[MCN-L] Call to action
Hello MCN list, I ask you to participate in an important international cultural awareness campaign. This campaign is a reaction to the acute crisis affecting major cultural institutions in Bosnia-Herzegovina. On October 4, 2012, after 124 years of existence, the country?s National Museum (Zemaljski Muzej)http://www.zemaljskimuzej.ba/index-en.php closed down due to the government?s failure to secure legal status and adequate funding. Your solidarity is needed! February 1, the date of this public call, marks the 125th Anniversary of Zemaljski Muzej?s existence. March 4, the date of this Day of Museum Solidarity, marks the six-month anniversary of the Zemaljski Muzej?s closure. This crisis in Bosnia-Herzegovina requires political, economic, and institutional solutions. By participating in the Day of Museum Solidarity, you will make an important and much needed contribution to resolving this crisis. To participate, please follow the simple directions provided on the CULTURESHUTDOWN webpagehttp://www.cultureshutdown.net/public-call-day-of-museum-solidarity/: http://www.cultureshutdown.net/public-call-day-of-museum-solidarity/ Tom Arnautovic Manager of Information Technology CROCKER ART MUSEUM 216 O Street Sacramento, CA 95814 direct 916.808.1176 crockerartmuseum.org The Crocker Art Museum now features ?Crocker Kids? classes and adventures for children of all ages. Encourage your kids to unleash their imaginations at the Museum by rolling, squishing, carving, painting, molding and sculpting. At the Crocker, kids can also forge trails through the galleries, travel six continents through art, celebrate their birthdays, and make their dreams come true at family sleepovers.
[MCN-L] FW: Bruce Willis To Sue Apple Over Right To Bequeath His iTunes Library
Can anyone point out the relevant non-transferability clause in the iTunes terms? I have a hard time finding it. http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/us/terms.html Thanks Tom A. IT Manger CAM On Sep 3, 2012, at 7:45, Lesley Ellen Harris lesleyeharris at comcast.net wrote: It's also a good example to use to teach people about the difference between a license and an assignment, and what you can do with purchased content. Lesley Lesley Ellen Harris www.copyrightlaws.com @Copyrightlaws On Sep 3, 2012, at 9:13 AM, Amalyah Keshet [akeshet at imj.org.il] wrote: Go, Bruce! A very real issue affecting all of us (eventually) with many forms of digital content - including emails. _ 9/2/2012: According to The Sun (UK), Bruce Willis is preparing to sue Apple over the terms and conditions of its iTunes service. The actor has collected a huge music library, and wants to leave the haul to his daughters Rumer, Scout and Tallulah. But under iTunes' current terms and conditions, customers essentially only 'borrow' tracks rather than owning them outright. So any music library amassed like that would be worthless when the owner dies. http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykosner/2012/09/02/ownage-bruce-willis-to-sue-apple-over-right-to-bequeath-his-itunes-library/ __ Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Chair, MCN IP SIG ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/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://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
Re: IT Sig: Where do you go for ...
Becky, If you want to stay with your current setup: For system integration you may want to consult with a professional organization that specializes in that matter. One company, www.novacoast.com, comes to mind. Their client list is pretty impressive. If you have the flexibility (and money) to re-organize: Looking at the set of applications your organization uses, a server-client based, and customized, FileMaker solution would take care of most of your integration issues (except Email). Furthermore, a lot of OS projects could be of use to you and may be easier to integrate down the road, especially since most of them use MySQL as their backend. One such project, called Mambo, lets you integrate most of your current application software into one web portal (Tickets, donations, museum store, collection database). Good luck, Tom becky.go...@mam.org 05/25/05 7:45 AM Good Morning, about 150 Dell Computers a handful of Macs and laptops Asante switches 1 building Desktop OS Windows 2000 and XP OSX 9.0 Server OS Primary/Secondary Domain Controllers, Win NT 4.0 Member Servers, Windows 2000 Server Hardware Compaq ProLiant Application Software Accounting for Non-Profits (BlackBaud) Ticketing - VISTA Membership/Development - PledgeMaker Museum Store - CAM32 Audience Development/Perspective - ACT Payroll - ADP Email - Exchange 5.5 IO/TRIO - Collections Database Cafe POS - HSI Desktop Software MSOffice 2000 mail client - Outlook browser - IE virus - Symantec Corporate Edition This is what we have. If anyone has anyone questions, they can contact me. Like I mentioned in my earlier email, we are looking to solve the problem of communication issues between our different software programs. If anyone has any tips they can help us with pertaining to that, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks much, Becky -Original Message- From: Weinstein, William [mailto:wweinst...@philamuseum.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 8:53 AM To: mcn_mc...