[MCN-L] Hosting Service - Request for Proposal

[Joseph Hoover]

Minnesota Alliance of Local History Museums seeks proposals from a vendor
that can provide access to a hosting subscription service that grants them
access to a Virtual Private Server. This Request for Proposal has been
prepared for the purpose of implementing an online collections management
system. The components of the system to be considered in this RFP include
hardware and the creation of a virtual private server that can perform
standard web hosting functions.

Visit their website and view the RFP document for more details:
http://www.mnhistoryalliance.org/news/request-for-proposal-web-hosting-service

PROPOSAL DEADLINE:
Deadline date for receipt of proposals is April 14, 2017.

Questions and clarifications should be directed to:
Marci Matson, Coordinator
The Minnesota Alliance of Local History Museums
612-500-7460
ma...@minnesotahistorymuseums.org
Website: www.mnhistoryalliance.org
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[MCN-L] Collections Management System - Request for Proposal

[Joseph Hoover]

Minnesota Alliance of Local History Museums seeks proposals for the purpose
of implementing an online Collections Management System (CMS) for their
members. The components of the system to be considered in this RFP include
software, migration of existing data, hardware specifications,
installation, training, and after sales support.

Visit their website and view the RFP document for more details:
http://www.mnhistoryalliance.org/news/request-for-proposal-
collection-management-system

PROPOSAL DEADLINE:
Deadline date for receipt of proposals is April 14, 2017.

Questions and clarifications should be directed to:
Marci Matson, Coordinator
The Minnesota Alliance of Local History Museums
612-500-7460
ma...@minnesotahistorymuseums.org
Website: www.mnhistoryalliance.org
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[MCN-L] Job Re-post : Project Manager & Web Developer / Cass Gilbert Society

[Joseph Hoover]

My apologies! It appears I sent out broken links to the position
descriptions.
Here are working links:

Website Manager:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4O-u4QIwJtKNzlLS3VqTGpwR2s/view?usp=sharing

Project Manager:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4O-u4QIwJtKdmYtRjY3NEFaY28/view?usp=sharing

Cass Gilbert Society, St. Paul MN, seeks both a Project Manager & Web
Developer for their
Furnishings of the Historic 1905 Minnesota State Capitol Project.
Deadline: January 25, 2017.

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Minnesota Historical Society | Heritage Preservation Department
345 W. Kellogg Blvd., Saint Paul, MN 55102
(651) 259-3461
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[MCN-L] Job Posting : Web Developer / Cass Gilbert Society

[Joseph Hoover]

Website Manager and Project Manager
Cass Gilbert Society, St. Paul MN, seeks a Website Manager for their
Furnishings of the Historic 1905 Minnesota State Capitol Project. Deadline:
January 25, 2017.

Read more:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4O-u4QIwJtKNzlLS3VqTGpwR2s
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Re: [MCN-L] Recommendations for a Checksum Program?

[Joseph Hoover]

Thankyou Mark, this is exactly what I was looking for.

_Joe

On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 3:20 PM, Mark A. Matienzo <mark.matie...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Joe,
>
> If you're looking for an open source tool that will work on both Mac OS and
> Windows, I recommend Fixity, developed by AVPreserve <
> https://www.avpreserve.com/tools/fixity/>. There's also both a user guide
> and tutorial video for it. Fixity is particularly well suited for this is
> that it can both create checksums and validate them according to a
> user-defined schedule.
>
> Best,
>
> Mark A. Matienzo, Director of Technology
> Digital Public Library of America
>
>
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>
> On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 3:55 PM, Matt Morgan <m...@concretecomputing.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Sure, understood. You can write scripts with simple guis, e.g. that's
> easy
> > to do in Python in most OSes. Or you can put a web front-end on it. Or if
> > you have a macro function in whatever system you use for storing your
> > digital assets, that may work.
> >
> > I bet if you find a local dev and say "make this easy to use for interns
> > and part-timers" you can get a quote that's not crazy.
> >
> >
> > On May 14, 2016 11:05:08 AM EDT, Joe Hoover work <joe.hoo...@mnhs.org>
> > wrote:
> > >That is why I emphasized  "user-friendliness” unfortunately once you
> > >get into doing scripting, no matter how simple, people have no
> > >interest. I typically use scripting as well for running checksums but
> > >this isn’t an option for others.  I know there are several
> > >checksum/hashsum apps out there and I was hoping to get some advice on
> > >which folks are using and find useful.
> > >
> > >
> > >> On May 14, 2016, at 8:43 AM, Matt Morgan <m...@concretecomputing.com>
> > >wrote:
> > >>
> > >> This question gave me deja vu! Here's what I said 11 years ago in
> > >reply to a related question:
> > >>
> > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/msg08999.html
> > >>
> > >> I don't know if perl would be the right language, or is mdb is the
> > >right way to keep the results, but this job is so easy to do with
> > >simple scripts of almost any kind that I think I would still talk to a
> > >developer and get a simple program/macro written, in whatever system(s)
> > >you already use.
> > >>
> > >> Checksum utils tend to be cross-platform, and so are lots of
> > >scripting languages, so I don't think you'd have significant
> > >windows/mac issues going this route.
> > >>
> > >> Best,
> > >> Matt
> > >>
> > >> On 05/13/2016 04:16 PM, Joseph Hoover wrote:
> > >>> I am looking for recommendations for a user-friendly, affordable
> > >Checksum
> > >>> utility that is free-to-low-cost for small archives and history
> > >>> organizations. Ideally, the utility would be able to batch process
> > >digital
> > >>> assets. Recommendations for checksum applications for both Mac and
> > >Windows
> > >>> would be very appreciated.
> > >>>
> > >>> Again "user-friendliness" is very important. Most the folks I help
> > >are
> > >>> usually volunteers that have no tech background.
> > >>>
> > >>> Thanks!
> > >>>
> > >>> _Joe
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
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[MCN-L] Recommendations for a Checksum Program?

