[MCN-L] Erik Landsberg Leaving MoMA

[Landsberg, Erik]

Dear MCN Colleagues,

After 21 years at MoMA I have decided to take advantage of the museum's
early retirement program. My last day at MoMA will be Friday, December 30.

I am excited about my next projects, which include more fully dedicating
myself to my ongoing photographic practice (www.eriklandsberg.com).  I will
remain active within the cultural heritage community (including MCN and
other organizations ), providing consulting services to museums,
collectors, and artists on design, implementation and project management
for their collection digitization and access efforts.

My new contact as of January 1 is: eriklandsb...@gmail.com

Best wishes for the New Year!
Erik

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[MCN-L] Deadline for submission: IS&T Archiving Conference

[Landsberg, Erik]

Dear Colleagues,

The annual Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T) Archiving Conference is
the premier cultural heritage sector opportunity for the exchange of ideas
and research among imaging scientists, project managers, archivists,
photographers, technicians and those responsible for institutional policy.
The conference location alternates irregularly between the US and Europe.
This year the conference will be held in Riga, Latvia, from May 15-18.
Detailed information can be found here:
http://www.imaging.org/site/IST/Conferences/Archiving/IST/Conferences/Archiving/Archiving_Home.aspx


Today, November 21, is the deadline for submission of abstracts. However if
you wish to submit an abstract for peer review and need a few more days to
prepare please contact me off-list immediately and I will discuss with the
program chair whether a further short extension is possible. Topic
categories include, but are not limited to the following:

   - Digitization equipment and software
   - Techniques, e.g. multispectral imaging, 3D imaging
   - Multispectral image processing
   - Large scale/mass digitization
   - Quality assurance, e.g. targets, software, automation and integration
   in workflows
   - Formats for preservation and access
   - Embedded metadata
   - Standards and guidelines related to digitization practices
   - Archiving, curation, and management of digitized and born digital
   materials, e.g. images; A/V materials; digital art policies, strategies,
   plans, risk management
   - Management of metadata
   - Dissemination and use, e.g. rights management, crowd sourcing, data
   mining
   - Business and cost models for digitization and archiving

Sincerely,
Erik


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[MCN-L] Photographer Position Available MoMA

[Landsberg, Erik]

MoMA's Department of Imaging and Visual Resources has a permanent position
available for a FT Collection Photographer.
This is an opportunity for a photographer with strong skills, sophisticated
judgement, and a sincere interest of Modern and contemporary art to join a
world class imaging team.

Details and application procedure can be found here:
http://www.moma.org/about/jobs

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[MCN-L] MoMA Consultant Position - Electronic Records Management

[Landsberg, Erik]

With apologies for cross-posting:

It may be of interest to some MCN folks to know that MoMA's Archives
department is recruiting for a long term consultant to oversee its
transition to an electronic records system. The posting can be found here:
http://jobview.monster.com/MoMA-Electronic-Records-Archives-MERA-Project-Manager-Job-New-York-City-NY-US-154373483.aspx?mescoid=1300093001001&jobPosition=1

-Erik

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[MCN-L] MoMA Consultant Position - Electronic Records Management

[Landsberg, Erik]

It may be of interest to some MCN folks to know that MoMA's Archives
department is recruiting for a long term consultant to oversee its
transition to an electronic records system. The posting can be found here:
http://jobview.monster.com/MoMA-Electronic-Records-Archives-MERA-Project-Manager-Job-New-York-City-NY-US-154373483.aspx?mescoid=1300093001001&jobPosition=1

Apologies for cross-posting
-Erik
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Re: [MCN-L] DAM-NY

[Landsberg, Erik]

I'm on my way from MoMA...
-Erik

On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Douglas Hegley  wrote:

> MIA has three here. I've run into folks from the Met, the Jewish Museum and
> the AIC already. Hope to see you here too.
> - Douglas
>
> On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 7:53 AM, Tamsen Young 
> wrote:
>
> > Hi there,
> > Any other MCN'ers heading to the DAMNY conference today/tomorrow?
> >
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> > Museum Digital Media and Strategic Initiatives Manager
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> > Seventh Avenue at 27th Street
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> > www.fitnyc.edu/museum
> >
> > Visit our collections online at fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu
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> > 
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[MCN-L] Imaging Science and Technology Archiving Conference May 19-22

[Landsberg, Erik]

All,

I always return from IS&T Archiving conferences with fresh frames of
reference, new professional connections, and deeper understanding of
digital archiving of cultural heritage. If you are involved in cultural
heritage imaging (in all its forms), archiving, preservation and access and
have never attended, I think you will find the upcoming conference
stimulating. If you have missed a year or two -- time to check in again on
the current research, practices, and theoretical developments. Hope to see
you there!

-Erik

MoMA


Here are deets and links:


The Archiving 2015
 conference,
held at the Getty Center, LA, May 19-22, will present digital archiving
ideas, solutions, and tools. Register now for short courses
.
The Preliminary
Program

is
available online. Keynote speakers: Katherine Skinner
, Educopia Institute;Murtha
Baca , The Getty
Research Institute; and Paul Conway,
 University of Michigan.



But, don’t delay. IS&T strongly recommends that you register in advance.
Save when you register by April 27, 2015. And, don’t forget to make your
hotel reservations (reserve byApril 27, 2015; Reference: IS&T Archiving
2015).



We look forward to seeing you in Los Angeles! More information:
www.imaging.org/ist/
Conferences/archiving/index. cfm



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Re: [MCN-L] Digitizing Photographs

[Landsberg, Erik]

There are many considerations to be taken into account, and the best
solution will be particular to each institution and project.

I've noticed a few references to the heat produced by incandescent lights
on a copystand. For the record, flash is highly preferrable to incandescent
in most copystand setups. Flash generates almost no IR and it's UV can
easily be filtered.  In greater sharpness (compared to incandescent, which
commonly requres slow shutter speeds -- subject to vibration, etc.)
frequently results. The sharpness advantage is due to exposures that use 1
extremely brief pulse of flash light, which can be as short as ~ 1/5,000
sec., depending on equipment.

Of course the camera/strobe approach requires additional expertise. But the
lighting setup can often be done once and "locked down" for use by less
imaging-experienced staff.

Erik
MoMA

On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 11:50 AM, Frank Kennedy  wrote:

> As was passed on to me by the NEDCC, the light exposure from a flatbed
> scanner is similar to having the original object on exhibit for one day.
> With that in mind, you can decide. A camera copy stand will likely use
> powerful incandescent lights which are highly damaging, but for such a
> brief time that the result is the same - like one day on exhibit. LED lit
> type scanners produce very little UV light and the scanning can be
> considered harmless. As others have pointed out, be careful with handling
> and the forced flattening of any curled prints which will crack the
> gelatin. We've scanned many thousands of old B&W prints this way.
> Personally, I find the results from a flatbed visually superior to the
> results from high-end photography, with the added benefit of no skew or
> fisheye..
>
> Frank Kennedy, IT Manager
> Norman Rockwell Museum
> 9 Glendale Rd., PO BOX 308
> Stockbridge, MA 01262
> 413-931-2216, fax 413-931-2316
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Re: [MCN-L] Digitizing Photographs

[Landsberg, Erik]

 If it hasn't already been said, photographing in a shoot-down copystand
setup will also allow you to avoid the glare from certain glossy and/or
rippled prints that frequently occurs due to the frontal lighting of a
scanner. For especially stubborn glare, the copystand approach also permits
you to use partial or full polarization when necessary. This is also
helpful for controling reflection from "silvering" that often occurrs
around the edges of older gelatin silver prints especially those that have
not been archivally processed.
So, copystand: faster, safer handling of objects, better light control.

