Re: [MCN-L] Volunteer Management Software (Elizabeth Bollwerk)
Hi Elizabeth! :-) :-) (Timlynn says "Hey!") You were so nice to me and Timlynn for our first MCN conference in 2014, TY so much. As I have said in the past, IANAMIP - I Am Not A Museum Informatics Professional - however, as a serial entrepreneur on both sides of the private/public sectors over many years, I have depended on the power and flexibility of the PHP/MySQL-based Drupal CMS platform for more creative web environments than you can shake a stick at. While I believe that the best strategy for Drupal-based design is to take the latest version and a collection of "best of breed" modules to craft exactly what you want/need, there are some impressive 3rd-party distributions that take the base Drupal platform to a higher level in the scope of their design missions. With that in mind, as an outsider/non-domain-expert, I would encourage you and others to take a look at CiviCRM, the CMS -- Constituent (not Content) Mgt. System -- built on the Drupal platform, https://civicrm.org/. I am sure that the core design focused on constituents, volunteers, donors, etc. is a generalization of the things that cultural heritage organizations deal with plus all the additional flexibility that any missing features you need can surely be covered by adding best of bred 3rd party modules if you need/want them. Having spent decades as a hard-core Smalltalk software designer/developer, I can assure you that the modular architecture of Drupal and its incredibly active developer community mean that you will only write the most minimal code that you need, if any, to create the design of your most-demanding requirements. Let us know if you need/want more information along these lines as you pursue your development agenda. Happy-Healthy Vibes, -: Jim Salmons :- https://medium.com/@Jim_Salmons/ P.S. TY MCN for the "emerging professional" scholarship for 2014! I am doing my best as a post-cancer 65-year-old indie #CitizenScientist to be worthy of this honor and encouragement. Here is a copy of my FIRST academic/scholarly research paper submitted for #DATeCH2017 that is an extension of the project design/mission I presented at #MCN2014: https://goo.gl/cFMcQH (PDF on my OneDrive in the cloud). I am working on a companion paper that shows the value of developing a Pattern Design Language within the scope the the Issuing Rule model element of the #cidocCRM/#FRBRoo/#PRESSoo ontology "stack." Would love to hear from anyone working on or interested in this conceptual space. ---Sent from Boxer | http://getboxer.com Dear Elizabeth, We use Volgistics here at the Florida Museum and our volunteer coordinator is very happy with it, and with their support team. If you'd like to communicate with her directly to discuss, I'll be glad to share her contact details with you. All best, Beverly Beverly Sensbach Associate Director Florida Museum of Natural History University of Florida sensb...@flmnh.ufl.edu ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
[MCN-L] Quick follow-up: Interested in folks using/thinking-of-using #cidocCRM, #FRBRoo, and especially #PRESSoo
Howdy Late Nite MCNers, Sorry about the funky extra lines and strange line-breaks, etc. in my prior note. Apparently the listserv is a bit quirky with HTML-formatted "plain text." So I have specifically set this one as actual plain text and expect a better result... :-/ In my prior update note, I mentioned a complementary follow-up paper I have in development. By way of foreshadowing its content, I am specifically working on a corpus/data-set of Softalk magazine TOC (table of contents), mastheads, and Advertiser Index pages as found here: https://github.com/SoftalkAppleProject/datasets_toc-masthead-adindex I am working with PRImA to help shift the OCR/layout-recognition folks from a bottom-up page-focused approach (Rainman-type thinking) to a top-down whole-issue and complete serial publication perspective (Sherlock-type thinking). Specifically, I will be using #PRESSoo's Z12 Issuing Rule and Z5 Issuing Rule Change classes as entity "containers" for a fine-grained pattern language describing the complex document structure of the commercial magazine. The ISSN SIG authors have a rather pedestrian assumption about the potential use of this model element. (See http://goo.gl/LqBGrz) But I believe Issuing Rules are a perfect way to bring a top-down serial publication strategy to text- and layout-recognition strategy within the digitization pipeline. If anyone is currently using #PRESSoo or has plans to use it, please feel free to contact me so we can exchange ideas and explore potential collaboration. BTW, the ICOM #CIDOC2016 conference is going on right now in Milan where the #cidocCRM and its derivatives are front and center. I am a member of the ICOM CIDOC and a member of the #cidocCRM SIG although I am not at the conference. I am doing my best to communicate my interest remotely. If you, too, are interested in this important museum informatics event, you can "listen in" as well as participate via the #CIDOC2016 hashtag. Happy-Healthy Vibes, -: Jim :- Jim Salmons and Timlynn Babitsky Twitter: @Jim_Salmons, @TimlynnBabitsky, @FactMiners, @Softalk_Apple www.FactMiners.org (Our #CitizenScience project) www.SoftalkApple.com (Our #DigitalHistory project) ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
[MCN-L] Happy July 4th, I need an endorser for #arXiv cs.DL and an update on my research
Hello MCNers,
Happy 4th of July. I trust everyone is having a happy-healthy and energizing
holiday weekend.
Sorry for the length of this post, but it contains an update on my activity
as well as the request for an #arXiv endorsement.
As you may recall, I was lucky to earn an "emerging professional"
scholarship that allowed me to attend and present at #MCN2014. My panel
presentation was my first substantive public description of my
#CitizenScience/#DigitalHistory activity that I am engaged in as a big part
of my post-cancer #PayItForward Bonus Rounds. #MCN2014 was an exciting event
because my fellow cancer survivor wife/project-partner Timlynn Babitsky was
able to attend the conference with me, as she enlisted as a Volunteer and we
had a blast.
Well, I am happy to say that we are still doing well (despite new rounds of
cancer for Timlynn and a heart attack for me). But these "bumps" have helped
increase our appreciation for each day we have together and to enjoy our
ability to advance our projects, FactMiners and The Softalk Apple Project.
As a 25th wedding anniversary present to ourselves, we funded the
digitization of the full 48-issue collection of Softalk magazine into the
Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/softalkapple.
We became DPLA Community Volunteers and were invited to attend the Library
Leaders Forum at the Internet Archive this past Fall.
Because my applied research is focused on an innovative application of the
#cidocCRM/#FRBRoo/#PRESSoo ontological "stack", I have much greater interest
and support for my research in the UK and Europe. Most exciting of these
collaborations is with the PRImA Research Lab at the University of Salford
(http://www.primaresearch.org/). Through this work, I was invited onto the
Program Committee for the upcoming #DATeCH conference (delayed from this
October until this coming Spring due to multi-conference scheduling issues).
The most exciting part of these developments is that, at age 65, I am
submitting my first academic research paper! Bucket-List, check!!! :D (As a
serial entrepreneur and corporate consultant, everything I did during my
career for proprietary.)
This first paper describes my collaboration with PRImA where FactMiners is
proposing the MAGAZINE format as a superset of PRImA's PAGE GTS
(#GroundTruthStorage) format. Here is a link to a PDF of my submission
available from my OneDrive cloud storage: https://goo.gl/cFMcQH.
Since #DATeCH has been delayed until Spring - and I already have a second
submission in development which is going to be an excellent complement to
this current paper, I would like to begin submitting my work to the #arXiv
repository at Cornell University (http://arxiv.org/). I intend to submit
this paper and the next into the cs.DL - Computer Science, Digital Libraries
- section of the repository.
Unfortunately, as an independent unaffiliated researcher, I need to be
endorsed by an #arXiv-qualified member in order to make these submissions.
