[MCN-L] mcn-l Digest, Vol 24, Issue 5

2007-10-11 Thread Annamaria Poma-Swank
.Dear all, I would like to know if there is a publication on the history of museums management software. I would like also to know who did use the CHIN review to make the software choise and if you found the review useful. Did you use at time an outside consultant? I do not know if there is any

[MCN-L] SM Sig: Use of Extensis Protfolio in small museums or archives

2007-10-11 Thread Farrell, David
Hi all. I realize that there have been previous threads on the use of Portfolio in museums, but I would like to know if there have been small to medium museums (10 or fewer permanent full-time staff) that have used a version of Portfolio or another example of DAMS software. We are currently using

[MCN-L] SM Sig: Use of Extensis Protfolio in small museums or archives

2007-10-11 Thread James Stevenson
David You might to contact Colin White at the National Gallery in London. They use Portfolio for their non-object photgraphs. Colin.White at ng-london.org.uk Regards James James Stevenson Photographic Manager Victoria and Albert Museum South Kensington London UK tel +44 (0) 207 942 2545

[MCN-L] SM Sig: Use of Extensis Protfolio in small museums or archives

2007-10-11 Thread Michael Stocking
We've been working with Portfolio with a large UK institution for the last 6 months and a number of strengths and weaknesses have emerged. The benefits are it's very easy to set-up and very easy to use, with a well-grooved UI and intuitive ease of use. It's also pretty cheap. If you want to

[MCN-L] mcn-l Digest, Vol 24, Issue 5

2007-10-11 Thread Howard Brainen
I would like to see the answers on the list if possible. Thanks, Howard Brainen -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Annamaria Poma-Swank Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 2:22 AM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: Re: [MCN-L] mcn-l

[MCN-L] Adding mutlimedia to museum websites: bandwidth hit?

2007-10-11 Thread Real, Will
Our IT staff is concerned about the bandwidth effect caused by delivering multimedia content, particularly video, on the museum's website. Would folks from museums who have gone thru this care to comment on their experiences? I realize it comes down to what the content is and how much traffic

[MCN-L] Adding mutlimedia to museum websites: bandwidth hit?

2007-10-11 Thread Sharon Hultman
We have some video in our online educational curriculum modules -- low bandwidth versions, and higher quality versions (over my protests about costs/bandwidth). Our hosting is not yet in-house, though, so to store and serve up the video we had to upgrade our hosting plan. We are now paying about

[MCN-L] Fwd: JLtA Call for Papers

2007-10-11 Thread Maureen Burns
Please forgive the cross-posting and feel free to forward to any potentially interested contributors. Thank you. Best regards, Maureen Journal for Learning through the Arts Special Issue on Arts Technology Call for Manuscripts The Journal for Learning through the Arts is a