@listserver.americaneagle.com Subject: RE: IT Sig: Where do you go for ... Good morning everyone. A good burst of energy. I will try to keep it going. One of the behind the scenes discussions on the IT sig was the status of the last survey. It was decided the data was too old but that it might be valuable to post anyway. Maybe we can use the little push from this thread to get some new data. I would be happy to compile. Our environment is: about 410 Computers (Dell) about 10% Mac and the rest PCs with 10% of those laptops Cisco layer 2 switches Cisco Wireless AP in storage 3 Buildings One connected via multiple T-1s, One connected via T-1 and point to point wireless 2 Remote sites both connected through DSL and VPN 2 ISPs Patec provides 2 T-1s, USLec 1 T-1 Desktop OS Windows 2000 OSX 10.3 Server OS Primary/Secondary Domain Controllers WinNT 4.0 (don't laugh) Member servers Win2000 Server Server Hardware HP/Compaq Proliant HP/Compaq MSA1000 SAN HP/Compaq Application Software: Accounting - Paciolan (selection of new software in process) Ticketing - Paciolan (Same as above) Membership/Development - Raisers Edge 7.6 MSSQL Version Wholesale/Retail - CamData Gupta SQL version Volunteer Management - Volunteer Works Payroll - ADP Gupta SQL Version Email - Exchange 5.5 Collections Management - TMS 9.x MSSql Version Web Apps eMuseum - internal access to collections information for non curatorial staff Netsolutions - email campaigns for Membership and Development online donations for Development Public website is hosted by INetU Desktop Software MSOffice 2000 PCs MSOffice:Mac vX mail client - Outlook Browser - IE virus - Symantec Enterprise Spyware- XoftSpy This is of the top of my head, informal. Anyone who wants to add to the list can and I will enhance my answers to cover new topics. This list can help people target who to contact for info and help us begin to see where to look for resources we might want to share. Respond direct to me or to the list. Bill -Original Message- From: Goral, Becky [mailto:becky.go...@mam.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 8:29 AM To: mcn_mc...@listserver.americaneagle.com Subject: RE: IT Sig: Where do you go for ... I am new to MCN and to non-profits so networking is key for me. Something like this is ideal. Any resources that I can share, I would be more than willing to do so. I would love to see more information about different software programs organizations are using. For example, our organization has ticketing software, a Cafe point-of-sale, as well as a museum store point-of-sale. None of these programs communicate with each other. Wouldn't it be nice if our customers could buy a gift card and have the ability to use in each area, ticketing, cafe and store? Somebody out there has to be using software like this, but who and where? Thanks and I am looking forward to this communication! Becky Milwaukee Art Museum -Original Message- From: Janice
Re: IT Sig: Where do you go for ...
Hello, In regards to the open source software: What challenges in particular are you facing? As far as digital image storage goes, here is what we have: 5.6TB (14 x 400GB) Xserve RAID connected to a Xserve G5 via dual 2Gb fibre channel lines. The Xserve is setup as a: file and image (via TCP/IP, Samba, Kerberos), web (Apache, webDav), mail (Postfix/Cyrus) and database server (MySQL). Server and RAID management software tools are included. Cost: a bit over $14,000 Storage can always be added by purchasing additional Xserve RAID systems and a fibre switch, interconnecting them to share/host files via the available Xserve server. Good luck, Tom Tom Arnautovic Collection Database/Imaging Specialist Crocker Art Museum 916-264-1176 smo...@toledomuseum.org 05/25/05 8:40 AM Toledo Museum of Art infrastructure: about 170 IBM Computers (we've had a high failure rate on the IBM desktops, are going to start purchasing Dell) 3 Macs and a few laptops Bay hubs and switches (installed in 1997) (we're starting to look at replacing our hub/switch infrastructure. Looking at CISCO, but not sure we can afford CISCO, so are looking at other brands as well) 4 buildings, with 1 more on the way (Glass Pavilion - opening Spring 2006) Desktop OS Mostly Windows 2000 - Will go to XP slowly Server OS Novell Netware 5.1 servers Many Windows 2000 application servers Server Hardware All IBM servers currently, but will be going to Dell rack mounted servers over time, as we are running out of physical space in our server room Application Software Blackbaud Financial Edge The Raiser's Edge SQL VISTA for docent and space scheduling Library - Spydus School registration - Aceware's Student Manager Museum Store - TAM (The Assistant Manager) - Lode Data Systems Payroll - ADP Email - Novell Groupwise 6.5 Argus - Collections Database Desktop Software MSOffice 2000 mail client - Novell Groupwise 6.5 browser - IE (and starting to use firefox in some cases) virus - Computer Associates Etrust Challenges: Open source software, electronic storage of digital images, keeping the bad guys out of our network, what to do with our Novell network. We also would like to start to consolidate our customer/visitor information into one system, as right now it is in many places. . . Sandy Moore Toledo Museum of Art --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: tarnauto...@cityofsacramento.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-140575...@listserver.americaneagle.com --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: rlancefi...@mail.wesleyan.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com
Re: Software Question
