aboutus/jobsvolunteering/jobopportunities and 
must include a resume, cover letter, and a list of three references with full 
contact information.

2016 Photographer - Imaging Specialist





As Chicago's oldest cultural institution, the Chicago History Museum is the 
proud custodian of over 23 million objects ranging from presidential artifacts 
to 60's couture. We use our collection to powerfully tell Chicago's stories and 
are the proud winner of the 2016 National Medal for Museum and Library Service, 
the highest honor afforded to any museum.

Located in Lincoln Park, and convenient to public transportation, we believe 
that our city is our greatest artifact. As a result, we offer programming 
within our four walls, and out in the city itself with innovative offerings 
such as The Great Chicago Fire App, Blues trolley tours, the annual Hot Dog 
Festival, and much more.

Our staff is passionate, dedicated, and always looking towards the future. We 
invite you to join our team.

PHOTOGRAPHER/IMAGING SPECIALIST

The Photographer/Imaging Specialist provides technical, production, quality 
control, and logistical digital photography and scanning services; visually 
documents original Museum collections as well as CHM activities, programs, 
exhibitions, and products; helps sustain and enhance CHM's role as a premier 
research institution by maintaining excellent customer service and providing 
imaging services suitable to the needs of a broad group of users; improves 
access to CHM's collections and supports CHM's revenue-generating operations 
through the adherence to best practices for the creation, management, and 
delivery of digital images in the most efficient and cost-effective manner 
possible.


  *   Provide digital photography and scanning services in compliance with 
local and industry standards (e.g. FADGI) to document collections materials 
including manuscripts, books, photographic prints and negatives, broadsides, 
drawings, paintings, and three-dimensional objects
  *   Provide photographic services to document CHM exhibitions, public 
programs, and other activities
  *   Support the management of digital images through accurate metadata 
creation and the development of and adherence to digital production and order 
fulfillment workflows and quality standards
  *   Utilize Photoshop to perform image correction, digital retouching, and 
other image manipulation services as needed
  *   Demonstrate excellent customer service and communication skills when 
dealing with internal and external clients and photographic subjects
  *   Demonstrate visual acuity and attention to detail in all aspects of 
day-to-day work
  *   Keep abreast of current photographic technologies, techniques, standards, 
and best practices
  *   Ability to lift/carry/move objects weighing up to 30 lbs., climb ladders, 
stoop, stand, visual acuity, and keyboard skills are also essential functions 
for this position.
QUALIFICATIONS:


  *   BFA in Photography (MFA and/or substantive relevant museum experience 
preferred)
  *   Minimum one year professional photographic and/or scanning experience, 
including studio photography and knowledge of studio lighting techniques
  *   Experience working with original, historical materials in a museum, 
archive, or library setting
  *   Proficiency with studio strobe lighting techniques, digital SLR camera 
systems, and large format digital SLR systems
  *   Proficiency with large format printing, color management, and print 
proofing
  *   Proficiency with MS Office Suite, Photoshop, Silver Fast scanning 
interface. and flatbed digital scanner required
  *   Working knowledge and experience with digital asset management software

  *   Excellent visual acuity and attention to detail
  *   Excellent customer service and communication skills required to 
communicate with photographic subjects and internal and external clients
  *   Ability to lift/carry/move up to 30 lbs, ascend/descend ladders required
  *   Excellent oral and written communications skills
  *   Understanding of traditional (film-based) photographic processes and 
terminology

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Re: [MCN-L] Controlled vocabulary for view description

[Green, Nahoko]

Hi Kate,

We use terms under "views (visual works)" in  AAT 
http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATHierarchy?find=view=AND==300015424.

Thanks,
Nahoko
Chicago History Museum

-Original Message-
From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Mayo, 
Katherine
Sent: Monday, February 29, 2016 5:03 PM
To: mcn-l@mcn.edu
Subject: [MCN-L] Controlled vocabulary for view description

Hello,
Does anyone have a controlled vocabulary for a view description field? Or can 
anyone point me to a resource for such a vocabulary/taxonomy? We want to clean 
up our data and make it more consistent across the board. We currently have a 
short list (recto, verso, full view, detail), and then photographers can 
manually enter others that are more specific (full view front, full view side 
proper left, etc.) and have ended up with a hodgepodge of values.

Many thanks,
Kate Mayo

National Gallery of Art
Imaging and Visual Services
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Re: [MCN-L] LAM interoperability SIG?