Erik
MoMA

On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 4:59 PM, GTorres  wrote:

> Yes Rob. Scanning photographs will reduce its life. Better to photograph
> the photograph, and preserve it in a master uncompressed digital format
> (TIFF) and as a second printed analogic source.
> Unless you manage to have cold light scanners, which flatbeds are not.
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 3:05 PM, Matt Wheeler 
> 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] IS&T Archiving Conference Registration Now Open

[Landsberg, Erik]

*Of interest to many MCN members, and with apologies for cross posting:*


Registration is now open for the 2014 IS&T Archiving Conference, which this
year will be held in Berlin, Germany from May 13-16.



Consisting of a day of short courses followed by 3 days of technical papers
and networking, the annual conference brings together colleagues from
Imaging Science with those from Cultural Heritage Imaging for museums,
libraries, and archives. Attendees represent the spheres of cultural
heritage institutions, government, academia, and industry. IS&T Archiving
is a unique annual opportunity for the exchange of ideas among these
groups. Research presentations delve deeply into Digital Asset
Preservation, Technical Processes and Workflows, Digital Curation, and
related fields.



Early registration ends April 14, with a reduced rate hotel registration
deadline of April 6. Complete details can be found at the following URL,
and I am happy to answer any questions via the list or offline.
http://www.imaging.org/ist/Conferences/archiving/index.cfm



Looking forward to meeting first-time attendees from MCN and to catching up
with the regulars!


Erik Landsberg

Director of Imaging and Visual Resources

MoMA, NY

erik_landsberg at moma.org

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*Museum of Modern Art*
11 West 53rd Street, New York, NY
212-708-9489
erik_landsberg at moma.org
www.moma.org

[MCN-L] Fwd: Call for Archiving 2014 Abstracts

[Landsberg, Erik]

Dear Colleagues,
The call for papers for the spring IS&T Archiving Conference has been
announced, with a deadline of December 2, 2013. Please read below and
consider submitting an abstract for consideration.
If you are not already familiar with this annual archiving conference, it
is an important annual gathering of cultural heritage imaging
practitioners, scientists, and thinkers, with international participation.
The conference always includes provocative presentations and challenging
discussions covering a range of topics, only a portion of which are listed
below.
Apologies for any cross posting.

Erik Landsberg
MoMA

-- Forwarded message --
From: 
Date: Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 1:51 PM
Subject: Call for Archiving 2014 Abstracts
To: erik_landsberg at moma.org


The Archiving 2014 Program Committee invites you to submit abstracts for
the conference to be held May 13-16, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. **

** **

The submission deadline is *December 2, 2013*.  A PDF of the Call for
Papers can be found at www.imaging.org/
archiving.




Please note carefully the new submission rules and templates that can be
found at www.imaging.org/archiving.


The IS&T Archiving Conference brings together a unique community of imaging
novices and experts from libraries, archives, records management, and
information technology institutions to discuss and explore the expanding
field of digital archiving and preservation. Attendees from around the
world represent industry, academia, governments, and cultural heritage
institutions. The conference presents the latest research results on
archiving, provides a forum to explore new strategies and policies, and
reports on successful projects that can serve as benchmarks in the field.
Archiving 2014 is a blend of invited focal papers, keynote talks, and
refereed oral and interactive display presentations. Prospective authors
are invited to submit oral and interactive presentations by the
December 2nddeadline.


** **

Proposed program topics include:

? *Preservation of Digital Assets*

   - Web harvesting and archiving
   - Migration of digital content
   - Managing privacy rights for digital information
   - Preserving e-Government information
   - Innovative projects and activities
   - Capacity building, continuing education, and professional development**
   **

** **

? *Technical Processes and Workflow *

   - Distributed preservation models
   - Automated metadata generation during image capture
   - Cooperative partnerships for digitization and archiving
   - Authenticating digitized government and legal information
   - Innovative approaches to digitization, including multispectral scanning
   
   - Applications of crowd sourcing and share economy

** **

? *Digital Curation*

   - Cost models for digital archiving and long-term preservation
   - Digital forensics and data recovery
   - Managing databases and large data sets
   - Employing metadata as a curation strategy
   - Detection of manipulated image/video content
   - Storage media and systems, including cloud storage

Please feel free to contact me with any questions. We hope to see you
there. 

Best regards,

Diana Gonzalez

IS&T Conference Program Manager

archiving at imaging.org

703/642-9090 x 106

** **



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Erik Landsberg
*
*Director, Imaging and Visual Resources
*
*Museum of Modern Art*
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212-708-9489
erik_landsberg at moma.org
www.moma.org

[MCN-L] MoMA Position Available: Manager of Collection and Exhibition Technologies

[Landsberg, Erik]

(With apologies for cross-postings)
MoMA is now accepting applications for the position of Manager, Collection
and Exhibition Technologies, which is responsible for all aspects of our
collections management system (TMS).
The complete job description and application procedures can be found by
scrolling here: http://www.moma.org/about/jobs
Thank you,
Erik

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*
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*
*Museum of Modern Art*
11 West 53rd Street, New York, NY
212-708-9489
erik_landsberg at moma.org
www.moma.org

[MCN-L] Last Days to Register for IS&T Archiving 2013 Conference

[Landsberg, Erik]

A reminder to all MCN imaging, archiving, and technology professionals that
the Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T) Archiving 2013
Conference will take place in Washington, DC from April 2-5. The conference
program, list of short courses, and registration links can be found here:
http://www.imaging.org/ist/conferences/archiving/index.cfm

Meetings will take place at the US National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA). The conference *registration deadline is March 29*and
due to government rules we will not be able to accept any onsite
registrations, so please register beforehand. A brief overview is below.
Hoping to see many of you there!
Erik
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*
*Museum of Modern Art*
erik_landsberg at moma.org
www.moma.org

Hosted by the National Archives, please join us April 2-5, 2013 in
Washington, DC for a stimulating program that includes more than 30 oral
presentations and a host of interactive papers. Interactive papers are a
key feature of the conference, providing an opportunity for authors and
attendees to delve into issues in an informal setting. There are also
wonderful Behind the Scenes Tours!



In addition, we have two excellent keynote presentations:



   - Wednesday: Paul Wester, National Archives and Records Administration: *A
   21st Century Transformation: the Presidential Memorandum on Managing
   Government Records and its Implications*

**

? Friday: Carl N. Stephan, Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC),
and Doug Munson, Chicago Albumen Works on *The Identification of US POWs
and MIAs from the Korean War via the Recovery and Digitization of
Deteriorated Acetate X-rays.*

**

A morning of short courses covering a range of topics from archive curation
tools for your workflow, imaging performance and guidelines, emerging
archiving initiatives, and image standards and storage.

** **New to the conference is an afternoon CURATEcamp, an ?unconference?
where participants are encouraged to define the agenda! The theme of this
CURATEcamp is *Digitized/Born Digital Together.*

We look forward to seeing you in DC!