If you have some money to spare, take a look at FileMaker (http://store.filemaker.com/promos/apps_bundle.html?ovmkt=O5M3PJVLTCEPQGE0R6M8Q8GDNS) They have a promo running on their Application package, including Meetings, Tasks, Donations, and Work Requests (includes one copy of FileMaker Pro7) for $299. Good luck Tom Arnautovic Collection Database/Imaging Specialist Crocker Art Museum 916-264-1176 becky.go...@mam.org 04/19/05 6:45 AM Hello, I was wondering if anyone is using any type of software program to track/log exhibition tasks and schedules. For example, we are looking for something that includes which person is responsible for painting pedestals as well as a start and finish date for that task. We would also like to log when the art arrives, the installation and de-installation of it, who is hanging it, etc. Additionally, it should be able to include curators and curatorial assistants tasks related to the exhibition. To say the least we are looking for a software package that does a lot, but something to help get us a little more organized so that everyone knows what is being done and when as well as who is responsible for it. If anyone has any tips on anything good out there, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks much, Becky --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: tarnauto...@cityofsacramento.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-140575...@listserver.americaneagle.com --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: rlancefi...@mail.wesleyan.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com
Re: Search for reliable web host
Thomas, I developed a site for a non-profit some time back using www.ipowerweb.com, and found them to be superb. Very responsive to inquiries and troubleshooting. Also, they give you a 30 day money back guarantee, so if you just want to try them out, you are not locked into a contract. Their control panel (where you manage your web space) is very intuitive and easy to use, and live web statistics are also available, as are database options, CGI support, SSI, etc. May not mean much to you, but if you run a dynamic site (Mambo for example) it makes the management much easier, and let you expand on the fly with shopping cart(s) or dynamic image galleries (Menalto's Gallery for example). Good luck, Tom Arnautovic Collection Database/Imaging Specialist Crocker Art Museum 916-264-1176 thomas.weyna...@pandora.be 01/10/05 12:20 PM Dear Listmembers, Apologies for access problems to Visual Media in the near past and for the underneath offline topic. Please reply directly to my personal e-mail: Thomas.Weynants@ blocked::mailto:thomas.weyna...@telenet.be telenet.be or tho...@visual-media.be Visual Media has encountered some technical problems during the past week. All hyperlinks are now repaired and updated! All 69, except egypt.html, existing pages are working again when typing the main url of the current server http://users.telenet.be/thomasweynants/; before the name-of-page.html Direct sub links, e.g. http://www.visual-media.be/photography.index.html http://www.visual-media.be/photography.index.html, in the browser addressline will no longer work. Please use e.g. http://users.telenet.be/thomasweynants/ http://users.telenet.be/thomasweynants/photography.index.html instead. However, the homepage (only) http://www.visual-media.be/photography.index.html http://www.visual-media.be/ still works with url forwarding and from their all subpages can be visited withouth problem! Sorry for this inconvinience, refresh your cache memory with the complete users.telenet url for each page. I welcome listmembers to advice me in finding a reliable, low prize, and easy to use server to host my web site in the future? Information about reliable free web statistics are welcome too. Many thanks in advance, Best regards, Thomas http://www.visual-media.be/photography.index.html http://www.visual-media.be/ http://users.telenet.be/thomasweynants/ http://users.telenet.be/thomasweynants/ --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: tarnauto...@cityofsacramento.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: rlancefi...@mail.wesleyan.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com
Re: Standards for Digital Masters
As I said, surrogates, not masters. Masters are un-cropped, first acquired digital images. Any corrections to the original digital image makes it a surrogate. Color corrections are necessary once you start making reproductions of the masters for print or online display. Those copies of the masters should contain any adjustment layers, because you do not want to go back to the digital master to do adjustments every time you get a request for a reprint, etc. In any case, the archiving of digital anything is a never ending process. Be ready to keep on top of the digital imaging arena for the foreseeable future. Formats change, new ones get adopted, support for outdated formats seizes, etc. Technology advances do not rest. Hope this clarifies the situation. Tom Arnautovic Collection Database/Imaging Specialist Crocker Art Museum 916-264-1176 rhow...@getty.edu 10/13/04 08:56AM The bigger the file size (70MB - 250MB is not uncommon) the better. In other words, the bigger the file the more information on the object is captured. Also, focus on one master format, i.e. TIFF is a very common format in this regard (do not compress the files) and if you apply color corrections on surrogates of the original scan, place the adjustments on layers (yes, TIFF now supports layers), rather than flattening the image to save file space. Tom, I would recommend against this; I assume you're referring to the layered TIFF that Photoshop (since v7) will output? These are virtually (if not completely) unsupported outside of Photoshop in some forms - they do keep a flattened version of the entire document for apps that don't support layers, but then you lose the main benefit (the layers)... but in my experience, the main benefit of layered TIFF from PSD is for using ZIP compression, which can really reduce the size of a complex layered document, and ZIP compression is also not well supported. In general, I wouldn't recommend keeping these as your masters, but they can be handy. PSD may be significantly larger for an equivalent layered file, but it's also much better supported, and understood - many folks still don't get that TIFF allows much more than a simple flat image. - R --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: tarnauto...@cityofsacramento.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: rlancefi...@mail.wesleyan.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com