[Green, Nahoko]

I would like to join in as well.

Nahoko Green
Chicago History Museum

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From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Scott 
Williams
Sent: Monday, November 16, 2015 2:10 PM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Cc: Stefano Cossu; Niki Krause; David Wilcox
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] LAM interoperability SIG?

I was not able to attend MCN this year but I am interested in this topic.
Thank you for sharing the slides.

Scott


On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 3:04 PM Duane Degler 
wrote:

> It looks like you¹re getting a lot of interest, which is great. Add me 
> to the list. And thanks for sharing the slides.
> Duane Degler
>
> On 11/16/15, 1:12 PM, "Stefano Cossu"  wrote:
>
> >Hello,
> >It was exciting to host a lively conversation at the last MCN 
> >conference about Libraries, Archives and Museums (topics: [1]; 
> >slides: [2]). I am happy to see that many colleagues are interested 
> >in tearing down the barriers between bibliographical, archival and 
> >collection records within museums, as well as promoting the exchange 
> >of information and technologies between Cultural Heritage institutions.
> >
> >I think the session sparked quite some interest and raised important 
> >topics from many of the participants. I also believe that this 
> >conversation needs to be brought forward.
> >
> >This mailing list may be a good place to follow up that conversation. 
> >I would love to propose a similar session for next MCN, actually even 
> >closer to a round-table discussion than to a panel.
> >
> >If enough people are interested, I would also propose to create a 
> >special interest group for this topic. Goal of the SIG would be 
> >torefine the core topics that we brought up at the conference using 
> >this mailing list, and then meet in person at the next MCN with a 
> >distilled down list of action items.
> >
> >Anyone interested in this proposal is welcome to respond.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Stefano
> >
> >[1] http://sched.co/3tND
> >[2]
> >
> http://www.slideshare.net/StefanoCossu/librarries-archives-museums-dis
> cuss
> >ion-mcn-2015
> >--
> >
> >Stefano Cossu
> >Director of Application Services, Collections
> >
> >The Art Institute of Chicago
> >116 S. Michigan Ave.
> >Chicago, IL 60603
> >312-499-4026
> >
>
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[MCN-L] Recall: Paper Kimono Traveling Art Exhibit

[Green, Nahoko]

Green, Nahoko would like to recall the message, [MCN-L] Paper Kimono Traveling 
Art Exhibit.
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Re: [MCN-L] Paper Kimono Traveling Art Exhibit

[Green, Nahoko]

FYI:  I thought you and Rosa might found this interesting...
Nahoko
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colston
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 6:15 PM
To: mcn-l@mcn.edu
Subject: [MCN-L] Paper Kimono Traveling Art Exhibit

Enjoy this informative and fun traveling Paper Kimono art exhibit at your 
library.
http://www.artmuseums.com/travelingkimonos.htm
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Re: [MCN-L] mcn-l Digest, Vol 116, Issue 6 conservation module in database

[Green, Nahoko]

I would like to be added to the list as well.  Thanks!

From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu [mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] on behalf of Emma Jones 
[emma.jo...@awm.gov.au]
Sent: Friday, April 10, 2015 8:31 PM
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Subject: Re: [MCN-L] mcn-l Digest, Vol 116, Issue 6 conservation module in 
database

ok I'll put something together for next week. Anyone else want to be added to 
the list of people I will email? My workplace is a bit conservative when it 
comes to posting things on sites such as slideshare, so I may have to send 
things out in the old school way such as an attachment.
Emma

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   1. Re: mcn-l Digest, Vol 116,Issue 6 conservation module in
  database (Emma Jones)
   2. Re: Conservation module in database (Jerry Powell)
   3. Metadata fields for people/place/event images (Boyce Tankersley)
   4. Re: Conservation module in database (Kate Blanch)
   5. Re: Metadata fields for people/place/event images (Deborah Wythe)
   6. Re: Conservation module in database (Neal Johnson)


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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 12:35:41 +
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Hi all
We use Mimsy XG at the Australian War Memorial, which has condition and 
conservation modules. I'd be happy to share how we record our treatments if 
that would help.
Regards
Emma Jones
Manager, Collection Donations and Information Management team
Australian War Memorial

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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Conservation module in database (Keir Winesmith)
   2. Re: Conservation module in database (Nick Poole)
   3. New issue of Multimedia  Technology Reviews! (April 2015)
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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 17:30:58 +
From: Keir Winesmith kwinesm...@sfmoma.org
To: 'Lauren Robinson' mcn-l@mcn.edu
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Conservation module in database
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Hi Nick, Lauren, all

Two things. Firstly, this is something we're also really interested in and 
would be keen to hear what you discover, as well as any more info on the TMS 
conservation module. Secondly, are you really using a Blackberry Nick?!