[MCN-L] [DAM SIG] New Chair

[Landsberg, Erik]

Hi Billy,
Congratulations on your new position!
Best regards,
Erik

On Monday, July 23, 2012, Kwan, Billy wrote:

> Dear MCN colleagues,
>
>
>
> I would like to let you know that I recently started a new job as the
> Assistant Library Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Owing to
> my new role and responsibilities in the Museum, I will not be able to
> lead the DAM SIG as the Chair. I am very glad that Megan McGovern,
> Digital Asset Specialist at the Corning Museum of Glass and the former
> Co-Chair of the DAM SIG, is willing to step up and lead the group. As
> some of you may know, Megan, together with three other digital asset
> specialists/experts in the museum field, was on the panel of the DAM
> session at the MCN conference last year. They all contributed to a very
> productive and insightful discussion on a variety of topics related to
> digital asset management. I have confidence that the nascent DAM SIG
> will be in good hands. Sean Pathasema of Birmingham Museum of Art and I
> will continue to serve as the co-chairs of the group to facilitate the
> transition period.
>
>
>
> All the best,
>
> Billy
>
>
>
> Billy Chi Hing Kwan | Co-Chair, DAM SIG, MCN
>
> c/o Assistant Library Director
>
> Philadelphia Museum of Art
>
> P.O. Box 7646
>
> Philadelphia, PA 19101-7646
>
> 215-684-7655
>
> 215-236-0534 (fax)
>
> bch.kwan at philamuseum.org 
>
>
>
>
>
>

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*
*Museum of Modern Art*
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[MCN-L] Quick DAM/CMS survey

[Landsberg, Erik]

MoMA's DAM is ImagePortal, rolled out to staff in 2009. Our long-time CMS
is Gallery Systems.
-Erik


On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Travis Fullerton <
Tfullerton at vmfa.state.va.us> wrote:

> Thanks to all who have responded so far! This is all very helpful.
>
> If you haven't had a chance to reply, I still welcome any additional
> responses. Keep the info coming!
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Travis
>
>
> On 6/18/12 2:41 PM, "Travis Fullerton" 
> wrote:
>
> > All, I am certain this has come up before in bits and pieces, but I am
> > pulling together some data and I am interested in a couple quick facts
> > regarding DAM/CMS implementation. If you are willing, can you please let
> me
> > know what DAM system your institution is currently using and when it was
> > implemented, as well as what CMS you are using and when that was set up?
> >
> > Hopefully, I will be flooded with quick responses. Feel free to respond
> > off-list.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > -Travis
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[MCN-L] DAM Maturity Model

[Landsberg, Erik]

Dan,
Thanks for posting the link. This is a useful matrix for evaluating where a
DAM project stands, where it needs to go, and for helping to identify next
steps. It comes along at just the right time for my meeting next Monday
morning!
Erik

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Daniel Dennehy wrote:

> An interesting evaluation tool released today under creative commons
> license to assist with questions regarding the implementation or
> ongoing development of enterprise DAM solutions
>
> http://dammaturitymodel.org/
>
>
> --
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> Senior Photographer
> Head of Visual Resources
> Minneapolis Institute of Arts
> www.artsmia.org
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[MCN-L] Call for Papers/ Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T) 2012 Archiving Conference

[Landsberg, Erik]

All,
Presentation proposals are still being accepted for the Society of Imaging
Science and Technology (IS&T) Archiving Conference, which will be held June
12-15 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The fast-approaching deadline for submission of a 500 word abstract is
November 14. In addition to the general conference summary below, you can
find a more detailed PDF of the Call for Papers at
www.imaging.org/ist/conferences/archiving.

As a member of both MCN and the IS&T Conference Program Committee, I
encourage you to participate by sharing your cultural heritage imaging
research and related projects. I'm happy to answer any questions. Feel free
to contact me off-list if you prefer.
Thank you,
Erik

*Erik Landsberg
Head of Collections Imaging
Museum of Modern Art*
212-708-9489
erik_landsberg at moma.org
www.moma.org

The Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T) Archiving Conference
brings together a unique community of imaging novices and experts from
libraries, archives, records management, and information technology
institutions to discuss and explore the expanding field of digital
archiving and preservation. Attendees from around the world represent
industry, academia, governments, and cultural heritage institutions. The
conference presents the latest research results on archiving, provides a
forum to explore new strategies and policies, and reports on successful
projects that can serve as benchmarks in the field. Archiving 2012 is a
blend of invited focal papers, keynote talks, and refereed oral and
interactive display presentations. Prospective authors are invited to
submit oral and interactive presentations by the November 14th deadline.

[MCN-L] Call for Papers/ Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T) 2012 Archiving Conference:

[Landsberg, Erik]

All,
Presentation proposals are still being accepted for the Society of Imaging
Science and Technology (IS&T) Archiving Conference, which will be held June
12-15 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The fast-approaching deadline for submission of a 500 word abstract is
November 14. In addition to the general conference summary below, you can
find a more detailed PDF of the Call for Papers at
www.imaging.org/ist/conferences/archiving.

As a member of the IS&T Conference Program Committee, I encourage you to
participate by sharing your cultural heritage imaging research and related
projects. I'm happy to answer any questions. Feel free to contact me
off-list.
Thank you,
Erik

*Erik Landsberg
Head of Collections Imaging
Museum of Modern Art*
212-708-9489
erik_landsberg at moma.org
www.moma.org

The Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T) Archiving Conference
brings together a unique community of imaging novices and experts from
libraries, archives, records management, and information technology
institutions to discuss and explore the expanding field of digital
archiving and preservation. Attendees from around the world represent
industry, academia, governments, and cultural heritage institutions. The
conference presents the latest research results on archiving, provides a
forum to explore new strategies and policies, and reports on successful
projects that can serve as benchmarks in the field. Archiving 2012 is a
blend of invited focal papers, keynote talks, and refereed oral and
interactive display presentations. Prospective authors are invited to
submit oral and interactive presentations by the November 14th deadline.

*
*

[MCN-L] Best DAMS

[Landsberg, Erik]

NetXposure is our DAM at MoMA
Erik Landsberg

- Original Message -
From: Dave Reed [mailto:daver...@netx.net]
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 03:35 PM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Best DAMS

Hello Jeanne Kessler

I'd like you to consider NetXposure in addition to the others on your
list. We have a solid list of clients with many of the same needs you
probabay have. Check us at netx.net
Thank you,
Dave Reed

Jeanne Kessler wrote:
> To follow hot on the heels of the lengthy DAM discussion, we may shortly
be performing evaluations of leading DAM products (not interested in open
source, right now), and would like to narrow down a short list of about -
5-10 of the most appropriate.
>
>
>
> The list of products I've come up with are:
>
>
>
> 1. Piction
>
> 2. Artesia
>
> 3. Media Bin
>
> 4. Extensis Portfolio
>
> 5. MediaBeacon R3volution
>
> 6. Luna Insight
>
>
>
>
>
> Please let me know if there are missing from this list and should be
evaluated.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
>
>
> Jeanne Kessler
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Jeanne Kessler
> IT Project Manager
> The National WWII Museum
> 945 Magazine Street
> New Orleans, LA 70130
> Phone: 504/528-1944, ext. 228
> Cell: 504/723-0765
> Fax: 504/527-6088
> Jeanne.Kessler at nationalww2museum.org
>
>
>
> 
>
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[MCN-L] digital asset management tools/software

[Landsberg, Erik]

MoMA is using NetXposure.
I think Billy?s suggestion of creating a DAM group within MCN is a great one
and I am sure there would be similar interest among my MoMA colleagues.
Erik

Erik Landsberg
Head of Collections Imaging
The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53 Street, New York, NY 10019
212-708-9489
erik_landsberg at moma.org
www.moma.org



From: "Kwan, Billy" 
Reply-To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 10:54:38 -0400
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] digital asset management tools/software

We are using MediaBin at the Met. In fact, I will be interested to form a
group within MCN to discuss all the issues related to digital asset
management in the museum communities, e.g., its relationship with the
collection management system, metadata exchange/connection with the object
records, non-object images, local collections, other media types, such as 3D
files, video and audio files, etc. I think we may have a lot to learn from
each other.

