[MCN-L] ESF Conference on the Networked Humanities
Hi MCN'ers, I wanted to pass along some information about what looks to be a pretty interesting conference hosted by the European Science Foundation this fall for your interest: ESF-COST High-Level Research Conference Networked Humanities: Art History in the Web 9-14 October 2010 Acquafredda di Maratea, Italy Conference Link: http://www.esf.org/index.php?id=6726 Draft Program: http://www.esf.org/activities/esf-conferences/details/2010/confdetail342/342-preliminary-programme.html Since the earliest times, new technologies have contributed to profound scientific advances and have transformed the ways we can do research. It is claimed today that the World Wide Web offers revolutionary models of scientific cooperation, which promise to instantiate a utopian democracy of knowledge. This claim has repeatedly been associated with the development and introduction of a collaborative Web, commonly referred to as 'Web 2.0' as well as its offspring, a semantically enriched Web 3.0 still in the making The aim of this conference is to bring together art historians and other researchers (including digital humanists) in order to investigate the intersection between the web and collaborative research processes, via an examination of electronic media-based cooperative models in the history of art and beyond. The conference will not only be an occasion to exchange ideas and present relevant projects in the field, but,with contributions spanning from art history (and digital art) to philosophy and cultural studies, from psychology and sociology of knowledge to computer graphics, from semiotics to curatorial practices it will offer a unique forum for the representation of both diversified and complementary approaches to the topic of Networked humanities. Conference format: - lectures by invited high level speakers - short talks by young early stage researchers - poster sessions, round table and open discussion periods - forward look panel discussion about future developments Invited speakers will include: - *Ira Assent* (Aaalborg University, DK) *Data Mining and the Social Web* - *Erik Champion* (Massey University Auckland, NZ) *Game-Based Learning in Collaborative Virtual Worlds* - *Patrick Danowski* (CERN Geneva, CH) *Collaborative filtering and Social Networks* - *Matteo d'Alfonso* (Universit? di Bologna, IT) *Linked Data Semantic Web technologies for the Humanities* - *Francesca Gallo* (University of Rome La Sapienza, IT) *From local networks to the web: Artistic research after Les Immat?riaux* - *Charlie Gere* (University of Lancaster, UK) *Touch, community and the digital* - *Gudrun Germann* (German Historical Institute Paris, FR) *Networked publication* - *Guenther Goerz* (University of Erlangen, Institute of Computer Science, DE) *A framework for semantic object representation, knowledge processing, and scholarly communication* - *Halina Gottlieb* (Interactive Institute, Kista, SE) *Designing support activities for the interdiscplinary collaboration in Digital Art History* - *Gerhard Nauta* (University of Leiden, NL) *Do you see what we've seen? Using many eyes in search of similarities in the visual arts* - *Robert Stein* (Indianapolis Museum of Arts, US) *Crowd-Sourcing Art History: Research and Application of Social Tagging for Museums*
[MCN-L] The Case of the Missing MCN-L Posts
Hi Richard, I've noticed a few things recently... Specifically: I received a message from Sue Grinols at 8:36 am responding to a mail entitled Re: [MCN-L] Digital Imaging Services Available, but did not receive the original post from Renee Montgomery until 11:56 am later this morning... Likewise: Yesterday, I saw some activity from Floyd Sweeting and Ari Davidow responding to a message from Perian Sully inquiring about Re: [MCN-L] Looking for a New Webblast/Email/Metrics Service at 2:03 am and 6:13 am respectively, but did not receive Perian's original email until 11:23 am this morning... I seem to experience the case of the missing email fairly frequently, and have checked by spam gateway to ensure that it's not getting held up there... Wondering if others are experiencing the same? Rob -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Urban Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 3:19 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] The Case of the Missing MCN-L Posts Hi everyone, It appears that we have a bit of technological mystery on our hands. Occasionally I've received reports from people who don't see some of the posts that other see (and reply to), or post messages that never show up. It appears to be an ongoing problem that doesn't seem to have a pattern and that I've not been able to replicate reliably. I would appreciate your assistance trying to track down the source of this problem. If you personally notice that you're missing sent messages, or that your message are not appearing on the list soon after you post them, please contact me directly. If possible include the subject of the post and the date/time that it was sent. If you're missing posts, let me know where the holes are. ;) Thanks, Richard Urban MCN-L List manager rjurban at illinois.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 at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ smtp.imamuseum.org made the following annotations - FILM | Objectified | Thur, May 14 | 7 pm | A film featuring the designers behind IKEA and the iPod | Buy Tickets Online - NOTICE: Wed May 13 2009 15:39:09 This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. -
[MCN-L] Job Posting: IMA New Media Project Administrator