PLEASE, if there is anyone in MCN who is a qualified submitter to #arXiv who
is willing to endorse me, please reply by private message or here on the
list. I can send you the boilerplate endorsement email that has the URL and
code to make the endorsement that will enable my submissions. Since the
cs.DL category has relatively few submissions so far, the list of
alternative Computer Science categories that can endorse for this category
is a virtual mile long and includes: cs.AI, cs.AR, cs.CC, cs.CE, cs.CG,
cs.CL, cs.CR, cs.CV, cs.CY, cs.DB, cs.DC, cs.DL, cs.DM, cs.DS, cs.ET, cs.FL,
cs.GL, cs.GR, cs.GT, cs.HC, cs.IR, cs.IT, cs.LG, cs.LO, cs.MA, cs.MM, cs.MS,
cs.NA, cs.NE, cs.NI, cs.OH, cs.OS, cs.PF, cs.PL, cs.RO, cs.SC, cs.SD, cs.SE,
cs.SI or cs.SY. So if you haven't submitted to cs.DL, no problem. You likely
are qualified under one of these alternative sections. Also note,
multi-author submissions are often only "owned" by the main submitter. There
is an easy process to have yourself added to papers you may be a co-author
on but have not been recognized with this author-permission.
Again, sorry for such a long note but I wanted to give my MCN friends this
update while making my request for #arXiv endorsement.
Thank you again for the "emerging professional" scholarship. I will do my
best to keep emerging! :D
BTW, I have been writing a bunch of stuff that is #DigitalHumanities and
#TextSoup2SmartData related via Medium and available here:
https://medium.com/@Jim_Salmons/.
Happy-Healthy Vibes,
-: Jim :-
Jim Salmons and Timlynn Babitsky
Twitter: @Jim_Salmons, @TimlynnBabitsky, @FactMiners, @Softalk_Apple
www.FactMiners.org (Our #CitizenScience project)
www.SoftalkApple.com (Our #DigitalHistory project)
mailto:jim.salm...@factminers.org
Direct/cell Jim USA: 319-431-0981
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Re: [MCN-L] publishing audio
Desi,
With so little information to go on here other than what you have shared, I
would first recommend that you contact Alexis Rossi (Twitter: @alexisrossi) at
the Internet Archive. She is a long-time Archive veteran staffer and currently
the Director of Media & Access including all manner of audio content, etc.
I am an independent #CitizenScientist and #eResearcher, and I am lucky to be a
member of the Archive's Library Leaders Forum. My wife and project partner
Timlynn Babitsky and I had a lot of positive interaction with Alexis last Fall
when we visited the Archive's San Francisco HQ for the 10th anniversary gala
and Forum events.
She is the smartest and most trustworthy person I know that could give you the
best answer for what you are asking... even if it turns out that your best
choice is somewhere other than the Archive.
But if what you are doing can be put in the Archive proper, I think the Greater
Good is better served by your museum's material being in the Internet Archive
or its Europeana equivalent for digital audio cultural heritage preservation.
Good luck with your project.
Happy-Healthy Vibes,
-: Jim :-
Jim Salmons and Timlynn Babitsky
Twitter: @Jim_Salmons, @TimlynnBabitsky
Medium: https://medium.com/@Jim_Salmons
Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/softalkapple
www.FactMiners.org (Our #CitizenScience project)
www.SoftalkApple.com (Our #DigitalHistory project)
> -Original Message-
> From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On
> Behalf Of Desi Gonzalez
> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 3:39 PM
> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l@mcn.edu>
> Subject: [MCN-L] publishing audio
>
> Hi all,
>
> What platforms do you use for publishing museum audio, such as podcasts or
> audio stops, and do you actively maintain a presence on them? What are the
> pros and cons of each? I'm considering SoundCloud and iTunes podcasts at
> the moment.
>
> Happy Friday!
>
> --
> Desi Gonzalez
>
> *http://gonzalez.desi <http://gonzalez.desi>*
>
> @desigonz <https://twitter.com/#!/desigonz>
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Re: [MCN-L] OCR Software
Mark, Mia is "spot on" about ABBYY being the 900-lb player in the room on the commercial software side of things. And the Transkribus project is an interesting choice when moving your requirements more into the handwriting recognition/transcription area. The first helpful thing is to understand that despite their similarity; OCR of print documents and handwritten documents (and the systems that handle them) are very different. So an important thing to know to better answer your question is how "massive" is massive? And given that total, what is the breakdown between typewritten and handwritten source material. You may find that thinking about and processing your collections will be best served by keeping these workflows separate in both the technical and human process that you develop. For OCR of typewritten source material, even if your project will be scanning thousands of documents, a good question to ask is how many human scanners will you have working at any one time? If the actual number of scanners is low and you just want to "get it done" and move on, you can't beat the "prosumer" ABBYY product, FineReader. It is available in both Mac and Windows version. The biggest gotcha using ABBYY's excellent FineReader product is that it does not generate the abbyy.xml file that is provided by the ABBYY OCR Engine (an separate "enterprise"/developers product). This file is essential if you need to derive any metadata from the information generated by the process of OCRing. But if the lack of this "hardcore" OCR metadata is no problem, you may find that FineReader is a good choice. While automated handwriting recognition is possible and getting better all the time, systems to digitize handwritten source material is almost exclusively the domain of human transcription workflow, like Transkribus. The closest thing I have found to a "sweet spot" of a tool to handle both print and handwritten workflows is PRImA's desktop Aletheia (and its WebAletheia version). As you research your options, you may find some of my recent writing useful: * a 5-part series on Transkribus culminates with a piece that looks at the Transkribus Recognition Platform as a Social Machine and envisions "raising the bar" on crowdsourcing Citizen Science (https://goo.gl/ALTJYY - each article has a set of links to the other parts) * these three "Ground Truth &..." articles are about PRImA and Aletheia: "Ground Truth & Softalk Magazine" (https://goo.gl/JwAKwr) and "Ground Truth & the Internet Archive" (https://goo.gl/ZSM6n2) and "Ground Truth & the Knight Prototype Fund" (https://goo.gl/YR70Yf) The third of the Ground Truth articles is about our current FactMiners collaboration with PRImA and eMOP (the Early Modern OCR Project out of Texas A's IDHMC). For "going to the source" of what is doable with regard to the intersection of OCR and document transcription, you will want to scour both their websites at: http://www.primaresearch.org/ and http://emop.tamu.edu/ Hope this helps. Happy-Healthy Vibes, -: Jim :- Jim Salmons Twitter: @Jim_Salmons, @FactMiners, @Softalk_Apple www.FactMiners.org www.SoftalkApple.com > -Original Message- > From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf > Of Mia > Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2015 9:51 AM > To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l@mcn.edu> > Subject: Re: [MCN-L] OCR Software > > Abbyy (http://www.abbyy.com/) seems to be the market leader for OCR. I'm > sure others will have examples of training OCR packages on their material and > building OCR into their digitisation workflow. Platforms like the Internet > Archive also produce OCR texts from uploaded files, and other tools are listed > at http://www.digitisation.eu/tools-resources/demonstrator-platform/ > > We've been experimenting with Transkribus ( > https://transkribus.eu/Transkribus/) for handwritten text recognition. > > Best regards, > > Mia > > > Dr Mia Ridge > Digital Curator, British Library > > > http://openobjects.org.uk/ > http://twitter.com/mia_out > Check out my book! http://bit.ly/CrowdsourcingCulturalHeritage > <http://bit.ly/CrowdsourcingCulturalHeritage> > I mostly use this address for list mail; my open.ac.uk address is checked > daily > > On 18 November 2015 at 17:53, Locker, Mark <mark.loc...@nike.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > We are beginning a massive digitization project in which we will be > > scanning thousands of documents. Most will probably be typewritten but > > definitely will have handwritten documents as well. Anyone out there > > using OCR softwar
[MCN-L] Our FactMiners/PRImA entry -- Turn Text Soup into Smart Data -- in the Knight News Challenge
Hello MCNers! We are very pleased to point you to our entry in the current challenge: "Turn Text Soup into Smart Data in Newspaper & Magazine Archives" (https://goo.gl/99Vn5M) As two post-cancer #PayItForward Citizen Scientists in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, we are very pleased to be collaborating with Apostolos Antonacopoulos and Christian Clausner, two world-class research scientists at the PRImA Research Center of the U. of Salford, Manchester, UK. Our innovative project that is the focus of our Knight News Challenge entry will open the newspaper and magazine collections of the Internet Archive to new levels of Open Data access and utility. The current Knight News Challenge is focused on Data. In particular, the Knight Foundation is interested in innovative ideas for making Open Data more accessible and useful to Individuals and Communities. All entries, including ours, are currently in "feedback" (and "applause") mode before final evaluation by the Knight Review folks. If you have a few minutes, please drop by and check out our entry. You'll find prominent links to four short "silent Ignite Talk" video slideshows to quickly get you familiar with our project. After visiting our entry, please feel free to sample from among the over 1,000 entries that showcase the range of ideas folks have about making data more accessible and useful. Happy-Healthy Vibes, -: Jim & Timlynn :- Jim Salmons and Timlynn Babitsky Twitter: @Jim_Salmons, @TimlynnBabitsky, @FactMiners, @Softalk_Apple www.FactMiners.org (Open Source #Play2Learn game community) www.SoftalkApple.com (first FactMiners museum/archive project) ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