Billy

Billy Chi-hing Kwan | Associate Museum Librarian Systems
Image Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028
Tel: 212-650-2263 | Fax: 212-396-5050



-Original Message-
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Beth
Heller
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 10:10 AM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] digital asset management tools/software

Thank you!  I will take a look at both of those.
David- what collection management system are you using?

_
_

Beth Heller
Library Director
The American Alpine Club
(303) 384-0110 ext. 21 
bheller at americanalpineclub.org

http://americanalpineclub.org
http://booksearch.americanalpineclub.org
http://www.facebook.com/americanalpineclublibrary






On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 5:50 PM, David Dwiggins  wrote:

> Hi, Beth,
>
> We now have somewhere north of 110,000 resources (more, really, since
> we treat verso images, DNGs, etc. as "alternates" of the primary
> resource) managed through ResourceSpace, an open source digital asset
> management system. We've been extremely happy with it.
>
> We have a separate collections management system that handles the
> primary data about museum objects, archival objects, etc. But we have
> integrated the two systems so that you can simply enter a resource ID
> into the cataloging record to pull in an image from the DAMs.
>
> We also sync the files stored in ResourceSpace out to Amazon S3 for
> backup, and then re-purpose these backup copies to serve the images
> for our online collections database.
>
> ResourceSpace is not primarily geared for providing public access,
> although it does have a "guest user" mode and I suppose you could use
> this to provide some level of access to materials. And it's also not
> quite as rigorous in terms of metadata standards as some other systems
> might be. But it works extremely well, is very flexible, and, as a
> PHP/MySQL application, is very easy to modify if needed. It also has a
> plugin architecture, so customizations can often be made without doing
> much to the underlying code. Since we started using it a couple of
> years ago, I've become an occasional developer on the project, so I
> suppose I'm not entirely unbiased. But it's definitely worth a look --
> see http://www.resourcespace.org
>
> -David Dwiggins
> Systems Librarian/Archivist
> Historic New England
> ddwiggins [at] historicnewengland [dot] org
> 617-994-5948
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Beth Heller
>  wrote:
> > I would like to hear what people are using to organize, identify,
> > search, serve and push digital files of all formats, in-house and to
> > the web.  We are looking to implement a digital asset management
> > system for our organization's working and historic documents, as
> > well as more efficient work flows.
> >
> >
> > We currently have nothing but a disorganized file and folder system.
> > We
> are
> > a small non-profit institution with limited financial and human
> resources.
> >
> > Thank you!
> > Beth
> >
> > _
> > _
> >
> > Beth Heller
> > Library Director
> > The American Alpine Club
> > (303) 384-0110 ext. 21 
> > bheller at americanalpineclub.org
> >
> > http://americanalpineclub.org
> > http://booksearch.americanalpineclub.org
> > http://www.facebook.com/americanalpineclublibrary<
> http://www.facebook.com/pages/American-Alpine-Club-Library/12332414104
> 4052
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[MCN-L] Position Available - Collections Photographer

[Landsberg, Erik]

MoMA's Imaging Services department is searching for an experienced
Collections Photographer. This 1-year grant funded position includes the
possibility of a 1 year extension. Full job description and application
procedures can be found here: http://moma.org/about/jobs . Feel free to
forward to any potential candidates.
Many thanks.

Erik Landsberg
Head of Collections Imaging
Museum of Modern Art, NY

[MCN-L] A Quick Survey

[Landsberg, Erik]

Sam,
Our official policy for general visitors is:
?Still photography for personal use is permitted in collection galleries
only. No flash or tripods allowed. Videotaping is permitted in the lobby
only. No photographs or videotapes may be reproduced, distributed, or sold
without permission from the Museum.?

However, similar to what others are saying, due to the small size of
personal video cameras/phones/etc I doubt that the restriction on video in
the collection galleries is strictly enforced.

Erik
MoMA

From: Sam Quigley 
Reply-To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:58:22 -0500
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] A Quick Survey

Yes, that's the situation we're addressing. We have no intention of changing
our policy concerning shepherding professional crews with major equipment
around in the galleries... it's the explosion of personal use videos that
we're addressing.

Thanks to those how have already written (and those who might),
Sam

On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Newman, Alan  wrote:

> Sam,
>
> Since 95% of video is shot here by smartphones and small handheld cameras
> the answer is yes we allow it in the permanent collection galleries.
> Temporary exhibitions always come with their own set of permissions
> requirements. As far as a using tripods or lights, that must be
> pre-arranged
> with our Press Office and there are conservation and scheduling
> requirements. I can send you those offline.
>
> Best,
> Alan
>
> ---
>
> On 1/11/11 8:59 AM, "Sam Quigley"  wrote:
>
>  We?re reviewing our policy on whether videotaping is allowed in our
> galleries. This, in recognition that videotaping no longer means large
> equipment operated by a crew of professionals.
>
> A couple quick questions:
>
> Do you have a policy and if so, what is it?
>
> Is your institution currently engaged in or planning a review of your
> policy?
>
> What do you think would be an appropriate policy now?
>
> Many thanks for any feedback, anecdotal or otherwise.
> --
> Sam Quigley
> VP for Collections Management, Imaging &
> Information Technology / Museum CIO
> Art Institute of Chicago
> 111 S. Michigan Ave.
> Chicago, IL  60603
> 312-443-4772 
> www.artic.edu/aic/
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[MCN-L] IS&T Archiving 2011 Call for Papers DEADLINE EXTENDED

[Landsberg, Erik]

The Society for Imaging Science and Technology has extended its deadline for
Archiving 2011 Conference abstract submissions to November 21st.
The call for papers is available here:
http://www.imaging.org/ist/conferences/archiving/Archiving%202011%20Call%20f
or%20Papers.pdf 

More about the organization and previous conferences can be found here:
http://www.imaging.org/ist/Conferences/archiving/index.cfm

I encourage any of our members to make use of this upcoming IS&T forum to
present research, projects, and panel explorations of issues relevant to
image archives and imaging science as they pertain to museums and libraries.
Happy to answer any questions either on this listserve, off-list, or in
person in Austin.

Good travels,
Erik

Erik Landsberg
Head of Collections Imaging
The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53 Street, New York, NY 10019
212-708-9489
erik_landsberg at moma.org
www.moma.org




 
 

[MCN-L] new job

[Landsberg, Erik]

Congratulations Gunther!  Another prize acquisition for the Smithsonian.
Erik Landsberg
MoMA 

- Original Message -
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu 
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
Sent: Mon Oct 18 13:11:27 2010
Subject: [MCN-L] new job

Dear colleagues & friends,

I am sorry to say that I'll miss this year's MCN conference in Austin. I've 
attended every single conference from 1998 Santa Monica on, so Austin would 
have been my 13th MCN conference in a row.

My reason for missing the conference is not superstition, but that I'll be in 
between employers. My last day at OCLC Research will be this Friday, October 
22nd, and I'll start as Director, Digitization Program Office at the 
Smithsonian Institution on December 6th.