[Joseph Hoover]

I am looking for recommendations for a user-friendly, affordable Checksum
utility that is free-to-low-cost for small archives and history
organizations. Ideally, the utility would be able to batch process digital
assets. Recommendations for checksum applications for both Mac and Windows
would be very appreciated.

Again "user-friendliness" is very important. Most the folks I help are
usually volunteers that have no tech background.

Thanks!

_Joe

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Minnesota Historical Society | Heritage Preservation Department
345 W. Kellogg Blvd., Saint Paul, MN 55102
(651) 259-3461
joe.hoo...@mnhs.org
 |
www.mnhs.org/lhs
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Re: [MCN-L] Digitizing Photographs

[Joseph Hoover]

In a case of a small museum with limited resources, I would go ahead and
use the flatbed scanner. Using a copy stand is a good approach, however,
unless your organization has the resources and money to hire (or find a
volunteer) a professional photographer who is experienced and can
accurately measure and balance light and tone, you are more than likely to
wind up with a poor quality reproduction and you may find that you will do
more physical and light damage to the photo than on a scanner. I have seen
inexperienced museums professionals use camera stands with terrible
results. You have to know what you are doing with a camera stand to get
good light, exposure balance and tone, with a scanner, while you may have
other technical issues, lighting issues are not one of them.

It really comes down to using conservator common sense with the resources
you have. Are you dealing with a one-of-a-kind photograph of Abraham
Lincoln or a black and white snap shots of a church picnic?

However, if the photo is fragile from damage or is over-sized, I would set
those aside and have them photographed later.

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Minnesota Historical Society | Historic Preservation Department
345 W. Kellogg Blvd., Saint Paul, MN 55102
(651) 259-3461
joe.hoo...@mnhs.org | www.mnhs.org/lhs

On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 3:05 PM, Matt Wheeler mwhee...@pmm-maine.org
wrote:

 Good afternoon. We have a collection which consists mostly of black and
 white photographic prints and are beginning to digitize them using flatbed
 scanners. However, I spoke to a conservator who advised that they be
 rephotographed with a digital camera instead due to the intense light
 exposure on a flatbed. Is this a legitimate concern? Will the scanners
 cause degradation of the originals, and would this degradation be
 considerable? Thanks in advance.
 __

 Matt Wheeler,
 Photography Archives,
 Penobscot Marine Museum
 Archives (207) 548-2529 ext. 211
 5 Church Street, PO Box 498
 Searsport, Maine 04974

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[MCN-L] Reporting of Software Security Threats and Vulnerability by vendors

[Joseph Hoover]

Do any organizations have a policy in place when forming relationships with
preferred software vendors of mission critical software like collection
management software, for them to follow some form of disclosure guidelines
or guidelines for security and threat vulnerability reporting and response?
I know this is a big issue in the for-profit world.

I am interested in not only program security and vulnerability to hackers
or viruses but also Product End-of-Life Policies - That is, vendors
informing their museum clients if their products reaches the end of their
product life cycle and will be discontinued or if a key component of their
software created by a third party vendor, such as a database will be
discontinued.

One interesting guideline to start with is Guidelines for Security
Vulnerability Reporting and Response? by the Organization for Internet
Safety (OIS). While I think it is a starting point, many look at the OIS as
front-group lobbying for policies favoring OIS members interests (Microsoft
and Symantec are a members) and not those of the community.

I am hoping colleagues out there have more information or background on
dealing with this subject.

_Joe Hoover

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Minnesota Historical Society | Historic Preservation Department
345 W. Kellogg Blvd., Saint Paul, MN 55102
(651) 259-3461
joe.hoover at mnhs.org | www.mnhs.org/lhs