Re: [MCN-L] Workshop on Semantic Data Representation
Fellow MCNers, NOTE: This awesome seminar is FREE and limited to 20 attendees. So if you are interested, don't hesitate to register soon. Dominic, this is FANTASTIC! I have registered both myself and Timlynn as we'll attend as part of our Softrek2 - In Search of Digital Life in America project -- that's our #CitizenJournalism project with a focus on #DigitalHumanities, #CitizenScience, #CitizenHistory, and #CitizenScholarship (a niche within eResearch). For any North American museum tech developers (not just the ontologist folks) with an interest in the #cidocCRM, this is an UNPARALLELED opportunity to have a deep learning session with folks who truly know the #cidocCRM to the core -- not just for descriptive metadata purposes, but with the perspective of designing #cidocCRM-compliant software systems. For my part -- on behalf of FactMiners.org applied research interests -- we're working on the use of #cidocCRM as an executable metamodel (a construction set of model elements and guidelines for how they can be put together) -- that is, to develop agent-based actor/role microservice frameworks that self-document cultural heritage preservation and eResearch activity. In our case, this microservice framework will be used in the FactMiners' LAM-based social game platform, but there is no domain-specific limit to gaming for this software design architecture. Complementing the #cidocCRM microservice workflow, we're using the #cidocCRM as our primary Reference Model in a #SmartData architecture based on a metamodel subgraph design pattern within the FactMiners' Fact Cloud (dynamically accessed via a Neo4j graph database and statically archived as a collection of #TEI P5 page segment files). IOW, the self-descriptive data in a FactMiners' Fact Cloud will (at a minimum) be descended as a DSL (domain-specific language/extension) of the #cidocCRM -- with mappings to other Reference Models as needed. If the things I'm describing here interest you, please try to be among the 20 folks who attend this FREE in-depth seminar. ITMT, if you would like to know more about FactMiners' #cidocCRM activity, please see my CODE|WORDS article here: https://goo.gl/3Vb0lO or the Neo4j GraphGist Edition of my #MCN2014 presentation here: http://goo.gl/gS2FJk plus links to #cidocCRM-related FactMiners' articles here: http://goo.gl/dpbhPs. To Dominic -- who I'm proud to say was the first member of my #cidocCRM/#TEI Personal Learning Network (https://goo.gl/gn4bsJ) -- Timlynn and I are so looking forward to meeting you and Maria Theodoridou face-to-face at this session! :D :D I am sure we will be able to advance our mutual interests through this wonderful opportunity. Happy-Healthy Vibes, -: Jim :- and Timlynn, too Jim Salmons and Timlynn Babitsky Twitter: @Jim_Salmons, @TimlynnBabitsky, @FactMiners, @Softalk_Apple ---current focus--- www.FactMiners.org (Open Source #Play2Learn game community) www.SoftalkApple.com (first FactMiners museum/archive project) -Original Message- From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Dominic Oldman Sent: Friday, June 19, 2015 8:50 AM To: mcn-l@mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] Workshop on Semantic Data Representation Just to note that a workshop has been organised at Yale University for people interested in mapping data semantically using knowledge representation (core CIDOC CRM). Designed for cultural heritage information experts (curators, documentation, archivists, and cultural heritage technologists, etc) who are looking to do a practical mapping of cultural heritage data and understand core CIDOC CRM concepts and strategy. No technical experience required. August 10 to 12th. Registration is available at the link below. See ResearchSpace Workshops: Mapping Culture Semantically - ResearchSpace - a Digital Wunderkammer for the Cultural Heritage Knowledge Graph | | | | | | | | | | | ResearchSpace Workshops: Mapping Culture Semantically...ResearchSpace | - A Semantic Collaborative research platform for cultural heritage and | arts research. Principal Investigator - Dominic Oldman | | View on | www.researchspace.org | Preview by Yahoo | | | | ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
Re: [MCN-L] Workshop on Semantic Data Representation
Fellow MCNers, Oops, I don't want to give the impression that the @ResearchSpace seminar at Yale is an advanced deep weeds event. ResearchSpace and the Yale Center for British Art are working together to expand the community of #cidocCRM users. And this seminar is part of their outreach/support efforts to expand the user base in North America. So yes, Dominic and Maria Theodoridou are SUPER #cidocCRM experts. But this session is also intended to be a get to know the #cidocCRM event for folks interested in this powerful Conceptual Reference Model but having a tough time finding a place to start or a path forward. All the other info I passed along about my interests and FactMiners.org activity still applies... I just don't want my interests/enthusiasm to color the impression of what this event is and who should attend. :-) Happy-Healthy Vibes, -: Jim :- Jim Salmons and Timlynn Babitsky Twitter: @Jim_Salmons, @TimlynnBabitsky, @FactMiners, @Softalk_Apple -Original Message- From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Jim Salmons Sent: Friday, June 19, 2015 11:11 AM To: 'Dominic Oldman'; 'Museum Computer Network Listserv' Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Workshop on Semantic Data Representation Fellow MCNers, NOTE: This awesome seminar is FREE and limited to 20 attendees. So if you are interested, don't hesitate to register soon. Dominic, this is FANTASTIC! I have registered both myself and Timlynn as we'll attend as part of our Softrek2 - In Search of Digital Life in America project -- that's our #CitizenJournalism project with a focus on #DigitalHumanities, #CitizenScience, #CitizenHistory, and #CitizenScholarship (a niche within eResearch). For any North American museum tech developers (not just the ontologist folks) with an interest in the #cidocCRM, this is an UNPARALLELED opportunity to have a deep learning session with folks who truly know the #cidocCRM to the core -- not just for descriptive metadata purposes, but with the perspective of designing #cidocCRM-compliant software systems. For my part -- on behalf of FactMiners.org applied research interests -- we're working on the use of #cidocCRM as an executable metamodel (a construction set of model elements and guidelines for how they can be put together) -- that is, to develop agent-based actor/role microservice frameworks that self- document cultural heritage preservation and eResearch activity. In our case, this microservice framework will be used in the FactMiners' LAM-based social game platform, but there is no domain-specific limit to gaming for this software design architecture. Complementing the #cidocCRM microservice workflow, we're using the #cidocCRM as our primary Reference Model in a #SmartData architecture based on a metamodel subgraph design pattern within the FactMiners' Fact Cloud (dynamically accessed via a Neo4j graph database and statically archived as a collection of #TEI P5 page segment files). IOW, the self-descriptive data in a FactMiners' Fact Cloud will (at a minimum) be descended as a DSL (domain-specific language/extension) of the #cidocCRM -- with mappings to other Reference Models as needed. If the things I'm describing here interest you, please try to be among the 20 folks who attend this FREE in-depth seminar. ITMT, if you would like to know more about FactMiners' #cidocCRM activity, please see my CODE|WORDS article here: https://goo.gl/3Vb0lO or the Neo4j GraphGist Edition of my #MCN2014 presentation here: http://goo.gl/gS2FJk plus links to #cidocCRM- related FactMiners' articles here: http://goo.gl/dpbhPs. To Dominic -- who I'm proud to say was the first member of my #cidocCRM/#TEI Personal Learning Network (https://goo.gl/gn4bsJ) -- Timlynn and I are so looking forward to meeting you and Maria Theodoridou face-to- face at this session! :D :D I am sure we will be able to advance our mutual interests through this wonderful opportunity. Happy-Healthy Vibes, -: Jim :- and Timlynn, too Jim Salmons and Timlynn Babitsky Twitter: @Jim_Salmons, @TimlynnBabitsky, @FactMiners, @Softalk_Apple ---current focus--- www.FactMiners.org (Open Source #Play2Learn game community) www.SoftalkApple.com (first FactMiners museum/archive project) -Original Message- From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Dominic Oldman Sent: Friday, June 19, 2015 8:50 AM To: mcn-l@mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] Workshop on Semantic Data Representation Just to note that a workshop has been organised at Yale University for people interested in mapping data semantically using knowledge representation (core CIDOC CRM). Designed for cultural heritage information experts (curators, documentation, archivists, and cultural heritage technologists, etc) who are looking to do a practical mapping of cultural heritage data and understand core CIDOC CRM concepts
Re: [MCN-L] SUBMISSION TIPS -- Tic-toc-tic-toc... MCN2015 CfP deadline!