In my new role, I'll be the owner of the "Creating a Digital Smithsonian" 
strategic plan (http://bit.ly/bpMksJ). I think of it as a companion piece to 
the Web & New Media Strategy (http://bit.ly/9XnCZU) many of you have heard Mike 
Edson present at recent conferences. While the Web & New Media Strategy is 
predominantly concerned with how to engage the public, Creating a Digital 
Smithsonian is predominantly concerned with back-of-the-house tasks such as 
creating and managing digital assets so they can be optimally leveraged.

I'll send my new coordinates once I have them. In the meantime, you can reach 
me at guenter.waibel at gmail.com. Forward me your Austin restaurant 
recommendations - I think we'll be passing through in November while driving to 
DC. I'll see you all at MCN 2012. 

G?nter


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[MCN-L] Brooklyn Museum goes live with rights info

[Landsberg, Erik]

Nice work Deb (lots of it)! Congratulations!
Erik



From: Deborah Wythe 
Reply-To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:36:45 -0500
To: 
Cc: 
Subject: [MCN-L] Brooklyn Museum goes live with rights info



In honor of World Fair Use Day, the Brooklyn Museum has just released a new
version of its collections pages that includes rights information for all
works. We'll be blogging about the project over the next couple of days--it
has been a fun ride getting ready!

Deb Wythe
Brooklyn Museum

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[MCN-L] ‏‏RE : Digitizing Guidelines for museum artifacts

[Landsberg, Erik]

Kate;
Stanley?s conference session will offer valuable information on the
productivity/quality balance and many related technical and practical
considerations.
Good guidance is also available regarding file creation specifications and
file delivery considerations in the Universal Photographic Digital Imaging
Guidelines: www.updig.org. These guidelines were developed with input from
the museum community (and many other industry sectors) via MCN, ImageMuse,
etc.
Erik

Erik Landsberg
Head of Collections Imaging
The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53 Street, New York, NY 10019
212-708-9489
erik_landsberg at moma.org
www.moma.org



From: 
Reply-To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 11:17:15 -0400
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
Subject: [MCN-L] ??RE: Digitizing Guidelines for museum artifacts

Kate:

MCN 2009, Portland Oregon, Nov. 12, 1:30 :

"Speed the Plow: Rapid Capture Digital Workflow"
Chair: Stanley Smith, Head of Imaging Services, The J. Paul Getty Museum
Participants: Chris Edwards, Digital Studio Production Manager, Beinecke
Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University; John ffrench, Associate
Director, Visual Resources Department, Yale University; Chris Gallagher,
Head of Imaging, the Art Institute of Chicago; Alan Newman, Chief of the
Division of Imaging & Visual Services, National Gallery of Art
In the best of times, the notion of digitizing our large collections is
daunting to contemplate. In the current economic climate, it is imperative
that our digitization efforts get the maximum bang for the incredible
shrinking buck that most repositories find themselves with. Many
institutions have developed careful, deliberate, and high-quality workflows
(read: SLOW) in their imaging studios. This session presents alternative
working methods that may be appropriate for many collections. Illustrated by
several real-life case studies, we will demonstrate that with careful
planning, rapid capture methods can indeed work to dramatically cut the cost
of large digitization projects?without compromising acceptable quality. The
presenters will summarize their own projects with step-by-step descriptions
and illustrations, with an emphasis on equipment choices, workflow, tips and
tricks, art handling issues, and pitfalls. Following the individual
presentations there will be ample time for discussion and questions to the
panel.
Full conference program available at:  www.mcn.edu/conferences

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?: ??mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] ??? BOYD, KATE
[BOYDKF at mailbox.sc.edu]
??: ?  02 ??? 2009 14:37
: mcn-l at mcn.edu
??: [MCN-L] Digitizing Guidelines for museum artifacts

If anyone has any or knows of any guidelines on digitizing museum
artifacts, from setting up and organizing the photo shoot to digital
specifications and ending the shoot details, please let me know.

Thank you for your time and consideration.
Best,

Kate Boyd


Kate Foster Boyd

Digital Collections Librarian

University Libraries

University of South Carolina

Columbia, SC 29208

803-777-2249

boydkf at mailbox.sc.edu

http://www.sc.edu/library/digital/



South Carolina Digital Library

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[MCN-L] Stock photo companies

[Landsberg, Erik]

MoMA has licensed it's images through Scala and Art Resource since about
2002. Art Resource handles our North American licensing while Scala handles
all other international image requests.  Davis Art Images markets our images
for educational use in K-12 and increasingly to college/university clients.

Scala/AR handle sales, contracts, coordination of credit line/caption, image
delivery and fee collection. We currently have ~11,000 objects represented
in the Scala/AR inventory. We retain full control regarding usages that are
not standard and preapproved. (Preapproved usage would include reproduction
in an exhibition catalog accompanying a loan, etc.) Non-standard repro
requests are conveyed to our in-house licensing liaison who works with a
small internal committee via email for approval or denial. A decision is
usually relayed to the licensing agency within a few hours.

While I was not responsible for R&R when that department was in-house, from
my POV the arrangement works efficiently with an advantageous balance of
shared revenue to reduced internal costs. The relationship with our
licensing agencies is administered under the Department of Imaging Services.
Where the earlier R&R department depended upon 5-6 staff, we now have 1
person who acts as liaison with our licensing agencies. This staff member,
Jennifer Sellar, is a visual resources librarian who is also responsible for
DAM organizaton, metadata, etc. I posted with some details of our DAM
earlier this week.

Despite the occasional hiccup, by organizing image production, DAM, and
licensing under the umbrella of Imaging Services we have been able to
maintain relatively efficient management of the image process from object
received in the studio, through capture, color correction and archiving, to
image delivered to publisher.

I'm happy to answer more detailed questions off-lilne for anyone who is
interested.

Erik Landsberg
Head of Collections Imaging
The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53 Street, New York, NY 10019
212-708-9489
erik_landsberg at moma.org
www.moma.org


> From: "Karen E. Richter" 
> Reply-To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
> Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:30:14 -0400
> To: 
> Subject: [MCN-L] Stock photo companies
> 
> Hello,
>  
> I'm new to the list and would welcome your responses to this.  I'm
> considering turning over some of our images to Art Resource and/or
> Bridgeman Art Library.  Would any of you be willing to share information
> about your experience, especially your contractual arrangements with
> these companies and any changes you might have made to their standard
> contract?  Also, how did you choose the images you provided, and if you
> signed on to both companies, how did you choose the images for one
> versus the other?  Feel free to respond to me off-list.
>  
> Thanks for your help.
>  
> Karen
>  
> Karen E. Richter
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> Princeton University Art Museum
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> Fax  609 258 6877
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[MCN-L] Need a list of DAMS options

[Landsberg, Erik]

MoMA is using NetXposure Image Portal http://www.netx.net/
It is SQL based and browser accessed. After much internal work, our database
administrator has it nicely plumbed to TMS.
Our DAM currently holds 60,000 images of collection objects and we are now
beginning to load another 18,000 installation views. We?ve done an initial
limited roll out with good response and further tweaking, and we officially
launch the program on April 6.
The interface has something of a beta feel, although getting better.
Although the vendor has limited experience with cultural heritage
institutions they have, sometimes slowly, responded to our needs. This
solution was considerably less expensive than going with the DAM
frontrunners.