Best.
Keir

Keir Winesmith
Head of Web and Digital Platforms

SFMOMA On the Go

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Poole
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 11:26 PM
To: Lauren Robinson; mcn-l@mcn.edu
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Conservation module in database

Dear Lauren,

I recently had sight of a really exciting product under development by Gallery 
Systems as part of TMS which integrates Conservation processes alongside 
Collections management so it might be worth 

[MCN-L] Digital image sales/llcensing

[Green, Nahoko]

We'd also be interested in hearing from any other institutions who have solved 
this problem, as we are looking to automate our licensing operation with an 
e-commerce solution.

We have looked at LicenseStream, which appears to have a lot of capabilities, 
but it is very expensive.

Recently, we've been looking at Photoshelter.com (which is almost a great 
solution), zenfolio.com (again, almost a great solution, though we prefer 
Photoshelter).  Both sites will allow you to set up a free 2-wk trial.  Both 
are geared more towards private photographers interested in selling their 
photos (prints, products, and digital downloads for licensing) rather than 
towards automating more sophisticated licensing operations.

There are also software products for sale, such as Stockbox Photo and Cradoc 
FotoBiz (which we have yet to investigate).

If anyone else comes across any other potential solutions, please let us know!

Thanks,

Nahoko Green
Chicago History Museum

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From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of 
Rothman, Steve
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 12:32 PM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Digital image sales/llcensing

Thanks Jason that's a very interesting idea! It even looks like SmugMug will 
let you hide most/all of their branding if you choose.

Does anyone know of any museums or similar non-profit institutions using 
SmugMug to sell digital images? I'd love to see an example in action. -Steve

Steve Rothman, Systems Administrator
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology


 -Original Message-
 From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf 
 Of STEELMAN, JASON
 Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 11:50 AM
 To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
 Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Digital image sales/llcensing
 
 We don't have a perfect solution, but the closest I came was smugmug - 
 they allow a digital download with whatever licensing levels you'd 
 like at whatever price structure you choose. You can setup your 
 account to only allow the digital license downloads - keeping all the 
 print and trinket options unavailable. Grant it, that has absolutely 
 no tie-in to an existing asset management system.
 
 
 -Jason Steelman
 Media Developer, Univiersity Libraries Univiersity of South Carolina
 803-777-2610
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf 
 Of Rothman, Steve
 Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 8:32 AM
 To: mcn-l at mcn.edu
 Subject: [MCN-L] Digital image sales/llcensing
 
 I'm curious if any museums on this list have instituted an automated 
 system for selling digital images online? What sort of shopping cart 
 systems have you used? What about credit card payment systems?  Thanks!
 
 Steve Rothman, Systems Administrator
 Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
 617-495-9968
 srothman at fas.harvard.edumailto:srothman at fas.harvard.edu
 
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[MCN-L] VA launches one million objects on line

[Green, Nahoko]

Richard,

 The import / export isn't completely automatic ... yet.

But you are almost there! Good luck!
Thanks for your reply.
Nahoko

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From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
Richard Morgan
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 2:56 AM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] VA launches one million objects on line

Hi Nahoko,

Thank you very much!

Both our collection information system and DAM are Index+ supplied by
System Simulation Limited. I'm sure Heather would be happy to give you
more information on versions etc. if you would like.

The data is exported from these systems as XML by Heather and her team
and then we import it into our Django / MySQL web application using a
process that we custom built. That import process also downloads the
images from the DAM at the appropriate resolution.

The import / export isn't completely automatic ... yet. Although
decoupling the Collections Management System + DAM from the Web
Application is a little clunky it solved far more problems than it
caused by removing runtime dependencies across systems which would have
stopped us delivering the project as quickly (or, perhaps, at all).

When the Collections Management System is upgraded the plan is to update
through a standard harvesting technique such as OAI so that the import /
export process is fully automated and sustainable.

best wishes,

Richard

 Green, Nahoko Green at chicagohistory.org 17/09/2009 16:48 
...the project draws text from our collections information system and
images from the digital asset management system...