MCNers Considering a #MCN2015 Submission, Please note that the Ungerboeck Software underlying the #MCN2015 CFP submission form is woefully lacking in web usability even when judged by 1990s standards. (I hope MCN is getting this service pro bono because the submission form is so poorly implemented that it does not suggest that the rest of the system is any better. If Ungerboeck folk are listening, please fix these glaring errors.) Here's a couple quick tips if you are pressed for time and trying to do an #MCN2015 submission: * DO NOT write your submission directly in the submission form. Yes, it is a WYSIWYG editor with dynamic word counter and all. It appears to be an on-line editor for drafting and submitting your abstract, but BEWARE. There is a short-lived session object on the form that times-out WITHOUT WARNING!!! If your session times out and you hit Continue you will get a Gotcha dialog explaining that your session had timed out and inviting you to return to the application AT THE BEGINNING!? That's right, not going back, no interim save... go back to GO! And start over. You have to KNOW HOW DEMORALIZING AND DEPRESSING THIS CAN BE... first you are angry as Hell at the designer and then you blame yourself for not anticipating their stupidity! :-( * Okay, so to overcome the session time out you do your editing in a client-side editor and paste it into the form... better but also BEWARE: * The best way to get formatted copy in and out of the Abstract Submission form is to toggle the WYSIWYG editor to 'Source' mode and use and HTML editor on your copy. * While the Abstract description has a textarea widget with a dynamic Abstract Word Count: 0/2000 message, when you submit the form it will enforce a 4,000 CHARACTER limit on the description NOT a 2,000 WORD limit. * AND, the 4,000 CHARACTER limit is based on the characters of a tag-stripped copy of your text, not the ACTUAL characters in your submission. (For example, my Ignite Talk submission is on the order of 650 or so WORDS but over 4,000 CHARACTERS. To get the form to accept my submission, I snipped a bit here and there until it accepted it and here is the result: Number of letters and digits: 3,743 Number of printable characters: 4,171 Total number of characters: 4,835 Honestly, this webform should be an embarrassment to Ungerboeck and I hope they fix its rookie mistakes. But even more than a heads-up to Ungerboeck, I do hope that this experience report helps others under the gun of the submission deadline to not waste their time and energy rewriting a submission. Happy-Healthy Vibes, -: Jim :- Jim Salmons and Timlynn Babitsky Twitter: @Jim_Salmons, @TimlynnBabitsky, @FactMiners, @Softalk_Apple www.FactMiners.org (Open Source #Play2Learn game community) www.SoftalkApple.com (first FactMiners museum/archive project) -Original Message- From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Eric Longo Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 10:52 AM To: MCN-L Subject: [MCN-L] Tic-toc-tic-toc... MCN2015 CfP deadline! Hurry... only 2 days left to submit proposals for MCN2015... Here are some ideas to get you inspired: - Advancing digital #strategy at your museum? - Bridging the online/onsite museum visitor experience? - Great collaborations agile approaches at your museum? - Incorporating technology into your area of museum practice? - Groundbreaking new digital initiative at your museum? - Have great evaluation analytics stories to tell? - What's your approach to digital storytelling? - Have you solved the riddle of indoor positioning at a museum? - Are you leading change at your cultural organization? - Are you bringing #museumed digital tools together in awesome ways? - Is your cultural organization embracing technology? - New ideas approaches to social media engagement? - Impressive data to share re: museum visitors digital initiatives? - Making your museum more accessible inclusive via technology? *Proposals due by April 30, 2015 at 11:59pm EST!* Submit here: http://bit.ly/mcn-2015 - Eric Longo Executive Director Museum Computer Network http://www.mcn.edu/ O: +1-888-211-1477 x801 M: +1-917-740-6631 e...@mcn.edu Help ease email overload http://emailcharter.org/. ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
Re: [MCN-L] Announcing Mirador 2.0 and projectmirador.org
Stuart, Congratulations on a major and impressive release of Mirador. The live demo is most wonderful on a desktop. It will be interesting to see how it looks on various mobile devices. I am a new Community Rep for the DPLA with an interest in both grassroots Citizen Science/History projects, in general, and technical interests related to the intersection of cognitive computing and the Digital Humanities. Most specifically, as I will be attending #DPLAfest later this week, it is easy to see what a GREAT resource Mirador would be for use in DPLA hackathons and related community-coding projects. Are you already supporting the DPLA API? (http://dp.la/info/developers/codex/) If not, is it planned? If DPLA API support is something that interests you but hasn't hit the priority list, #DPLAfest would be a great place to find Kindred Spirits to help make that happen. And just to put a bee in your Thinking Cap -- as that is more productive than wasting it on your bonnet -- with just basic DPLA API support you could do a Proof-Of-Concept version of your live demo of Mirador exploring DPLA collections. That sure sounds like a demo that DPLA would happily feature in the For Developers section of the DPLA website. Add to that basic demo a how-to article with sample code and you open a pipeline to new Mirador community members/users AND the DPLA Developers Community gets a great resource for grassroots/indie projects. That would sure be a win-win-win for all parties. Will you or any Stanford colleagues be at #DPLAfest? If not, my wife Timlynn Babitsky and I -- we're project partners and both new DPLA Community Reps -- will be there and will happily provide a slice of cycles to keep an eye and ear out for opportunities to connect you with Kindred Spirits. Again, congratulations on your major release. Mirador is certainly a significant Pay It Forward chit in your Karmic Scorecard! :D Happy-Healthy Vibes, -: Jim :- @Jim_Salmons www.FactMiners.org www.SoftalkApple.com -Original Message- From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Stuart Snydman Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 11:53 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] Announcing Mirador 2.0 and projectmirador.org We are excited to (officially) announce the release of Mirador version 2.0. Please visit our new project website at http://projectmirador.org. Here you will find a live demo, a four minute screencast demonstrating Mirador 2.0's features, and links to the code repository and documentation (https://github.com/IIIF/mirador/). The 2.0 release of Mirador builds and improves upon the first release with major user interface improvements and a rich feature set. These include: Deep zoom and pan using OpenSeadragon Multiple viewing modes, including single image, two-page, horizontal scroll and thumbnail gallery Synchronized navigation of multi-image objects by filmstrip or table of contents (when available) Metadata view Comparison of multiple images in a fully configurable workspace State saving and bookmarking for sharing a workspace Embeddable in blogs and third-party web apps Annotation Notably, Mirador now supports viewing and creation of annotations on regions of images. The annotation functionality is fully compatible with the OpenAnnotation specification (http://www.openannotation.org/), and of course Mirador 2.0 is fully compliant with the IIIF Image and Presentation API's (http://iiif.io). A variety of features are in the backlog for the next version, and you can view the updated roadmap at https://github.com/IIIF/mirador/wiki/Mirador-2.1-Roadmap. Mirador 2.0 is the result of a gratifying global collaboration. Many thanks and congratulations to the lead development team, which consists of Drew Winget from Stanford University and Rashmi Singhal from Harvard University. Mirador 2.0 would not have been possible without contributions of code, advice, testing and support by many others at Harvard, Stanford and the IIIF community. See a full list of acknowledgements on the project website. As we look forward to subsequent releases, improvements and extensions to Mirador, we invite contributions of issues, bug fixes, and new features by others. If you are interested, please sign up for the mirador-t...@googlegroups.com list, and head to Github to read the contributor guidelines and get started. -Stu Snydman Stuart Snydman Associate Director for Digital Strategy Stanford University Libraries ps - pardon the cross-posts! ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
