[MCN-L] Digital image sales/llcensing

2012-12-19 Thread Rothman, Steve
I'm curious if any museums on this list have instituted an automated system for selling digital images online? What sort of shopping cart systems have you used? What about credit card payment systems? Thanks! Steve Rothman, Systems Administrator Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 617-4

[MCN-L] Job Opportunity: Developer/Programmer needed

2012-12-19 Thread Edwards, Chris
I know this is not a programmer list, but hey, we all know people. If you know of a good, early in their career (a few years into the field?) programmer who wants to work for a great institution for a decent salary with good benefits while designing/supporting software and systems, send them th

[MCN-L] Artifact registration photography

2012-12-19 Thread Louise Renaud
Greetings, I am interested in knowing how various institutions are photographing their artifacts for registration purposes. Would some of you have standard photo samples that they could share. Registration photo is taken to illustrate the artifact (i.e. make it recognizable) and such image is

[MCN-L] Artifact registration photography

2012-12-19 Thread dan freidus
As a researcher, not a registrar, my opinion is that registration photos are documentation photos. My own experience is mostly with coins and medals which does affect my preferences. For documentation photos, I always use a ring flash. This gives a somewhat "clinical" appearance which is often less

[MCN-L] Digital image sales/llcensing

2012-12-19 Thread STEELMAN, JASON
We don't have a perfect solution, but the closest I came was smugmug - they allow a digital download with whatever licensing levels you'd like at whatever price structure you choose. You can setup your account to only allow the digital license downloads - keeping all the print and trinket option

[MCN-L] Job Posting on mcn-l -- Museum Computer Network Listserv

2012-12-19 Thread Alanna T Hohl-Perrie
Good Afternoon, Please post the below job opportunity on mcn-l -- Museum Computer Network Listserv. Please let me know if you have any questions or need additional information. Director of Imaging Technology THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO is seeking a director to: ? The general planning a

[MCN-L] Digital image sales/llcensing

2012-12-19 Thread Rothman, Steve
Thanks Jason that's a very interesting idea! It even looks like SmugMug will let you hide most/all of their branding if you choose. Does anyone know of any museums or similar non-profit institutions using SmugMug to sell digital images? I'd love to see an example in action. -Steve Steve Rothman

[MCN-L] Open source DAMS for small museum

2012-12-19 Thread Cairie Riney
Hi All, I'm interning for a small volunteer-run museum and about to start a digitization project. This is their first digitization project so they have nothing in place yet in terms of DAMS or website or...really anything digital. I'd like to use an open-source DAM to manage their files and metada