Hi, Gail and Richard,
Very impressive site!
What collection information system and DAM system do you have?
How do you draw text and images to your website after it went through
Heather's review?  Is import/export automatically done?

Thanks,

Nahoko Green
Collections Automation Manager
Chicago History Museum

-Original Message-
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Richard Morgan
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 1:37 PM
To: mcn-l at mcn.edu 
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] VA launches one million objects on line

Thanks, David, for your positive reaction!

We are using Sphinx (http://www.sphinxsearch.com) to manage the
searching and clustering, closely coupled to a Django / MySQL backend.

The Django application provides an API which returns JSON and uses
Sphinx to deal with the searching.

Then the frontend application is PHP Symfony and it makes API calls to
the Django application. The nice thing is that we can then open up
access to the Django app to provide the same API for everyone.

best wishes,

Richard Morgan

 David Brewer david.brewer at gmail.com 15/09/09 3:42 PM 
That seems like a good way to deal with the issue to me.  I didn't
realize that there were different types of entry points to the search
engine.

Thanks and have a good day,

David Brewer
Lead Systems Developer
Second Story

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 1:46 AM, Gail Durbin g.durbin at vam.ac.uk wrote:
 Dear David,
 Thank you for your kind words. I am glad you like our new site.

 I was interested in your comments about the default setting and it has
been a matter of some debate here. My original preference would have
been best quality records but we have actually ended up with something
more subtle than that - but perhaps too subtle if no one realises it!
The default is determined by the way you choose to enter the site. If
you go in via the browse you get best quality records, if you go in
via a heavy duty search you get all records and if you go in via a
more lightweight search the you get only records with images. I
realise in making this decision we have made all sorts of assumptions
about our visitors but they do have the power to change the options for
themselves.

 We have tried to think about the range of our visitors from very
serious academic researcher through to naive user and we also have in
mind visitors who have no specialist museum vocabulary and people who
want to use our collections for their own creative work where
serendipitous connections  may be appropriate. So the browse may supply
some of these needs.

 I am sure Richard Morgan, who is behind the technical development,
will answer the second half of your email.

 With best wishes
 Gail

 Gail Durbin
 Head of VA Online

 David Brewer david.brewer at gmail.com 14 September 2009 
 Congratulations on a very impressive collection search!  It's quite
 snappy, too, considering the amount of data being indexed.  I
 especially like the feature that lets you expand a search result row
 in-line to get a larger image and description of the record.

 My only feedback is that depending on your primary audience for the
 search engine, you might consider defaulting to only records with
 images or even
 best quality records.  A casual user of the site probably won't be
 interested in records without images, and an expert user can be
 expected to change

[MCN-L] Strategic Plans in mcn-l Digest, Vol 38, Issue 20

[Green, Nahoko]

Would you share a copy with us, too?
We are currently working on writing Museum's 5 year strategic plan.

Nahoko Green
Collection Automation Manager
(312) 799-2067 direct, (312) 799-2367 fax
green at chicagohistory.org 

Chicago History Museum
1601 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60614-6038 
www.chicagohistory.org

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From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
Nancy Proctor
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 10:07 AM
To: mcn-l at mcn.edu
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Strategic Plans in mcn-l Digest, Vol 38, Issue 20

I'd like to second Narda's request: if Ari or anyone else is willing to
share a copy of their strategic plan, I'd love to learn from your
experience!

Nancy

Nancy Proctor
Head of New Media Initiatives

Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)
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2. Re: Strategic Technology Plans (Ari Davidow)
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 Message: 1
 Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:12:12 -0500
 From: Narda McKeen-LaClair nmckeen-laclair at shelburnemuseum.org
 Subject: [MCN-L] Strategic Technology Plans
 To: mcn-l at mcn.edu
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 Hello all,
  
 Our organization is just starting the discussion about developing a
 technology plan.  It is obvious from the first conversation that there
 are varying visions for what this plan will include and how long it
will
 take us to craft it.  Would anyone be willing to share their wisdom
and
 experiences in developing this document?  Specifically I am interested
 in knowing who was involved and how long did it take?  What was the
 scope of your plan?  If anyone is willing to share a copy of their
plan
 I would be thrilled. My email is listed below.
  