Re: [MCN-L] CIDOC CRM extension for SPECTRUM announced -- Congrats Call to #cidocCRMdev Kindred Spirits
Congratulations Dominic and CES Ore... and by extension to the other members of my #cidocCRM PLN (Personal Learning Network, Oyvind, Arianna, and Barry -- some/most of whom may be MCN members), Congratulations from FactMiners and The Softalk Apple Project to the members of the CIDOC-CRM Special Interest Group developing and maintaining this most-interesting community resource, the Conceptual Reference Model. The Collections Trust collaboration is especially note-worthy when taken together with release of version 6.0 of the model definition and major updates to domain-specific extensions as bullet listed and linked here: http://www.cidoc-crm.org/press.htm The #cidocCRM SPECTRUM extension is especially encouraging as it foreshadows a widening interest in the sausage-making aspect of #cidocCRM adoption; and that is using the Conceptual Reference Model in metamodel-driven software design and development. We did our best at #MCN2014 to find Kindred Spirits interested in the sausage-making of #cidocCRMdev. What we found, as you would expect, were many folks seriously interested in the resulting sausage (e.g., the ability to incorporate a FactMiners' Fact Cloud companion resource into their on-line digital collection, or the ability to do Rainman/Sherlock metamodel-guided cognitive computing explorations of their text corpora) rather than those interested in the making activity of #cidocCRM metamodel-driven software design and development. The SPECTRUM collaboration and Version 6.0 release have given the museum informatics community an opportunity to spawn a group of Kindred Spirits -- maybe an MCN SIG or BOF, not sure, your suggestions welcome -- as we informally make 2015 the Year of #cidocCRM Development. For our part, FactMiners and The Softalk Apple Project are launching our 'Year of the #cidocCRM Full-Graph Deep Dive': http://goo.gl/XZKkCE While I've outlined FactMiners' goals and activity plans for the year ahead, on a more general point I want to recommend to Kindred Spirits interested in #cidocCRM software development and/or a 'full graph' interpretation of the #cidocCRM that we use the hashtags #cidocCRMdev and #cidocCRMgraph, respectively for our Tweets, posts, and relevant communication. BTW and speaking from time-consuming experience, Tweets with #CIDOC-CRM are not only 'shouty', they draw you into a web of interactions related to the '900-pound gorilla in the memestream' of CRM having to do with customers and relationships, etc. So for 'conversational' CRM tweeting/tagging, I find #cidocCRM works great. To the #cidocCRMdev and #cidocCRMgraph Year Ahead! Happy-Healthy Vibes, -: Jim :- Twitter: @Jim_Salmons, @FactMiners, @Softalk_Apple ---current focus--- www.FactMiners.org (Open Source #Play2Learn game community) www.SoftalkApple.com (first FactMiners museum/archive project) mailto:jim.salm...@factminers.org Direct/cell Jim USA: 319-431-0981 ===see also (mostly dated, pre-cancer treatment)=== www.Sohodojo.biz (Services) www.Sohodojo.com (RD) -Original Message- From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Dominic Oldman Sent: Tuesday, February 3, 2015 11:00 AM To: mcn-l@mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] CIDOC CRM extension for SPECTRUM announced The UK Collections Trust and the CIDOC (Documentation Committee of the International Council for Museums) CRM Special Interest Group have agreed plans to create an extension of the CIDOC CRM for SPECTRUM collection management procedures and formally align SPECTRUM’s ‘units of information’. Press Release at http://www.cidoc-crm.org/collaborations.html#CIDOC-SPECTRUM ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
[MCN-L] My #WHENIM64 Message to MCNers
To My MCN Colleagues in search of a reading diversion today, especially those snowbound in the U.S. northeast… If you are of a certain generation and cultural experience, #WHENIM64 is an obvious time for personal reflection thanks to the soundtrack and permanent #TODO etched in our brains thanks to The Beatles. The two pieces I want to share with you were among the things I was pleased to reflect upon as I experienced this uniquely Beatles Generation Rite of Passage on Sunday. The fact that these pieces were written, and the activity they reflect, are all part of the first year of my post-cancer battle Bonus Round activity made my Sunday night reflections all the sweeter (#NOTYETREAPER): * FactMiners and The Softalk Apple Project starring in…'Where Facts Live': Exploring the Metamodel Subgraph of a FactMiners Fact Cloud - http://goo.gl/gS2FJk. This is the GraphGist Edition (kind of like a Director's cut) of my #MCN2014 presentation. An enhanced version of the MCN talking slide video is wrapped in a Neo4j-based graph database live document (AKA a GraphGist) to let you play with the metamodel subgraph described in my talk. No software is installed on your computer. You only need a browser and curiosity to delve into this one. This one is definitely museum tech stuff. * Owed to Odell - Lexington Virginia, the 70's, Old-Time Music — How Lil’ Dobson Got to Swim with The Duhks - http://goo.gl/m4Lzfh. This is my first Medium.com publication and the first non-technical/non-computer creative writing that I have done since I can't remember when. To give this a museum informatics context so you can justify reading it on the job, I'll describe this piece in #cidocCRM terms as a gripping tale written as E10 Transfer of Custody provenance data about a delightful E24 Physical Man-Made Thing -- Lil' Dobson, a rare 1880's banjo -- and its travels through E2 Temporal Entities of E5 Events and E7 Activities during an E4 Period in my life before the E63 Beginning of Existence of my E4 Period career in computers. (If you even chuckled at this last bit, please see http://goo.gl/vynP3J as visual #cidocCRM humor is in relatively short supply.) I especially will appreciate your reading my Medium.com piece as its writing has emboldened my inner Storytelling Self. I plan to let him out on parole from his locked closet in the basement during year two of my Bonus Round activities. I have a corker of a short tale brewing, Mata and the Methodist -- Moonshine, Psychedelics, and Banjos: How I Learned the Awesome Power of Alka-Seltzer at an Old-Time Fiddlers' Convention. If you follow me on Medium.com, you'll be sure to know when that one hits a browser or app near you! :-) And I would be remiss to not offer a big Thank you! to Robert Stein and all the talented contributors to CODE|WORDS whose brilliant writing introduced me to the potential of Medium.com as a possible venue on which to unleash my Storytelling parolee. Regardless of your need for reading material, a belated Happy New Year! And, again, a heartfelt “Thank you!” to MCN -- and to my scholarship's corporate sponsor PICTION -- for the Emerging Professional scholarship that made it possible for me and my soulmate/wife Timlynn Babitsky to attend #MCN2014. We look forward to growing our new Kindred Spirit network through our involvement in MCN. Happy-Healthy Vibes, -: Jim :- and Timlynn, too Jim Salmons and Timlynn Babitsky Twitter: @Jim_Salmons, @TimlynnBabitsky, @FactMiners, @Softalk_Apple ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
[MCN-L] #MCN2014 -- Presenter slides, equip, tips... #cidocCRM Kindred Spirits?
