[MCN-L] Content Management Systems
We are looking into moving all or parts of our website to a CMS and I was wondering if anyone has done a survey recently of the experiences of museums/cultural institutions that have been down this road. I'd be most interested in the following info: Open source vs. low cost commercial ($1) # of html pages converted All or part of site Features most important Level of customization Skill levels of staff using Platforms Conversion done in-house or outsourced General experiences Thanks, Jim Ketterer Senior Director, Information Technology Indiana Historical Society www.indianahistory.org 317-233-6482 jketterer at indianahistory.org
Re: Scheduling software
For the past couple of years weve been using the EMS system from these folks with good results: http://www.dea.com/ . Im not sure if it would address all your needs but you might take a look. I like it because it has a web interface for the bulk of our internal users. We use it mostly for special events and we use a separate system for ticketing. Jim Ketterer Senior Director, Information Technology Indiana Historical Society www.indianahistory.org 317-233-6482 jkette...@indianahistory.org From: Janice [mailto:janice.cradd...@cartermuseum.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 4:32 PM To: mcn-l@mcn.edu Subject: Scheduling software Has anyone found scheduling software that is uncomplicated and incorporates scheduling all aspects within a Museum? We mainly have tours, special events, and daily staff meetings that we want to track on one calendar (instead of 10 different public calendars in Outlook!) It would be nice if it could produce daily and weekly activity reports; monthly and annual statistics, like numbers of attendants to different types of tours and functions; track docent hours based on which tours they were scheduled to do, track resource usage, etc; and give everything to you in one calendar view screen! And dont forget unlimited users because we want everyone on staff to be able to view the calendar and may be even book staff meeting rooms. We looked at Vista, Blackbaud Raisers Edge Events module, and ABC Event Manager. There are things I like about each one of them. They all seem to focus on different aspects of event planning. Some on room allocation, some on tracking resources, some on finance, some on ticketing but, we just havent quite found what we need. So, what software are you using and what do you like/dislike about it? Janice Craddock Information Technology Manager 817.738.1933 jan...@cartermuseum.org --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: dmcconvi...@eiteljorg.com To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: jkette...@indianahistory.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: rlancefi...@mail.wesleyan.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com
Re: mcn-l providing Internet access in public spaces
Bill, You might want to check out the ZoneCD http://www.publicip.net/ . It's basically an implementation of the Linux Squid proxy server with typical public access point features built-in. Jim -Original Message- From: Weinstein, William [mailto:wweinst...@philamuseum.org] Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 11:38 AM To: mcn-l@mcn.edu Subject: mcn-l providing Internet access in public spaces We are considering creating some public hotspots (@ entrances and in cafeteria) for our visitors to use. We have some evening and other programs where that kind of access would be seen as a service. Right now we are not considering a charge but that is still undecided. We have a T-1 that we can dedicate to this project and we have spare network capacity so we can connect these areas on their own physical network. We have wireless in some back office areas and in storage so this is not a quesion on how to set up wireless access. My questions are aimed at anyone who has done this for public spaces and if they have suggestions on how that set-up needs to differ. Do we require logins or registration, what info if any do we capture? Has anyone developed end user instructions to help visitors connect? Have there been any issues with staff having to service visitors attempting to connect? Has anyone developed any disclaimer language on the use of the service? Does anyone have any recommendations of hardware and software? Thanks to all. Bill --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: jkette...@indianahistory.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: rlancefi...@mail.wesleyan.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com
interactive kiosk software
We are doing an in-house project to develop an interactive kiosk for our casual visitors. The basic idea is to use a 2 monitor PC (one monitor is a small touch screen and one monitor is a large high-definition TV with vga inputs). The touch screen will contain a menu for the user to select movies, slide shows of our image collection, building information, etc. from. The High-def TV will display whatever content is selected. We have the hardware bits worked out but I'm not having a lot of luck finding an easy software solution to control the system. I know we could use something like director but that seems like overkill. What I'd like to find is a simple menuing software system (if it exists) that's designed with this type of kiosk application in mind. Thanks in advance for your suggestions. James J. Ketterer Senior Director, Information Systems Indiana Historical Society www.IndianaHistory.org 317-233-6482 --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: rlancefi...@mail.wesleyan.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com