Erik Landsberg
Head of Collections Imaging
The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53 Street, New York, NY 10019
212-708-9489
erik_landsberg at moma.org
www.moma.org


From: James Stevenson 
Reply-To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:34:23 -0400
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Need a list of DAMS options

Can I bring your attention to Asset Index+ from SSL

www.ssl.co.uk

This is a UK based system but they have a lot of experience of working in
the cultural heritage sector.

Regards

James Stevenson
Photographic Manager
Victoria and Albert Museum
South Kensington
London
UK

tel +44 (0) 207 942 2545
fax +44 (0) 207 942 2746

www.vam.ac.uk

>>> "Real, Will"  20/03/2009 15:23 >>>
Hi Perian, we are investigating this too and I look forward to hearing
more from others on the list.

This link has a good summary (as of 2007/2008 I think) of the commercial
DAMS market and trends: http://tiny.cc/K6q6s

Will

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Perian Sully
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 11:13 AM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: [MCN-L] Need a list of DAMS options

Hi everyone:



Sorry if this is a redundant question, but we're sticking our toe into
DAMS territory soon and I'm being asked to outline all of the various
options.



I am currently aware of:

Commercial DAMS:

Extensis

Luna Insight

me



Open Source DAMS:

OpenEdit

ResourceSpace

Razuna

(Omeka & Wordpress)



I'm specifically looking for the range of products available, along with
reviews. We're trying to figure out how to get the DAMS to talk to our
CIS (IDEA at ALM, which uses MS SQL and does have some sort of API
available with it, so it should be do-able), but we'll likely need to
get a programmer to do that for us.



Thanks in advance for your help. Feel free to reply to me offlist. I'll
be setting up a Google Docs to organize the information, and I'd be
happy to share that list once it's available.



~Perian



Perian Sully

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Web Programs Strategist

The Magnes

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[MCN-L] Terminology question

[Landsberg, Erik]

I?ll leave it to the archivists to help Will with his cataloging
terminology. But with regard to ?reversal film?, the term is normally used
in imaging to refer to a positive transparency (eg: Kodachrome, Ektachrome,
etc.) rather than a negative.

Erik Landsberg
Head of Collections Imaging
The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53 Street, New York, NY 10019
212-708-9489
erik_landsberg at moma.org
www.moma.org



From: David Salovesh 
Reply-To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:47:01 -0500
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
Conversation: Terminology question
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Terminology question

(I have no particular cataloging expertise, but I'm not too bad at searches,
semantics, and taxonomies.  And I play at photography in my spare time...)

The most appropriate word - and you used it in the question - seems to be
"sequence":

http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find==AND==300192339
 


In the hierarchy () there are several
close words that might also apply, such as "set" and "series", but they seem
to apply better to diverse works with a unifying theme.  However, sequence
implies order and if that's not reliably known it might be best to use a
less ordered word.

And the AAT uses "reversal film" for negatives.

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From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of
Real, Will
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 2:47 PM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: [MCN-L] Terminology question

On the more esoteric end of things:

We are cataloguing a collection of black and white negatives. In many
cases there are groups of negatives depicting the same subject. In some
of these cases the depictions are very close (for example, multiple
takes of a posed studio portrait, multiple takes of a wedding party) and
in other cases the relationship is more distant (for example, multiple
exposures taken in sequence during the same event).

We have been using the term "version" to refer to these. We looked in
AAT and found the term "version" under the derivative objects section,
and discovered that it is meant to refer to objects that are based on an
original, which is really not applicable in our situation since no
single negative in these cases can be called the original or primary
negative.

We are wondering if there is another term we should consider using to
describe these relationships and particularly if there are two terms
that would permit us to distinguish between the relationships that are
very close from those that are looser.

Thanks,

Will Real
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
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[MCN-L] photography, digitization, and a color/grey card?

[Landsberg, Erik]

Not sure if it was clear in my post below that we archive both the DNG and
the TIFF. The visual editing is done within a calibrated environment: Kelvin
temp of monitor =(with small variation) the Kelvin temp of the light source
illuminating the artwork.
Erik



From: "Landsberg, Erik" 
Reply-To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:14:58 -0400
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
Conversation: [MCN-L] photography, digitization, and a color/grey card?
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] photography, digitization, and a color/grey card?

Interesting thread.
Our current solution to the issues below is to capture a Macbeth Color
Checker within every shot and save that file as DNG. We then convert to
TIFF, crop away the captured color checker, do our visual editing tweaks,
and insert an electronically generated ?perfect? Macbeth chart into the tiff
which becomes our distribution copy.
In this way we have documentation of our captured color in the DNG, but
avoid losing our color corrections down the reproduction chain by anyone who
might be tempted to neutralize on the gray patches.
Erik
Erik Landsberg
Head of Collections Imaging
The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53 Street, New York, NY 10019
212-708-9489
erik_landsberg at moma.org
www.moma.org



From: Jeff Evans 
Reply-To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:05:59 -0400
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
Conversation: [MCN-L] photography, digitization, and a color/grey card?
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] photography, digitization, and a color/grey card?

I read these fast, so I might have missed it, but no one is mentioning CMYK
printing.  That is what all this is about.

If you're working with a good printer, especially one who reproduces fine
art images on a regular basis, your color workflow will be guided by them.
Color scales in the film will help you with selecting the best exposure as
well as creating a balanced scan.

Color targets in direct capture images will assist the software in creating
a balanced image.

Both targets matter to the color separator who is converting your file to
CMYK.  And, if your workflow allows it, you are "hard proofing" the CMYK
print against the actual work under controlled lighting conditions.

JEFF

Jeffrey Evans
Digital Imaging Specialist
Princeton University Art Museum
609.258.8579






On 10/20/08 10:15 PM, "Thiel, Sarah Goodwin"  wrote:

>
>
> nicely put.
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu on behalf of Stanley Smith
> Sent: Mon 10/20/2008 4:44 PM
> To: mcn-l at mcn.edu
> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] photography, digitization, and a color/grey card?
>
> A couple of comments regarding the use of grayscale and color bars:
>
> - due to differences between dyes and/or pigments used to make the
> color bars and the materials used to produce the actual artwork,
> accurately rendering the grayscales in a particular image may NOT
> produce the most accurate rendition of the artwork itself.
>
> - If there is some visual editing to tweak color into place (hopefully
> under calibrated viewing conditions with direct comparisons to the
> original artwork), then another operator who may be printing the image
> later will most likely UNDO those edits if they assume that the image is
> rendered correctly by printing a neutral grayscale.
>
> - There is some interest in the production of "virtual" grayscales and
> color bars.  These would be digitally dropped into the edited and color
> corrected image with the same colorspace as the original image.  Then
> other users would achieve better color when they match the grayscale and
> color bars.
>
> - If it is your decision to incorporate grayscales and color bars, then
> it is really not good practice to only do it once for a "batch".  It is
> too difficult to mate up the correct grayscales with subsequent images--
> especially years hence.  Put them in every image.
>
>
>
>
> Stanley Smith
> Manager, Imaging Services
> J. Paul Getty Museum
> 1200 Getty Center Drive,  Suite 1000
> Los Angeles, CA 90049-1687
> (310) 440-7286
>
>
>>>>  10/15/2008 12:00 PM >>>
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[MCN-L] photography, digitization, and a color/grey card?