MCN folk, Timlynn and I will be attending our first MCN conference this month thanks to the generous award of an Emerging Professional scholarship by the Good Folks of this community. Thank you. We have a demo and a Saturday afternoon panel presentation. And we have a very old cheap laptop, an aging iPad, a droid tablet and phone, etc. QUESTION: (I haven't been able to re-find this conference-related info on the new website... ) For a panel, what is the best, easiest way to present with slides? In particular, can/will a wireless iPad connection for PowerPoint work? Are slides best formatted to 16:9 aspect ratio? Other tips, etc. BTW, I grabbed a copy of AnyFont for $2 at the Apple app store and it is AWESOME! You bundle the non-iPad fonts you want in a zip (or do them one at a time), toss them in Dropbox, OneDrive or whatever service you use that supports Open from... and select AnyFont. Follow your proverbial nose and make a few clicks and this app will generate an updated iPad Profile and load it to install the new fonts. Head back to your PowerPoint or other font-using apps and WHAM-O! No more font substitution of fonts in your slides. Very much worth two bucks. Thanks in advance for any pointers to helpful info or other advice. BTW, we are especially interested in meeting other MCNers with an interest in CIDOC CRM-compatible _software design and development_. Sure, we're interested in meeting anyone using or interested in using the CIDOC CRM, with the more typical uses being focused on the ontological perspective and exercises in LOD harmonization. But we're especially interested in meeting folks doing, or interested in doing, design and development of software systems based on the (nearly) executable metamodel provided by the #cidocCRM (I use this as a less-shouty hashtag). (Here are a couple recent blog posts on the topic: http://goo.gl/XYR70t and http://goo.gl/XtOKEw) Thanks again, MCN, for the scholarship... we coming to Dallas! :D :D Happy-Healthy Vibes, -: Jim :- and Timlynn, too Jim Salmons and Timlynn Babitsky Twitter: @Jim_Salmons, @TimlynnBabitsky, @FactMiners, @Softalk_Apple ---current focus--- www.FactMiners.org (Open Source #Play2Learn game community) www.SoftalkApple.com (first FactMiners museum/archive project) mailto:jim.salm...@factminers.org Direct/cell Jim USA: 319-431-0981 ===see also (mostly dated, pre-cancer treatment)=== www.Sohodojo.biz (Services) www.Sohodojo.com (RD) ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://mcn.edu/pipermail/mcn-l/
Re: [MCN-L] Crowdfunding at MCN 2014
Hello Len, I am looking forward to your presentation and to meeting you at my first MCN conference. There is a relatively recent successful Kickstarter that might interest you. I am not affiliated with this project but I did have an unofficial hand in seeing it make it over the top. That is the Museum-Ed.org's The Docent Educator On-line campaign which can be found here: http://goo.gl/Xgaxa7. The Museum-Ed.org group who posted the campaign did virtually no marketing as far as I can tell, other than a mention or two within their membership. And their Kickstarter was heading for non-funding. My wife and project-partner, Timlynn Babitsky, noticed this and thought it would be a loss if this didn't get funded. We were thinking that we would like to do a Kickstarter someday to fund our own independent Citizen Science/History projects, so we saw this as an opportunity to practice our craft. We wanted to see what it would take to get folks to pledge to The Docent Educator On-line campaign as its campaign funding clock ticked down. Over several days during the waning days of the campaign, we did an unusually large number of Docent Educator On-line funding promotion tweets. Perhaps folks on this list will remember the barrage we sent to the MCN's @MuseumCN Twitter account. We used photo-tweets with a countdown clock and rising dollar pledge amount to help grab folks attention. (Here's a sample: http://goo.gl/1NQ6fT) We felt very uncomfortable about being obnoxious with so many similar-themed tweets and, yes, we did lose some not-too-tightly-connected followers because of it. But the more we worried about bothering folks with our tweets, the more the numbers climbed until funding success was in sight. And, like us, others saw it too and picked up the pace and, WHAMO! The magic number was hit, the campaign was funded, and we could relax. So we now know what it feels like to be an NPR Pledge Week announcer, and we appreciate what Jerry Lewis does during his legendary Muscular Dystrophy Association Telethons. While we may not feel comfortable doing it, persistent reminder messages chip away at the natural tendency of potential backers to just let something slide with an eye toward doing it later. We never heard a word from the Museum-Ed.org folks. Hopefully we'll meet somebody at the #MCN2014 conference who can tell us how it is going. When The Docent Educator archive is on-line, FactMiners.org has pledged to do a Fact Cloud companion for it once our LAM-based social game platform is available. Happy-Healthy Vibes, -: Jim :- Jim Salmons and Timlynn Babitsky Twitter: @Jim_Salmons, @TimlynnBabitsky, @FactMiners, @Softalk_Apple ---current focus--- www.FactMiners.org (Open Source #Play2Learn game community) www.SoftalkApple.com (first FactMiners museum/archive project) mailto:jim.salm...@factminers.org Direct/cell Jim USA: 319-431-0981 ===see also (mostly dated, pre-cancer treatment)=== www.Sohodojo.biz (Services) www.Sohodojo.com (RD) -Original Message- From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Leonard Steinbach Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 1:38 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] Crowdfunding at MCN 2014 Hello all, I will presenting: Big, Small, Create--Maybe It's Even More Fun if It's Crowd-funded (Thurs 330) at the MCN 2014 Conference next Thursday afternoon. I look forward to discussing many aspects of museum crowd-funding, and presenting many examples. I would really like to highlight (give a shout out to), briefly, examples from museums which will be present at the conference, or those who are present on this list and would like to be acknowledged for their. If interested, please just respond to this list or email me at lensteinb...@gmail.com and if you have some comment or something you learned that you would like to share, let me know that, too (full acknowledgment or anonymity, as preferred promised if I cite your contribution). Finally, let me know if you are planning to attend the session, so that I can reach out to engage you in the conversation. thanks Len ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://mcn.edu/pipermail/mcn-l/
[MCN-L] Fwd:Crowdsourcing Consortium for Libraries and Archives
Ari, no fair posting to the list with such a provocative subject and then an apparently empty message body! :-) Either my spam filter has started doing selective editing or the message you intended to forward was not included. If that is the case, I'm certainly among the members interested in this group. Thanks, --Jim-- @Jim_Salmons www.FactMiners.org -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Ari Davidow Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 12:42 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] Fwd:Crowdsourcing Consortium for Libraries and Archives ___ 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://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://mcn.edu/pipermail/mcn-l/
[MCN-L] Heritage Museum shows and conferences 2015
Hi Krista, First, IANAMIP -- I Am Not a Museums Informatics Professional -- so I'll let actually working professionals address your good and thoughtful questions. (For what it is worth, I enjoyed #MW2014 and we'll be attending/presenting at #MCN2014. Both are our firsts for any LAM professional conferences.) I will, however, provide a counterpoint bug in your ear that may be comparable to the pool-side conversation that Dustin Hoffman had in The Graduate when a well-meaning family member whispered, Plastics into his ear in hope of bringing an opportunity to his new-grad attention. My words would be Citizen Science/History and I will point you to Mia Ridge's identification of what she's calling the Participatory Commons or Participatory History Commons as an emerging phenomena that will either disrupt and energize or just energize your professional domain in the years to come. (See Mia Ridge's companion post to her keynote at the 'Sharing is Caring' conference: http://goo.gl/2EXD6g) While attending professional conferences is a good and important activity for the emerging professional, so too is seeking out collaborative opportunities to just do it between those times when you get to go to those exciting professional conferences that are so good at pumping you up with new knowledge and new network connections to further your career. I believe that the na?ve new kid on the block aspect of grassroots Citizen Science/History projects -- like The Softalk Apple Project (www.SoftalkApple.com) and its 'pay it forward' spawn, the www.FactMiners.org Open Source developers community -- are part of a Grand Petri Dish Incubator of museum research and education innovation as the #LODLAM World emerges. I think Citizen Scientists will be a source of LAM research innovation because -- while we don't know what we don't know -- many of us also have years, maybe decades, or a life dedicated to developing some skills and knowledge that brings fresh eyes -- to ask new and different questions -- along with fresh insights about conceptual or technical solutions to problems that vex those who continue to look at a problem from the point of view of a museum person. So while I will be the first to encourage you to listen to the wise counsel of those who actually know what they are talking about, I would be remiss if I didn't mosey up near you and whisper, Citizen Science/History in your emerging professional's ear. :-) BTW, if you are looking for a super-innovative project to sink your post-doc teeth into, check out The Softalk Apple Project and FactMiners.org. :-) :-) Happy-Healthy Vibes to All, --Jim Salmons-- (and Timlynn Babitsky, too) Twitter: @Jim_Salmons, @TimlynnBabitsky, @FactMiners, @Softalk_Apple www.FactMiners.org www.SoftalkApple.com -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Godfrey, Krista (2013) Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 12:34 PM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] Heritage Museum shows and conferences 2015 I wonder if the people on here could recommend to me the best shows to visit during 2015 relating to museums and heritage? As a postgraduate researcher, I am particularly interested in innovations around social media and crowdsourcing that this community are investigating or actively involved with so would welcome any suggestions for appropriate shows or conferences to attend as part of my research. Many thanks for your valuable help. Krista? Postgraduate Research Student Royal Holloway, University of London
