[MCN-L] Corbis Settles With TemplateMonster; Wins $20 Million Judgment From Mystery Companies

Corbis Settles With TemplateMonster; Wins $20 Million Judgment From Mystery Companies http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/newswire/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003410162

[MCN-L] metadata for dummies

Perian, My eyes tend to cross too when people much more knowledgable than I explain meta-data. Here's my basic understanding, at least as it applies to museums Each field in a collections database is a discrete piece of information about an object. In different databases that field can have d

[MCN-L] Meeting structures and interdepartmental communications

I'd be interested in hearing about how other small to mid-sized museums structure their internal communications. How often does the full staff meet and are these "working" meetings? How do you manage exhibition / programming / collections meetings, and how does iinformation from these meetings ge

[MCN-L] Fwd: CCAHA's AV Media Preservation Program in July 2008 - Save the Date!

>Please excuse cross postings. > >CCAHA?s AV Media Preservation Program in July 2008 ? Save the Date! > >A Race Against Time: Preserving Our Audiovisual Media >Presented by the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts > >July 24 and 25, 2008 >Boston, MA > >Sessions: >?Overview of

[MCN-L] wikis

Hello, Would those of you who have implemented a wiki at your institution be so kind as to share your findings? I am doing a little research project for a client and I am interested to know: - Was it successful in terms of participation? Did people contribute regularly? - Have there been any iss

[MCN-L] user needs and APIs

Dear all, One of the issues I'm exploring within my phd on digitized cultural heritage, is the difficulty within our application domain to define and "guess" the user needs regarding digitized heritage collections and the interfaces we build around them to provide access. It's relatively e

[MCN-L] user needs and APIs

Hi Seth, Very interesting topics you've raised there. If I think hard I may be able to come up with some examples for the former (although we haven't always been guilty of defining our audiences that clearly). The second issue, relating to APIs, is something I've been thinking over quite a bit

[MCN-L] wikis

Hi Diane, I've been using wikis as part of various grant projects for the last several years and can say that they have been an invaluable tool, especially for collaborative projects with people distributed all over the place. In 2006 we setup a wiki for the MCN Board that has also been impo

[MCN-L] Fwd: SUMMER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR VISUAL RESOURCES AND IMAGE MANAGEMENT 2010

Begin forwarded message: > From: "Reiskind, Alix" > Date: February 23, 2010 12:55:52 PM CST > To: > Subject: SUMMER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR VISUAL RESOURCES AND IMAGE > MANAGEMENT 2010 > > SUMMER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR VISUAL RESOURCES AND IMAGE MANAGEMENT 2010 > http://www.vrafoundati

[MCN-L] Fwd: AAM Podcasts Anyone?

Begin forwarded message: > From: "Greg Stevens" > Date: February 23, 2010 2:12:46 PM CST > To: "Greg Stevens" > Cc: "Stephanie Fitzwater" > Subject: AAM Podcasts Anyone? > > Dear Colleagues, > > AAM is currently working on developing an AAM Podcast and Teleconference > program. To help us

[MCN-L] Drupal vs. WordPress MU as content management systems

Hi Folks, I'm happy to chime in here as the token Drupal guy. We've certainly found that Drupal has been an effective solution for us over the past several years. We've been relatively successful in bending it and smooshing it up against lots of different kinds of backend systems for integration

[MCN-L] Drupal vs. WordPress MU as content management systems

Following on many good comments about how Drupal compares to Wordpress MU I'll throw in some comments about my team's experience, most of which has been with Drupal 6 over the past 18 months, though we have built a few small sites with WordPress. We've certainly found that Drupal holds up well whe

[MCN-L] Touch Screen Technologies

Hello Narda: We've been using the older BrightSign HD2000 and newer HD1010 units along with Tyco ELO touchscreens for many of our exhibits. We've been impressed with the reliability of the BrightSign/ELO combination, as some of our BrightSigns have been running almost 2 years without a glitch. The

[MCN-L] Google Wave Invites

Anyone interested in joining Google Wave? I have a bunch of invites from Google so if you want to join send me a direct email I will send you an invite. stuchell at museumpods.com Kurt Stuchell

[MCN-L] Google Wave Invites

Hi Kurt: What is Google Wave? Boyce Tankersley Director of Living Plant Documentation Chicago Botanic Garden 1000 Lake Cook Road Glencoe, IL 60022 tel: 847-835-6841 fax: 847-835-1635 email: btankers at chicagobotanic.org -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun

[MCN-L] Google Wave Invites

Here is a Youtube video about Google Wave http://bit.ly/HzDVA it's long but informative. Kurt >Hi Kurt: > >What is Google Wave? > >Boyce Tankersley >Director of Living Plant Documentation >Chicago Botanic Garden >1000 Lake Cook Road >Glencoe, IL 60022 >tel: 847-835-6841 >fax: 847-835-1635 >emai