[MCN-L] Blog post on institutional policy re: social media

2009-08-26 Thread Stephanie Weaver
The National Trust recently held a conference and dealt with this very issue. They've written a great blog post that would be helpful for setting policy, regardless of the type of institution you work at: http://bit.ly/TU2h8 Best, Stephanie Weaver Visitor experience consultant experienceology

[MCN-L] institutional policy for a museum's online

2009-08-26 Thread Susan Edwards
Maja - We're in the process of developing a policy, also adapted in part from the Walker Art Center's blog guidelines, which I love because they are so succinct and also really point to common sense. I think common sense is the key, but as Perian points out, not everyone agrees on what "approp

[MCN-L] Using Mobile Technologies To Promote Children's Learning

2009-08-26 Thread McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]
Colleagues/ A Must-Read > Major / Major >> Report/Study /Gerry New York and Las Vegas, January 9, 2009 - Mobile device use is exploding among children worldwide, cell phones and iPods are this generation's preferred form of social communication. More than half of the world's population

[MCN-L] automated response

2009-08-26 Thread Nick Hoffman
I will be Indianapolis at the American Association for State and Local History Conference from Wednesday, August 25 - Sunday, August 30. I will be able to sporadically check my email and will respond to urgent messages accordingly. Otherwise I will reply upon my return to the office on Monday

[MCN-L] Google Adwords?

2009-08-26 Thread Kaia Landon
Well, we make use of Google Adwords through the Google Grants program, which makes it free. See http://www.google.com/grants/ for more details. Kaia On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Stan Orchard wrote: > If you use Google Analytics perhaps you, too saw an offer of $100 to > try Google AdWords.

[MCN-L] Google Adwords?

2009-08-26 Thread Stan Orchard
If you use Google Analytics perhaps you, too saw an offer of $100 to try Google AdWords. This prompts me again to broach the subject of ads/ sponsorships on this august list. Are there any museums that make use of AdWords? How about sponsorships, as NPR and PBS do? "Support for NPR comes fro

[MCN-L] Emerging Mobile Technologies for K-12 Classrooms Chat | September 3 2009 | 11 AM Eastern |

2009-08-26 Thread McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]
Colleagues/ A Free Chat On A Major Initiative ! /Gerry Because of their low cost and ubiquity, an increasing number of educators are considering the use of mobile devices, such as cellphones, netbooks, GPS systems, digital recorders, and MP3 players, in the classroom. When harnesse

[MCN-L] FW: Madrona - open source museum collection management system

2009-08-26 Thread Waibel,Guenter
I've gleaned the message below from a UK listserv - it's the first time I've heard of Madrona, and I'd assume that the offer to kick the tires would extend to US institutions. Seems like there's an increasing choice of open source collections management systems in the market place... Cheers, G

[MCN-L] IP: copyrighted images in didactics

2009-08-26 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
We try to use common sense. If we're reproducing an artist's or photographer's work as a big enlargement as part of an exhibtion wall design, we're using that work, in the full sense of the word. We're doing something with it. And we'll get permission and pay. But if we're reproducing somethi

[MCN-L] (Event) DITA & the Case for Taxonomy - September 2nd Taxonomy Community of Practice Call

2009-08-26 Thread Rebecca Allen
Invitation: Please join us for our monthly Taxonomy Community of Practice Call. This session discusses DITA, Metadata Maturity, & the Case for Taxonomy. Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2009 Time: 1:00 - 2:00 Eastern Time Cost: $50 To register: http://www.earley.com/webinars/dita Session Descri