[MCN-L] Museums... So What? Say what? Thank you, 130 Backer Heroes! :-) :-)
CONGRATULATIONS Kris Wetterlund and Museum-Ed! Your Kickstarter got funded!!! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1857877564/the-docent-educator-online The Docent Educator is going ONLINE thanks to the generous support of 130 backers who put funding over the top in the final hours of the campaign. Thank you, especially, to the many MCNers who stepped up after putting up with an incessant flood of 'reminders' throughout the day. Timlynn and I now know what it feels like to be NPR fundraisers! :-/ :-/ And thanks to your support, FactMiners.org is pleased to commit to delivering our unofficial In-kind Match by working with Museum-Ed to create a #LODLAM-friendly FactMiners Fact Cloud companion database to complement the full archive of The Docent Educator Online. :D :D Thank you Kris and Museum-Ed for taking the lead to bring this important project to the Participatory Commons. Docents blazed the trail for an growing tribe of virtual docents as Citizen Scientists/Historians and their projects -- like FactMiners and The Softalk Apple Project -- take a seat at the Digital Humanities Movable Feast! :D Happy-Healthy Vibes, Jim Salmons and Timlynn Babitsky Twitter: @FactMiners @Softalk_Apple www.FactMiners.org www.SoftalkApple.com
[MCN-L] Museums...So What? 16 hours to go... The Docent Educator Online
MCN folk, I just don't get it. Rob Stein writes this powerful piece, Museums...So What? (http://goo.gl/9UUyHL) He brings our attention to the challenge of justifying why we should preserve culture while so many are poor, unhealthy, and dying needlessly. We all holler, Here, here!... Forthwith we will pay more attention to putting our best feet forward. to show how we change lives and contribute to a better world. Then all but a relative handful of us sit by -- rather, leave our wallets closed -- when we're given an opportunity to create the best selfie we could want to add to this vital conversation. Put aside the fact that The Docent Educator is a timeless, invaluable training resource for museum educators. Its very existence online will add a powerful voice to the chorus in response to those who ask Museums... So What? Just hours to go and three thousand dollars short of their Kickstarter goal: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1857877564/the-docent-educator-online The Docent Educator Online Kickstarter campaign needs you and your colleagues to step up and say, Museums... Here's What! Here's how we change lives, face-to-face, one docent at a time. And remember... this Kickstarter project gets funded and www.FactMiners.org will match your gift by creating a #LODLAM (Linked Open Data for LAMs) Fact Cloud companion database to enhance the educational and research value of The Docent Educator Online archive. Happy-Healthy Vibes, --Jim Salmons and Timlynn Babitsky- Virtual Docents in a Virtual Museum FactMiners and The Softalk Apple Project Twitter: @FactMiners, @Softalk_Apple www.FactMiners.org (Open Source #Play2Learn game community) www.SoftalkApple.com (first FactMiners museum/archive project)
[MCN-L] The Docent Educator Online Kickstarter Needs YOU NOW... :-)
MCNers, We've made a bit of progress today in these closing hours, but The Docent Educator Online Kickstarter campaign is still short of its funding goal. About 11 hours remain with less than $3,000 to go to make their funding goal: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1857877564/the-docent-educator-online When you were a youngster, did a docent?s kindness and intelligence help spark your interest in your career? You can honor that volunteer's gift by making one of your own. Timlynn and I are not even museum professionals. We're living on a limited fixed income after our cancer battles. But we knew we just had to help back this important project. Can?t you join us? Have one less beer after work, or eat in for a meal rather than go out. Is that too much to ask so you can budget a few extra dollars to help put The Docent Educator online? Or are we just na?ve, silly old fools wasting our money and time trying to help Kris and Museum-Ed do something that folks don?t feel is worth supporting? After time runs out, it's too late to say, Gee, I should have found a moment to back that campaign... And remember If The Docent Educator Online project is funded on Kickstarter, FactMiners.org will in-kind match your contribution by creating a #LODLAM (Linked Open Data) FactMiners Fact Cloud companion database for this timeless, valuable museum educators? resource. The Docent Educator Online needs your support now... Thank you. Happy-Healthy Vibes, --Jim and Timlynn-- Jim Salmons and Timlynn Babitsky Twitter: @FactMiners, @Softalk_Apple www.FactMiners.org www.SoftalkApple.com
[MCN-L] YOU'RE DOING IT! The Final Big Push for The Docent Educator Online
Hey MCNers. YOUR'RE DOING IT! :D :D You and your colleagues are stepping up to help make sure that The Docent Educator Online project is getting funded on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1857877564/the-docent-educator-online WE'RE NOT THERE YET... but the gap is closing. We're up to 107 backers at $10,199 with 8 hours to go! JUST $1,200 TO GO to make sure that this valuable museum educator resource will be preserved and made available to ALL MUSEUMS who benefit from the FABULOUS VOLUNTEERS who serve on the front lines of sharing our cultural heritage. We're so close... if you know a non-financially challenged patron of the arts, give them a call and help them be a Museum Hero of the Day! :-) We can do it... if you've given, help spread the word. If you aren't yet a Kickstarter crowdfunder, this is a PERFECT TIME TO START. Happy-Healthy Vibes, --Jim and Timlynn-- Jim Salmons and Timlynn Babitsky Twitter: @FactMiners, @Softalk_Apple www.FactMiners.org www.SoftalkApple.com
[MCN-L] Kickstarter Home Stretch: Less then $1, 700 to goal - The Docent Educator Online
MCNers, Oh, man. you folks are stepping up! We can do it if we keep up the pace through the home stretch. We're at 113 backers for $10,384 toward a goal of $12,000 with 6 hours to go. LESS THAN $1,700 TO GO. We DON'T want to have to go back to square one and try all over again. We're so close. Remember how you felt when you read Rob Stein's Museums. So What? Of course we serve a useful purpose! you thought, Of course we change lives! So, let's get a two-fer here... Make sure we fund The Docent Educator Online project as a timeless museum educator resource AND by its publication put a powerful selfie portrait online in response to those who doubt the value of investing in cultural preservation. Don't we have to show that we're willing to open our wallets and work a bit ourselves to preserve OUR OWN PROFESSION'S CULTURE if we expect others to make such donations to our institutions and programs? YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. Six hours... The Docent Educator will go on-line forever, or we slide back to just thinking about what a good idea it would be to do it... someday. Happy-Healthy Vibes, --Jim-- Jim Salmons Twitter: @FactMiners, @Softalk_Apple www.FactMiners.org www.SoftalkApple.com
[MCN-L] YOU CAN DO IT! :-) $941 to go, 3 hours left... The Docent Educator Online Kickstarter
MCNers, You are doing a GREAT JOB in the CLOSING HOURS of the Kickstarter campaign to put The Docent Educator Online! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1857877564/the-docent-educator-online We're at 124 BACKERS, $11,059 with 3 hours remaining! So close. we don't want to back to square one. we can do it. Docents are on the front lines putting a learner-friendly face on our cultural institutions every day. Show them we have their backs! :-) We will be SO HAPPY to create a FactMiners Fact Cloud database companion for The Docent Educator Online once you've help put us over the goal. Happy-Healthy Vibes, --Jim and Timlynn-- Jim Salmons and Timlynn Babitsky Twitter: @FactMiners, @Softalk_Apple www.FactMiners.org (Open Source #Play2Learn game community) www.SoftalkApple.com (first FactMiners museum/archive project)
[MCN-L] It's a New Fiscal Year and Our Last Chance to Save the Docent Educator Journal