Hello All, Apologies for cross posting. The IMA is in the process of hiring for a position in its New Media Department. Please direct all inquiries and interest in this position to dincandela at imamuseum.org. Thank You, Rob Robert J. Stein Chief Information Officer - Director of MIS Indianapolis Museum of Art rstein at imamuseum dot org (317) 923-1331 x244 http://www.imamuseum.org/ Job Title:New Media Project Administrator Department: New Media Division: MIS Reports To: Director of New Media Purpose This position reports to the Director of New Media and is heavily involved in the planning and implementation of new and creative online and new media projects. This position will work collaboratively with team members both inside and outside the IMA in helping the IMA design award winning art related content. The New Media Project Administrator will provide project management support including the identification of unique opportunities for innovative content development, financial planning, facilitating communication both internally and externally as well as maintaining the processes of development, planning and implementation of assigned projects. Essential Duties * Serve as a creative lead with respect to digital content for New Media initiated projects with a firm understanding of encyclopedic art-related content. Possess a good working knowledge of art history and the contemporary art world. * Lead project teams to organize and implement projects as assigned by the Director of New Media * Actively participate in the creative development of new digital content. Create and maintain web content on IMA-managed sites such as www.imamuseum.org http://www.imamuseum.org/ , ArtBabble.org, Flickr, Facebook, YouTube, iTunes U, IMA Blog and other sites as they arise * Be an expert in the use of social media, Web 2.0 and other emerging technologies as they apply to New Media projects. Work closely with the IMA's marketing department to maximize the reach of digital content to develop new audience relationships. * Possess and maintain a deep understanding of the role and function of technology and media online. Collaborate with IMA software developers in the creation of web and online content. * Work with educators, curators, and marketing staff both in teams and one-on-one, to brainstorm, plan and implement projects. Serve on temporary exhibition and special project teams as assigned. * Initiate and lead web and video projects generated by New Media, internal IMA clients as well as external clients and institutions. Manage and meet project budgets and deadlines. * Manage all aspects of the New Media departments work with external collaborators including issues related to rights, contracts and licensing and general communication and coordination of effort. Form and maintain collaborative relationships with external organizations both regionally, nationally and internationally to promote and enhance IMA initiatives. * Serve as an institutional advocate for New Media projects by proactively working with Marketing and Development to generate short and long-range plans for promotion and fundraising * Lead teams to create front and back-end evaluations related to projects that will inform planning processes for future initiatives * Assist Director of New Media in project planning and implementation as needed including travel planning, research, etc Language Skills Ability to read and comprehend instructions, correspondence, documents, and memos. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers and other employees. Knowledge (speaking and/or reading comprehension) of other languages is a plus. Mathematical Skills Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions and percentages. Reasoning Ability Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. Physical Demands and Ability The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of the position. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and walk, talk and hear, use hands, fingers and arms to handle, feel and reach. The employee frequently is required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
[MCN-L] Website benchmarking
I find Google Analytics to be a quite amazing tool that can go into very forensic detail if you've got enough time to spend :-) I think perhaps a more useful question would be why is there so little information about web site traffic and statistics between museums? MCN seems to be a perfect place to trade that sort of information. I'd be willing to export traffic statistics from Google Analytics if others are willing to do the same? Perhaps we can agree on a high level set of stats that are useful for benchmarking against peers that can be properly anonymized so as not to be too specific to any one museum's investments in keyword optimization and Ad campaigns? We make some of this information available on http://dashboard.imamuseum.org. This is certainly less information than what would be useful to this audience, but I'd be willing to open that up more significantly. Any Takers? Rob Robert Stein Chief Information Officer IMA It's My Art Indianapolis Museum of Art Oldfields--Lilly House Gardens Virginia B. Fairbanks Art Nature Park T 317-923-1331, ext. 244 F 317-931-1978 E rstein at imamuseum.org 4000 Michigan Road Indianapolis, IN 46208 -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Jeff Tancil Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 3:58 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Website benchmarking That seems to beg a question: what stats service is useful? As a fairly dinky Museum, we use the best free service, GoogleAnalytics. How badly do people think that skews? -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Nik Honeysett Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 3:53 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Website benchmarking Like you say, these sites are ok for trends but do not give anything close to accurate figures for traffic your numbers. -nik Russ Brooks RBrooks at mus-nature.ca 3/11/2008 10:43 AM When we noticed a shift in our web statistics we wondered if it was just our site or was it something that was affecting all other museums. We found the two following sites very useful in providing us with an opportunity to compare our performance to that of other museums. http://www.alexa.com/ http://www.compete.com/ These two sites allowed us to see the exact same patterns in traffic affecting nearly all other museums. These sites can also be useful when trying to determine Internet usage trends. Is Facebook still hot? Type in their address and you can see the results. On 3/11/08 1:26 PM, Leonard Steinbach lensteinbach at gmail.com wrote: I was wondering whether anyone uses any particular web traffic statistics to compare the performance of their website to the websites of other museums. In effect is anyone benchmarking their website against others, or know of any studies or papers which address this issue? Thanks ___ 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://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l ___ 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://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l ___ 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://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l ___ 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://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l smtp.imamuseum.org made the following annotations-NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. -