 Thank you in advance,
 Narda
  
 Narda McKeen LaClair
 Technology Administrator
 Shelburne Museum
 PO Box 10
 Shelburne, VT, 05482
 (802)985-3346 x3196
 nmckeen-laclair at shelburnemuseum.org
  
  
 
 
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 Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:44:16 -0500
 From: Ari Davidow aridavidow at gmail.com
 Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Strategic Technology Plans
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 It took us a couple of months to draft the first plan. Now we spend a
 couple of weeks a year updating it. The technology plan built on an
 existing Strategic Plan for the organization. There is a
 reasonably-long (~15-20 pages) exposition of what we're trying to do,
 then appendices mapping to our strategic plan, very simple budget,
 etc. Note that we are a very small organization and that we didn't
 have to cover standard IT stuff--just mission-related IT
 (preservation, web, databases, etc.). The primary participants were me
 (Dir. Online Strategy), and senior management, with me doing the
 writing, others turning it into non-technical wording, and our COO
 helping with the budget.
 
 The goal is specifically to figure what we want to be able to spend,
 what our contingencies are (if too few funds), what we'll use to
 measure whether we are reaching our goals, etc. We use this doc to
 show to potential funders when we want them to understand where their
 money is needed.
 
 For all that, I don't know that any funders have ever seen the whole
 document. Usually I roll a 1-2 page summary for specific purposes.
 In-house, however, this is the document that helps us hold the what
 did we accomplish last year? Is that what we meant to accomplish? Is
 it what we should have accomplished? How does this change where we
 expect to see ourselves next year, two years from now, in 5 years?
 conversations that are vital (and help us also hold conversations
 like, what happens if this building burns down. how do we recover our
 digital assets.
 
 Hope this helps,
 
 ari
 
 
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[MCN-L] MCN Membership

[Green, Nahoko]

My membership will be covered by Chicago History Museum (former Chicago
Historical Society), non-profit membership.
Thanks.
Nahoko

-Original Message-
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Real, Will
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 11:41 PM
To: mcn-l at mcn.edu
Subject: [MCN-L] MCN Membership

Hi everyone,
 
Only days left!
 
Please don't forget to renew your MCN membership, if you haven't
already. It's easy to join online at http://www.mcn.edu/join/index.asp.
 
If you are not already a member, now would be a good time to join.
 
WHY JOIN MCN?



*   Network with information professionals from around the world at
the MCN Annual Conference and throughout the year. 

*   Benefit from the expertise of MCN colleagues on your next
technology project. 

*   Share a project or paper with an interested audience at the
Annual Conference or on the MCN Website. 

*   Access the Membership Directory in the Members-Only section of
the MCN website. 

*   Support the quest for excellence in museum technology.

*   Exchange ideas an information on MCN's list serv.

Go to http://www.mcn.edu/join/index.asp to join right away.
 
Thanks in advance,
 
Will Real
MCN Membership Chair
 
William Real 
Director of Technology Initiatives 
Carnegie Museum of Art 
4400 Forbes Ave 
Pittsburgh, PA 15213 
412.622.3267 
412.622.3112 (fax) 
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Sorry, I did not mean to send my reply to entire list.
Nahoko

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My membership will be covered by Chicago History Museum (former Chicago
Historical Society), non-profit membership.
Thanks.
Nahoko

-Original Message-
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
Real, Will
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 11:41 PM
To: mcn-l at mcn.edu
Subject: [MCN-L] MCN Membership

Hi everyone,
 
Only days left!
 
Please don't forget to renew your MCN membership, if you haven't
already. It's easy to join online at http://www.mcn.edu/join/index.asp.
 
If you are not already a member, now would be a good time to join.
 
WHY JOIN MCN?



*   Network with information professionals from around the world at
the MCN Annual Conference and throughout the year. 

*   Benefit from the expertise of MCN colleagues on your next
technology project. 

*   Share a project or paper with an interested audience at the
Annual Conference or on the MCN Website. 

*   Access the Membership Directory in the Members-Only section of
the MCN website. 

*   Support the quest for excellence in museum technology.

*   Exchange ideas an information on MCN's list serv.

Go to http://www.mcn.edu/join/index.asp to join right away.
 
Thanks in advance,
 
Will Real
MCN Membership Chair
 
William Real 
Director of Technology Initiatives 
Carnegie Museum of Art 
4400 Forbes Ave 
Pittsburgh, PA 15213 
412.622.3267 
412.622.3112 (fax) 
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