MCN folk, Unfunded, unaffiliated Citizen Science/History projects -- The Softalk Apple Project and FactMiners.org developer community -- have stepped up as bakers to the Docent Educator Online Kickstarter campaign. (Our congratulatory/encouragement comment on Kickstarter explains more: http://goo.gl/lLLFyf). The Docent Educator will be a valuable resource for projects like ours. It sure would be a big help to us new kids on the block if existing museum tech and museum ed professionals would join us as backers to ensure that your own professional heritage is preserved and made available for generations to come. Folks like us need you to share your knowledge and this is a prime example. Thanks, especially if you go here and become a backer: http://goo.gl/Xgaxa7. :-) :-) --Jim Salmons and Timlynn Babitsky-- www.SoftalkApple.com www.FactMiners.org -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Scott Sayre Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:38 PM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] It's a New Fiscal Year and Our Last Chance to Save the Docent Educator Journal The Museum-Ed Kickstarter campaign to digitize, preserve and share 12 years of issues of the now defunct Docent Educator Journal only has 4 days left and we remain a little under $5,000 short of the $12,000 goal to fund the project. This is likely to be the last chance we have as a community to preserve this valuable resource and you and your museum's support is critical in making this happen. Our campaign offers a wide range of rewards from credits to eBook versions and a bound compendium of all issues. Any contribution will be helpful and the quickest way to reach our goal is for your museum's library to pledge $250 for a bound set. This is the final opportunity to contribute to this important campaign. Please click to contribute now. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1857877564/the-docent-educator-online Many thanks in advance, Scott Sayre Editor, Museum-Ed
[MCN-L] Gift Shop Point of Sales Solutions (Blackwell, Katherine)
It has been a while since I've built any commerce systems, and none specific to the LAM domain. But speaking as an entrepreneurial technical businessperson, I'd put PCI compliance/exposure at the top of the list whether you do an in-house solution or off-load it to a 3rd party payment processing service. (I'm not speaking to the interactive POS aspect of your system choice, but to the 'back-end' of payment processing and data security.) It is my experience and belief that This wasn't my fault, and I couldn't have prevented this from happening do not cut it as getting you off the hook in the event of identity theft or financial loss due to lack of PCI compliance (the credit card industry's security compliance standard). So as long as you are 100% sure you know your PCI-compliance related exposure and have mitigated it to your acceptable level, then whatever solution you pick should be a good one. BTW, like buying cars... if you educate yourself about PCI compliance and have some good no bull questions to ask, you will quickly be able to tell if a product or service vendor takes PCI seriously. (https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/) Note, too, PCI standards are not just technical (i.e. software) security requirements. There are business policy, physical access/security dimensions as well. Here in the U.S. the Target stores physical breach of POS terminals is a case in point. What you and everybody else did a few years back, doesn't matter. You have to keep current on PCI standards and keep in compliance. Failure to do so can be VERY expensive and consume VAST amounts of your time and energy defending and fixing if/when a breach occurs. This is why, I believe, we're seeing a real power curve in the marketplace as a few big name mainstream brand payment processes become the primary service providers. They have the technical and financial means to meet PCI security standards and make using their services affordable and increasingly easy to use/customize. Hope this helps without making your too scared... :-) (I just want you to be appropriately scared.) --Jim Salmons-- www.SoftalkApple.com www.FactMiners.org -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Glen Barnes Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2014 5:16 PM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Gift Shop Point of Sales Solutions (Blackwell, Katherine) I would have to put a plug in for fellow kiwi company VendHQ who are making waves worldwide with their cloud based POS system - http://www.vendhq.com. The main thing I have seen feedback on is that whatever you choose you need to make sure you set it up properly to start with - Make sure the accounting department is on board, you hook it in with existing systems, etc. One of the key strengths of a cloud based POS system is cost - You can get up and running at a fraction of the cost of traditional POS systems. The data is also available across multiple sites so you can just pick up an iPad and use the same POS system at an offsite event or separate venue. Thanks Glen I'm investigating point-of-sales systems for use in a gift shop environment. I noticed some discussion in the archives about Retail Pro, Gateway and Counterpoint. I'm curious what other solutions people are using. If you are using a gift shop POS system, I would love to know: 1. How well the system has been received at your institution by key stakeholders (end users, IT, finance). 2. What key strengths and weaknesses have been observed. 3. What the hosting model is. Has anyone used a cloud solution? Your insights are much appreciated. Thanks! -- ___ mcn-l mailing list mcn-l at mcn.edu http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l End of mcn-l Digest, Vol 107, Issue 6 *
[MCN-L] Walking Tours via mobile web
Robin and Scott, While this is not the same as designing and creating a dedicated app like Scott shows (awesome BTW! congrats), I'd like to point you to a new free service that will be ideal for situations like this. The www.Mapillary.com service is a free iOS/Android app that essentially does Streetview for the Rest of Us by providing an easy-to-use free app to capture images that are then contributed, in effect as Open Data streetview lite images to www.OpenStreetMap.org. (The really cool and important thing here is that a Mapillarian can go places with a smartphone in hand -- like on a MusTech walking tour, for example -- where a Google-powered Streetview car does not. So something like a walking tour app is a natural for Mapillary.) Once you capture images, you can curate them, etc. to get what you want as good as can be, and then they fly off your smartphone or tablet and become part of this growing Open Data repository. Now, the cool thing as far as we MusTech folk are concerned, is there is a simple API for developers: http://www.mapillary.com/developer.html So, in effect, you can off-load to Mapillary all the complexity of capturing and serving geo-based images within your walking tour app. This is a brilliant Malmo Sweden-based startup. The backend is an insanely sophisticated computer-vision and graph database (Neo4j) platform that powers the whole thing. The main developer support contact is the wonderful Peter Neubauer (via Twitter @peterneubauer or @mapillary) who is also a co-founding exec at Neo4j. Whatever the API may not provide at the moment would likely be no problem. The Mapillary folks are very interested in working with developers who have specific use cases for using this amazing service they are creating. (We know this because've got a handful of exciting Mapillary-based #Play2Learn games in early design and development.) Hope this info is useful to you and others. BTW, I'll point Peter to this conversation and he may want to contribute additional information or solicit collaboration with MusTech folks interested in exploring GLAM applications, etc. EVEN BETTER of interest to our community, I don't have the details but have heard talk of Mapillary supporting history pics -- that is, old photos (hopefully paired with current ones shot from the same POV) that have become part of the geo-location based repository of Open Street Map images. A feature like this -- especially if coupled with fine-grained API access -- would be especially useful for historical walking tours, etc. Happy-Healthy Vibes, --Jim Salmons-- www.FactMiners.org www.SoftalkApple.com -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Scott Guerin Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 12:34 PM To: 'Museum Computer Network Listserv' Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Walking Tours via mobile web Robin, We just finished www.foundrytour.org. A walking tour in Cold Spring New York for IOS and Droid phones. GPS positioning, binaural audio, YouTube video, etc. Broadly speaking it is an HTML5 app. See http://4274design.com/media/handheld_WPFP_intro.html for some explanation. Scott Guerin wsguerin at 4274design.com 845 443 3131 4274 Design Workshop, Inc. Germantown and Brooklyn www.4274design.com -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Robin White Owen Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 1:22 PM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] Walking Tours via mobile web Hi MCNers, We've been asked to help develop a walking tour that would be available via a mobile web app, that relates to a museum exhibition here in NYC. I'm eager to know from your experience which platforms you've found were the most suited for similar types of projects. Any recommendations and reasons why would be most appreciated. Thanks! Robin White Owen M: 917/407-7641 T: 646/472-5145 robin at mediacombo.net www.mediacombo.net http://mediacombo.net/blog twitter.com/rocombo ___ 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://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://mcn.edu/pipermail/mcn-l/