[Landsberg, Erik]

Interesting thread.
Our current solution to the issues below is to capture a Macbeth Color
Checker within every shot and save that file as DNG. We then convert to
TIFF, crop away the captured color checker, do our visual editing tweaks,
and insert an electronically generated ?perfect? Macbeth chart into the tiff
which becomes our distribution copy.
In this way we have documentation of our captured color in the DNG, but
avoid losing our color corrections down the reproduction chain by anyone who
might be tempted to neutralize on the gray patches.
Erik
Erik Landsberg
Head of Collections Imaging
The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53 Street, New York, NY 10019
212-708-9489
erik_landsberg at moma.org
www.moma.org



From: Jeff Evans 
Reply-To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:05:59 -0400
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
Conversation: [MCN-L] photography, digitization, and a color/grey card?
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] photography, digitization, and a color/grey card?

I read these fast, so I might have missed it, but no one is mentioning CMYK
printing.  That is what all this is about.

If you're working with a good printer, especially one who reproduces fine
art images on a regular basis, your color workflow will be guided by them.
Color scales in the film will help you with selecting the best exposure as
well as creating a balanced scan.

Color targets in direct capture images will assist the software in creating
a balanced image.

Both targets matter to the color separator who is converting your file to
CMYK.  And, if your workflow allows it, you are "hard proofing" the CMYK
print against the actual work under controlled lighting conditions.

JEFF

Jeffrey Evans
Digital Imaging Specialist
Princeton University Art Museum
609.258.8579






On 10/20/08 10:15 PM, "Thiel, Sarah Goodwin"  wrote:

>
>
> nicely put.
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu on behalf of Stanley Smith
> Sent: Mon 10/20/2008 4:44 PM
> To: mcn-l at mcn.edu
> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] photography, digitization, and a color/grey card?
> 
> A couple of comments regarding the use of grayscale and color bars:
> 
> - due to differences between dyes and/or pigments used to make the
> color bars and the materials used to produce the actual artwork,
> accurately rendering the grayscales in a particular image may NOT
> produce the most accurate rendition of the artwork itself.
> 
> - If there is some visual editing to tweak color into place (hopefully
> under calibrated viewing conditions with direct comparisons to the
> original artwork), then another operator who may be printing the image
> later will most likely UNDO those edits if they assume that the image is
> rendered correctly by printing a neutral grayscale.
> 
> - There is some interest in the production of "virtual" grayscales and
> color bars.  These would be digitally dropped into the edited and color
> corrected image with the same colorspace as the original image.  Then
> other users would achieve better color when they match the grayscale and
> color bars.
> 
> - If it is your decision to incorporate grayscales and color bars, then
> it is really not good practice to only do it once for a "batch".  It is
> too difficult to mate up the correct grayscales with subsequent images--
> especially years hence.  Put them in every image.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Stanley Smith
> Manager, Imaging Services
> J. Paul Getty Museum
> 1200 Getty Center Drive,  Suite 1000
> Los Angeles, CA 90049-1687
> (310) 440-7286
>
>
  10/15/2008 12:00 PM >>>
> Send mcn-l mailing list submissions to
> mcn-l at mcn.edu
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>1. photography, digitization, and a color/grey card?
>   (Jansonius, Remko (Vizcaya))
>2. Re: photography, digitization, and a color/grey card?
>   (Frank E. Thomson)
>3. Re: photography, digitization, and a color/grey card?
>   (Tim Atherton)
>4. Re: photography, digitization, and a color/grey card?
>   (Nilsen, Dianne)
>5. IP SIG: No fair use for thumbnails in Germany
> (akeshet at imj.org.il)
>6. IP SIG:  McCain-Palin, DMCA, YouTube, and Fair Use
>   (akeshet at imj.org.il)
>7. Re: photography, digitization, and a color/grey card?
>   (Genevieve De mahy)
>8. Digitization - definition and strategic planning (Diane M.
> Zorich)
>9. free ftp software? (Jansonius, Remko (Vizcaya))
>   10. Re: free ftp software? (Edwards, Chris)
>   11. Re: free ftp software? (Daniel M. Bartolini)
>   12. Re: free ftp software? (Elizabeth Bruton)
>   13. Re: free ftp software? (Tracy Davenport)
>   14. Re: 

[MCN-L] [ITS-SENDERBASE] Re: Department name question.

[Landsberg, Erik]

Maybe my team is taking too many coffee breaks...



From: Susan Cole 
Reply-To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:38:48 -0500
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
Conversation: [MCN-L] [ITS-SENDERBASE] Re:  Department name question.
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] [ITS-SENDERBASE] Re:  Department name question.

Ha ha Tim. I still do.

Susan Cole
Digital Photographer
Digital Imaging Dept
Seattle Art Museum

206.654.3159
-Original Message-
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Tim
Atherton
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 3:23 PM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] [ITS-SENDERBASE] Re: Department name question.


> Non-management positions include:
>
> Assistant Collections Photographer (primarily copystand work)
> Collections Photographer (images all collection works and installation
> views)
> Senior Collections Photographer (exceptional quality and
> productivity. Most
> difficult assignments)
> [All photographers do their own color corrections.]
> Production Assistant (bit of a misnomer, really more an Admin
> Assistant.
> Clerical and bookkeeping work including POs, vouchers, end of month
> reports,
> organization of incoming jobs, etc.)
> Digital Imaging Technician: archiving of daily image production,
> reformatting, migration, metadata check.
> Senior Archiving Technician: another misnomer needing re-titling:
> performs
> flatbed scanning and color correction of archival materilas (non-
> permanent
> collection).
> Senior Digital Image Archivist: Our DAM gatekeeper. researches
> metadata
> standards, works with IT to organize and maintain DAM folder
> structure, vets
> image submissions for internal standards compliance. Serves as
> liaison to
> our outside Rights and Repro agencies.


Damn - last place I worked I used to do all those - apart from the
book keeping...  :-)

tim a




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[MCN-L] Department name question.

[Landsberg, Erik]

Our department at MoMA is named Imaging Services.

I have overall responsibility for the department and my title is Head of
Collections Imaging. I?m involved primarily with policy, budgets, project
management, technical research, & staffing issues.
Our other management position, Production Manager, is responsible for job
assignments to photographers and scanning staff, clarifying curatorial
requests, scheduling, QA, resolving technical issues, guiding jobs to
completion.

Non-management positions include:

Assistant Collections Photographer (primarily copystand work)
Collections Photographer (images all collection works and installation
views)
Senior Collections Photographer (exceptional quality and productivity. Most
difficult assignments)
[All photographers do their own color corrections.]
Production Assistant (bit of a misnomer, really more an Admin Assistant.
Clerical and bookkeeping work including POs, vouchers, end of month reports,
organization of incoming jobs, etc.)
Digital Imaging Technician: archiving of daily image production,
reformatting, migration, metadata check.
Senior Archiving Technician: another misnomer needing re-titling: performs
flatbed scanning and color correction of archival materilas (non-permanent
collection).
Senior Digital Image Archivist: Our DAM gatekeeper. researches metadata
standards, works with IT to organize and maintain DAM folder structure, vets
image submissions for internal standards compliance. Serves as liaison to
our outside Rights and Repro agencies.

Erik Landsberg
Head of Collections Imaging
The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53 Street, New York, NY 10019
212-708-9489
erik_landsberg at moma.org
www.moma.org



From: Jeff Evans 
Reply-To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:00:50 -0500
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
Conversation: [MCN-L] Department name question.
Subject: [MCN-L] Department name question.

All,

We are renaming a Photo Services department here.  Please reply with
both department names as well as manager titles that you may have
generated at your institution.