Re: Standards for Digital Masters
Budgetary concerns were never mentioned in the original inquiry of the poster. akes...@netvision.net.il 10/13/04 11:03AM At 23:04 12/10/2004, Tom Arnautovic wrote: Get the highest possible digital capture and go from there. If your scanner maxes out @4000DPI, why bother scanning it at a lower resolution, or targeting a specific file size? Simple. Memory and budgetary limitations. Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Tel +972-2-670-8874 Fax +972-2-670-8064 --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: tarnauto...@cityofsacramento.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: rlancefi...@mail.wesleyan.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com
Re: Standards for Digital Masters
Hello Amy, I managed various digitization projects in the past 6 years, and a good rule of thumb is to push the limits of your digital acquisition hardware. We scanned a multitude of source material (lantern slides, nitrate negatives, positives, 35mm, etc., or over 60,000 objects) and do not limit yourself to any size, be it measured in pixels, Mega Bytes, DPI, MP, etc. Leave yourself some room ;) Get the highest possible digital capture and go from there. If your scanner maxes out @4000DPI, why bother scanning it at a lower resolution, or targeting a specific file size? You can always produce a smaller size, but if a larger one is necessary you have to go back and handle the media source once again to recapture it for a bigger output size. The bigger the file size (70MB - 250MB is not uncommon) the better. In other words, the bigger the file the more information on the object is captured. Also, focus on one master format, i.e. TIFF is a very common format in this regard (do not compress the files) and if you apply color corrections on surrogates of the original scan, place the adjustments on layers (yes, TIFF now supports layers), rather than flattening the image to save file space. Whew, that was a lot. Well, if you have any other questions, please ask. Tom Arnautovic Collection Database/Imaging Specialist Crocker Art Museum 916-264-1176 astidw...@hillwoodmuseum.org 10/12/04 12:31PM I am in the process of reviewing and updating our standards for master digital files as we switch to a new collections management system. We have not entered the realm of direct digital capture and are scanning primarily from 4 x 5 transparencies. If this sounds like your museum, please let me know what resolution and/or pixel length you are scanning at and why you chose those numbers. All replies are greatly appreciated. Many thanks, Amy Stidwill Visual Resources Manager Hillwood Museum Gardens 4155 Linnean Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20008 (202) 243-3910 phone (202) 966-7846 fax astidw...@hillwoodmuseum.org --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: tarnauto...@cityofsacramento.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: rlancefi...@mail.wesleyan.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com
Re: time lapse photography
Dear William, Since the camera is going to be positioned outside and exposed to the elements, I would highly suggest an additional camera housing that protects the camera from the weather (cold, heat, sun, snow, wind, etc.) Since I work on Macintosh computers, I would like to point you to http://www.bensoftware.com/ss/. Here, the developer not only provides support for his software, but he also posts an enormous amount of information on what camera to choose, when, and how. His software supports a wide range of wired and wireless cameras that you can choose from (I would recommend wireless cameras since it gives you a greater flexibility of choosing a location and/or relocating the camera easily if the need arises. Another suggestion would be to use two or more cameras (the above software supports multiple cameras simultaneously) and capture the building process from multiple angles. If wireless is not an option for you, or if the computer running the SecuritySpy software is near by, you could use regular ethernet cabling to hook the cameras into a network router which in turn is connected to the SecuritySpy computer. Also, there is a wider variety of cameras available if you decide to go wired. Do not hesitate to contact me if you have further questions. Tom Arnautovic Collection Database/Imaging Specialist Crocker Art Museum 916-264-1176 --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: rlancefi...@mail.wesleyan.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com
Re: vp debate
For closer analysis, the debate is available for free at Apple's iTunes music store. Tom Arnautovic Collection Database/Imaging Specialist Crocker Art Museum 916-264-1176 --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: rlancefi...@mail.wesleyan.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com