Thanks in advance,

JEFF


Jeffrey Evans
Digital Imaging Specialist
Princeton University Art Museum
609.258.8579



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[MCN-L] Digitial Image management software for Mac's

[Landsberg, Erik]

Also worth considering is Microsoft Expression Media, formerly I-View Media
Pro. Although it does not serve our needs at MoMA, I find it useful for
organization and very fast access to thumbnails and enlarged previews for a
small archive of several thousand images, providing convenient batch editing
of metadata, etc. The Microsoft version is functionally unchanged from the
last iteration of I-View. Here are links to both the original and new
?owners?:

http://www.iview-multimedia.com/expression/index.php
http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/overview.aspx?key=media

Erik Landsberg
Head of Collections Imaging
The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53 Street, New York, NY 10019
212-708-9489
erik_landsberg at moma.org
www.moma.org




From: Tim Atherton 
Reply-To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 12:58:22 -0500
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
Conversation: [MCN-L] Digitial Image management software for Mac's
Subject: [MCN-L] Digitial Image management software for Mac's

Having worked on PC's for so long, I'm somewhat out of the loop on
Mac software and options...

I'm looking for some lower end (but not bottom of the barrel) image
management/library software that's Mac compatible.

It's not going to be for a huge number of images

But there are enough images that i need to be able to keep track of
archived files, working files, exhibit projects etc etc

It's also probably only going to be used by a couple of people or so

I don't need something large scale that will run with multiple users
on severs, handle hundreds of thousands of images, or produce web
front ends etc etc, but it needs to be sophisticated enough that I
can work with some basic metadata, run searches and keep track of
things and so on...

This will be separate from our actual collections database and the
images as part of the catalogued in there (though those images will
also be an incidental part of what I'm looking to use the image
management software for)

thanks

tim a


Tim Atherton
Assistant Curator
(Archives & Research)
Mus?e H?ritage Museum, St. Albert
(780) 459-1594
tatherton at st-albert.net



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[MCN-L] Entry level job opportunity - Image Archivist

[Landsberg, Erik]

All,
The MoMA Department of Imaging Services has an available entry level
position for a Digital Image Archiving Technician with at least 1 year of
experience. If you know of any qualified candidates, I would appreciate your
passing along this information. Apologies for any cross posting. Looking
forward to seeing you in Chicago.
Erik Landsberg
Head of Collections Imaging
The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53 Street, New York, NY 10019
212-708-9489
erik_landsberg at moma.org
www.moma.org

Job Posting:

The Museum of Modern Art is currently seeking a Digital Image Archiving
Technician to join its Department of Imaging Services.
 
The Department of Imaging Services creates and maintains the highest
possible quality digital photographic images of works of art in the MoMA
permanent collection as well as works in all ancillary collections. In
addition, the Department creates digital images of catalogued analog
material held in various departments, including Museum Archives and the
Library and creates and maintains installation views of all MoMA
exhibitions.  
 
Reporting to the Studio Production Manager, the Digital Image Archiving
Technician will:
 
* Organize and maintain digital images created by photographers and
technicians in the Imaging Studio: check and confirm that metadata,
formatting, and file naming conform to studio standards. Organize images on
servers, burns backup media (DVD).
 
* Maintain organizational file structure of image archive.
 
* Update image data, supplying relevant information to other databases
throughout the Museum including CEMS and DAMS.
 
* Verify, for other departments, the availability and technical parameters
of images in the archive. Reformat and update existing images to accommodate
changing file formats, metadata tags, and color management profiles.
 
* With supervision, may scan archival documents.
 
Qualified candidates will possess a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science
in Library Science, Art History or related field and a minimum 1 year?
experience, preferably in a museum or library environment, working with
digital image archives. Experience with databases, file formatting, media
migration, and metadata is also required. Familiarity with TMS and
NetXposure Image Portal a plus.  Additional skills include proficiency on
Mac and PC platforms. Good Photoshop, Word, and Excel skills.  Excellent
organizational, clerical, and communications skills.  General familiarity
with 20th century art.  General understanding of digital image file
parameters: bit depth, color profiles, resolution, compression, and image
size.  Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
 
Please submit resume and cover letter, which must include salary
requirements, to jobs at moma.org or to The Museum of Modern Art, Department of
Human Resources, 11 W. 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019.  If submitting by
email, please reference the position title in the subject line.
 
The Museum of Modern Art is an equal opportunity employer and considers all
candidates for employment regardless of race, color, sex, age, national
origin, creed, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or political
affiliation.
 
November 2007

[MCN-L] Image Server

[Landsberg, Erik]

Roger,
One possibility (of many) you may want to investigate is NetExposure Image
Portal. We are building our DAM in NetEx to match some of the same needs
that you mention: keep the files on our own server, web access to the DAM
allowing for easy implementation for many users. Also, important to us, SQL
database underpinnings with reasonably good communication with TMS.
Erik

Erik Landsberg
Head of Collections Imaging,
MoMA
Erik_landsberg at moma.org



From: John Bedard 
Reply-To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:25:09 -0400
To: 
Conversation: [MCN-L] Image Server
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Image Server

I don't know the size of your organization, but it sounds like you
should investigate Digital Asset Management Systems.  There is a wide
variety of systems from desktop to enterprise.

John Bedard


John R. Bedard
Director of Information Projects and Services
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
2400 Third Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Phone: 612-870-3268
Fax: 612-870-3004
Email: JBedard at artsmia.org
www.artsmia.org
www.artsconnected.org

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   2. Re: Image Server? (Jeff Evans)


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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:16:58 -0400
From: Roger Zender 
Subject: [MCN-L] Image Server?
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Hi Everyone,

I'm looking for suggestions on how your institutions are managing
images.  I've been looking into Microsoft's Expression Media
application, but would like something with a web-based browsing
ability.  Another requirement is that we don't have to move the files

off-site, such as with using something like Flickr.  I would like
them to sit on our server and be accessible via a web-browser so that

we can just link to these images from our website.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Roger




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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:35:06 -0400
From: Jeff Evans 
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Image Server?
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
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Not a sales pitch, but: My friend runs a company called SeeFile.  Its

a simple-dimple web or NAS based appliance, that will allow you to
link images, and view your files online.  Images and metadata only,
though.   www.seefile.com

Jeff


Jeffrey Evans
Digital Imaging Specialist
Princeton University Art Museum
609.258.8579



On Oct 24, 2007, at 2:16 PM, Roger Zender wrote:

>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I'm looking for suggestions on how your institutions are managing
> images.  I've been looking into Microsoft's Expression Media
> application, but would like something with a web-based browsing
> ability.  Another requirement is that we don't have to move the
files
> off-site, such as with using something like Flickr.  I would like
> them to sit on our server and be accessible via a web-browser so
that
> we can just link to these images from our website.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Roger
>
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[MCN-L] DAM system recommendations

[Landsberg, Erik]

While underscoring Deb and John?s emphasis on starting with a system needs
and staff capabilities analysis, our DAM solution that permits communication
with TMS is NetXposure?s Image Portal. However considerable in-house IT work
is required to build good functionality between the 2 systems.
 
Erik Landsberg
MoMA



From: Aleesha Nissen 
Reply-To: Museum Computer Network Listserv 
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 09:21:56 -0500
To: 
Subject: [MCN-L] DAM system recommendations

Hello,

Does anyone have any recommendations for an efficient DAM system that works
best with TMS?

Thank you,
Aleesha

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> For those local to the Bay Area, the Internet Archive will be holding a
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